Bowen: Strait of Hormuz standoff raises risk of sliding back into all-out war
Tue, 05 May 2026 11:38:03 GMT
The US and Iran's determination to keep the pressure on each other has put the fragile Gulf ceasefire in serious jeopardy.
Woman, 35, died in explosion after ex-partner 'forced entry' into her home
Tue, 05 May 2026 17:25:19 GMT
Police officers are treating the death of Jo Shaw as a homicide.
Hate crime prosecutions to be fast-tracked after antisemitic attacks
Tue, 05 May 2026 16:56:37 GMT
The director of public prosecutions has told prosecutors in England and Wales to bring charges more quickly.
Hantavirus may have spread between passengers on cruise ship, WHO says
Tue, 05 May 2026 16:38:50 GMT
Two cases of the virus, which rarely spreads between humans, have been confirmed on the ship, and three people have died.
Palestine Action activists guilty of criminal damage
Tue, 05 May 2026 18:11:03 GMT
The group of four activists were accused of breaking into the Elbit Systems factory near Bristol.
Watch: Captain of stranded ship in Strait of Hormuz tells BBC of 'pressure'
Tue, 05 May 2026 18:28:35 GMT
Capt Raman Kapoor's ship is one of several to be stranded in the strait in the midst of the power struggle between the US and Iran.
No obligation to declare £5m gift, Farage says
Tue, 05 May 2026 18:51:47 GMT
The Reform UK leader says the gift was "purely private" and "wasn't political in any sense at all".
Lidl's new loyalty scheme less generous, shoppers say
Tue, 05 May 2026 16:30:30 GMT
Under the changed system customers collect points rather than reward coupons, with £1 spent equalling one point.
UK long-term borrowing costs reach 28-year high
Tue, 05 May 2026 16:30:23 GMT
There have been extra jitters in UK government debt markets ahead of Thursday's local and national elections.
Nissan to close one UK production line and cut 900 jobs in Europe
Tue, 05 May 2026 15:39:32 GMT
Nissan says it is considering working with a third party to fully utilise its Sunderland plant.
