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uk-wales-56321577 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56321577 | Weather alert issued for gale force winds in Wales | Winds could reach gale force in Wales with stormy weather set to hit the whole of the country this week. | The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind covering Wales and England, starting from 21:00 GMT on Wednesday evening. Travel and power are both likely to be disrupted, with the warning to remain in place until 15:00 on Thursday. Gusts of 55mph (88kmh) are likely and could hit up to 70mph on coasts and h... |
uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11069985 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11069985 | Huge tidal turbine installed at Orkney test site | The massive tidal turbine AK1000 has been installed in 35m (114.8ft) of water at a test site in Orkney. | Atlantis Resources unveiled the marine energy device at Invergordon ahead of it being shipped to Kirkwall. Trials on the device will now be run at the European Marine Energy Centre test site off Eday. The device stands 22.5m (73ft) tall, weighs 1,300 tonnes and has two sets of blades on a single unit. It could generate... |
uk-england-leeds-45776523 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-45776523 | Leeds stabbing: Man attacked outside betting shop | A man has been stabbed in broad daylight outside a betting shop in Leeds. | Police were called to the scene outside the Coral shop on Compton Road in Harehills just before 14:00 BST. The man was taken to hospital for treatment but his condition is not known. West Yorkshire Police said the area has been cordoned off and officers remain at the scene. The force has appealed for information. |
world-us-canada-51010441 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51010441 | Could killing of Iranian general help Trump get re-elected? | It was inevitable that the fallout from the US airstrike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani would spill into presidential politics. Everything spills into presidential politics these days, and this is without a doubt a major story. | Anthony ZurcherNorth America reporter@awzurcheron Twitter With tensions rising between the US and Iran, the long-term consequences will largely depend on the nature of Iran's response to the attack and the intensity of any conflict that follows. If the end result is a US withdrawal from Iraq, the politics of the situat... |
uk-scotland-glasgow-west-52274685 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-52274685 | Coronavirus: 'I've moved out to protect my family from the virus' | Week four of social distancing is starting to take its toll. | By Debbie JacksonBBC Scotland But while most of us are giving up trips out of the house, many health workers across the country are making an even bigger sacrifice. Those who are on the front line, experiencing face-to-face contact with patients who have the virus, are putting themselves at risk every day. Some of them... |
uk-northern-ireland-54677426 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-54677426 | Ballymoney: Man, 37, arrested in UDA investigation | A 37-year-old man has been arrested as part an ongoing investigation into criminality linked to the North Antrim Ulster Defence Association (UDA). | He was arrested on Saturday morning and is currently in custody. Detectives from the Causeway Coast and Glens Criminal Investigations Branch also searched an address in Ballymoney and a number of items were seized. Police have appealed for those with information about criminality linked to paramilitaries to contact the... |
uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-11714685 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-11714685 | Electric buses take to the roads in Coventry | Electric buses will soon be running on the roads in Coventry. | Coventry firm Travel de Courcey is to introduce the three buses in May next year, on its Park and Ride South route. The 38-seat buses will run between the Memorial Park in Kenilworth Road and the city centre using power points already installed by the council. A Travel de Courcey spokesman said the company had been loo... |
world-europe-jersey-11398895 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-11398895 | Jersey States pressed on cutting number of politicians | A Jersey deputy is calling on the number of States members to be reduced more than current proposals. | St Helier Deputy, Trevor Pitman, has put forward changes to proposals by a States group to cut back the number of senators from 12 to eight. He wants the States to go further, with numbers cut to six, saying it would save more money. Plans to reform the structure of the States are under review and could be the subject ... |
uk-england-nottinghamshire-21964260 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-21964260 | Nottingham Boots confirms 200 jobs to go | About 200 posts are to go at the Boots site in Nottingham. | Managers at Alliance Boots said a fall in demand for products made for other companies meant it had to reduce capacity. Bosses said the posts will go over the next two years and added they would make efforts to redeploy staff. The division of Boots involved, BCM, currently employs 1,200 people and will now focus on own... |
uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-11309150 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-11309150 | Bletchley Park studies at The University of Buckingham | A degree in military intelligence studies, highlighting the importance of Bletchley Park is to be offered by The University of Buckingham. | The course will look at intelligence history and Bletchley Park focusing on the World War II code breakers. Course director, Professor Anthony Glees said it was an opportunity to work with Bletchley's previously unresearched archives. The Master of Arts degree explores how military intelligence developed. The degree is... |
world-us-canada-49240582 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49240582 | The men who feel left out of US abortion debate | The fiercely-contested debate over US abortion focuses on the rights of the mother and foetus. But a lawsuit in Alabama by a man who says his girlfriend had an abortion against his wishes adds a third voice to the conversation, writes James Jeffrey. | After the rage has dissipated, after overcoming alcoholism as a coping mechanism, even after a new and beautiful family comes on the scene, a great sadness still persists - and likely always will. That's the message from men talking about their experiences of abortion, a voice rarely heard among the passionate multitud... |
world-middle-east-50850319 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50850319 | Moqtada al-Sadr: The firebrand cleric who could calm Iraq | When the Americans launched the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003 and plunged Iraq into the violent chaos that continues today, few people outside the country had even heard of a little-qualified young Shia cleric called Moqtada al-Sadr. | By Jim MuirVisiting Senior Fellow, Middle East Centre, LSE Nearly 17 turbulent years later, he is probably Iraq's best-known figure and certainly one of its most powerful - instantly recognisable from his scowly features, yet elusively enigmatic. Radical, firebrand, maverick, mercurial, quixotic - these are just some o... |
magazine-24338387 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24338387 | 'Why I gave up my US passport' | The Magazine feature on the number of expat Americans renouncing their US citizenship due to tax filing requirements prompted a huge response from readers. | Many wrote to say they were experiencing similar problems to those outlined in the article. Here is a selection of their stories. 1. David Green, Ontario, Canada: I was born and raised in the US. At the age of 30, I fell in love with a beautiful French girl whose profession was working in the French language. We moved ... |
blogs-trending-30055278 | https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30055278 | #BBCtrending: Rosetta physicist's 'sexist' shirt | One of the leading scientists on the Rosetta Project gave a string of TV interviews in a shirt emblazoned with half-dressed women. The angry reaction online spawned two hashtags, spoof images and has now led to a tearful apology as well. | BBC Trending What's popular and why The eyes of the world were focussed on Matt Taylor this week. The British scientist involved in the Rosetta Project - to land a spacecraft on a comet - was at the heart of media coverage of the event. And so was his shirt. On Wednesday he appeared in front of the cameras wearing a be... |
uk-england-berkshire-33971014 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-33971014 | Arthur Hill Baths in Reading closes for urgent repairs | A 103-year-old swimming pool has been shut for four days after an inspection revealed urgent repairs were needed. | The Arthur Hill Memorial Baths in Reading will be closed until Saturday to allow work on corroding cast iron pipework which feeds into the pool. The building was donated to the town by the Hill family in memory of Arthur Hill JP, who was mayor of the town four times between 1883 and 1887. Reading Council has spent thou... |
uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51206457 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51206457 | New virtual reality experience of Scottish waters | Scotland's opportunities for sailing and boating on rivers, lochs and seas are being promoted in a new campaign. | A series of 360 degree virtual reality videos have been produced as part of #MustSeaScotland. St Kilda, Islay, Skye and Inverness Marina are among the locations featured. Sail Scotland has created the campaign with other organisations, including the National Trust for Scotland and VisitScotland. The campaign comes duri... |
science-environment-19365661 | https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-19365661 | Bloodhound diary: Supercar needs supertrack | A British team is developing a car that will capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the Bloodhound SSC (SuperSonic Car) vehicle will mount an assault on the land speed record. Wing Commander Green is writing a diary for the BBC News website about his ex... | By Andy GreenWorld Land Speed Record Holder I've just had a very odd experience - someone's sent me a video of myself appearing on Foreign Secretary William Hague's Facebook page. To try and explain this rather strange event, I'll start with my recent visit to the Bloodhound track in the Northern Cape of South Africa. ... |
science-environment-50017189 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50017189 | Bloodhound diary: South African trials get under way | A British team is developing a car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the vehicle aims to show its potential by going progressively faster, year after year. By the end of 2019, Bloodhound wants to have demonstrated speeds above 500mph. ... | By Andy GreenWorld Land Speed Record Holder We're off! By the time you read this, Bloodhound will already have started the 5,500-mile journey south to its Hakskeenpan desert track in South Africa. The majority of the team will arrive in mid-October, aiming to start high-speed testing towards the end of the month. There... |
uk-england-essex-54825879 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-54825879 | Paris Bataclan attack: 'My brother's life isn't defined by that night' | Five years ago, Nick Alexander was shot dead at the Bataclan Theatre in Paris. The 35-year-old was working as the merchandise manager for Eagles of Death Metal when three gunmen stormed the building as part of co-ordinated terror attacks across the city, killing 130 people. | Nick was the only British victim of the attack. His sister, Zoe Alexander, told the BBC she was was determined to ensure his life was not defined by the events of the night of 13 November 2015. It still feels so surreal to me that Nick died in the attacks. Five years is quite a significant amount of time but grief is n... |
world-middle-east-26240650 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26240650 | Egypt's commitment to press freedom on trial | Three journalists from al-Jazeera's English news channel go on trial in Egypt on Thursday, in a case which campaigners say is part of a sweeping crackdown on freedom of speech, reports the BBC's Orla Guerin in Cairo. | In mid-December, the award-winning Australian correspondent Peter Greste arrived in Egypt's capital for a routine assignment - his first in the country. He checked into an upmarket hotel on the banks of the Nile, where al-Jazeera had a makeshift office, and started reading up on the story. Just two weeks later, the for... |
disability-45045223 | https://www.bbc.com/news/disability-45045223 | The stomach-churning one-night stand | Life with a disability can sometimes give rise to unspoken questions and sensitivities, but amid the awkwardness there can be humour. The following is an edited version of a sketch by Philip Henry, who has Crohn's Disease, delivered for the BBC at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. | There's nothing sexy about diarrhoea. And since that's the main, outwardly noticeable symptom of Crohn's Disease, it makes dating hard. This is why I decided the best way to deal with the problem was to ignore it completely. Let me tell you how that turned out. I had always thought Lydia was cute, but nothing had ever ... |
newsbeat-20489859 | https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-20489859 | Merlin to be axed after fifth series ends in December | The BBC show Merlin will end after the current series. | The programme has been running for five years and pulls in almost seven million viewers in its Saturday evening slot. The creators say the show, which features a young King Arthur and his wizard servant, will come to a "natural and dramatic end" with a two-part finale. "I think the show has run its natural course," adm... |
uk-wales-mid-wales-26963177 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-26963177 | Road reopening after lorry gets stuck under Newtown bridge | A road has reopened after a large lorry earlier became stuck under a railway bridge in Powys forcing the cancellation of trains. | Traffic queues formed in the town after the incident at 06:30 BST on the A483, which was shut in both directions at Dolfor Road. Buses replaced trains between Newtown and Machynlleth but services are running again. Network Rail has assessed the bridge for damage. |
world-asia-china-26414016 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-26414016 | Making sense of the unrest from China's Xinjiang | The horrific attack at Kunming railway station - in which knife-wielding attackers hacked at least 29 people to death - has shocked China. One of the country's newspapers dubbed it China's "9/11." | By Martin PatienceBBC News, Beijing Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua called it a terrorist attack carried out by "Xinjiang separatist forces". Rich in minerals and resources, Xinjiang is home to approximately nine million Uighurs, a Turkic ethnic minority. Most are Muslims. In the last year, more than a hundred peo... |
uk-43069415 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43069415 | Barry Bennell: Justice has been served, say victims of ex-football coach | Three of Barry Bennell's victims have told how he turned their dreams into a "horrendous nightmare" after the former youth football coach was convicted of 43 sex assaults on boys. | Bennell, who worked at Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra, was found guilty of abusing 11 boys aged eight to 15. Speaking outside Liverpool Crown Court, another victim, Andy Woodward, said "justice has been served". It is understood 86 others have come forward to say they were victims. The jury, which deliberated over... |
technology-20439301 | https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20439301 | How the world's first webcam made a coffee pot famous | Computer technology now moves so fast it's hard to remember life before the internet. But just 19 years ago at the beginning of the nineties, the fledgling world wide web had no search engines, no social networking sites, and no webcam. | By Rebecca KesbyBBC World Service The scientists credited with inventing the first webcam - thereby launching the revolution that would bring us video chats and live webcasts - stumbled upon the idea in pursuit of something far more old-fashioned: hot coffee. As computer geeks at the University of Cambridge beavered aw... |
magazine-37735370 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37735370 | The WhatsApp suicide | A 40-year-old woman from northern India killed herself in January after a video of her being raped was circulated on WhatsApp. The BBC's Divya Arya travelled to the village in Uttar Pradesh to hear the full story. | Geeta was a brave woman. She was a health worker in a rural area of northern India, a job that meant she often walked alone between the surrounding villages, sometimes after dark, visiting strangers' houses. Her income supported the whole family, including an alcoholic husband and three teenage children. They lived in ... |
world-asia-35399545 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35399545 | Viewpoint: The toll of terror in Afghanistan and Pakistan | In the past couple of months there has been a suicide terrorist attack almost every day somewhere in the world. The attacks have covered all the main continents and dozens of countries. The list is becoming endless and includes such countries as Indonesia which had not experienced a terrorist attack for nearly a decade... | By Ahmed RashidLahore Among the countries worst affected have been Afghanistan and Pakistan which alone have accounted for a bomb a day - sometimes several bombs a day. The level of suffering, the devastation of families, the loss, trauma and psychological impact of all this killing is taking a heavy toll. The loss to ... |
world-africa-42996851 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42996851 | Liberian church massacre survivors seek US justice | The Monrovia Church massacre in 1990 was the worst single atrocity of the Liberian civil war. About 600 civilians, including many children, were killed while taking refuge in a church. Now, four survivors are bringing a claim for damages against one of the men they believe was responsible, reports Elizabeth Blunt who w... | It was July 1990, and rebel fighters were advancing on the capital, Monrovia. President Samuel Doe was holed up in his vast, gloomy Executive Mansion. After dark bands of soldiers roamed the streets, looting shops and warehouses and seeking out people from Nimba County, the area where the rebellion had started. They dr... |
magazine-15366156 | https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15366156 | All in a name: 25 of your changes | The Magazine's recent piece on changing your name by deed poll prompted lots of readers to email examples. Here are 25 of the best. | People change their given names for many reasons, as discussed in the article, and a wide selection is represented here. 1. I changed my middle name last week from Eleanor to Deci after collecting sponsorship to do so. I raised about £400 for the mental health groups I work for. It's only being changed for a year so I ... |
world-us-canada-39724045 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39724045 | 100 days: America in a time of Trump | Presidential elections are always something of a national Rorschach test. | By Nick BryantBBC News, New York The reaction to candidates, like the perception of inkblots, helps to divulge the nation's character, underlying disorders and emotional condition. Donald Trump's unexpected victory showed that America had a split personality. It also revealed that, among his 62 million supporters, rage... |
uk-wales-south-west-wales-32993942 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-32993942 | £6m homes plan for SA1 Swansea Waterfront | Fifty new homes are planned for Swansea after the Welsh government announced a deal with a construction company. | Contracts have been exchanged for two residential sites on SA1 Swansea Waterfront, leaving just four remaining plots at the development. Persimmon Homes West Wales said the £6m project would support a "substantial number" of construction jobs. Work could start later this year subject to planning approval. The company r... |
explainers-53664064 | https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-53664064 | Beirut explosion: What is ammonium nitrate and how dangerous is it? | Nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - taken from a ship off the coast of Beirut six years ago and then stored in a warehouse - has been blamed for the explosion that ripped through the port area of the Lebanese capital on Tuesday. | By Tom EdgingtonBBC News But what is ammonium nitrate and why can it be so dangerous? What is ammonium nitrate? Ammonium nitrate is a crystal-like white solid which is made in large industrial quantities. Its biggest use is as a source of nitrogen for fertiliser, but it is also used to create explosives for mining. "Yo... |
uk-england-leicestershire-15923253 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-15923253 | School closures in Leicestershire and Rutland | When there is severe weather a list of schools that are being affected in Leicester and Leicestershire will appear below. | For information related to school closures in Rutland, please refer to the county council website. The BBC relies on schools and local education authorities to notify it of closures. We advise you to contact your child's school during periods of extreme weather to find out if it has been affected. The page will be manu... |
uk-england-surrey-17728180 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-17728180 | Epsom soldiers and wives cycle to Germany for charity | A group of soldiers and military wives from Surrey are on a 500 mile (805km) ride from Epsom to Germany to raise money for two rehabilitation centres. | Fifteen cyclists left Headley Court Centre earlier to make the journey to the Personnel Recovery Centre in Normandy Barracks in Sennelager. Both centres help to rehabilitate injured servicemen and women. Capt Ian More said it was a huge challenge as many of the cyclists had not done anything like it before. Sophie Crea... |
uk-wales-north-west-wales-38885723 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-38885723 | A55 reopened at Abergwyngregyn after caravan overturns | The A55 in Gwynedd has now reopened after a caravan overturned on the road. | It was being towed by a lorry but had its roof ripped off, with the remainder lying on the road. The incident happened westbound near junction 13, for Abergwyngregyn, but at 16:30 GMT, the eastbound carriageway was also closed. All lanes have now been opened but traffic is still slow in the area. |
uk-wales-south-east-wales-38931372 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-38931372 | Plans submitted for 529 homes at former Newport steelworks | Plans to build 529 new homes and a school at a former steelworks in Newport have been submitted to the council . | Whiteheads Steelworks was closed down in 2005 and later demolished as part of the city's regeneration works. Developers say the development, off Mendalgief road, could regenerate a section of Pill "traditionally associated with industry". Plans also include a pub-restaurant, retail and assisted living units. Whiteheads... |
uk-wales-36711013 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-36711013 | World War One: The role of Cardiff's black serviceman | Many died in the cause of victory, but returned home from World War One to face intolerance, unrest and scorn. Cardiff's multicultural Tiger Bay contributed many black servicemen to the war effort, but there was no hero's welcome on their return. Actress Suzanne Packer looked at what life was like for them 100 years ag... | They served and died alongside white soldiers and seamen in the trenches and on the open sea. But the reward for some upon their return was violence, oppression and deportation. Following a huge surge in the number of men enlisting upon the outbreak of World War One, African and Caribbean men living in Wales found thei... |
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