Month: April 2023

PA Media By Charley Adams BBC News Nurses in England have started a 28-hour strike, which NHS bosses say is the largest industrial action so far. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) rejected the government’s pay offer and will walk out until midnight on Monday. Union leaders agreed nurses could be called in during the

Reuters Fighting has intensified in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, shattering the latest ceasefire aimed at allowing people to flee to safety. On Sunday the army said it was attacking the city from all directions, with air strikes and heavy artillery, to flush out its paramilitary rivals. The latest truce was due to end late on Sunday.

Reuters By Paul Adams & Charley Adams Diplomatic correspondent An operation to evacuate people from Sudan has been “extremely successful”, a government minister has said. A deadline for British nationals to reach an airstrip north of the country’s capital Khartoum for the UK’s final rescue flights has expired. “We can’t stay there forever in such

By Malu Cursino & Joe Inwood BBC News The UK government has told NHS doctors in Sudan they can now catch evacuation flights out of the country, in a U-turn on its previous policy. More than 20 NHS medics were initially told they could not board flights because they were not British nationals – although

PA Media By Hazel Shearing Education correspondent, at NAHT conference in Telford Teachers in four unions in England say they will team up on any strike action over pay – which could mean full school closures in the autumn term. Only the National Education Union (NEU) has enough backing from members to organise walkouts at

By Joe Inwood BBC Newsnight An NHS doctor trapped in Sudan after visiting family for Eid has urged the government to fly him back to the UK, saying he feels “betrayed” after being turned away from evacuation flights. Sudanese-born Dr Abdulrahman Babiker is due back on shift as a registrar at the Manchester Royal Infirmary

Getty Images Jerry Springer, best known for his raucous TV talk shows, has died aged 79. The controversial presenter hosted The Jerry Springer Show for nearly three decades from 1991. Springer died peacefully on Thursday at his home in Chicago, his publicists confirmed to BBC News. In a statement, Jene Galvin, a friend of Springer’s

Getty Images By Katie Razzall Culture editor Gamblers who are losing £1,000 a day are expected to face checks as part of new, tougher gambling regulations. Sources say these will kick in when a gambler loses £1,000 in 24 hours, or £2,000 over 90 days. How these will be carried out is as yet unclear.

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Nick Beake, Europe correspondent, & Nick Garnett, in Cyprus BBC News After days of dread, fear and desperation, British families are now on rescue flights out of Sudan, making the 3,000-mile journey to safety. Many are

Wathig Ali By Mattea Bubalo BBC News The UK has started evacuating British nationals from Sudan, where intense fighting between rival military forces has been raging for over a week. People have been told to make their own way to an airfield near the capital Khartoum. It is a potentially perilous journey in the middle

AFP By Charley Adams BBC News The UK is beginning a large-scale, complex evacuation of British people from Sudan, PM Rishi Sunak has said. Families with children, the elderly and people with medical conditions will be prioritised on RAF flights leaving from an airfield near the capital Khartoum. The government said it has started contacting

Reuters By George Wright BBC News US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says warring parties in Sudan have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire from midnight (22:00 GMT) on Monday. It is at least the third ceasefire to be announced since violence erupted this month but none have held. Mr Blinken said agreement had been reached

Getty Images By Matt Murphy BBC News The UK is believed to have among the highest number of foreign citizens in Sudan – up to 4,000 according to Britain’s international development minister. For more than a week they’ve been among the thousands confined to their homes, trapped by intense fighting between the Sudanese army and

Former Strictly Come Dancing head judge Len Goodman has died at the age of 78, his manager has confirmed. He died on Saturday at a hospice in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, surrounded by his family. He had had bone cancer. Goodman featured on Strictly from its launch in 2004 until 2016 and proved popular with viewers

Reuters By Antoinette Radford BBC News British diplomats and their families have been evacuated from Sudan in a “complex and rapid” operation, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed. Mr Sunak said work was continuing to ensure the safety of British nationals who remain in Sudan. The evacuees were taken to an airfield outside of Khartoum

Reuters The US military has evacuated American diplomats and their families from Khartoum, Sudan’s paramilitary army Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has said. Six aircraft were used in Sunday’s early morning mission, the RSF tweeted, adding that it had worked with the US to coordinate the evacuation. It is not clear how many people were airlifted.