Getty Images By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News The prime minister believes expletive-laden text messages sent by Sir Gavin Williamson to a colleague are “unacceptable”, No 10 has said. A series of messages sent by Sir Gavin to ex-chief whip Wendy Morton were published on Sunday. Downing Street confirmed the prime minister knew about
Month: November 2022
PA Media By Nick Triggle Health correspondent The biggest ever strike by nurses looks set to go ahead. The Royal College of Nursing is due to unveil the results of its ballot, which ended last week, in the next few days. The final results are being counted but RCN sources say a large majority of
Reuters/Peter Nicholls The firebombing of an immigration processing centre was motivated by extreme right-wing terrorist ideology, police have said. Andrew Leak, 66, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, threw up to three incendiary devices at the site in Dover, Kent, last Sunday. He is believed to have later taken his own life. Counter Terrorism Policing South East
Getty Images Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has defended sacking about half the company’s workforce, saying he had “no choice” as Twitter was losing more than $4m (£3.5m) a day. A tweet from Yoel Roth, Twitter’s head of safety and integrity, referred to “approximately 50% cuts company-wide”. But Mr Musk said the social media giant’s
Getty Images By Tom Espiner & Katy Austin BBC News A series of strikes by railway workers planned for 5, 7 and 9 November has been suspended, the RMT union has said. The RMT, which represents rail workers, said it would now enter “a period of intensive negotiations” with Network Rail and train operating companies.
EPA By Alys Davies BBC News Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused the Kremlin of resorting to “energy terrorism” as Russian troops make few gains on the battlefield. Mr Zelensky said 4.5 million people were without power following Russian attacks on its energy network. In recent weeks, Russia has carried out large-scale missile and drone
Family handout By Judith Moritz & Lauren Hirst BBC News The family of a Manchester Arena bombing victim have said he was “totally failed at every stage” after a report found he might have lived but for flaws in the emergency response. Inquiry chairman Sir John Saunders said it was likely that the emergency services’
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A man who fought to save a victim of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing has said “big mistakes” were made on the night of the blast. Ron Blake is telling his story for the first time since
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Kate Whannel Political reporter, BBC News Rishi Sunak has admitted not enough asylum claims are being processed, but promised to fix the system. He was responding to questions from Sir Keir Starmer who accused the government
PA Media By Tom Symonds Home Affairs correspondent Hundreds of police officers who should have failed vetting checks may be in the job in England and Wales, a damning report has found. The police watchdog looked at eight forces and found decisions on officers which were “questionable at best”. One officer convicted of domestic abuse
PA Media Former health secretary Matt Hancock has been suspended as a Conservative MP after joining the cast of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Mr Hancock will swap representing his constituents at Westminster for eating bugs in the jungle. But Tory party managers have taken a dim view of the West Suffolk
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Matt Murphy BBC News Home Secretary Suella Braverman has pledged to fix the UK’s “broken” asylum system and defied opposition calls for her resignation. During a heated debate at Westminster, Ms Braverman denied she blocked the