BBC News She discovered she was fast, and her new records prove it. In the Women’s Standing Block category, where an axe is used to speed-chop through an upright, vertical block of wood, she cut through 9in (22.8cm) of white pine in 19.38 seconds. The previous record was 21.17 seconds. In the Women’s Underhand Chop, […]
BBC News The bus fare cap in England will revert to £2 from January, new prime minister Andy Burnham has announced. The government says the policy, which is expected to cost more than £500m, will “help with the cost of living and give people the breathing space they need”. At the start of last year, […]
BBC News Maj Gen Mykhailo Drapatyi, 43, has replaced Oleksandr Syrskyi as Ukraine’s commander-in-chief – the third since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. His nomination has been welcomed by both civil society and the military. Drapatyi’s name was chanted during protests that started off backing his friend, ex-defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, but […]
BBC News For now, Liverpool supporters are left with more questions than answers. Since completing its takeover of the club in October 2010, Fenway Sports Group, then known as New England Sports Ventures, has established itself as a steady and reliable custodian. The American ownership group has overseen sustained success on and off the pitch, […]
BBC News Hundreds of people are continuing to pour in at India’s Cockroach Janta Party protest site in the capital, Delhi. The youth-led movement, which is seeking education reforms and the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, is seeing support two days after a police crackdown, as people travel from several states to join the […]
BBC News Maternity notes for the babies Lucy Letby has been convicted of murdering were not made available to her defence ahead of her trial, the BBC has learned. The neonatal nurse was convicted of murdering and attempting to murder 14 babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016. File on 4 […]
BBC News According to local press reports, Judge Adriana Tse sentenced her to five years in prison for blackmail and three years for perverting the course of justice, with one year to be served consecutively. Prosecutors argued that Rose fabricated the allegation in an attempt to extort £100,000 ($134,000) from the man, whose identity was […]
BBC News He said the bus fare cap is “a great measure for anyone not driving”, but added that fixing the train fares would “help many more”. “Working in London I would expect the price of the train to go down because the commute is horrendously expensive nowadays,” he said. The new cap will take […]
