BBC News - UK
Heathrow Airport: MPs gear up for crunch third runway vote
Boris Johnson - an opponent of a third runway - will be out of the country for the Commons vote.
Uber to begin appeal over London licence denial
A court will decide if the taxi app firm is "fit and proper" to hold a licence to operate in the capital.
UK singles chart to include videos watched on YouTube
Music played on YouTube will finally be included in the Top 40, the Official Charts Company says.
Britons Charlie and Gayle Anderson murdered in Jamaica
Charlie and Gayle Anderson, from Manchester, had recently retired to the Caribbean island.
Garden waste collection charges rise to £74m a year
More than half of UK councils have introduced charges for picking up green waste, research finds.

BBC News - Science & Environment
Greenwich observatory: Astronomers to start studying the sky again
The Royal Observatory Greenwich is to start serious study of the sky again after a break of 60 years.
Why does India's air look different from space?
Europe's Sentinel-5P satellite tracks formaldehyde emissions in the air over the Indian sub-continent.
Marine plastic: Hundreds of fragments in dead seabirds
Flesh-footed shearwater chicks are starving to death because of plastic, a BBC documentary reveals.
Mystery extinct ape found in ancient Chinese tomb
The discovery of a prehistoric pet gibbon suggests humans pushed apes to extinction far back in history.
The 'Baby' that ushered in modern computer age
Scientists are celebrating the birth 70 years ago of a machine that kick-started the modern computer age.

BBC News - Business
Heathrow Airport: MPs gear up for crunch third runway vote
Boris Johnson - an opponent of a third runway - will be out of the country for the Commons vote.
Uber to begin appeal over London licence denial
A court will decide if the taxi app firm is "fit and proper" to hold a licence to operate in the capital.
Business Brexit 'threats' are 'inappropriate' says Hunt
Jeremy Hunt responds to warnings by Airbus and BMW that UK investment could be hit.
Han Solo 'blaster' fetches $550,000 in New York
Actor Harrison Ford used the prop in the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi.
House prices tumble in seaside hot spots
The cost of buying a home in Sandbanks and Salcombe has fallen over the last year, research suggests.

BBC Sport - Sport
'New England, new confidence' - why there is joy & optimism about the Three Lions
Optimism is soaring in the England camp and at home - with good reason, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.
World Cup Catch-up: England's record breakers, James inspires Colombia & Honda saves Japan
Watch all the best action and funnies from a goal-packed day 11 of the 2018 World Cup, including England's impressive 6-1 win over Panama, Colombia's sparkling return to form and an entertaining 2-2 draw between Senegal and Japan.
Buttler leads England to historic whitewash over Australia - report & highlights
Jos Buttler makes a brilliant hundred to give England a dramatic victory in the fifth one-day international and a first 5-0 whitewash over Australia.
'Hyper-critical' Southgate 'didn't like' England performance
England boss Gareth Southgate says he "didn't particularly like" England's performance as they beat Panama 6-1 to reach the World Cup last 16.
Hamilton wins French Grand Prix, Vettel penalised
Lewis Hamilton wins the French Grand Prix after Sebastian Vettel is penalised for a first-lap collision.

BBC News - Technology
Tomorrow's Cities: Can start-ups solve city issues?
Every city wants to have a striving tech start-up scene but why is it so important?
Codebreaking Bombe moves to computer museum
Designed by Alan Turing, the machine helped uncover how German forces had scrambled key messages.
Arizona Uber crash driver was 'watching TV'
The police report suggests the safety operator was streaming The Voice just before a fatal collision.
YouTube fans to fund favourite film-makers
The site will let video-makers charge fans a monthly fee for exclusive content.
'Dangerous' carbon monoxide alarms removed from Amazon and eBay
Consumer watchdog Which? finds carbon monoxide alarms on sale online fail British safety tests.

BBC News - Health
Child obesity plan targets sweets at checkouts
New measures also aim to limit junk food ads and end the sale of energy drinks to children.
NHS use of 'unsafe' syringes to be examined
It follows claims the devices, used to give powerful painkillers, could have caused widespread deaths.
WHO gaming disorder listing a ‘moral panic’, say experts
Experts say the WHO's decision risks "pathologising" a behaviour that is harmless for most people.
Cases of cancer in elderly to surge by 2035, report says
By 2035 about 234,000 over-75s will get cancer each year - up from 130,000 now, a report estimates.
Cyan colour hidden ingredient in sleep
Adding or removing the colour cyan can have an impact on sleep, according to biologists.

Read the latest news headlines from the BBC.
Updated regularly throughout the day.
bookmark this page

News Headlines

Featured Articles