Caroline Lucas in call to West Midlands car plants
The leader of the Green Party said she wanted to see the West Midlands at the forefront of green automotive design. Speaking on the West Midlands Politics Show, Caroline Lucas said she wanted to...
View ArticleTurks 'approve' new constitutionNew
Turkish voters gave strong backing to constitutional changes...
View ArticleBritish Museum gets £25m donation from Tory peer
The Conservative peer, Lord Sainsbury, has donated...
View ArticleRogue protein 'may spark diabetes'
Shedding light on how a malfunctioning protein helps trigger type 2 diabetes could one day offer the chance to...
View ArticleFamily of boat death girl mourn 'beautiful' daughter
The family of an 11-year-old girl killed in a boating accident at a watersports centre have paid tribute to their "beautiful" daughter. Mari-Simon Cronje died after an accident during a children's...
View ArticleKillers frontman Brandon Flowers tops album chart
Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has topped the album chart with his first solo effort, Flamingo. Mercury Prize winners The XX were...
View ArticlePublic will not accept cuts says trade union chief
TUC chief Brendan Barber has said the public will not accept...
View ArticleIsraeli tank fire kills three in Gaza
At least three Palestinians have been killed by tank fire near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, reports say. Medical staff and witnesses said Israel fired shots across the border near the...
View ArticleMartin Jennings Cornish charity ride draws 1,300 bikers
More than 1,000 bikers have honoured a Cornish motorbike racer. Martin Jennings, from Camborne, was killed...
View ArticleGang threatens to stab baby in Southampton park
A gang of four youths threatened to stab a woman's baby in Southampton unless she handed over money. The 37-year-old woman was pushing the baby in a buggy through Thornhill Park...
View ArticleTurkey referendum: Your comments
Turkish voters have given strong backing to a package of constitutional changes. With nearly all votes in the referendum counted, about 58% had voted "Yes" to amending the constitution. Voters in...
View ArticleSomaliland forces 'surround ONLF rebels near Ethiopia'
About 200 suspected rebels are surrounded by Somaliland's forces near the border with Ethiopia, a Somaliland minister has said. Interior Minister Mohamed Abdi Gabose told the BBC the...
View ArticleRoad collapses in Thailand mudslide
People could only stare in wonder as a mountain road...
View ArticlePlane crashes in eastern Venezuela
A plane has crashed in eastern Venezuela with 47 people on board, the country's transport minister has said. The ATR 42 twin-turboprop,...
View ArticleTyneside man in court over stab vest death
A Tyneside man has appeared in court charged with manslaughter after...
View ArticleReferendum result fails to mask Turkey's divisions
Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, described the decisive vote...
View ArticleMinchinhamton walker finds suspected World War II bomb
A bomb disposal team was dispatched after a walker found what is thought...
View ArticleFather, 50, assaulted helping son
A 50-year-old man is seriously ill in hospital after being assaulted in Stoke-on-Trent when he went...
View ArticlePlymouth pupils used Facebook to accuse 'abuse' priest
A priest who taught at a Plymouth primary school was accused of abuse after former pupils contacted each other on the networking site Facebook. Church of England canon James Wilson fondled children...
View ArticleMan arrested over double stabbing in Cumbria
A man has been arrested in connection with a double stabbing in...
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