Month: May 2023

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By George Wright & Jasmine Andersson BBC News Police officers have started digging near a reservoir in Portugal in a long-running investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The Arade dam is 31 miles (50km) from where

Getty Images Former deputy prime minister Dominic Raab will stand down as an MP at the next election. His decision, first reported in The Telegraph, comes a month after he resigned as a minister when a bullying inquiry found he had acted in an “intimidating” way towards officials. The paper quotes Mr Raab as saying

Everton FC By Jasmine Andersson & Damian McGuinness in Berlin BBC News Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are to carry out searches in a reservoir in Portugal. A search of the Arade dam will begin on Tuesday, 50km from where the toddler went missing in Praia da Luz in 2007, local media reported.

Getty Images Rishi Sunak is to consult his ethics adviser later about Suella Braverman’s handling of a speeding offence. The home secretary sought advice via civil servants and an aide about arranging a private speed awareness course while attorney general in 2022. A government source has denied her actions broke the ministerial code. Labour’s deputy

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have confirmed that Russia has won the long-running and bloody battle for the city of Bakhmut. Asked on Sunday whether Ukraine had control of the eastern Ukrainian city, Zelensky said: “I think not.” The city had been destroyed, he said. The leader of the Wagner Russian paramilitary group said in

PA Media By Ben Wright, political correspondent & Sean Seddon BBC News Labour has called for an investigation after it emerged Suella Braverman sought advice about arranging a private speed awareness course. The home secretary was caught speeding while she was attorney general last summer, and faced three points and a fine, or a course

PA Media By Sean Seddon BBC News Phillip Schofield says he has agreed to step down from ITV’s This Morning “with immediate effect” after more than 20 years. In a statement, he said: “I understand ITV has decided the current situation can’t go on.” His departure comes after reports claimed relations between him and co-host

Getty Images By Jonathan Beale, defence correspondent, and James Gregory BBC News The US says it will support providing advanced fighter jets including US-made F-16s to Ukraine and also back training Ukrainian pilots to fly them. A senior White House official said President Biden had told G7 leaders in Japan of the decision. President Volodomyr

John Allan is stepping down as chairman of Tesco following allegations over his conduct. Mr Allan, who is also a former president of the CBI business lobby group, has strongly denied three of four claims made against him. However, Byron Grote, who will temporarily replace Mr Allan as chair, said: “These allegations risk becoming a

PA Media Russian diamond imports to the UK will be banned in the latest sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine. Imports of Russian-origin copper, aluminium and nickel will be blocked, under legislation to be introduced later this year. Rishi Sunak said the UK must show “violence and coercion do not reap rewards” ahead of the

Fay By Esme Stallard Climate and Science Reporter, BBC News England’s water and sewage companies have apologised for not “acting quickly enough” to tackle sewage spills. They have faced mounting public anger over continued spilling of raw sewage into rivers and seas. In 2022, raw sewage was dumped into rivers and seas for 1.75 million

By Nassos Stylianou, Harriet Agerholm and Will Dahlgreen BBC Data Journalism Team The UK has so far failed to impose fines worth as much as £1bn on foreign companies breaking a landmark transparency law, BBC analysis reveals. Since January, overseas firms that own UK property can be fined up to £2,500 a day unless they

Science Photo Library By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Our overheating world is likely to break a key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years, scientists predict. Researchers say there’s now a 66% chance we will pass the 1.5C global warming threshold between now and 2027. The chances are rising due to

By Alex Forsyth, Joshua Nevett & Alex Partridge BBC News Landlords would be banned from evicting tenants with no justification as part of a long-promised overhaul of the private rental sector in England. A new law to be tabled in Parliament would abolish no-fault evictions and end bans on tenants claiming benefits. The bill would

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Daniel Sandford BBC News home affairs correspondent Fraudsters who supplied falsified passports to some of the UK’s most wanted criminals have been jailed. Anthony Beard obtained real passports in other people’s names then added the photographs

Kristina Nikishina By Steve Swann and Dominic Casciani BBC News A top businessman whose foreign companies were part of a global money laundering investigation is a major donor to the Conservative Party. Javad Marandi, who has an OBE for business and philanthropy, can be named after losing a 19-month legal battle with the BBC to