Month: February 2024

I’ve never covered a by-election like it. Bizarre, noisy, angry, colourful. 11 candidates, all men. Oh, and wildly unpredictable. Candidates disowned. And the local and the international jostling alongside each other for attention. The big characters: the two former Labour MPs, George Galloway and Simon Danczuk. The candidates abandoned, not least Azhar Ali, who won

Social media By Paul Adams & David Gritten BBC News, in Jerusalem and London More than 110 Palestinians are reported to have been killed while trying to get desperately needed aid in north Gaza. Crowds of waiting civilians descended on a convoy of lorries after it passed through an Israeli military checkpoint on the coastal

PA Media By Jennifer McKiernan & Doug Faulkner BBC News Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned police chiefs of a “growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule”. He wants more robust police responses that he says are needed to protect politicians and democratic processes. This includes an “immediate response” from police to intimidatory

By Megan Bonar BBC Scotland News Iain Packer has been convicted of murdering Emma Caldwell in remote woods almost 19 years ago. The 27-year-old’s death in April 2005 had been one of Scotland’s most high-profile unsolved murders. The sex worker’s body was found in Limefield Woods, South Lanarkshire, in May 2005 – five weeks after

Getty Images By Joe Crowley BBC Panorama A power company that has received £6bn in UK green subsidies has kept burning wood from some of the world’s most precious forests, the BBC has found. Papers obtained by Panorama show Drax took timber from rare forests in Canada it had claimed were “no go areas”. It

House of Commons/UK Parliament By Dearbail Jordan Business reporter, BBC News The former Post Office chairman has shocked MPs by claiming that the company’s current chief executive Nick Read is under investigation. Henry Staunton made the allegation at a hearing to discuss compensation payments to sub-postmasters at the centre of the Horizon scandal. Alan Bates,

BBCCopyright: BBC Nagham Atef Mezied, 22, is in Deir el-Balah. She is a medical student and volunteer doctor. She shares what her morning has been like with us: Time is now 9am. This is my breakfast. I usually have breakfast at 6am but now we are trying to delay having breakfast so we don’t need

PA Media By Kate Whannel Political reporter, BBC News Ex-Tory party deputy chair Lee Anderson has said his words were clumsy but has refused to apologise for suggesting Sadiq Khan is controlled by Islamists. Mr Anderson was suspended as a Tory MP following his remarks, which he says were borne out of frustration at the

PA MediaCopyright: PA Media On Friday, former Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson told GB News that “Islamists” had “got control” of the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. On Saturday, Anderson was suspended from the Conservative party after “refusing to apologise” for those comments. Khan responded, describing Anderson’s remarks as, “Islamophobic, anti-Muslim and racist”. The London

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The deputy prime minister has declined to say whether it was Islamophobic for Lee Anderson to say London Mayor Sadiq Khan is controlled by “Islamists”. Oliver Dowden also said Mr Anderson, who was suspended as a Tory

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sam Cabral BBC News, in Columbia, South Carolina Donald Trump is one step closer to the Republican presidential nomination after a massive win over Nikki Haley in South Carolina. The former president won his primary opponent’s

The former Tory deputy chairman has been suspended from the party after “refusing to apologise” for comments aimed at Sadiq Khan. Lee Anderson told GB News on Friday “Islamists” had “got control” of the mayor of London. Mr Khan described the remarks as “pouring fuel on the fire of anti-Muslim hatred”. Losing the Tory whip

Getty Images By James Waterhouse BBC News, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine It translates as “crooked horn”, but President Zelensky calls Kryvyi Rih his “big soul and heart”. He credits this gritty, industrial city with moulding his character. He grew up in a sprawling block of flats known as the Anthill. When you stand in front

Intuitive Machines By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent @BBCAmos An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon. Houston-based Intuitive Machines landed its Odysseus robot near the lunar south pole. It took some minutes for controllers to establish that the craft was down, but eventually a

Alexei Navalny/YouTube By Ido Vock BBC News Alexei Navalny’s mother has said she has been shown his body, but added that the Russian authorities were pressuring her to allow a “secret” burial. In a video address, Lyudmila Navalnaya said she had been brought to a morgue where she signed a death certificate. Kira Yamysh, the

UK Parliament By Political Reporter Becky Morton & Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News The House of Commons speaker is under increasing pressure after a debate on a ceasefire in Gaza descended into chaos. Sir Lindsay Hoyle sparked fury from SNP and Conservative MPs when he broke with convention to allow a vote on a Labour