Month: October 2025

UK won’t relax visa rules for India, Starmer says

9 hours ago Alex ForsythPolitical correspondent Reuters Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will not relax visa rules for India, speaking before he arrived in the country to tout the benefits of a recent trade agreement. The prime minister…

Spy case collapse blamed on UK government failure to label China a threat

57 minutes ago Jack FenwickPolitical correspondent AFP/Getty Images A case involving two men accused of spying for China collapsed because evidence could not be obtained from the government referring to China as a national security threat, the UK’s most senior…

Dog attacks are still rising – even after the XL bully ban

11 hours ago Jim Connolly and NJ Convery BBC Michael Carpenter was packing up after a camping trip in the Leicestershire countryside with a big group of friends earlier this year, when a woman in his party realised she’d lost…

Chemistry Nobel awarded to three scientists for their work on metal organic frameworks

18 minutes ago Georgina RannardScience reporter BBC The Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for their work on metal organic frameworks. The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy…

Spy case collapse blamed on UK government failure to label China a threat

57 minutes ago Jack FenwickPolitical correspondent AFP/Getty Images A case involving two men accused of spying for China collapsed because evidence could not be obtained from the government referring to China as a national security threat, the UK’s most senior…

UK won’t relax visa rules for India, Starmer says

9 hours ago Alex ForsythPolitical correspondent Reuters Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will not relax visa rules for India, speaking before he arrived in the country to tout the benefits of a recent trade agreement. The prime minister…

Chemistry Nobel awarded to three scientists for their work on metal organic frameworks

18 minutes ago Georgina RannardScience reporter BBC The Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for their work on metal organic frameworks. The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy…

Dog attacks are still rising – even after the XL bully ban

11 hours ago Jim Connolly and NJ Convery BBC Michael Carpenter was packing up after a camping trip in the Leicestershire countryside with a big group of friends earlier this year, when a woman in his party realised she’d lost…

TikTok recommends porn to children, says report

1 day ago Angus CrawfordBBC News Investigations Getty Images TikTok’s algorithm recommends pornography and highly sexualised content to children’s accounts, according to a new report by a human rights campaign group. Researchers created fake child accounts and activated safety settings…

Apple pulls US immigration official tracking apps

12 hours ago Liv McMahonTechnology reporter, Nick BeakeCorrespondent, BBC Verify and Joshua CheethamBBC Verify Reuters Apple has pulled apps that let users flag sightings of officers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The tech giant said it had removed…