Home secretary yet to agree deal days before spending review57 minutes agoHenry ZeffmanBBC chief political correspondentLeila NathooPolitical correspondentPA MediaHome Secretary Yvette Cooper has...
Nurses to vote on pay deal as potential strike loomsJust nowHugh PymHealth editor•@bbcHughPymGareth Fuller/PA WireAlmost 350,000 nursing staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be asked...
An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa17 hours agoPenny DaleJournalistWomen’s History Museum ZambiaA wooden hunters' toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia...
One of my personal concerns about leaving the ECHR was always the instinctive worry I felt about the kind of company we’d be keeping if we left – ie, Russia, a country that is not only our most...
Government struggles to cut foreign aid spent on asylum hotels5 hours agoJames LandaleDiplomatic correspondent•@BBCJLandalePA MediaThe government is struggling to cut the amount of foreign aid it...
The country where the left (not the far right) made hardline immigration laws24 minutes agoKatya AdlerEurope editor•@BBCkatyaadlerBBCThink, Denmark. Images of sleek, impossibly chic Copenhagen, the...
A growing number of rail passengers think it is “normal” to avoid paying their fare, a watchdog has warned. But the rail service has made it easier for dishonest passengers by introducing a...
UK temporarily spared from Trump's 50% metal tariffs4 hours agoMitchell LabiakBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThe UK has been temporarily spared from US President Donald Trump's executive...
British holidaymakers in Sicily have shared their astonishment after witnessing the dramatic eruption of Mount Etna nearby.The tallest active volcano in Europe burst into life once more yesterday...
Cruise missiles could hit and destroy a British city in just 90 minutes, according to the author of the Strategic Defence Review.General Sir Richard Barrons, a former British Army chief, warned towns...
Defence plan will ensure UK is ready for war, minister says47 minutes agoSam FrancisPolitical reporter•@DavidSamFrancisJonathan BealeDefence correspondent•@bealejonathanMinistry of DefenceThe...
UK to build up to 12 new attack submarines1 hour agoJonathan BealeDefence correspondent•@bealejonathanPaul SeddonPolitical reporterPA MediaThe UK will build up to 12 new attack submarines, the...
Britain will build up to 12 nuclear-powered attack submarines and invest £15billion in its warhead programme, the Prime Minister will announce on Monday. The Government is expected to accept 62...
The Defence Secretary has called plans to boost the UK's military might a "message to Moscow" but said he does not expect to raise the number of soldiers until the next parliament.The Government has...
Nigel Farage has declared that “our country is in peril” after more than 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel in a record-breaking day for illegal arrivals. Saturday’s warm weather led to...