BBC News The sister of a 24-year-old mother who was stabbed and killed as she lay in bed with her husband and baby in west London on Sunday has said “she was my world”. Kirandeep Kaur, who was originally from India, was fatally attacked at her home in Hayes. Speaking through a translator from the […]
BBC News The football season never truly ends – the qualifying rounds of Europe’s three club competitions are already under way, as is the Scottish League Cup. The Scottish Premiership season, meanwhile, kicks off on 31 July. But certainly in England, there are fewer opportunities to get a competitive football fix once this weekend is […]
BBC News Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli took a scintillating pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix, leaving team-mate and title rival George Russell trailing in fourth, more than 0.5 seconds adrift. The Italian, who leads the championship from Russell by 25 points, beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 0.317secs, even though the four-time champion had the […]
BBC News German centre-right politician Jens Spahn has resigned as parliamentary group leader of the country’s governing coalition after being accused of hypocrisy over his use of a surrogate mother in the US to have a child. Surrogacy is prohibited in Germany – a policy backed by his Christian Democrat party (CDU) and, several years […]
BBC News During his speech on Friday, Burnham promised to deliver “the most significant change moment in our politics for 40 years”. In doing so, he made five pledges to the public, including working with other parties in a “distinctively Labour” direction and transferring power from Westminster to local authorities. But despite Burnham’s promises to […]
BBC News Great Britain’s Josh Kerr smashed the long-standing men’s mile world record with a spectacular performance at the London Diamond League. Having announced his intention to break Hicham El Guerrouj’s 27-year record in London back in March, Kerr delivered in emphatic fashion as he crossed the line in three minutes 42.66 seconds. Roared on […]
BBC News Burnham is unusual in politics because even colleagues who are furious that he ousted Sir Keir Starmer say he is an affable and decent person. But does he have the experience and skills to pick Labour’s morale up off the floor, and tackle the deep problems the country has? One old friend wonders: […]
BBC News A bull bison, reportedly weighing 2,000lb (900kg), sprinted towards an elderly man, ramming him with its head and knocking him into the air in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park. Viral footage of the incident shows a boy and his grandfather snap a picture of the bison as it lies in the grass, before the […]
