BBC News

The latest 25 UK stories from the BBC:

(Timestamp = GMT*)

• Glasgow vehicle fires: Video shows late night attack
  - Three vehicles were destroyed outside a cash and carry in the early hours of Saturday in Pollokshields.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 17:10:49 +0000
• Woman dies following County Armagh house fire
  - A young male is also being treated in hospital for his injuries.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 16:45:00 +0000
• Train passengers evacuated as temperatures soar
  - Thameslink apologises to customers for the "difficult and uncomfortable experience".
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 15:54:50 +0000
• Temperatures surpass 33C as UK records hottest day of the year
  - Parts of England brace for torrential downpours as highs of 34C expected as warm weather persists.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 15:36:50 +0000
• Watch: Thousands celebrate summer solstice at Stonehenge
  - People gathered across the UK to celebrate the summer solstice - marking the longest day of the year.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:47:56 +0000
• Sunken Bayesian superyacht raised from seabed near Sicily
  - The cause of the sinking, which killed seven of the 22 people on board, is still under investigation.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:28:08 +0000
• Could Glasgow's skyline be set to change with skyscrapers?
  - The city council has approved its new tall buildings policy which it hopes will encourage the controlled development of taller buildings.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:24:12 +0000
• Huge dilemmas lie ahead for UK over Iran
  - Sources question if UK diplomacy will make any difference, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 11:55:52 +0000
• NHS plans to DNA test all babies to assess disease risk
  - Scheme is part of the government's 10-year plan for the NHS in England aimed at easing pressure on services.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:59:30 +0000
• Esther Rantzen urges Lords not to block assisted dying
  - Some critics, including disability rights campaigner Lord Shinkwin, indicate they will try to amend a bill, backed by MPs, to legalise assisted dying.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:29:35 +0000
• Prince William celebrates birthday with puppy photo
  - Kensington Palace posts an image of the Prince of Wales playing with his dog Orla's litter.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 08:59:37 +0000
• Girl's message in a bottle gets reply 31 years later
  - The primary pupil from Moray in the north east of Scotland sent out her message in 1994 and it finally turned up across the North Sea in Norway.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 08:02:48 +0000
• Chris Mason: Profound social change that is now likely to become law
  - MPs back assisted dying - the second vote this week that takes the UK in a socially liberal direction.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:46:13 +0000
• 'Dad's killing won't drive us from our home'
  - Susan Kohli's father Bhim Kohli, 80, was fatally attacked just yards from the family home.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:20:13 +0000
• Crime gangs scoping out farms for theft, says union
  - The cost of rural crime fell across the UK in 2024, except in Wales, research shows.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:11:03 +0000
• The Papers: 'Victory' but 'uphill battle' for assisted dying bill
  - An historic vote which saw MPs narrowly back an assisted dying bill dominates Saturday's front pages.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 05:20:14 +0000
• King's Midwinter message to Antarctic researchers
  - King Charles is the first monarch to take part in the annual BBC broadcast, which sends a morale-raising message to scientists on remote research bases.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 05:05:36 +0000
• Dua Lipa brings out Jamiroquai at emotional Wembley debut
  - The pop star duetted with Jay Kay, and had a "lump in her throat" as she achived a long-standing dream.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 02:12:42 +0000
• Lime bikes dumped in rivers 'posing pollution risk'
  - The Canal and River Trust says eight or nine are being pulled out a week in one city alone.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:01:13 +0000
• Shorts at work: Can men now get their legs out in the office?
  - Whether shorts are ever appropriate for the office remains a contentious topic, so what should you do?
  BBC News - Fri, 20 Jun 2025 23:56:52 +0000
• 'Noses out of joint': Colleagues reveal what Reform's Zia Yusuf is like to work for
  - Some who have worked with the former Reform chairman call him a "powerhouse", but others describe a chaotic workplace.
  BBC News - Fri, 20 Jun 2025 23:51:41 +0000
• 'Not just smut': Why it's happily ever after for romance books
  - Despite being mocked by book critics for years, the romantasy genre is booming - and that means big business for publishers and bookshops.
  BBC News - Fri, 20 Jun 2025 23:10:43 +0000
• Steps star Ian 'H' Watkins honoured at LGBT awards
  - He was recognised for his work organising pride events and his advocacy for same-sex parents.
  BBC News - Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:30:07 +0000
• Steps star Ian 'H' Watkins honoured at LGBT awards
  - He was recognised for his work organising pride events and his advocacy for same-sex parents.
  BBC News - Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:30:07 +0000
• Palestine Action to be banned after RAF base break in
  - The home secretary will move to proscribe the Palestine Action group in the coming weeks, the BBC understands.
  BBC News - Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:54:53 +0000

BBC World News

• Unwell Draper loses but 'wouldn't have pulled out for anything'
  - Jack Draper's hopes of winning Queen's are ended by Jiri Lehecka as the British number one is beaten in a thrilling semi-final.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 17:08:39 +0000
• British man arrested in Cyprus suspected of spying and terror offences
  - The Foreign Office says it is in contact with Cypriot authorities after the arrest.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 17:04:49 +0000
• Duckett drags Bumrah delivery into own stumps
  - India's Jasprit Bumrah snares Ben Duckett as an inside edge deflects onto his middle stump to leave England on 126-2 in the first Test at Headingley.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 16:55:17 +0000
• Feyi-Waboso sent off in dramatic England XV defeat
  - Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is sent off as Steve Borthwick's England XV concede two late tries in a disappointing defeat by a France XV at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 16:34:00 +0000
• The RAF Base Break In
  - And your questions answered on the Israel-Iran conflict.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 16:21:00 +0000
• At least eight dead in hot air balloon accident in Brazil
  - The state governor said there were 21 people on board.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 16:10:11 +0000
• Belarus opposition leader's husband freed from prison
  - Sergei Tikhanovsky had planned to challenge Alexander Lukashenko in the 2020 election, but was detained before the vote.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 16:02:04 +0000
• Temperatures surpass 33C as UK records hottest day of the year
  - Parts of England brace for torrential downpours as highs of 34C expected as warm weather persists.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 15:36:50 +0000
• Ex-Scotland prop McLauchlan, part of two iconic Lions teams, dies at 83
  - Former Scotland captain and British and Irish Lions great Ian McLauchlan has died at the age of 83.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:47:20 +0000
• Watch: Thousands celebrate summer solstice at Stonehenge
  - People gathered across the UK to celebrate the summer solstice - marking the longest day of the year.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:47:56 +0000
• Targeting of Quds Force shows growing breach in Iranian intelligence security
  - If confirmed, the assassinations of Saeed Izadi and Behnam Shahryari are a major blow to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:23:53 +0000
• Israel says it killed Iran's military coordinator with Hamas
  - Saeed Izadi had been in charge of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps's ties with Palestinian armed groups.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:20:24 +0000
• Tech tycoon Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht raised from seabed near Sicily
  - The cause of the sinking, which killed seven of the 22 people on board, is still under investigation.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:28:08 +0000
• Huge dilemmas lie ahead for UK over Iran
  - Sources question if UK diplomacy will make any difference, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 11:55:52 +0000
• Tulsi Gabbard now says Iran could produce nuclear weapon 'within weeks'
  - This comes after US President Donald Trump said she was "wrong" for saying Iran was not building nuclear weapons.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 10:37:10 +0000
• NHS plans to DNA test all babies to assess disease risk
  - Scheme is part of the government's 10-year plan for the NHS in England aimed at easing pressure on services.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:59:30 +0000
• Esther Rantzen urges Lords not to block assisted dying
  - Some critics, including disability rights campaigner Lord Shinkwin, indicate they will try to amend a bill, backed by MPs, to legalise assisted dying.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:29:35 +0000
• Prince William celebrates birthday with puppy photo
  - Kensington Palace posts an image of the Prince of Wales playing with his dog Orla's litter.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 08:59:37 +0000
• Girl's message in a bottle gets reply 31 years later
  - The primary pupil from Moray in the north east of Scotland sent out her message in 1994 and it finally turned up across the North Sea in Norway.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 08:02:48 +0000
• £200m written off - lessons Everton must learn in pivotal summer
  - With almost £200m in transfer fees written off, BBC Sport looks at the lessons Everton need to learn this summer.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 07:50:10 +0000
• Five talking points from the Lions' loss to Argentina
  - After losing their opening tour game for the first time since 1971, Friday night's 28-24 loss to Argentina leaves Andy Farrell's side with plenty of areas of improvement before they reach Australia.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:10:56 +0000
• Dua Lipa brings out Jamiroquai at emotional Wembley debut
  - The pop star duetted with Jay Kay, and had a "lump in her throat" as she achived a long-standing dream.
  BBC News - Sat, 21 Jun 2025 02:12:42 +0000
• Shorts at work: Can men now get their legs out in the office?
  - Whether shorts are ever appropriate for the office remains a contentious topic, so what should you do?
  BBC News - Fri, 20 Jun 2025 23:56:52 +0000
• 'Noses out of joint': Colleagues reveal what Reform's Zia Yusuf is like to work for
  - Some who have worked with the former Reform chairman call him a "powerhouse", but others describe a chaotic workplace.
  BBC News - Fri, 20 Jun 2025 23:51:41 +0000
• 'Not just smut': Why it's happily ever after for romance books
  - Despite being mocked by book critics for years, the romantasy genre is booming - and that means big business for publishers and bookshops.
  BBC News - Fri, 20 Jun 2025 23:10:43 +0000

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