PA Media By Kate Whannel Political reporter Rishi Sunak has arrived in Manchester for what could be his last party conference before the next election. Ahead of the four-day event, he announced £1.1bn of cash for towns the government says have been “overlooked”. However, the prime minister faces pressure from across his party over issues
Month: September 2023
A space enthusiast in Nepal filmed the Harvest Supermoon by putting his mobile phone to the viewfinder of his telescope. Amartya Mishra said he often captured the skies from Nepal’s capital city, Kathmandu. The Moon was also seen from Colorado, in the US. For a moon to be classed as a supermoon it must be
Getty Images By Antoinette Radford, Sam Cabral & Anthony Zurcher BBC News, London and Washington With just hours to go before the US government is due to shut down, the House of Representatives has agreed to a short-term funding deal. A bill that keeps the government funded until mid-November but includes no new aid for
We’re in for another fun Saturday of college football as we fully dive into conference play. There are three ranked vs. ranked showdowns on the day as well as some tricky road spots for other ranked teams, which could put some of the nation’s top teams in upset watch. Here’s what we’re watching closely in
Getty Images By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington A new vote is being held in the US House of Representatives among indications of a government shutdown beginning at midnight on Saturday. Faced with a rebellion by fellow hard-line Republicans, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to secure agreement on a temporary 45-day respite. It’s not
AFP via Getty Images By George Wright BBC News More than 100,000 people have fled the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Armenia says. It means that that almost the entire population of the ethnic Armenian enclave has left since Azerbaijan seized the region last week. Azerbaijan has said it wants to reintegrate the area and treat its residents
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By George Wright BBC News The charge of a former gang leader with the murder of Tupac Shakur 1996 is a “pivotal moment”, the late rapper sister’s says. The New York-born hip-hop legend was shot four times
family handout The school coach driver who died after a crash on a motorway has been named. Stephen Shrimpton, 40, and passenger Jessica Baker, 15, died after the vehicle struck a reservation and overturned on the M53 in Wirral on Friday, Merseyside Police said. Four others were taken to hospital for treatment, including a 14-year-old
Getty Images By Emily McGarvey BBC News The Duchess of York has said she is “shocked and saddened” after her former personal assistant Jenean Chapman was killed in Dallas, Texas. Sarah Ferguson paid tribute to Ms Chapman, 46, describing her as “loyal, hardworking, beautiful and fun”. Ms Chapman’s body was found inside a central Dallas
Getty Images By Faarea Masud Business reporter Rail passengers are facing disruption on Saturday as train drivers stage a further strike over pay and conditions. The fresh wave of industrial action by members of the Aslef union means fewer than half of trains will be operating. Some journeys will be subject to short-notice cancellation and
PA Media By Sean Seddon BBC News Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said he wants to stop the “vicious circle of ever-rising taxes” by reforming public services and the benefits system. His comments come as some senior Tories are set to call for tax cuts ahead of the party’s conference this week. MPs including Liz Truss
Our reporter Regan Morris talks us through the reasons behind Keffe D being charged for Tupac Shakur’s murder. Police raided Keffe D’s home in Las Vegas in July, where they seized a memoir of his, recounting his memories of the night Tupac was murdered. Keffe D is being charged for his role that night and
ESA By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent Many astronomers are no longer asking whether there is life elsewhere in the Universe. The question on their minds is instead: when will we find it? Many are optimistic of detecting life signs on a faraway world within our lifetimes – possibly in the next few years. And one
Getty Images By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York One of 18 co-defendants of former President Donald Trump has pleaded guilty to five charges in the Georgia election interference case. Bail bondsman Scott Hall has struck a plea deal with prosecutors that requires him to testify against others. The former Republican poll watcher is accused
jamesbenet/Getty Images By Fergus Walsh Medical editor Men undergoing treatment for prostate cancer could be safely given far less radiotherapy, a major trial has found. Doses can be cut by three-quarters meaning five higher doses is enough, instead of the 20 or so given now. The international trial involved nearly 900 men with medium-risk prostate
Steven Wolfson, Las Vegas’s district attorney who has been working on the case of Tupac’s murder, quotes the artist, saying the team ‘”never surrendered” in the quest to find the truth. After he calls Tupac a “music legend”, Wolfson refers to an often cited quote from Tupac. “Death is not the greatest loss in life.
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