Afghanistan-Pakistan quake: Cold puts homeless at risk
Aid workers have warned that some Afghans and Pakistanis made homeless by Monday’s earthquake could die from exposure. There is an urgent need for tents and blankets for those forced to spend Read More →
Australia’s return of Uluru to Indigenous owners marked 30 years on
The traditional indigenous owners of Uluru have marked 30 years since it was returned by the Australian government. Hundreds of people gathered by the isolated hill, popularly known outside Australia as Ayers Read More →
Ben Carson compares abortion to slavery
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, one of the current frontrunners for the Republican presidential nomination, wants to make abortion illegal in all instances, including cases of rape and incest. He told an NBC Read More →
US Federal Reserve refrains from interest rate rise
The Federal Reserve has decided to keep US interest rates unchanged after its latest meeting. The decision leaves short-term interest rates at record lows of 0% to 0.25%, the same level they Read More →
Royal Dutch Shell pushed into loss by charges
Royal Dutch Shell has reported a loss for the third quarter of the year, after taking a big charge to reflect the cost of halting major projects. The oil company reported a Read More →
Business
A top Chinese diplomat tells the BBC there could be "substantial" repercussions if the UK Read More →
Investors get the jitters as tensions rise between the US and China. Read More →
Lord Hain uses parliamentary privilege to make allegations about staff complaints Read More →
Politics
Senior cabinet ministers expect the PM to outline a timetable on Friday for her successor to be chos Read More →
UK voters electing 73 Members of the European Parliament from 12 constituencies. Read More →
The BBC is not allowed to report details of campaigning while the polls are open. Read More →
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Canadian stand-up Mae Martin wishes we could all relax about each other's sexuality. Read More →
Meet the Latino female filmmakers flying the flag in "uncomfortable" times at Cannes. Read More →
Middlesbrough's grimy past is turned into art and a musical as the town looks to a creative fut Read More →
Education & Family
Some 60% do not choose their local secondary school as their first option, shows major study. Read More →
Oxford University wrote to the leader of Brunei expressing "concerns" about strict new Isl Read More →
The award-winning singer's birth coincided with her parent's graduation ceremonies in the Read More →
Academics are thronging to university counselling rooms to seek help for mental health problems and Read More →
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A Cornwall dog owner had the skin torn off her middle finger by a lead wound tightly round her hand. Read More →
There were 795 cases of mumps in the first three months of 2019, versus 1,031 in the whole of 2018. Read More →
Inspectors, council staff and NHS officials went in twice week on average in the year before Panoram Read More →