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to actor bernard cribbins, famous for his many roles including in doctor who, the wombles and the original railway children — who has died at the age of 93. a report looking into events leading up to the death of a 13—month—old boy in cumbria has found that the woman who killed him misled social workers about her mental health, her alcohol use, and her debts. leiland—james corkill was killed injanuary last year by laura castle, a woman who had hoped to adopt him. a safeguarding...

three british men accused of being mercenaries in ukraine are expected to stand trial in a russian proxy court. nurseries in england are shutting at short notice due to financial pressures and staff shortages, according to industry body the early years alliance. researchers at the university of cambridge say theyve successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys, which could give more hope to people waiting for a transplant. and a sad end to the story of freya the walrus who...

by russian forces in ukraine have have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. hundreds of people have gathered in east london at a vigil dedicated to zara aleena, who was killed as she walked home from a night out. more than a million people have gathered on the streets on london for pride, as the lgbt plus community marks 50 years since the first march. now on bbc news, our world. reporter danny vincent follows those who have lived through hong kongs st...

hello and welcome to bbc news. the focus of the conservative leadership race — to elect the next british prime minister — is switching to immigration, with both candidates setting out measures to control the uks borders. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, has proposed a ten—point plan — including a cap on refugee numbers, and witholding aid from countries which wont accept the return of asylum seekers whose claims have failed. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has told a newsp...

hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has admitted that its forces targeted the ukrainian port of odesa on saturday, a day after moscow and kyiv agreed to allow grain shipments to leave the port. russian foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova says cruise missiles destroyed what she described as a ukrainian military boat. the attack on odesa did not appear to hit anything connected with the storage or shipment of grain. but ukraines president, volodymyr zelensky, called the strike...

sitting to the north—east of the uk, fairly brisk winds around the western flank and especially in northern scotland, we maintained the risk of gales. a band of showery rain sinking south across scotland and northern england, that could be accompanied by thunder and lightning, some showers elsewhere, generally large amounts of cloud but some sunny spells. remaining windy, though is that the average speeds, the gusts will be stronger in the far north but the wind is coming from the no...

and supermodel kate moss tells the bbc that being asked to take off her bra during a photoshoot when she was 15 years old opened her eyes to the dangers of the fashion industry. now on bbc news split at birth: twins divided. in the 1960s, an adoption agency split up infant twins and placed them in different families as part of a controversial study. the move had a seismic impact on their lives. february of 2018, there was a 2020 episode about the louise wise agency separating identical...

to expect long delays at folkestone and many having to overnight in their vehicles. simonjones reports. the not—so—great getaway continues. the port of dover is expecting another six and a half thousand cars folkestone, holiday—makers have been struggling to get to the eurotunnel terminal, some forced to spend the night in their cars. we arrived at folkestone at about 9am yesterday morning for a train at 10:30, and then weve slowly been crawling along for the past 21—plus hours...

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: after 48 hours of gridlock, authorites at britains main port, dover, say they have cleared the backlog of travellers, but delays continue at the channel tunnel. the board of cricket scotland resigns ahead of a review expected to find scottish cricket to be institutionally racist. russia admits it was responsible for a missile strike on the port of odesa on saturday targeting military installations, ukraines president denounced the attack as �*b...

been quite cloudy and damp across southern counties of england. seeing slow improvement as that. a bet also seeing some clarity developing which could trigger some showers that many places staying fine and dry, winds lightening, feeling pleasantly warm in the sunshine. warmer for many yesterday, 19 in glasgow and perhaps 22 in the midlands. showers will fade this evening but rain comes into the south—west of england, wales and northern ireland before midnight, stumbling into the sout...