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Choose a page number: 1 News and Media RSS FeedsFrenchwoman 'smothered newborns' - Prosecutors say a Frenchwoman has admitted killing eight newborn babies after remains are found in a northern village but says her husband knew nothing....Feed Source: www.bbc.co.uk Child heart op ban 'should stay' - Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says. ... Cameron defends Pakistan comments - David Cameron says it is important to "speak frankly" after criticism of his comments about Pakistan's record on tackling terrorism.... Fixed retirement age to be axed - People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government. ... Fugitive tycoon Nadir seeks bail - Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, begins a legal bid to be granted bail ahead of a UK theft trial.... 'Mocking' toddler killers jailed - A couple who murdered a three-year-old boy in their care, inflicting more than 70 injuries on him, are jailed for life.... Vicar guilty of sham wedding scam - A Sussex vicar is found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages over four years to bypass immigration law.... DR Congo boat sinking 'kills 140' - About 140 people are feared dead as a boat capsizes on a river in the western Bandundu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.... 150 schools ask to be academies - More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.... Scottish review warns of major job cuts - Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.... Landmark ruling on divorce money - A "ground-breaking" Court of Appeal judgement removes the protection previously given to thousands of people in divorce proceedings. ... Koh-i-Noor diamond 'staying put', PM insists - David Cameron rejects calls for the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond, part of the Crown Jewels for 150 years, to be returned to India.... Mother bear rescues cub from a fishing net in Alaska - Amateur video captures footage of a mother bear saving her cub from a fishing net in Anchorage, Alaska.... Live - England v Pakistan - Eoin Morgan makes his maiden Test fifty as England push on after tea on day one of the first Test against Pakistan.... Live - European Championships day three - Britain's Phillips Idowu goes for triple jump gold and high jump medals are up for grabs at the European Championships in Barcelona.... Hughes set to become Fulham boss - Fulham have reached an agreement with Mark Hughes to become their new manager, BBC Sport understands.... I am not a number two, says Massa - Felipe Massa insists he is not playing second fiddle to Fernando Alonso, despite controversy surrounding the Ferrari drivers in last weekend's German Grand Prix.... Beckham denies West Ham contact - David Beckham has 'no interest' in leaving LA Galaxy for West Ham, his spokesman says.... Woman 'killed by crossbow bolt' - One of three women killed in Bradford died from severe head injuries caused by a knife and the bolt from a crossbow, an inquest hears.... Boy, five, in school 'sex attack' - A five-year-old boy suffers an alleged sexual assault by other pupils at a school in Somerset, prompting a police investigation.... Tobin questioned over sex crimes - Convicted serial killer Peter Tobin is questioned by police in Edinburgh in connection with serious sexual crimes.... Missing man buried 25 years ago - A man who went missing on Christmas Eve in Glasgow in 1984 is traced to an unmarked grave more than 25 years later.... Church to report on 1971 killings - The Catholic Church is to release eyewitness accounts of how 11 people were killed by the Army in west Belfast in 1971. ... Maze site set to be redeveloped - An announcement is due on redeveloping the site of NI's former top security Maze prison, Martin McGuinness says.... 'Major changes' to S4C on the way - Fundamental changes will be made in the way S4C is run after the sudden departure of chief executive Iona Jones, says the chair of the board which oversees it.... Jobs boost at solar panel factory - Electronics giant Sharp says a "substantial" number of jobs will be created following a £30m expansion of its Wrexham factory.... Bashir's party doubts Sudan vote - President Bashir's NCP says the referendum on south Sudan's secession cannot happen until the internal border is decided.... Zimbabwe football chief suspended - The Zimbabwe Football Association suspends chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya over match-fixing allegations.... Chemicals washed into China river - Rescue teams in north-east China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media say. ... Japanese tanker in damage mystery - Officials investigate damage to a Japanese oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, amid reports of a collision or an attack.... 'Hijack' foiled at Moscow airport - Russian security forces at Moscow's Domodedovo airport arrest a man suspected of trying to hijack a plane.... Greek police clash with hauliers - Greek police fire tear gas to disperse hundreds of lorry drivers protesting in Athens against a government order to end their strike.... Arizona takes law fight to appeal - Arizona says it will appeal against a federal court's decision to block parts of an anti-immigration law hours before it came into effect.... Paraguay rebel 'dies in shootout' - Paraguayan police shoot dead a reputed rebel leader as he resists arrest in the north of the country, officials say.... Arab League endorses direct talks - The Arab League backs direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but leaves the timing to the Palestinians, officials say.... Gun and bomb attacks hit Baghdad - At least 16 people, including several security force members, are killed in shootings and explosions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials say.... Second missing US sailor 'dead' - Jarod Newlove, the second of two US servicemen who went missing in Afghanistan last week, is found dead, officials say.... Hunger striker wins burger claim - A Tamil refugee hunger striker accepts £77,500 in damages over newspaper stories he secretly ate burgers during his protest.... US military graves 'mislabelled' - As many as 6,600 graves at Arlington National Cemetery were mislabelled or unmarked because of incompetence among managers, a US senator says.... California in 'fiscal emergency' - California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal state of emergency, putting pressure on lawmakers to pass a budget.... Gambling firms reveal merger plan - The UK's Partygaming and Austrian firm Bwin unveil plans to merge and create the world's largest online gaming business.... Oil firms' profits almost double - Oil giants Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil see profits almost double in the week rival BP suffered record losses.... House price inflation eases again - UK house prices fell 0.5% in July, the Nationwide says, cutting the annual rate of house price inflation to 6.6% from 8.7%.... UKIP wins £367,000 donation case - The UK Independence Party wins its court battle against having to pay back all of a £367,697 "impermissible donation".... PM reveals coalition uncertainty - David Cameron reveals he told the Queen he was not "totally sure" what sort of government he was going to form as he became prime minister.... Government's £6m web search bill - Four government departments spent almost £6m ensuring their websites appeared on search engine results pages, new figures show.... Public health fear in NHS revamp - The overhaul of the NHS may harm the public health drive, a health think tank is warning.... Say fat not obese, says minister - GPs and other health professionals should tell people they are fat rather than obese, England's public health minister says.... Hip hope from stem cell technique - Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.... Dramatic fall in pupil expulsion - There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in England in the past year, official figures show. ... Rise in parental child abductions - A growing number of children in Britain are being abducted by a parent and taken overseas, the Foreign Office says.... Promise over future school cash - Investment in England's school buildings will continue despite cuts to a major building programme, the Education Secretary says.... Facebook data hoarder speaks out - Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.... Google cleared of wi-fi snooping - No "significant" personal data was grabbed by Google when it snooped on wi-fi networks, says the UK data protection office.... Amazon offers new look UK Kindle - Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books.... Plankton declining across oceans - The amount of plankton in the oceans has declined markedly over the last century, with warming identified as a cause.... Doomed 1848 ship found in Arctic - Canadian archaeologists locate the wreck of HMS Investigator, a British ship abandoned in the Arctic in the 19th Century. ... Cheetah will run again in India - The cheetah, eradicated in India by hunting nearly a century ago, will run again in the country, as three sites are earmarked for its reintroduction. ... No charges for Jackson's doctors - Seven doctors who treated Michael Jackson in the years before his death will not face charges, US investigators say.... Bertrand says vocal 'was not me' - Musician Plastic Bertrand apparently admits to a Belgian newspaper that he did not sing on signature hit Ca Plane Pour Moi.... Churchill's papers to go public - Sir Winston Churchill's entire archive of papers is to be published electronically in libraries, allowing full public access.... The big cheese - With thousands expected to flock to a major cheese fair, why are Britons taking this once-humble foodstuff so seriously?... Creative block: The torment of artists - Professor Robert Winston on how creative block has tormented great artists and even those in the sciences.... Is this actress the ideal shape? - Mad Men's sassy secretary has been given government sanction for her body shape - but how realistic is it for women?... Monsoon rains flood pakistan - With monsoons being heavier than normal, floods in north-west Pakistan have killed at least 120 people.... Labour contenders' secret vices - The contenders for the Labour leadership have set out their personal circumstances, the reasons they went into politics and their secret vices.... Fire engulfs tour boat off Turkey - A Spanish tourist remains missing after a Turkish tour boat was engulfed by flames while sailing in the Mediterranean.... Cameron on 'speaking frankly' - Prime Minister David Cameron has defended his comments about Pakistan's record on tackling terrorism.... Keeping pace with a top athlete - The BBC's Tim Franks tries to keep pace with Nader el Masri on the dusty roads of Gaza.... Everything, including the kitchen sink - A team of divers - known as Neptune's Army of Rubbish Cleaners - are stepping up efforts to keep Britain's coastline clean and litter free. ... Metro Bank's first customers speak - The first High Street bank to launch in the UK for more than 100 years has opened its first branch in Holborn in London.... Rickshaws give prisoners new hope - The problems of congested roads and prisoner rehabilitation are being tackled at the same time in a project in Rome.... Body of evidence - Was Dr Crippen innocent of his wife's murder?... Childless stigma - Happily married, don't want kids - why is it seen as odd?... Wall's wars - Profile of next Army head Gen Sir Peter Wall... Human cost - Madagascar hospitals hit as aid cut over army coup ... Karzai calls WikiLeaks disclosures 'shocking' and dangerous to Afghan informants -
KABUL -- President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday that the disclosure of the names of Afghan informants in the trove of classified U.S. military documents posted online by the WikiLeaks Web site was "extremely irresponsible and shocking."
... Lack of funding threatens the future of HIV drug therapy in the developing world -
Ten years ago, many experts thought you couldn't bring antiretroviral therapy to people with AIDS in poor countries. The drugs cost too much, there weren't enough doctors, the patients wouldn't take the medicines correctly, and the risk of creating a resistant virus was too high.
... Airbus crashes near Islamabad; all 152 aboard killed, including 2 Americans -
ISLAMABAD -- A passenger plane crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital Wednesday morning and officials said all 152 people on board -- including two Americans -- were killed.
Pakistan - ... Second missing sailor in Afghanistan is found dead -
KABUL -- The second U.S. sailor who went missing in eastern Afghanistan last week has been found dead and his body recovered, according to sources familiar with the search.
... Minibus bomb hits Iraqi base, killing 4 soldiers -
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi police say a suicide attacker has driven a bomb-laden minibus into the entrance of an Iraqi army base near Saddam Hussein's hometown, setting off an explosion that killed four soldiers and wounded 10 others.
... For General Petraeus, battling corruption in Afghanistan is a priority -
KABUL -- Every day, Gen. David H. Petraeus meets with senior NATO officials at headquarters for a 7:30 a.m. update, and at nearly every session, he returns to an issue that has bedeviled the U.S. campaign for years: Afghan corruption.
... Afghanistan war deaths -
Total number of U.S. military deaths since 2001 and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Afghanistan war, as announced by the Pentagon:
Afghanistan - ... Floods wash chemicals into northeast China river -
BEIJING -- Workers began cleaning up a chemical spill in northeastern China on Thursday after more than 3,000 containers of chemicals were washed into a river by the worst floods to hit the country in more than decade.
... South American leaders to discuss Colombia-Venezuela relationship -
BOGOTA, Colombia -- An emergency meeting of South American leaders has been scheduled Thursday in Quito, Ecuador to defuse a bitter dispute that began when Colombian President Alvaro Uribe accused his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, of supporting Colombian guerrillas.
... A farewell to bullfights in northeastern Spain -
BARCELONA, Spain -- Lawmakers in the region of Catalonia thrust a sword deep into Spain's centuries-old tradition of bullfighting, banning the blood-soaked pageant that has fascinated artists and writers from Goya to Hemingway.
... Bus hits roadside bomb, killing 25 in Afghanistan -
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A packed bus hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people aboard, as NATO announced another U.S. service member died in a rapidly rising monthly death toll.
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