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Queen and Kate join services to mark Armistice Day

The Queen and the Princess of Wales joining services to mark Armistice Day in the UK.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 11:13    View Full Story...

UK unemployment rate rises to 5% as jobs market weakens

Latest official data ahead of the Budget later this month shows it is the highest rate since 2021.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 09:33    View Full Story...

BBC director general to address staff after Trump threatens to sue for $1bn

The US president asks that the BBC retract a programme which edited his speech by Friday, or face legal action.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 09:58    View Full Story...

Hundreds arrested in High Street crime crackdown

The illicit tobacco seized accounts for more than £3.5m worth of duty evaded, the NCA estimates.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 04:56    View Full Story...

Nearly all NHS trusts failing to hit cancer target

Experts say patients are being harmed by cancer diagnosis and treatment delays.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 04:47    View Full Story...

Government sets out plan to phase out animal experiments

The plan follows up on a manifesto promise to work towards the phasing out the practice.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 08:34    View Full Story...

Cryptoqueen who fled China for London mansion to be sentenced over £5bn Bitcoin stash

Qian Zhimin bought cryptocurrency using funds stolen from thousands of Chinese pensioners, say police.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 00:31    View Full Story...

Cheating pub quiz team sparks 'massive whodunnit'

A Greater Manchester pub landlord bans a quiz team after its members were caught using their smartwatches to cheat.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 06:09    View Full Story...

Booker Prize won by 'extraordinary' Flesh by David Szalay

The British-Hungarian author wins for his sixth novel, which has been championed by Dua Lipa and Stormzy.
BBC News - Published Mon Nov 10 2025 23:03    View Full Story...

Stolen Cambridge Uni plate returned after 115 years

A student is thought to have pilfered it from a dining hall at Caius College sometime around 1908.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 06:29    View Full Story...

Fender gives £25,000 Mercury cash to small venues

The singer donates all of his Mercury prize money to the Music Venue Trust to protect grassroots music.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 03:45    View Full Story...

British journalist to be freed from US immigration detention

Sami Hamdi, a British journalist and outspoken critic of Israel, has been in ICE custody for weeks.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 00:09    View Full Story...

First images of museum theft gold as hunt continues

Two men have been charged with burglary, but "invaluable" items are still missing from St Fagans collection.
BBC News - Published Mon Nov 10 2025 19:01    View Full Story...

Reeves suggests benefit limits on larger families to be lifted

The chancellor tells the BBC children in bigger families should not be "penalised" by the welfare system.
BBC News - Published Mon Nov 10 2025 17:26    View Full Story...

Ros Atkins on... the BBC resignations

The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at the resignations of BBC bosses - and how this crisis didn't come out of nowhere.
BBC News - Published Mon Nov 10 2025 20:30    View Full Story...

'We should have acted earlier', says BBC chair Samir Shah

Shah was asked why the corporation did not investigate concerns around the editing of a BBC documentary earlier.
BBC News - Published Mon Nov 10 2025 14:27    View Full Story...

Watch: How Tim Davie addressed BBC controversies over the years

The BBC's director general Tim Davie has resigned over Trump documentary edit.
BBC News - Published Sun Nov 9 2025 19:52    View Full Story...

King Charles leads Remembrance Sunday service silence at Cenotaph

King Charles III laid a wreath at the monument in central London as the nation remembered its war dead.
BBC News - Published Sun Nov 9 2025 12:22    View Full Story...

The Papers: 'Trump's $1bn BBC threat' and 'You will pay the price' warning for Reeves

Donald's Trump's threat to sue the BBC over the editing of his speech in a documentary dominates Tuesday's papers.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 05:25    View Full Story...

The WW1 piper who marched through gas, bullets and bombs to save his regiment

Daniel Laidlaw was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in the face of battle.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 06:16    View Full Story...

Matt Smith and Nick Cave on bringing sex addict salesman to life in TV drama

The musician's tale of sex, guilt and grief has been reimagined as a TV series starring Matt Smith.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 00:31    View Full Story...

'I use buy now, pay later for groceries and other essentials. I'm £3k in debt'

Debt organisations say more people are seeking help after using loan apps to pay for everyday items.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 03:20    View Full Story...

Katie Razzall: Robust leadership needed to steer BBC through crisis

The corporation has been plunged into a crisis some would argue is of its own making.
BBC News - Published Mon Nov 10 2025 21:43    View Full Story...

'I use buy now, pay later for groceries and other essentials. I'm £3k in debt'

Debt organisations say more people are seeking help after using loan apps to pay for everyday items.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 03:20    View Full Story...

Child critical after serious crash involving lorry

Emergency services were called to the scene on the Boleran Road, between Coleraine, Limavady and Garvagh, shortly before 16:00 BST on Monday.
BBC News - Published Mon Nov 10 2025 19:58    View Full Story...

Early release of prisoners will cause victims anxiety, admits minister

The emergency scheme which will see nearly 1,000 inmates freed from Scotland's jails is set to get under way.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 08:19    View Full Story...

'I was spat at in the '70s because of my colour - those days are back'

A man who was spat at because of his colour when he was young is worried about the political climate.
BBC News - Published Tue Nov 11 2025 06:06    View Full Story...

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