A mayor has said he would like TV dramas set in his home city to focus on the "warmth" of the people, rather than "drugs, organised crime and criminal activity". Steve Rotheram, the metro mayor of the Liverpool city region, said he had just finished watching the second series of BBC One dr...
A 100-year-old mother who was allegedly killed by her well-known hotelier son and his sister by giving her liquid morphine was "in agony" the night before she died, a court has heard. Oxford restaurateur Jeremy Mogford, 79, and Sarah Pickering, 72, deny murdering their mother, Pamela Mogfo...
Two pilot phases have been carried out across 10 NHS sites. Earlier this year the centre announced a further £250,000 cash boost over three years to expand the approach's use, including developing guidance and training resources. Suzanne Rankin, chief executive of Hampshire and Isle of Wig...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been moved from his Washington DC home to a military base after Iran-linked threats to his life, according to US media reports. CBS, the BBC's US partner, said the relocation came after a photo of Bessent's home was published in the Wall Street Journ...
A family said they were left "traumatised" when promised support during the last days of their mother's life was never delivered. Debra Gundy said her mother Ann Bowling, 78, from Ulverston, deserved "dignity, comfort, and timely support" in her last days, but instead was left with "horren...
Could Netanyahu persuade Eisenkot to join him in a national unity government? Eisenkot would have to abandon his key platform to do so. He's framed himself as the only alternative to Netanyahu, and built his campaign on ousting him from power. On election night, he took to the stage at his...
By Sebastian Usher Furious protesters are denouncing Israeli security forces as "Nazis" - but this is not a scene from a pro-Palestinian rally on the streets of London or Paris. This clash is in the heart of Israel, in which hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men in white shirts, black fedoras and...
There was plenty of defiance and rhetorical venom from Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on Tuesday, as the under-pressure US defence secretary gave his first news conference in six months. Much of his ire was directed at the Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, who has brought articles of imp...
Bas had planned a scenic route to the hospice, taking in Friesland's meadows and canals. "I still remember the whole trip," he says. His mum was in the back seat and his dad sat beside him. At first, they talked. Els seemed resolute about their decision to opt for euthanasia. "My mum was c...
Déjà vu? The Eurostar has been booked. Strategic leaks of draft agreements have started. The EU's former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is warning the UK it can't have it all and it will not be able to rejoin its single market "à la carte". Naturally, there is even a row about smoky baco...
A row over the inheritance of late screen legend Brigitte Bardot has intensified after a private letter was made public which appears to show her cutting off relations with her last partner. Dated November 2022 – three years before she died at her home in Saint Tropez – the hand-written no...
Police have confirmed they told Russell Brand to leave his ex-girlfriend Jemima Goldsmith's house in 2014 after she claimed a violent incident took place. Thames Valley Police said officers were contacted by an alleged victim and went to an address in Oxfordshire on 25 July 2014 but no arr...