Month: July 2023

By Ben King Business reporter, BBC News Disposable vapes cause litter problems, are a fire hazard and appeal too strongly to children, according to local councils in England and Wales. The Local Government Association has called for them to be banned by 2024. Single use varieties have surged in popularity in recent years, driven by

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News The Screen Actors Guild has gone on strike, marking the start of the largest shutdown Hollywood has seen in 40 years. The union wants streaming giants to agree to a fairer

Getty Images By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor The pain and distress of not being able to see an NHS dentist are “totally unacceptable”, an inquiry has told the government. A review was launched after a BBC investigation found nine in 10 NHS dental practices across the UK were not accepting new adult patients. Some

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Nick Beake, BBC Verify correspondent & Kostas Kallergis, senior Europe producer BBC News New evidence found by BBC News casts further doubt on the Greek coastguard’s version of events surrounding last month’s deadly migrant boat sinking,

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sean Seddon BBC News Huw Edwards is in hospital with “serious mental health issues”, his wife says, as she named him as the BBC presenter at the centre of allegations. His wife Vicky Flind said she

EPA By Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Mortgage payments will rise by at least £500 a month for nearly one million households by the end of 2026, the Bank of England has said. Households and firms have been under pressure as interest rates have risen in a bid to lower high inflation. In a

PA Media By Larissa Kennelly & Lucy Manning & Marie Jackson BBC News A young person has told BBC News they felt threatened by the BBC presenter at the centre of a row over payment for sexually explicit photos. The individual in their early 20s was first contacted anonymously by the male presenter on a

PA Media By Mattea Bubalo BBC News The BBC made just two attempts to contact the family of the young person at the centre of the presenter row after their complaint was made – despite judging it to be very serious. A new timeline from the corporation says an email was sent followed by a

Reuters By James Gregory BBC News Claims made by the mother at the heart of the BBC presenter scandal are “rubbish”, a lawyer representing the young person has said. The lawyer told the BBC “nothing inappropriate or unlawful” took place and the young person sent a denial to the Sun before it published the claims.

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Charley Adams BBC News The family of a teenager allegedly paid £35,000 by a BBC star for sexually explicit photos is said by the Sun to be upset by the corporation’s response. The unnamed presenter has

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Katie Razzall Culture and media editor The BBC has suspended the presenter at the centre of allegations of serious misconduct. We understand the corporation has also now contacted the police. For an organisation that says it

Culture secretary Lucy Frazer will hold urgent talks with the BBC’s director general on Sunday, after a presenter was accused of paying a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. In a statement, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport called the allegations “deeply concerning”. The claims, first reported by the Sun, include that the young

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Adam Durbin BBC News Rishi Sunak has reiterated that the UK “discourages” the use of cluster bombs after the US agreed to supply them to Ukraine. The UK is one the countries to have banned the

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US President Joe Biden has defended his “very difficult decision” to give Ukraine cluster bombs, which have a record of killing civilians. The president said it had taken him “a while to be convinced to do it”,

Met Police By Tanya Gupta & PA News BBC News An eight-year-old girl who was killed when a Land Rover crashed through a school fence was “adored and loved by everyone”, her family have said. Selena Lau, who died in Wimbledon on Thursday, was “an intelligent and cheeky girl”, they said. Several people including a

EPA By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington DC Twitter is considering legal action against Meta over its fast-growing rival app Threads. Threads, which was launched to millions on Wednesday, is similar to Twitter and has been pitched by Meta bosses as a “friendly” alternative. Twitter’s Elon Musk said “competition is fine, cheating is not”