Two brown bears escape from their enclosure and eat a “week’s worth of honey” in the food store.
Month: June 2025
TV presenter Dermot Murnaghan reveals stage four cancer
The ex-BBC and Sky journalist says he is “responding positively” to treatment and is “feeling well”.
Hotspur Press left a smoking ruin after huge fire
The former site of a cotton mill and a printing press partially collapsed during the blaze.
Brothers jailed after machete attack on policeman
The pair are jailed after an off-duty officer is attacked while out shopping in a town centre.
National inquiry announced after maternity failings
It will target the worst-performing trusts in England – and report back by the end of the year.
Labour MPs mount major bid to block benefits changes
MPs including senior Labour figures sign an amendment that could sink the welfare reform bill.
British citizens in Qatar told to seek shelter amid Israel-Iran strikes
The BBC understands there is a “credible threat” to the US-run Coalition Air Operations Centre at Al-Udaid in Qatar.
Return to the negotiating table, David Lammy urges Iran
The foreign secretary says UK forces are on high alert in the region, as Israel-Iran attacks continue.
Building partly collapses after major fire
The large fire is at the former Hotspur Press printing works in Manchester city centre.
Let non-doms pay £250,000 and avoid some UK tax – Farage
The Reform UK leader says money raised from the policy would go to the lowest-paid 10% of full-time workers.
