Month: July 2022

Other A man has been charged with murdering a nine-year-old girl who was stabbed to death in a town centre. Lilia Valutyte was found with a stab wound in Fountain Lane in Boston, Lincolnshire, on Thursday. She had reportedly been playing hula hoop with her younger sister in the street before being stabbed. Lincolnshire Police

Date: Sunday, 31 July. Venue: Wembley Stadium, London Kick-off: 1700 BST. Coverage: Watch on BBC One & BBC Sport website, listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, live text coverage on the BBC Sport website. England’s Lionesses stand on the brink of women’s football history as they take on Germany in the European Championship final at

Other A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a nine-year-old girl was fatally stabbed in a town centre. Lillia Valutyte was found with a stab wound in Fountain Lane in Boston, Lincolnshire, on Thursday. Lincolnshire Police said the 22-year-old was detained in Boston on Saturday after two people previously arrested were released

Lincolnshire Police Police have released CCTV images of a man they “urgently” want to question over the death of of a nine-year-girl who was stabbed in a town centre. Lilia Valutyte was found with a stab wound on Fountain Lane in Boston on Thursday. Lincolnshire Police urged people not to approach the man but “immediately

More than 4,000 surviving victims of the contaminated blood scandal should receive provisional compensation of £100,000 each, a judge has said. The chairman of the infected blood public inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, said there was a compelling case to make the payments quickly. At least 2,400 people died after contracting HIV or hepatitis C through

Getty Images The government has announced how all households in England, Scotland and Wales will receive £400 to help with rising fuel bills this autumn. The money, part of the Energy Bill Support Scheme, will be paid in six instalments. Households will see a discount of £66 applied to their energy bills in October and

Hosts: Birmingham Dates: 28 July to 8 August Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra; live text and clips online. Birmingham opened its Commonwealth Games in spectacular style with a captivating,

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Doctor Who and Wombles actor Bernard Cribbins has died aged 93, his agent has confirmed. During a career that spanned seven decades, Cribbins narrated the 1970s children’s programme The Wombles. He also played the Doctor’s companion Tom

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gas prices jumped after Russia further cut gas supplies to Germany and other central European countries after threatening to earlier this week. European gas prices rose almost 2%, trading close to the record high set after Russia

Reuters Supporters of Tory leadership contender Liz Truss have accused rival Rishi Sunak of performing a “screeching U-turn” by pledging to scrap VAT on energy bills if prices keep rising. Mr Sunak, who has not promised any tax cuts during the contest so far, said the plan would help with living costs. Earlier this year,

England reached their first major women’s tournament final since 2009 in stunning fashion as they put four past Olympic finalists Sweden at Euro 2022 in Sheffield. The Lionesses, who extended their unbeaten run to 19 games under manager Sarina Wiegman, will play either Germany or France for the ultimate prize at Wembley on 31 July.

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss tore into each other over their rival visions for the future of the UK economy, in their first head-to-head TV debate. The two contenders to be the next PM did not hold

Pacemaker Lord Trimble, former first minister of Northern Ireland and Ulster Unionist Party leader, has died. Lord Trimble, who was 77, led the UUP between 1995 and 2005, and was instrumental in the negotiation of the Good Friday Agreement – the peace deal which ended the worst of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. His efforts won him

Getty Images The large number of unfilled NHS job vacancies is posing a serious risk to patient safety, a report by MPs says. It found England is now short of 12,000 hospital doctors and more than 50,000 nurses and midwives, calling this the worst workforce crisis in NHS history. It said a reluctance to decisively

RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY/EPA Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, on a diplomatic offensive in Egypt, has dismissed claims that Moscow caused the global food crisis. In a speech to Arab League ambassadors in Cairo, he said Western nations were distorting the truth about the impact of sanctions on global food security. He accused Western nations of

Reuters A state of emergency has been declared in part of California as the largest active wildfire in the US rapidly spreads near Yosemite National Park. The Oak Fire has quickly grown since starting on Friday, and firefighters have struggled to get the blaze under control. “Explosive fire behaviour is challenging firefighters”, California’s fire department