Paris climate summit: Don't mention Copenhagen
Image copyright MADS NISSEN Image caption The failures of the Copenhagen summit loom large over Paris For officials and politicians getting ready for the UN summit on climate change in Paris later this...
View Article'Del Boy' Reliant Rialto stars in farmer's calendar
Image copyright Robert Wrinch Image caption Images of the Reliant Rialto working at harvest time have been created for the calendar A farmer who was gifted an Only Fools & Horses-style...
View ArticleHuge war medal collection goes up for auction in Dundee
Image copyright Alan Richardson Image caption The collection going under the hammer in Dundee contains more than 1,000 medals A collection of medals charting 150 years of UK military history is to go...
View ArticleGaddafi assets cannot be used to compensate IRA victims
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Victims of IRA attacks funded by Colonel Gaddafi cannot legally be compensated from funds seized after his death More than £1bn belonging to former Libyan leader...
View ArticleWhy some people don't sing the national anthem
Image copyright PA Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised for staying silent as God Save the Queen was sung. What are people's reasons for refusing to sing along? The Labour leader has attracted much...
View ArticleDyfed-Powys Police in new station plans for Llanelli
Image copyright Google Two new police stations could be built in Llanelli as part of £15m plans to revamp services in the town. Dyfed-Powys Police's main station in Waunlanyrafon is no longer fit for...
View ArticleTaxi crash: Man cut out of vehicle after Londonderry collision
A man had to be cut out of a taxi following a collision with a lorry in Strathfoyle in Londonderry. It happened on Wednesday morning at 08:15 BST at the Port Road. Firefighters used cutting equipment...
View ArticleThe referendum victory speech Alex Salmond never gave
Image copyright PA Image caption Alex Salmond stood down as first minister after Scotland voted No in the referendum The text of a speech Alex Salmond was ready to deliver if Scotland had voted Yes to...
View ArticleFacebook to send missing child alerts to UK members
Image copyright Facebook Image caption Alerts will include photographs of the missing children as well as other relevant descriptions Facebook is to start sending missing child alerts to UK-based...
View ArticleEx-prisoner George Trainer 'may pose risk to public'
Image copyright Police Scotland Image caption George Joseph Trainer had his licence revoked for failing to comply with conditions Police have said a former prisoner who is unlawfully at large may pose...
View ArticleSyria conflict: Assad 'won't quit under pressure'
Image copyright AP Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told Russian media he will not quit under foreign pressure, saying that is a decision for the Syrian people. Western powers and much of the...
View ArticleInvestors face 'exotic' pension scams
Image copyright PA Better-off people with some experience of investing are more likely to be caught out by "exotic" pension scams, the City watchdog has told MPs. Concerns have been raised about the...
View ArticleBBC cameraman injured while filming Jeremy Corbyn
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Corbyn faces David Cameron in the Commons for the first time at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday A BBC cameraman was injured while filming Labour...
View ArticleAir Canada flight diverted to save dog from freezing
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Without heating, the temperature in the cargo hold on long-haul flights can become life-threatening An Air Canada flight was diverted after the pilot realised...
View ArticleTwo Gwynedd teachers arrested and bailed
Two male teachers at separate Gwynedd schools have been arrested as part of the same investigation, BBC Wales has learned. On Monday, it was revealed a teacher at Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen, in Caernarfon,...
View ArticleRapist Gareth Furse has 'excessive' sentence cut on appeal
Image copyright South Wales Police A call centre worker branded a danger to society for raping a sleeping woman has had his sentence cut. Gareth Furse, 32, from Roath in Cardiff, was found guilty of...
View ArticleThree people held in Glasgow over alleged £1m VAT fraud
Three people from Glasgow have been arrested by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over a suspected £1m VAT fraud linked to the catering trade. HMRC said its officers had carried out searches of one...
View ArticleBlackpool FC president sues Oystons over 'missing millions'
Image copyright Empics Image caption The legal action is being taken against club chairman Karl Oyston and his father Owen The president of Blackpool Football Club has begun legal action against its...
View ArticleHow automation could benefit agriculture
Intelligent automation now means that a dairy herd can be fed, cared for and milked by just one or two people. Robert Veitch has a dairy farm near Glasgow that uses one of the most advanced robotic...
View ArticleInmates charged over HMP Birmingham 'selfie' rap video
Image caption The pair are alleged to have recorded the video using a phone smuggled into HMP Birmingham Two inmates have been charged with making a "selfie" rap video using a mobile phone smuggled...
View ArticleMigrant crisis: Hungary convicts first 'illegal entrant'
Image copyright Reuters The first migrants have been prosecuted for illegal border crossing at the county court in Szeged, Hungary. It comes after Hungary closed its border with Serbia and began...
View ArticleVenezuela extends state of emergency to third border state
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he wants "a new peaceful border" Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced he will extend a state of emergency to...
View ArticleMan arrested over gun incident in Edinburgh street
A man has been arrested after reports that he was acting suspiciously with a gun in an Edinburgh street. Police were called to Abbey Street in the city's Meadowbank area at 15:30. A Police Scotland...
View ArticleThe Afghan Taliban enter uncharted territory
Image copyright EPA Image caption Mullah Omar founded the Afghan Taliban in the early 1990s The Afghan Taliban face the biggest challenge in their history. With the death of their revered leader Mullah...
View ArticleMullah Omar: The myth and the movement
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mullah Omar had not been seen in public since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 Whether or not Mullah Omar is dead or alive, his long absence from public view...
View ArticleObituary: Mullah Omar, reclusive figure
Image copyright EPA Image caption The Taliban leader is believed to have suffered a shrapnel wound to his right eye in the 1980s Mullah Omar was a reclusive figure even before his Taliban government...
View ArticleMullah Omar: Taliban 'resolve splits' over successor Mansour
Image copyright EPA Image caption Mullah Omar (left) was replaced by his deputy in late July A dispute that threatened to split the Afghan Taliban has been resolved after relatives of late leader...
View ArticleMan dies in incident on farm in Toulett, County Donegal
An elderly man has been killed in an incident on a farm in Toulett in County Donegal. Another man was injured and has been taken to Letterkenny General Hospital. Police said they responded to a call at...
View ArticleStephen Tillyer sentenced over £300k viola theft from train
Image copyright British Transport Police Image caption Stephen Tillyer took the £300,000 viola from a London to Dover train A man who stole a viola worth £300,000 after it was left on train has been...
View ArticleJames Nolan charged with murdering Malcolm Ballantyne in Saltcoats
Image copyright John McGowan A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a 72-year-old man in his North Ayrshire home. James Nolan, 32, is accused of stabbing Malcolm Ballantyne on his head and...
View ArticleMan sought over sex attack on teenage girl in Glasgow
Police have appealed for help in tracing a man who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in Glasgow. The teenager was attacked on a canal path behind the Little India Takeaway on Blairdardie Road at...
View ArticleSix on trial in Wales' largest heroin haul worth £5m
Image copyright Google Five men and a woman are on trial over Wales' largest heroin seizure, where 40kg of the drug worth nearly £5m was recovered by police. Cardiff Crown Court heard nearly 4kg of the...
View ArticleLack of support puts young teachers off, Ofsted warns
Image caption Sir Michael Wilshaw said teacher recruitment had always been an issue Young teachers in England are being put off the profession by a lack of support, the schools watchdog warns. Ofsted...
View ArticleMigrant crisis: Hungary police fire tear gas at Roszke crossing
Hungarian riot police have fired tear gas and water cannon to force back migrants who broke through gates at the now closed Serbia-Hungary border. Hundreds of people have massed at a key Serbian...
View ArticleLast year's flu vaccine was much better than we thought
Image copyright Science Photo Library Last winter's flu vaccine did much better than we first thought at fighting the disease and saving lives. The results were still not great and the overall death...
View ArticleNicola Cross death: Man charged with murder
Image copyright Hertfordshire Police Image caption Nicola Cross was found dead at her Hemel Hempstead home on Monday A man has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead at her home. Nicola...
View ArticleCrown details charges against ex-Rangers chiefs Craig Whyte and Charles Green
Image copyright PA Image caption Charles Green and Craig Whyte appeared in court last month after an investigation into the alleged fraudulent acquision of Rangers assets The Crown Office has announced...
View ArticleYemen conflict: PM Badad returns from Saudi exile
Image copyright AFP Image caption Security will top Khaled Bahah's agenda Yemen's Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and several of his ministers have returned after months of exile in Saudi Arabia. Mr Badah...
View ArticleCashing in pensions: Back to the pirate days
Image copyright Hulton archive Image caption Bartholomew Roberts or "Black Bart" In a way the pension freedoms you hear so much about have taken us back to the old pirate days when some of the first...
View ArticleToronto Film Festival 2015: TIFF shines spotlight on LGBT films
Image copyright TIFF Image caption Julianne Moore and Ellen Page star in Freeheld, based on real events This year's Toronto International Film Festival features more than 20 films focussing on lesbian,...
View ArticleDavid Cameron criticises 'terror' remarks in response to John McDonnell question
Image caption David Cameron was responding to a DUP question in the House of Commons on the past views of John McDonnell, who has been appointed as Shadow Chancellor by the new Labour leader The prime...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn: Labour won't back EU exit
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has told the BBC that he will not campaign for Britain to leave the EU. Mr Corbyn said that while policy was "developing" he could not foresee a situation where Labour would...
View ArticleLabour's leaders in Wales and Westminster meet
Image caption A tale of two leaders: Carwyn Jones and Jeremy Corbyn meet at last. It was a positive, if brief, encounter. On Wednesday evening, Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones met the newly-elected...
View ArticleFour people rescued from flats fire in Edinburgh
Image copyright Google Four people have been rescued from a fire in Edinburgh. The alarm was raised about 11:15 when a student called the emergency services to flats in Hope Park Crescent, Newington....
View ArticleBangor fire: Sunlight sparked freak blaze at property
A widower and his teenage son have been shocked to discover a fire that destroyed most of their home in Bangor, County Down, was probably caused by sunlight. Roger Shaw and his teenage son, Carlan,...
View ArticleGreen Arabia's key role in human evolution
Image copyright AFP Image caption Whilst the interior of the Arabian Peninsula is dry today, it was once lush and green Scientists have been illuminating the vital role played by the Arabian Peninsula...
View ArticleMigrant crisis: Croatia mines warning after border crossing
Image caption Croatia's de-mining agency has stressed that areas where mines remain are clearly marked with warning signs Migrants are being warned of the dangers of landmines left over from the 1990s...
View ArticleMigrant crisis: Croatia to allow migrants to travel north
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Migrants are crossing into Croatia where they are being registered Croatia says it will allow migrants to travel on to northern Europe - opening up a new route a...
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