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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

Labour’s Ben Bradshaw puts it to Sunak that Kemi Badenoch, the equalities minister, claims she has “engaged extensively” with LGBT organisations while in office, however a freedom of information request reveals she’s not met with “a single one”, but has met “two fringe groups” that campaign against transgender rights. “What is the problem the prime

BBCCopyright: BBC Work to prevent a “devastating impact” on Keyham has been done by all involved, a council member has said. Giles Perritt, assistant chief executive at Plymouth City Council, said teams had used “every minute” they could to get the operation right. “Officers and partners have been working around the clocks since this incident

Shaun Whitmore/BBC By Lauren Woodhead, Paul Bradshaw & Alix Hattenstone BBC Local & BBC Shared Data Unit Disrepair in NHS buildings led to thousands of potentially-harmful incidents last year including critically-ill patients being moved when rainfall came through the ceiling. Sewage leaks, floods and failing equipment also featured in incident records obtained by the BBC

A body has been found in the River Thames by officers searching for chemical attack suspect Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, the Met Police have said. Officers began hunting for Ezedi, 35, after a woman and two girls were attacked in Clapham on 31 January. He was last seen on CCTV leaning over London’s Chelsea Bridge and

By Andy Verity BBC economics correspondent David Cameron’s government knew the Post Office had ditched a secret investigation that might have helped wrongly accused postmasters prove their innocence, the BBC can reveal. The 2016 investigation trawled 17 years of records to find out how often, and why, cash accounts on the Horizon IT system had

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Bea Swallow BBC News, Bristol Three young children found dead at a house in Bristol were a 10-month-old baby boy, a three-year-old girl and a boy, aged seven. Police officers discovered the children after responding to

Reuters Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has warned that unless Hamas frees all hostages held in Gaza by 10 March an offensive will be launched in Rafah. It is the first time Israel has said when its troops might enter Gaza’s overcrowded southern city. Global opposition is growing to such an attack in Rafah,

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The World Health Organization has said Gaza’s Nasser hospital has ceased to function following an Israeli raid. Israel Defense Force (IDF) troops entered the complex on Thursday, saying intelligence indicated hostages taken by Hamas were being held

Reuters By James Gregory BBC News Alexei Navalny’s mother has been unable to recover his body after his death in an Arctic jail, a close aide to the dead Russian opposition leader says. Kira Yarmysch said his mother, Lyudmila, was told his body would only be handed over once a post-mortem examination had been completed.

Reuters By James Waterhouse Ukraine correspondent in Kyiv “In order to preserve life and encirclement, I have withdrawn our units from Avdiivka.” When he was appointed this month, Ukraine’s new head of the armed forces, Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, said he would “rather retreat than sacrifice lives”, and that is what he has finally done with

Getty Images By Sarah Rainsford BBC Eastern Europe correspondent There was a time when journalists used to ask Alexei Navalny why he was still free. The next question was often whether he feared for his life. When Navalny was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent in August 2020, they stopped asking. Now Vladimir Putin’s most

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Becky Morton Political reporter Keir Starmer has said Labour has “more work to do” after it inflicted two by-election defeats on the Conservatives. The party overturned majorities of 11,220 in Kingswood and 18,540 in Wellingborough, where

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Judith Burns and Angus Crawford BBC News Esther Ghey and Ian Russell greet each other with a hug. The pair have a lot in common – though they would surely prefer that they had never had

USA TODAY Sports Several people have been shot in Kansas City, Missouri, after a Super Bowl victory parade, police say. The shots were fired west of Union Station, near to where thousands had gathered for the parade on Wednesday. The number of injured is unclear, although a fire department official told the Associated Press that

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Paul Kirby BBC News A big Russian amphibious ship, the Caesar Kunikov, has sunk off the coast of Russian-occupied Crimea, according to Ukraine’s armed forces. Powerful explosions were heard early on Wednesday, according to local social