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As at 10th February 2025 16:05 GMT
 
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. Miliband refuses to say whether he personally backs Heathrow
[69 hours old]: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the Labour government will support airport expansion plans.

. What's the plan for a third runway at Heathrow Airport?
[265 hours old]: The chancellor says expanding Heathrow would boost growth, but there is a lot of vocal opposition.


and in other news ...

- Father jailed for murdering daughter he claimed died in a play-fight
[4 hours old]: Simon Vickers, who claimed his daughter's stabbing was accidental, is sentenced.

- More quakes hit Santorini and surrounding islands
[2 hours old]: Three more quakes above 4.0 magnitude are registered on Monday near the Greek tourist hotspot.

* King visits Cornish housing project in rare joint visit with PM and Rayner
[0 hours old]: The King gives Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer a guided tour of sustainable housing in Cornwall.

- Man who lost Bitcoin fortune wants to buy tip where it may be buried
[5 hours old]: James Howells wants to search a landfill site where he lost 8,000 bitcoins now worth about £620m.

* Irish boxer John Cooney's family 'devastated' at loss of fighter
[0 hours old]: The family of the boxer who died a week after a title fight in Belfast say they are "very touched" by condolences.

- Hundreds arrested in illegal worker raids on nail bars, car washes and restaurants
[5 hours old]: Nail bars and takeaways were targeted in the raids ahead of an immigration bill being debated by MPs.

- Chris Mason: Raids show ministers want to look tough on immigration
[2 hours old]: With high numbers still arriving in the UK, the government is keen not to appear wishy-washy on an issue that matters to so many people.

- 'I'd swap with Elsie any day', says mum of Southport attack victim
[3 hours old]: The parents of Elsie Dot Stancombe and Bebe King pay tribute to their daughters.

* 'Billionaires own my mouldy rental property'
[0 hours old]: Families tell BBC their mould-infested homes are making them ill - Panorama investigates.

- Teenagers say they were assaulted and mocked by nurses at psychiatric unit
[2 hours old]: A BBC investigation finds some nurses were verbally abusive and cruel towards unwell teenagers.

- Why more young men in Germany are turning to the far right
[14 hours old]: The far right here and elsewhere in Europe attracts an increasing number of young people, particularly men.

* Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef: What's the latest?
[0 hours old]: After Lamar's show, a reminder of where we are now in the big rap feud, and exactly how we got here.

- Swift, Trump and a dynasty in ruins - how Super Bowl 59 unfolded
[11 hours old]: President Trump and Taylor Swift in attendance as Philadelphia Eagles beat Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59 at Caesars Superdrome, New Orleans

- Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. Where do other countries stand?
[14 hours old]: The US has historically given automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country, but this principle is not the norm globally.

- How Spain's economy became the envy of Europe
[14 hours old]: The growth is led by a tourism boom, with Spain nearing France as the world's most visited country.

- Archbishop of York 'wrong person' to lead Church reform, says bishop
[2 hours old]: Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley said Stephen Cottrell should resign over his handling of an abuse case.

- Second Labour MP apologises over WhatsApp comments
[1 hours old]: Burnley MP Oliver Ryan says his comments in the group were "completely unacceptable".

* Anger over Israel's arrest of East Jerusalem bookshop owners
[1 hours old]: Police accuse them of selling books containing incitement, but critics the action unjustified.

- Watch: Moment India police unplug Ed Sheeran's street performance
[8 hours old]: The star was stopped from busking ahead of his concert in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru.

- 'Magical' Liverpool win for Plymouth Argyle fans
[6 hours old]: It is the first time the Devon side have beaten Liverpool since February 1956.

- Minister blames monkey for Sri Lanka nationwide power cut
[6 hours old]: The outage is yet to be fully fixed, meaning hospitals and other buildings are having to use generators.

- Invictus proposal was 'gold medal moment'
[4 hours old]: James Cairns, who lost his leg in Afghanistan, proposed before wheelchair basketball match.

- 'Ireland live rent free in Scotland's heads - again'
[4 hours old]: There was a sense it was over almost before it began as Scotland suffered another chastening Six Nations defeat by Ireland, writes Tom English.

- Eagles demolish Chiefs to deny them Super Bowl three-peat
[11 hours old]: The Philadelphia Eagles demolish the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 to deny them an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl.

- Boom or bust? Golf in flux but is it really thriving?
[1 hours old]: With golf back live on free-to-air television in the UK, the leader of the free world brokering a united future and top stars growing the game on a giant simulator, should we be looking at the sport from a glass half full perspective, writes Iain Carter.

- Philadelphia Eagles destroy Kansas City Chiefs to win Super Bowl
[5 hours old]: The Philadelphia Eagles deny the Kansas City Chiefs the 'three-peat' as they dominate the Super Bowl in New Orleans with a crushing 40-22 victory.

- Trump says tariffs coming on steel and aluminium
[3 hours old]: Imports of the metals will be hit with a 25% levy, a move that will have the biggest impact in Canada.

- Lidl lifts pay ahead of minimum wage rise
[3 hours old]: The supermarket says the rise will benefit about 28,000 employees as it becomes the latest chain to lift wages.

- China's tit-for-tat tariffs on US take effect
[10 hours old]: Beijing's move comes after President Donald Trump imposed a 10% levy on goods imported from China.

- Subsidies halved for controversial Drax power station
[7 hours old]: The government has agreed a new subsidy arrangement with the controversial wood-burning Drax power station in north Yorkshire.

- No more minting 'wasteful' pennies, Trump tells Treasury
[5 hours old]: The US President cites rising costs as the reason for discontinuing production of the one cent coin


and in other older news ...

. BBC News app
[4180 hours old]: Top stories, breaking news, live reporting, and follow news topics that match your interests

. A Trump Peace Plan for Ukraine?
[47 hours old]: Reports suggest a proposed US peace plan could be unveiled this week.

. Elon Musk vs The US Government
[81 hours old]: Musk says "it's now or never" for his revolution

. M&S boss says retailers 'raided like a piggy bank'
[26 hours old]: Stuart Machin says the sector is facing a wave of tax rises and the government needs to "lighten the burden".

. No excuses not to build 1.5m new homes, Rayner says
[28 hours old]: The deputy PM says she's "determined" to hit Labour's house-building target by the next election.

. 'I've spent more than £3,000 on Jellycats'
[38 hours old]: A rising number of adults are buying toys - we hear from so-called "kidults" who are splashing out thousands.

. Key power station didn't properly disclose burning forest wood
[28 hours old]: The Drax facility, which burns wood pellets, is required to report where it sources its wood from.

. PlayStation Network back online, firm says
[31 hours old]: PlayStation says the service has now "fully recovered" and apologised for the disruption.

. Cheaper China e-bikes 'kick in teeth' for UK firms
[51 hours old]: British makers of e-bikes are worried after the government scraps tariffs on Chinese e-bikes .

. Bereaved families asked to return pension overpayments
[59 hours old]: A former pensions minister says the DWP does not make it clear to families the repayments are voluntary.

. How Japan sparked Trump's 40-year love affair with tariffs
[63 hours old]: As a young real estate developer in New York, Trump said a rising Japan was ripping off the US.

. Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid
[54 hours old]: More than 30 years after leaving the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania will join the EU's grid.

. Trump suspends tariffs on small packages from China
[69 hours old]: The order ending duty-free shipment of packages from China worth less than 0 had caused chaos.

. 'Our mortgage may now go up by less than £125 a month'
[76 hours old]: The BBC hears from borrowers and savers about how the cut in interest rates will affect them.

. US job growth slows but unemployment stays low
[73 hours old]: Firms created 143,000 jobs last month, below analysts' forecasts, but December's figure was upgraded.

. Netflix raises subscription prices in UK
[76 hours old]: Users will pay £2 a month more on the standard plan, Netflix's most popular subscription package.

. House prices hit new high ahead of stamp duty change
[79 hours old]: The UK's biggest mortgage lender says there remains "strong demand" for new loans.

. UK demands access to Apple users' encrypted data
[72 hours old]: The Home Office served the notice to the tech giant under the Investigatory Powers Act.

. Some on benefits are 'taking the mickey', says minister
[78 hours old]: The work and pensions minister says the welfare system needs reforming to encourage young people to work if they can.

. US should support World Bank and IMF - Bank of England boss
[88 hours old]: Andrew Bailey says he is "following closely" whether Trump will change US support for the institutions.

. India cuts interest rates for the first time in five years
[81 hours old]: The latest cut happens when India's GDP growth is seen slowing to a four-year-low of 6.7%.

. TikTok sued by parents of UK teens after alleged challenge deaths
[74 hours old]: The US-based Social Media Victims Law Center filed the wrongful death lawsuit on Thursday.

. How to shift from lorry driver to space engineer
[87 hours old]: Students explain their hopes for the UK's first Space Systems Degree Apprenticeship.

. World leaders set to vie for AI domination at Paris summit
[111 hours old]: Global politicians and AI bosses will next week attend a summit to debate the disruptive technology.

. Ghana wants more for its cashews, but it's a tough nut to crack
[136 hours old]: The African nation exports its cashews in raw form, but processing them would be more lucrative.

. Why employees smuggle AI into work
[159 hours old]: Many staff are using AI at work without the permission of their employers.

. Leaving X can be a tricky decision for brands
[279 hours old]: Many companies have left X but it's not always a simple decision.

. Will a third runway at Heathrow help UK growth?
[292 hours old]: Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to announce expansion plans but some question the short-term benefits.

. Will young developers take on key open source software?
[328 hours old]: The founders of important open source software are getting older, who will take over?

. Inside the race for Greenland's mineral wealth
[352 hours old]: The territory's untapped mineral wealth has caught the eye of both mining firms and Donald Trump.

. The French winemaker whose wines are illegal in his home country
[397 hours old]: Maxime Chapoutier makes wines that combine French and Australian grapes, a strict no-no in the EU.


 
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