England's wild beaver colony has kits
By Claire Marshall BBC environment correspondent 24 June 2015 From the section Science & Environment New footage shows the kits being helped through water by their mother A female from the first...
View ArticleSearch launched over North Sea emergency beacon
23 June 2015 From the section NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland A lifeboat has been launched to investigate an emergency beacon activation in the North Sea. Aberdeen Coastguard said the signal was...
View ArticleConfederate flag: Republican calls for 'symbol of hate' removal
9 July 2015 Last updated at 10:14 BST The House of Representatives in South Carolina has voted to take down the Confederate flag from capitol grounds after an "impassioned and sometimes tearful"...
View ArticleNicholas Salvador found not guilty of beheading murder
23 June 2015 From the section England A man who beheaded an elderly woman in rampage in north London has been found not guilty of murder on the grounds of insanity. Nicholas Salvador, 25, killed...
View ArticlePeer apologises for using term 'welching' in Lords debate
23 June 2015 From the section UK Politics The peer said she did not mean to use a "deratory" term A government minister has apologised after inadvertently insulting Welsh members of the House of Lords...
View ArticleLiverpool PC Neil Doyle died after "pile driver" attack
23 June 2015 From the section Liverpool PC Neil Doyle had worked for the police for 10 years An off-duty police constable was killed during a night out after he was attacked by a man who struck him...
View ArticleFire crews attend blaze at Belfast city centre building
24 June 2015 From the section Northern Ireland Fire crews are attending a blaze at a building in Belfast city centre. The fire broke out at Telephone House in May Street on Wednesday morning. As a...
View ArticleTwo British teenagers 'held over Auschwitz theft'
23 June 2015 From the section UK Two British teenagers have been held on suspicion of stealing artefacts from the former Auschwitz death camp, police in Krakow have said. The unnamed pair were held by...
View ArticlePresident Vladimir Putin tells West not to fear Russia
6 June 2015 From the section Europe Russia is accused of sending troops and armour to Ukraine - a charge it rejects Russia is not a threat to Nato, President Vladimir Putin says. "Only an insane person...
View ArticleNewport stranded ship's crew to return home after three months
23 June 2015 From the section South East Wales The crew of the Sunflower E have been in Newport since March 10 The crew of an Italian cargo ship stranded at Newport docks for more than three months can...
View ArticleDumfriesshire soldier's unopened World War One whisky for sale
23 June 2015 From the section South Scotland Bidding for the whisky will start at £2,000 later this week An unopened bottle of whisky taken to the World War One front line by a Dumfriesshire soldier is...
View ArticleFire engulfs clothing market in Kenya's capital Nairobi
23 June 2015 From the section Africa The fire may have been caused by an electrical fault A huge fire has destroyed large parts of East Africa's biggest second-hand clothing market in Kenya's capital,...
View ArticleBlackberry posts profit for fourth quarter
27 March 2015 From the section Business Canadian mobile phone firm Blackberry has posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, but its revenues showed a larger-than-expected drop. It reported...
View ArticleMotorists warned to avoid Scottish Open
23 June 2015 From the section Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland This year's Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open runs between 8 - 12 July in Gullane Members of the public not going to the Scottish...
View ArticleFormula 1: US-Qatari investors 'to bid' for sport
23 June 2015 From the section Business Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton is one of F1's biggest draws and won the US Grand Prix in 2007, 2012 and 2014 The Miami Dolphins American football team owner Stephen...
View Article'Star Wars hoverbikes' may be coming to the US military
23 June 2015 From the section US & Canada Star Wars-style hoverbikes could be coming to the US military after engineers in the UK and US struck a deal with the US Department of Defense. The bikes...
View ArticleIslamic State conflict: Three million displaced in Iraq
23 June 2015 From the section US & Canada More than 150,000 people fled Ramadi after the Iraqi army withdrew from the city in mid-May More than three million people have been displaced by the...
View ArticleSouth Shields man fined after fatal Eaglesfield crash
23 June 2015 From the section South Scotland Saleem was fined £500 at Dumfries Sheriff Court A man has been fined for driving without insurance after a crash in which a Glasgow woman died. A court...
View ArticleNigeria violence: 'Girl' suicide bomber kills 10
24 June 2015 From the section Africa A young female suicide bomber is reported to have killed at least 10 people in north-eastern Nigeria. A witness said the girl, who detonated explosives in the town...
View ArticleEbola outbreak: New cases in Freetown, Sierra Leone
23 June 2015 From the section Africa The latest Ebola cases were recorded in a densely populated slum, adding to fears it will spread Two new cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Sierra Leone...
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