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Facebook By Alex Pope & Mariam Issimdar BBC News, Norfolk Norfolk Police has referred itself to the independent watchdog, saying it did not respond to a 999 call from a house where a family was later found dead. An emergency call was made from a man in a house in Costessey, near Norwich, at 06:00

Getty Images By Mark Lowen BBC News, Jerusalem A key member of Israel’s war cabinet has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not telling the truth about the military goals in Gaza. Mr Netanyahu has publicly rejected the US push for a future Palestinian state and insisted the offensive would continue “until complete victory”. But

EPA Prince Harry has withdrawn his libel claim against the Mail on Sunday publisher, Associated Newspapers says. The Duke of Sussex, 39, had sued over an article about his publicly-funded security arrangements when visiting the UK after stepping back as a senior royal. In an article on the Daily Mail website the paper said he

Getty Images By Vishala Sri-Pathma Business reporter The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt has given strong hints that he wants to cut taxes in the spring budget. Mr Hunt told the BBC that countries with lower taxes have more “dynamic, faster growing economies”. In the autumn statement, the chancellor cut national insurance for workers by 2% and

Getty Images By Ben Chu BBC Newsnight The husband of Tory peer Michelle Mone is connected to a company that tax experts say should be investigated for fraud, BBC Newsnight has found. Doug Barrowman has previously denied involvement in Vanquish Options, a firm that falsely claimed customers could write off money owed to the government.

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Kate Whannel Political reporter, BBC News Rishi Sunak has succeeded in getting his key Rwanda bill through the House of Commons after a Tory rebellion failed to materialise. The bill, which aims to stop legal challenges

PA Media By Sean Seddon BBC News King Charles III is set to attend hospital next week for treatment for an enlarged prostate. Buckingham Palace said the King’s condition is benign but he will undergo a “corrective procedure”. The 75 year old’s public engagements will be postponed for a short period of recuperation, the palace

AP/GETTY By Rianna Croxford, investigations correspondent BBC News and BBC Panorama The FBI has begun an investigation after the BBC revealed claims that the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) sexually exploited and abused men at events he hosted around the world. Mike Jeffries and his British partner also face a civil lawsuit alleging

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News A boss of Fujitsu has said the company has a “moral obligation” to contribute to compensation for sub-postmasters wrongly prosecuted as a result of its faulty IT software. Paul Patterson,

Family handout By Henri Astier BBC News Hamas has issued a new video purporting to show the bodies of two Israeli hostages, with the militants claiming that they died in air strikes on Gaza. It comes a day after Hamas released another video of the hostages when they were alive, but warning they could die

Getty Images By Lauren Hirst & Rumeana Jahangir BBC News Girls were “left at the mercy” of paedophile grooming gangs for years because of failings by senior police and council bosses, a report has said. The review covers 2004 to 2013 and sets out a series of failed investigations by Greater Manchester Police (GMP). It

By Alice Cuddy BBC News, Israel They are known as Israel’s eyes on the Gaza border. For years, units of young female conscripts had one job here. It was to sit in surveillance bases for hours, looking for signs of anything suspicious. In the months leading up to the 7 October attacks by Hamas, they

No 10 By James Gregory BBC News The UK had “no choice” but to take military action against Houthis in Yemen over their attacks in the Red Sea, the foreign secretary has said. Lord Cameron said the UK had given the group “warning after warning” before joining US-led strikes this week. Writing in the Sunday

Maxar By Frank Gardner, security correspondent and Malu Cursino BBC News President Biden says the US has delivered a “private message” to Iran about the Houthis in Yemen after the US carried out a second strike on the group. “We delivered it privately and we’re confident we’re well-prepared,” he said without giving further details. The

EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock New Zealand’s former prime minister Jacinda Ardern has married her long-term partner Clarke Gayford in a small private ceremony in North Island. The couple had intended to tie the knot in 2022 but cancelled during strict Covid restrictions that Ms Ardern’s government imposed on the country. Ms Ardern gave a five-minute wedding speech to

Getty Images By Simon Jack Business editor The Post Office may have underpaid more than £100m in tax while overpaying its senior executives, according to tax experts. Dan Neidle of Tax Policy Associates says the Post Office paid less tax by deducting payments to victims of the Horizon scandal from its profits. This could count