Humza Yousaf paid an emotional tribute to his family as he resigned as Scotland’s first minister. Yousaf acknowledged that politics can be a “brutal business” which can take a toll on people. “I am in absolute debt to my wonderful wife, my beautiful children and my wider family for putting up with me over the
Month: April 2024
Since last night, we heard rumours and whispers that Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf is set to walk away. In the last few minutes, the BBC has established that the first minister will indeed quit – and as early as today. Yousaf’s position seems to have shifted substantially on Sunday. Yesterday evening, the BBC’s Scotland
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News At least five people, including a four-month-old baby, have been killed after dozens of tornadoes ripped through the central US causing serious damage. Tens of thousands of residents were left without power
Summer sausage could become a popular item among Minnesota Twins fans this season. It’s already a symbol of celebration in the Twins’ dugout. Infielder Kyle Farmer made the cured meat product a thing for the Twins when he left a sausage on a table in the clubhouse, according to St. Paul Pioneer Press reporter Betsy
Getty Images By Lucy Hooker Business reporter, BBC News Manufacturers will have to follow stricter rules if they want to sell “smart” gadgets in the UK after a new law came into effect. It is designed to ensure there is better security around devices such as baby monitors, televisions and speakers that are linked to
By Adnan El-Bursh BBC Arabic For about three months, Adnan El-Bursh reported on the war in Gaza while living in a tent, eating one meal a day, and struggling to keep his wife and five children safe. The BBC Arabic reporter shares the harrowing moments he faced covering a war that pushed him to his
Getty Images By Lauren Turner BBC News A British man seriously injured in a shark attack in Tobago is “aware of what is happening” and “able to communicate”, his wife has said. Peter Smith, 64, was on the Caribbean island with wife Jo and friends when he was attacked in Courland Bay on Friday morning.
PA Media By Rumeana Jahangir BBC News More body parts have been found by police investigating the death of a man after a torso was found at a nature reserve. They were discovered in two separate locations after the initial find by a passer-by in Kersal Dale Wetlands, Salford, on 4 April. Greater Manchester Police
Reuters Migrants are to start being detained within weeks in preparation for the first flights taking off to Rwanda, the Home Office has said. It comes after the Guardian reported people would start to be transferred to detention centres on Monday. In response, the Home Office said the government was “entering the final phase” of
Sam Attar By Fergal Keane Special correspondent, Jerusalem Sam Attar reckons he left part of his soul in Gaza. It was the part of him that saw suffering and could not turn away. The part which now cannot forget. You can be on the shores of Lake Michigan on an overcast spring day, the wind
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Becky Morton & Laura Kuenssberg BBC Politics A minister has defended the government’s record on the NHS, after a former Conservative MP defected to Labour. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Dr Dan Poulter said
Getty Images By Anna Lamche & Ido Vock BBC News Hundreds more people were arrested at college campuses across the US on Saturday as student protests against the war in Gaza continue. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was among those detained by police. Protestors are demanding institutions boycott companies and individuals with ties to
Family photo By Aimee Thomas BBC News Olwen Collier was in the Stag and Pheasant in Carmel, south Wales, to decorate a function room for her daughter’s 50th birthday party. But when she was looking for it, dim lighting, poor signage and unclear directions meant she opened the wrong door and fell into the cellar.
Video content In an exclusive interview yesterday, Tory MP and former minister Dan Poulter told Laura Kuenssberg he was concerned about the state of the NHS, where he works part time as a doctor, and other public services under the Conservatives. He was, he said, joining the Labour party. “I found it increasingly difficult to
Reuters By Vicky Wong BBC News Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalised just days after his 2020 rape conviction in New York was overturned, his lawyer has said. Arthur Aidala said he was moved to a Manhattan hospital on Friday. He remains in jail after being separately convicted of rape in Los Angeles.
Getty Images By Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Beyoncé released two in one go, Dua Lipa let her fans have three. Taylor Swift? She kept everything under wraps. The Tortured Poets Department dropped last week with no singles released in advance and, next month, Billie Eilish says she’ll be doing the same. For years, commentators have
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