I’ve never covered a by-election like it. Bizarre, noisy, angry, colourful. 11 candidates, all men. Oh, and wildly unpredictable. Candidates disowned. And the local and the international jostling alongside each other for attention. The big characters: the two former Labour MPs, George Galloway and Simon Danczuk. The candidates abandoned, not least Azhar Ali, who won
Month: February 2024
Everard family By Judith Burns & Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens should never have been a police officer and opportunities were missed to stop him, an inquiry has said. A radical overhaul of police vetting and recruitment is needed now, the independent review found. Couzens abducted, raped and murdered Ms Everard
There was no March Madness the first year of Caitlin Clark’s collegiate career. No, it wasn’t because the Iowa Hawkeyes didn’t make the NCAA tournament in the 2020-21 season. They did, colliding with Connecticut in a Sweet 16 showdown of future WNBA superstars Clark and Paige Bueckers. It was because the NCAA withheld from its
BBCCopyright: BBC Over the course of five reporting trips at the border since the beginning of the Biden administration, I’ve spoken to dozens of migrants from across the world – but the greatest number has been, by far, from Venezuela. The country has been facing an economic and political crisis as well as high levels
Getty Images Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has been placed under investigation by Parliament’s standards watchdog. The probe relates to Mr Gove’s register of financial interests, according to the Standards Commissioner’s website. There are no further details about the investigation, with these kept confidential until it concludes. However, last week the Guardian reported Mr Gove
AFPCopyright: AFP Following conversations with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and a Palestinian eyewitness, we have been able to establish – with some confidence – the circumstances surrounding the incident on Thursday morning in which as many as 104 Palestinians were killed. Everyone agrees that the incident took place shortly after 04:00 local time (02:00
House of CommonsCopyright: House of Commons Returning to the Commons, where Home Secretary James Cleverly has just delivered a statement on the report, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper is now responding. She says though she agrees with most of what Cleverly has said in the last few minutes, his response to the Angiolini report is
Getty Images By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem More than 30,000 Palestinians have now been killed in Gaza since 7 October, the Hamas-run health ministry says. That number equates to about 1.3% of the 2.3 million population of the territory – the latest grim marker of the awful toll of this war. The ministry says
By Kayleigh Harvey & David Cowan BBC Scotland Two former sex workers who were picked up by Iain Packer say women needlessly suffered attacks after police failed to act on warnings that he was dangerous. Iain Packer, 51, was found guilty of killing Emma Caldwell in Limefield Woods, Biggar, in April 2005. He was also
Reuters By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News @ChrisMasonBBC The Chancellor is exploring the option of scrapping the tax status enjoyed by people who live in the UK, but whose home for tax purposes is overseas. Non-domiciled people, often referred to as non-doms, only pay UK tax on money earned in the UK. They do
Reuters By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent Joe Biden and Donald Trump will both travel to the US-Mexico border on Thursday, locked in a high-stakes political duel on an issue that could ultimately decide the US presidential election. That border was crossed last year by 2.5 million undocumented migrants, an influx that has overwhelmed processing
PA Media By Jennifer McKiernan & Doug Faulkner BBC News Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned police chiefs of a “growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule”. He wants more robust police responses that he says are needed to protect politicians and democratic processes. This includes an “immediate response” from police to intimidatory
“It’s about time, I thought, to give my own side to what’s happened.” That is what Iain Packer told BBC investigative reporter Sam Poling during their first interview in November 2018. He had approached Ms Poling after she had filmed a documentary about Police Scotland. Packer had been described in the press as a “forgotten
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mitch McConnell, the powerful politician from Kentucky, announced that he plans to step down as the Senate’s longest-serving Republican leader in November. He has served as leader for nearly 20 years, but said it was “time to
House of Commons/UK Parliament By Tom Espiner & Lora Jones & Esyllt Carr Business reporters, BBC News The former chairman of the Post Office twice asked for boss Nick Read’s pay to be doubled, MPs heard on Wednesday. Henry Staunton was trying to prevent Mr Read from quitting the scandal-hit organisation. However, the requests were
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Paul Seddon Politics reporter, BBC News There were angry clashes at Prime Minister’s Questions, as the main party leaders rowed about the records of their predecessors. Labour’s Keir Starmer said Rishi Sunak should take action over
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