By Liz Jackson & Thomas Magill BBC News An eight-year-old girl has died after a car crashed into a primary school in Wimbledon, south-west London. Paramedics treated 16 people for injuries after the Land Rover crashed into The Study Preparatory School in Camp Road at about 10:00 BST. The driver, a woman in her 40s,
Month: July 2023
Getty Images Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will pledge to break down class barriers to opportunity, in a speech outlining his party’s plans for education reform. Sir Keir is expected to warn the “class ceiling” is stifling opportunity for too many children across the country. He is due to unveil a new goal of half
By Joel Gunter & Hannah O’Grady BBC News The Ministry of Defence has confirmed for the first time that UK Special Forces are at the centre of a war crimes inquiry. The MoD on Wednesday abandoned an effort to restrict any mention of Special Forces’ involvement in the alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. The MoD’s
By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent The Prince and Princess of Wales have met the first person born under the National Health Service, at a tea party celebrating the NHS’s 75th anniversary. Aneira Thomas told them she had been born in Carmarthenshire at 00:01 on 5 July 1948, the same day as the NHS. She was
Daily Mirror The Metropolitan Police is reopening an investigation into breaches of Covid regulations at a Christmas party at Conservative Party HQ. A video of the gathering, where aides were invited to “jingle and mingle”, was published by the Sunday Mirror. Police say they will not investigate alleged gatherings at the prime minister’s country home,
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Noel Titheradge Investigations correspondent Police forces are failing vulnerable women who say they have been sexually exploited by officers, the BBC has learned. One woman says a detective pursued a sexual relationship in texts and repeatedly
Getty Images By Daniel Thomas Business reporter, BBC News Drivers will be able to search for cheaper fuel prices under a new scheme designed to stop retailers overcharging them at the pump, the government says. It comes after Britons were found to have paid an extra 6p per litre for fuel at supermarkets last year
EPA By Rushdi Abu Alouf in Gaza & Robert Greenall in London BBC News The Israeli army has launched a massive military operation on the Jenin camp in the northern West Bank. It started with multiple air strikes. Videos published on social media showed smoke rising from a residential block. The Palestinian Health Ministry said
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Katya Adler Europe editor A relative of the French teenager shot by police has told the BBC the family did not want his death to spark riots, but insisted the law around lethal force at traffic
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By George Wright BBC News Police and rioters have clashed in the French city of Marseille as the country battles with a fifth night of unrest after the death of a teenager shot by police at point-blank
Reuters Prosecutors have begun piecing together what happened before the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M by a police officer. The officer has been charged with homicide and remains in custody. In their outline of events after questioning eyewitnesses and reviewing CCTV footage, prosecutors say the teenage driver had already ignored a police demand to