BBC News Firefighters are dealing with what has been described as a “significant incident” at an industrial building in Essex. Crews were called to farmland in Southend Road, between East Hanningfield and Rettendon, on Friday afternoon. People have described hearing what sounded like an explosion to the BBC. One said it was “like a bomb” […]
BBC News The national archive for the Welsh historic environment has released photographs of Driver’s discoveries following flights from Haverfordwest and Caernarfon airport in June and July. “This year has been pretty windy across Wales, so some of the longer trips to record cropmarks have made for challenging flying,” Driver said. “Sometimes the cropmarks are […]
BBC News Defending champion Tadej Pogacar is on the verge of winning a record-equalling fifth Tour de France after taking a storming victory on stage 19 to Alpe d’Huez. The UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider pulled more than three minutes back on a breakaway group on the hors category final climb up to the famous ski […]
BBC News Tyson Fury stopped Mariusz Wach in a low-key bout in Thailand attended by no more than 1,500 fans – and which was not televised live anywhere in the world. The 37-year-old British heavyweight dominated for seven rounds at the Max Muay Thai Stadium in Pattaya, before the overmatched Wach, 46, retired on his […]
BBC News Gamers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Network, leaving some unable to play digital games for several hours. According to Down Detector, which tracks outages, tens of thousands of people have reported problems globally, external with the service – although some reported they were able to get back online since. The […]
BBC News Available for over a year Today, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has officially opened up the doors to Number 10 North which he has described as the ‘best day of my life’. Adam is joined by Lucy Fisher – Whitehall editor at the Financial Times and Patrick Maguire Chief Political Commentator at the Times, […]
BBC News LeBron James has announced he will be joining the Philadelphia 76ers next season for what he says will be his final year in the NBA. The 41-year-old, the highest points scorer in the history of the league, left the Los Angeles Lakers after eight years last month. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, […]
BBC News Five Metropolitan Police officers have been injured after a police boat struck Westminster Bridge in central London. The Met said the incident had occurred at about 15:40 BST and involved a boat from the Marine Policing Unit. In a statement, it said “a number of officers entered the water, but were recovered” and […]
BBC News Ultimate Team, commonly referred to as FUT, is one of the main modes of the EA FC series. Players can spend money on virtual card packs containing a random selection of star footballers to build a dream squad. It is possible to trade the cards and build up in-game “coins” without using real […]
BBC News Prof Teresa Lamb, who led the Ebola vaccine team at the University of Oxford, said they had been able to create it so quickly because of the background of decades of research. She explained how they would confirm that the vaccine was effective at protecting people. It cannot give anyone Ebola. ”We will […]
