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Utah couple's life transformed by quadruplets - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | Ashley and Tyson Gardner had two sets of identical twins by IVF. | null | When Ashley and Tyson Gardner found out they were going to have quadruplets, a photo of Ashley holding the ultrasound scans went viral.
The couple, from Utah, had struggled to conceive for eight years, but they eventually had two sets of identical twin girls by IVF treatment.
"When we first found out we were having q... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38684920 |
Past presidents taking the oath of office - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | Before you can become commander in chief, you must first take the oath of office. | null | Before you can become commander in chief, you must first take the oath of office.
BBC News looks back at the famous words, as spoken by some former presidents of the United States. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38651876 |
Donald Trump's big day: Who is performing? - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump has put together a star-studded line-up for his official inauguration celebrations. | Entertainment & Arts | Although a host of big names have turned him down, Donald Trump has gathered a number of stars for his official inauguration celebrations. Meanwhile, other stars are appearing at alternative and anti-Trump events.
The official inauguration celebrations kicked off on Thursday with the Make America Great Again! concert ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38678102 |
Saido Berahino: Stoke complete deal to sign West Brom's 23-year-old striker - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Stoke sign West Brom striker Saido Berahino for £12m on a five-and-a-half-year deal. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Stoke have signed West Brom striker Saido Berahino for a fee of £12m on a five-and-a-half-year deal.
The 23-year-old's contract had been due to expire at the end of the season, and the Baggies offered him a new deal for a third time in December.
He has not played since Sept... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38696547 |
Masters 2017: Barry Hawkins knocks out world number one Mark Selby to reach semis - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | England's Barry Hawkins denies world number one Mark Selby the Triple Crown by winning 6-3 to reach the Masters semi-final. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
Barry Hawkins denied world number one Mark Selby the Triple Crown by winning 6-3 to reach the Masters semi-final.
World number 12 Hawkins, who was runner-up in 2016, took a lengthy opening frame before fellow Englishman Selby levelled with a 76 break.
Breaks of 63 and 60 gav... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/38696872 |
India v England: Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni seal series in Cuttack - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Brilliant centuries from Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni give India a series-clinching 15-run win over England in a thrilling second ODI. | null | Brilliant centuries from Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni gave India a series-clinching 15-run win over England in a thrilling second one-day international.
India were reduced to 25-3 in Cuttack before Yuvraj, who struck 150, and Dhoni (134) shared a stand of 256.
They helped India to 381-6, the third-highest total made aga... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38679657 |
Donald Trump inauguration speech was ‘angriest ever’ - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | An expert in US politics has claimed President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech was the angriest he had ever heard. | null | An expert in US politics has claimed President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech was the angriest he had ever heard.
Dr Mike Cornfield, associate professor of Political Management at the George Washington University, told BBC Radio 5 live's Anna Foster he thought President Trump's address was “extraordinary for a man... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38699639 |
Windsor Castle undergoes two-week 'high clean' - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chandeliers and suits of armour are just some of the features being dusted down. | Berkshire | The chandelier, one of five in the Waterloo Chamber, dates from 1862 and was made by the Birmingham glass makers F and C Osler
Windsor Castle is undergoing a two week spring clean before it is re-opened to the public over the weekend.
Experts ensure the castle's State Apartments are cleaned from floor to ceiling duri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-38674610 |
England: Alex Hales to miss rest of India tour through injury - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | England opener Alex Hales will miss the remainder of the tour of India after suffering a hand fracture. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
England opener Alex Hales will miss the remainder of the tour of India after scans showed he has suffered a hand fracture.
The 28-year-old damaged his right hand during the second one-day international defeat by India on Thursday in Cuttack.
Right-hander Hales sustained the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/38694820 |
Tottenham Hotspur: New stadium images revealed - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Tottenham Hotspur reveal more about what the club's new north London stadium will look like. | London | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Five facts about Spurs' new stadium
Tottenham Hotspur have revealed images of the club's new stadium which is being built in north London.
The 61,000-seat stadium will be the largest-capacity football club ground in the cap... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38682911 |
Diego Costa: Chelsea striker wants to stay, says manager Antonio Conte - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Diego Costa wants to stay at Chelsea and will be available for Sunday's Premier League game against Hull, says manager Antonio Conte. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Striker Diego Costa wants to stay at Chelsea and will be available for Sunday's Premier League game against Hull City, says manager Antonio Conte.
Costa, 28, was left out of last week's win at Leicester after a disagreement with a fitness coach, amid widespread reports of in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38693189 |
Jan Vertonghen: Tottenham defender expected to be out for six weeks - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen is expected to be out for six weeks with an ankle ligament injury. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen is expected to be out for six weeks with an ankle ligament injury, according to his manager Mauricio Pochettino.
The 29-year-old centre-back turned his left ankle during the second half of last Saturday's 4-0 win over West Brom.
"When your ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38685142 |
Australian Open 2017: Champion Angelique Kerber cruises into last 16 - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Defending champion Angelique Kerber beats Czech Kristyna Pliskova for the loss of just four games at the Australian Open. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Daily live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra; live text on selected matches on the BBC Sport website; TV highlights on BBC Two and online from 21 January.
Defending champion Angelique Kerber gave a much-improved performance as she beat Czech Kristyna Plisko... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38687216 |
US President Donald Trump's first speech - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | It was 20 minutes long and touched on jobs, patriotism, rebuilding, radical Islam and winning. We have boiled it down to two and a half. | null | It was 20 minutes long and touched on jobs, patriotism, rebuilding, radical Islam and winning. We have boiled it down to two and a half. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38699839 |
James Paget Hospital patient evicted after two years - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | A hospital patient who occupied a bed for more than years was evicted after a hospital applied for a court order. | null | A patient who occupied a bed for more than two years was evicted after a hospital applied for a court order.
The unnamed man was treated at the James Paget Hospital, in Gorleston, Norfolk.
The hospital said he had been "fit for discharge". | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-38698757 |
One solution to two big social problems - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In France, some students are snapping up cheap rents in exchange for helping old people out in their homes | Magazine | Here's a solution that could tackle two of the West's most urgent problems: a young generation priced out of affordable housing, and the loneliness and isolation of a rapidly ageing population.
For so-called millennials, like Mikyoung Ahn, a large home is a seemingly unattainable dream. She could not imagine living in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38399246 |
2019 Cricket World Cup: London Stadium major step closer to staging matches - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | London Stadium is found to have a potential playing surface big enough to host one-day international cricket matches. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
London Stadium is a major step closer to hosting matches at the 2019 Cricket World Cup, after it was found to have a potential playing surface big enough for one-day internationals.
It emerged last month the England and Wales Cricket Board was considering high-capacity venues... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38689150 |
Andy Murray column on Novak Djokovic, beating Querrey and meeting Zverev - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | World number one Andy Murray on Novak Djokovic's Australian Open exit and coming up against an old friend at the Australian Open. | null | Coverage: Live radio and text commentary of every Andy Murray match on BBC Radio, the BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app. Watch highlights on BBC Two and online from 21 January.
I thought I was pretty good in my win over Sam Querrey. I certainly played better than the first two matches. Sam's a tough opponent with a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38689896 |
Masters 2017: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Neil Robertson, Fu beats Allen - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Neil Robertson 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Masters at Alexandra Palace. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Neil Robertson 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Masters at Alexandra Palace in London.
Australia's Robertson started with 74, but O'Sullivan made 63 and 51 as the pair shared the first six frames.
Neither player were at their best... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/38680221 |
Saroo Brierley: The real-life search behind the film Lion - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man whose Google Earth hunt inspired a Hollywood film says his life has changed once more. | Australia | Sunny Pawar as five-year-old Saroo in the new film Lion
He was the tiny boy from a poor family in India who fell asleep on a train and woke up 1,000 miles from home.
After fending for himself on the streets, five-year-old Saroo made it to an orphanage, where he was adopted by Australian couple Sue and John Brierley t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38645840 |
Dunelm venetian blind thief gets community order - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jessie Bellham, who stuffed the stolen Dunelm shade in his trousers, is sentenced for his troubles. | Northampton | Jessie Bellham stuffed the shade down his trousers
A thief who stole a Venetian blind by stuffing it in his trousers and jacket has been given a community order.
Jessie Bellham admitted stealing the £48.99 blind from the Dunelm Mill store in St James Retail Park, Northampton, last October.
He was given a 12-month or... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-38682424 |
Newspaper headlines: President Trump's 'message to the world' - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US President Donald Trump's inaugural address comes under focus on Saturday's front pages. | The Papers | The papers are dominated by coverage of the US presidential inauguration - with every front page featuring a picture of Donald Trump.
Mr Trump, says the Times, unveiled a new era - but it notes that the imagery was unusually dark for an inaugural address, with the president describing crime-ridden inner cities, catast... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38700109 |
Donald Trump: 'America first, America first' - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | "A new vision will govern... it's going to be only America first, America first", the US president told the crowd at his inauguration. | null | "From this day forward, a new vision will govern... it's going to be only America first, America first", the US president told the crowd at his inauguration. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38698654 |
Teetotal Trump and the drinking presidents - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | What the chief executive's relationship with alcohol reveals about the occupants of the White House. | US & Canada | As Donald Trump becomes US president on Friday many will reach for a drink. Washington DC will be whirl of parties, galas and balls.
The celebrities may be skipping it this year but the US capital will still swing to the sound of clinking glasses and popping corks. Across the country, celebrating Trump supporters will... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38651623 |
Jose Fonte: West Ham sign Southampton captain - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | West Ham complete the signing of Southampton captain Jose Fonte for £8m on a two-and-a-half-year deal. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
West Ham have signed Southampton captain Jose Fonte for £8m on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
The 33-year-old Portugal centre-back - who spent seven years at Southampton - made a transfer request with 18 months left to run on his Saints deal.
The transfer includes a possible £... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38694821 |
Trump's inauguration: Story of the day - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | Donald Trump has been sworn in as 45th US president at an inauguration ceremony at the Capitol. Here are the highlights from the day so far. | null | Donald Trump has been sworn in as 45th US president at an inauguration ceremony at the Capitol. Here are the highlights from the day so far. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38696475 |
Martin McGuinness: The end of a long journey - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Peter Taylor looks back as Martin McGuinness retires from frontline politics. | Northern Ireland | The political retirement of Martin McGuinness on Thursday due to ill health marks the end of a remarkable journey. Perceived by some as a terrorist, others as a freedom fighter, he ended up a statesman, a journey similar to those previously made by other historical figures from Menachem Begin to Jomo Kenyatta and Nelso... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38690431 |
Who will succeed Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness? - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Martin McGuinness steps down, who will take over as Sinn Féin's leader in Northern Ireland? | Northern Ireland | Sinn Féin's successor as Northern Ireland leader of the party will be announced next week
Former deputy first minister Martin McGuinness has confirmed he will not stand in the Northern Ireland Assembly election.
His successor as Sinn Féin's leader in Northern Ireland will be announced next week.
So who will replace ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38684941 |
Woody Harrelson shoots live movie hours after 'WW2 bomb' discovery - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Woody Harrelson says he has no intention of making another live movie like Lost in London. | Entertainment & Arts | The film is loosely based on a chaotic night out Woody Harrelson had in London in 2002
Woody Harrelson said directing his ground-breaking live film project was like "walking on a high wire".
Lost in London was filmed in multiple locations in the capital in the early hours of Friday.
In a cinematic first, the film wa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38686697 |
Final coin removed from Jersey's huge Celtic hoard - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The last of nearly 70,000 coins is removed from one of the largest Celtic hoards in the world. | Jersey | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The last of nearly 70,000 coins is to be removed later from one of the largest Celtic hoards in the world
The last of nearly 70,000 coins has been removed from one of the largest Celtic hoards in the world.
The cache - thou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-38608178 |
Trump inauguration: 'I'm so excited' - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | People in the US describe their feelings about going to Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington DC | null | US President-Elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated on January 20.
People are travelling from near and far to see history being made in Washington DC.
Here, Mr Trump's supporters, who will be making the journey to the capital, share their excitement about the event. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38685470 |
The man correcting stories about Muslims - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Every day, Miqdaad Versi searches newspapers looking for errors concerning Muslims and Islam, looking to challenge them. | UK | Every day, Miqdaad Versi searches newspapers looking for errors concerning Muslims and Islam
When one newspaper reported last year that "enclaves of Islam see UK as 75% Muslim" last year, Miqdaad Versi's instinct was to challenge it. He believes errors in the reporting of Muslims have become all too common, and has ma... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38655760 |
T2 Trainspotting: Critics praise film sequel - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Critics broadly praise T2 Trainspotting, but many note it will not have the same impact as the original. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. T2 Trainspotting: What would you choose?
T2 Trainspotting has received broadly positive reviews from critics, although many noted it will not have the same impact as the original.
The sequel to 1996's Trainspotting sees mos... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38689704 |
The dying officer treated for cancer with baking soda - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Naima Houder-Mohammed believed Robert O Young, the father of the alkaline diet, could cure her. It didn't turn out as she hoped. | Magazine | The father of the alkaline diet, Robert O Young, is hailed as an inspiration by one of the UK's most popular food writers, Natasha Corrett, but he faces a jail sentence for practising medicine without a licence. One patient who believed he could cure her cancer, British army officer Naima Houder-Mohammed, paid thousand... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38650739 |
Steven Gerrard: Liverpool to hire former captain as youth coach - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Former Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard is to return to the Premier League club as a youth coach. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Former Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard is to return to the Premier League club as a youth coach.
Gerrard, 36, who made his Liverpool debut in 1998, will begin the job in February.
The midfielder left Anfield at the end of the 2014-15 season to join MLS side LA ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38698045 |
How May's Brexit speech played out on the front pages - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A look at how UK newspapers wrote up the PM's speech, in line with their own views on Brexit. | Entertainment & Arts | Britain's newspapers are for the most part deeply hostile to the EU, and committed to making a success of Brexit.
At the same time, they have created a narrative about the referendum result which casts it as a victory for the common man and woman against a liberal, metropolitan establishment that counts the mainstream... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38666066 |
Should all countries use the Shanghai maths method? - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When children in Shanghai took part in the Pisa tests of educational attainment, the world was shocked by their maths results. Should the rest of the world be teaching maths the same way? | Magazine | When the Chinese city of Shanghai took part in the three-yearly Pisa test of 15-year-olds' academic ability in 2009 and 2012 it topped the table in maths, leaving countries such as Germany the UK and the US - and even Singapore and Japan - trailing in its wake. What is its secret?
The life of a teacher in a Shanghai p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38568538 |
Martin McGuinness: A life in politics - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It is a short flick in the dictionary from "paramilitary" to "parliamentary"; it's more of a giant leap in a man's lifetime. | Northern Ireland | Out of the shadows: Martin McGuinness pictured on the Falls Road in 2001
It is a short flick in the dictionary from "paramilitary" to "parliamentary"; it's more of a giant leap in a man's lifetime.
Martin McGuinness, IRA commander turned Northern Ireland deputy first minister, switched from Armalite to an armistice.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38593596 |
100 Women: Rally driver may sell trophy to continue racing - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | A groundbreaking rally driver is having to crowdfund her next race after losing her sponsors. | null | Louise Cook, the only woman in history to win a rallying world championship competing against men, needs to raise £25,000 after her two main sponsors dropped out.
The 28-year-old's next stop is the next round of the World Rally Championship in Sweden in February, but she now has two weeks to come up with the cash or w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38684048 |
Australian Open 2017: Dan Evans joins Andy Murray in fourth round - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Dan Evans joins Andy Murray in the last 16 of the Australian Open with a brilliant win over Australia's Bernard Tomic. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Daily live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra; live text on selected matches on the BBC Sport website; TV highlights on BBC Two and online from 21 January.
Dan Evans joined Andy Murray in the last 16 of the Australian Open with a brilliant performance to giv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38687231 |
Hong Kong: Twenty years later - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Hong Kong has spent 20 years under Chinese sovereignty. What's changed? | China | This year marks the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from the UK to China. The BBC's Helier Cheung, who sang in the handover ceremony, shares her personal reflections on the last two decades.
As a child, you don't always appreciate when you're witnessing history.
On 1 July 1997, I was part of the choir singin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38489435 |
Davos 2017: The bosses obsessed with exercise - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Many of the bosses at the World Economic Forum in Davos are not just obsessed by corporate success, but also physical fitness. | Business | Chip Bergh usually does between 12 and 14 hours of sport a week
Ask Levi boss Chip Bergh how he's finding his first trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, and his immediate response is to say how frustrated he is by the lack of time to exercise.
The sports-obsessed chief executive - who competes in triathlo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38677104 |
Donald Trump's mother: From a Scottish island to New York's elite - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump's mother Mary Anne MacLeod grew up on the Hebridean island of Lewis. | Scotland | By 1934 Mary Anne MacLeod had become a glamorous New Yorker. This photo, was taken on the steps of a Long Island swimming pool
Donald Trump's mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, was born and brought up on the Hebridean island of Lewis but emigrated to New York to live a very different life.
Mary Anne was one of tens of thousa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38648877 |
Trump inauguration's only black marching band braves backlash - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The only black college marching band to play at the Trump inauguration reaches Washington, braving an intense backlash. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Marching Tornado Band has travelled all the way from Alabama.
The only marching band from a historically black college to perform at the Trump presidential inauguration has experienced intense backlash. Regardless, on Th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38685680 |
Trump inauguration: What the president's supporters want - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | During the election, the BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan spoke to many Trump supporters on the campaign trail. Now she asks what their hopes are for the new administration. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Trump's supporters who will be going to the inauguration
What do the millions of Trump supporters want from their new president? The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan catches up with some of the voters she met while travelling ac... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38682568 |
Melbourne car deaths: Mobile footage shows driver - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | A bystander films the driver of a car arrested in Melbourne in connection with the death of three pedestrians struck by a vehicle. | null | Three people, including a young child, have died after a car deliberately hit pedestrians in central Melbourne, police say.
At least 29 people were injured, among them a baby who is in a critical condition after the car hit a pram.
Police have arrested the driver but say the incident was not terror-related.
Footage ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38688521 |
Baby boy delivered by mother in car near Aberdeen - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A mother delivers her own baby in a car in Aberdeenshire as her husband tries to get her to hospital for the birth. | NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland | Shelley and Alexander Jack with their new son Lucas and his brother Jensen
A mother delivered her own baby in a car as her husband tried to get her to hospital for the birth.
Shelley Jack, 26, was being driven by husband Alexander, 30, from their Inverallochy home to Aberdeen after contractions started.
However, bef... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-38679533 |
Newspaper headlines: Donald Trump inauguration in focus - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump's inauguration as US president on Friday comes into focus on the front pages. | The Papers | It is show time for the showman, the Times declares, as the papers look ahead to the inauguration of America's 45th president.
For the Mail, Mirror and the Sun, it is the Day of the Donald.
But the Sun says the inauguration is set to be the most divisive and volatile ever, with more than 25,000 police and secret serv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38686228 |
Novak Djokovic: The waning of his winning obsession has led to a lost sense of direction - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Novak Djokovic's ferocious focus took him to the top of the game but it is hard to see him rekindling the flames of that obsession, writes Russell Fuller. | null | When asked what he would take away from his stunning defeat by Denis Istomin in the second round of the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic said he would take his bags and go home.
The world number two exuded the utmost class in the aftermath of Istomin's five-set victory in the Rod Laver Arena. He signed autographs, offe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38681767 |
US frisbee team captures frozen lake crossing - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | Unusual mobile phone footage shows the frisbee skittering across the ice in the US. | null | A youth frisbee team has filmed a frisbee crossing a frozen Maine lake in the wind.
Falmouth Rogue coach Shea Gunther captured the action on his phone while skating behind the frisbee.
He told the BBC: "I noticed how the wind would catch an errant throw, so I turned my camera on and threw it into the wind so it would... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38684425 |
NHS staff shortages: Why so persistent? - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Why is it that the NHS always seems to be short of staff, and is there anything that can be done to resolve the problem? | Health | The NHS has relied on nurses from home and abroad since its birth
NHS staff shortages seem an everyday fact of life - or at least a factor mentioned in several news stories each week. But why do these shortages persist and is there anything that can be done to get rid of them?
In this week's In Business on BBC Radio ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38640068 |
Trump prods reluctant Melania to speak - BBC News | 2017-01-20 | null | Donald Trump persuaded wife Melania to address a group of supporters at a lunch in Washington. | null | Donald Trump and his wife Melania visited a group of supporters at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.
"This is a gorgeous room. A total genius must have built this place," the 45th US president remarked.
Mr Trump thanked his wife, who suffered through "fake news" throughout the campaign, he said.
He also i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38681430 |
Dan Evans: Britain's latest tennis star snubbed by Kevin Pietersen - BBC Sport | 2017-01-20 | null | Meet the new British tennis star who bought his own shirts and was snubbed by ex-England cricketer Kevin Pietersen. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Four days ago, Dan Evans was not exactly a household name.
The British tennis player had just reached his first ATP final and moved to number 51 in the world rankings.
But that was not enough to get a photograph with former England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen, who turned ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38693517 |
Chapecoense plane: Footballer Neto dreamt of crash - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | null | Chapecoense football club player Neto is one of six survivors of a plane crash that killed 71 people in Colombia last November. | null | Chapecoense footballer Neto is one of six survivors of a plane crash that killed 71 people in Colombia last November.
Almost two months after the accident, the BBC's Julia Carneiro met him at the Conda Arena in the city of Chapeco. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38698277 |
Quiz of the week's news - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions. | Magazine | It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?
If you missed last week's 7 days quiz, try it here
Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38679701 |
Theresa May congratulates Trump on taking office - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Theresa May says she looks forward to meeting the new US president and expects "very frank" talks. | UK Politics | Theresa May has congratulated Donald Trump on taking office as US president - and says she looks forward to meeting him in Washington.
The prime minister stressed her belief he was committed to advancing the "special relationship" with the UK.
But Mrs May told the Financial Times she expects "very frank" talks on are... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38702859 |
Empathy and education in the age of Trump - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Davos cocktail party may not, at first, seem like the ideal place to teach people to understand those with whom they disagree, but that's what some academics are doing. | Business | Donald Trump has been sworn in as president, after running a divisive campaign
The rarefied environs of a Davos cocktail party may not, at first, seem like the ideal place to teach people to understand those with whom they disagree.
But Peter Salovey thinks there is no better place to preach the gospel of empathy.
A... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38695006 |
Barack Obama's last day as 44th president - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | null | From leaving a note for his successor on the Oval Office desk to giving a final speech. | null | Barack Obama spent his last day in the White House and as the 44th president of the United States.
He received his successor, Donald Trump, at the White House in the morning and boarded Air Force One one final time in the early afternoon to go spend some time in California. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38699742 |
#WomensMarch against Donald Trump around the world - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A day after his inauguration, women around the world march to protest at Donald Trump's election. | In Pictures | President Obama may have been out of office for only one day, but it was enough for this woman to express her loss in London | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-38703840 |
Lawro's Premier League predictions v Split star James McAvoy - BBC Sport | 2017-01-21 | null | BBC football expert Mark Lawrenson takes on actor James McAvoy in this weekend's Premier League fixtures. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson will be making a prediction for all 380 Premier League games this season against a variety of guests.
Lawro's opponent for this week's Premier League fixtures is actor James McAvoy, star of new film 'Split'.
McAvoy is a Celtic fan ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38632703 |
Week in pictures: 14-20 January 2017 - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week. | In Pictures | Ice skaters competed in the women's platoon during the first ice skating marathon on natural ice in Noordlaren, the Netherlands. Skating on natural ice in the Netherlands reportedly dates back into the 13th Century when it was a method to get fast and easily from one place to another on the frozen canals in the country... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-38688378 |
Trump inauguration speech: 'Angry', 'authentic', 'primal' - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Conservative commentators react to Trump's speech online. | US & Canada | Donald Trump campaigned on becoming a president unlike any Washington has ever seen. With his inauguration speech, he's already set the tone.
Earlier this week, Trump posted a photo of himself sitting at a desk at Mar-a-Largo, a permanent marker hovering over a notepad.
"Writing my inaugural address at the Winter Whi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38697908 |
Mild panic greets Trump digital transition - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Obama moves out the White House, he today also gives up key online real estate - a move already creating controversy. | Technology | President Trump's first tweet on the @POTUS account showed this image
Much is written about the Herculean effort to move one family out of the White House and a new family in within the space of just a few hours.
But in our modern age, the digital moving trucks must also roar into action, as prime presidential online... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38699809 |
Bulls and bullying: the fight over animal rights and tradition - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Animal rights activists caught in social media cross-fire regarding banned bull-taming tradition. | BBC Trending | Tamil actress Trisha Krishnan deleted her Twitter account as a result of a row over bull-taming
A ban on the ancient practice of bull-taming has spurred thousands to protest in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. While the demonstrations have been mostly peaceful, the argument over the festival has turned ugly on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-38656721 |
France's Socialists open battle for party's future - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | France picks its Socialist presidential nominee in a fight for the party's direction, even its survival. | Europe | Seven candidates are vying for the Socialist nomination, including one woman, Sylvia Pinel
France is choosing its left-wing presidential candidate this weekend, in what is seen as a crucial test for the direction - even the survival - of the governing Socialist Party.
Six men and one woman are competing for the nomin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38676370 |
Meet the mum with quadruplet toddlers - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Meet the mum to quadruplets who went viral after sharing a video that 'sums up motherhood'. | Education & Family | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ashley and Tyson Gardner had two sets of identical twins by IVF
What is it like being the mother of quadruplets?
Utah couple Ashley and Tyson Gardner had struggled to conceive for eight years, but they eventually had two se... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38690621 |
Liverpool 2-3 Swansea City - BBC Sport | 2017-01-21 | null | Swansea lift themselves off the bottom of the Premier League table with a thrilling victory at title-challenging Liverpool. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Swansea lifted themselves off the bottom of the Premier League table and dealt a huge blow to Liverpool's title hopes with a thrilling win at Anfield.
Gylfi Sigurdsson scored from close range with 16 minutes left to give Paul Clement his first win as Swans boss and the club ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38620045 |
Trump inauguration: Compare 2017 with 2009 - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It's been eight years since a new president took the oath of office at the US Capitol. Here's some side by side comparisons of Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009 and Donald Trump's in 2017, | US & Canada | It's been eight years since a new president took the oath of office at the US Capitol.
Here are some side-by-side comparisons of Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009 and Donald Trump's in 2017.
App users should tap here to fully explore the interactive images. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38682574 |
Bake Off: Angus Deayton to present Creme de la Creme - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Angus Deayton will take over from chef Tom Kerridge as host of the Bake Off spin-off. | Entertainment & Arts | Deayton previously hosted Have I Got News For You
Angus Deayton is to host Great British Bake Off spin-off Creme de la Creme.
The show, for professional pastry chefs, is staying on the BBC despite the main show moving from BBC One to Channel 4.
The first series, broadcast on BBC Two in 2016, was hosted by chef Tom K... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38688912 |
Brexit: Berlin business leaders unimpressed with UK's message - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An appeal over a post-Brexit trade deal was met with sniggers in Berlin, Damien McGuinness writes. | Business | Two British officials failed to win favour from German business leaders in Berlin
The distinguished audience members were too polite to heckle. But the eye rolling, frowns and audible tutting made it quite clear how the Brexiteers' message was going down with German business leaders.
Owen Paterson, a former minister ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38707997 |
Meet the British family spanning six generations - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | null | A family from Yorkshire is thought to be the only one in Britain with six generations alive at the same time. Grandmother Sue Godward and her daughter Niki Mellor spoke to 5 Live. | null | A family from Yorkshire is thought to be the only one in Britain with six generations alive at the same time.
There are 47 family members; the eldest is great-great-great grandmother Hilda Hanson, who is 103 and known as “little gran”.
The youngest, baby Finley, was born on Christmas Day.
Grandmother Sue Godward and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38704598 |
Utah couple's life transformed by quadruplets - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | null | Ashley and Tyson Gardner had two sets of identical twins by IVF. | null | When Ashley and Tyson Gardner found out they were going to have quadruplets, a photo of Ashley holding the ultrasound scans went viral.
The couple, from Utah, had struggled to conceive for eight years, but they eventually had two sets of identical twin girls by IVF treatment.
"When we first found out we were having q... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38684920 |
World landmarks recreated with Lego - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | null | An artist has recreated more than 70 global landmarks using Lego bricks. | null | More than 70 famous world landmarks have been recreated with Lego.
The models were put together by professional Lego builder Warren Elsmore and feature a new exhibition at The Harley Gallery in Nottinghamshire.
Mr Elsmore said each creation could take several months to build. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-38697427 |
Saido Berahino: Stoke complete deal to sign West Brom's 23-year-old striker - BBC Sport | 2017-01-21 | null | Stoke sign West Brom striker Saido Berahino for £12m on a five-and-a-half-year deal. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Stoke have signed West Brom striker Saido Berahino for a fee of £12m on a five-and-a-half-year deal.
The 23-year-old's contract had been due to expire at the end of the season, and the Baggies offered him a new deal for a third time in December.
He has not played since Sept... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38696547 |
Masters 2017: Barry Hawkins knocks out world number one Mark Selby to reach semis - BBC Sport | 2017-01-21 | null | England's Barry Hawkins denies world number one Mark Selby the Triple Crown by winning 6-3 to reach the Masters semi-final. | null | Last updated on .From the section Snooker
Barry Hawkins denied world number one Mark Selby the Triple Crown by winning 6-3 to reach the Masters semi-final.
World number 12 Hawkins, who was runner-up in 2016, took a lengthy opening frame before fellow Englishman Selby levelled with a 76 break.
Breaks of 63 and 60 gav... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/38696872 |
Chelmsford Morris group's 'fit, mildly eccentric men' plea - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A decades-old Morris dancing group says it desperately needs "fit, mildly eccentric men" to join in order to keep going. | Essex | Chelmsford Morris was founded in 1972 and currently has about 30 members - but most are now women
A decades-old Morris dancing group says it desperately needs "fit, mildly eccentric men" to join in order to keep going.
Chelmsford Morris was founded in 1972 and currently has about 30 members.
However, the vast majori... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-38663448 |
Did ye get healed? - How Van Morrison's music helped me recover my life - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former Beirut hostage John McCarthy explains how Van Morrison's music helped heal his life and inspire other writers | Entertainment & Arts | I have a special connection to an enigmatic Belfast man whose music crosses jazz, blues, folk and rock.
In the late 1980s, I was held hostage in Beirut. Of my five years in captivity, four were spent with the Irish writer Brian Keenan.
Stripped of virtually all external stimuli, we had to keep our minds and hearts go... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38601706 |
Us/Them play revisits Beslan school siege - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Belgian creators of a play, Us/Them, which relives the Beslan killings through the eyes of two children, say recent attacks have brought the story closer to home. | Entertainment & Arts | The 2004 Beslan school siege is remembered for the deaths of more than 330 people including 186 children, after a Russian school was seized by Chechen rebels. But the Belgian creators of a play, Us/Them, which relives the atrocity through the eyes of two children, say recent attacks have brought the story closer to hom... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38695475 |
Donald Trump inauguration speech was ‘angriest ever’ - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | null | An expert in US politics has claimed President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech was the angriest he had ever heard. | null | An expert in US politics has claimed President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech was the angriest he had ever heard.
Dr Mike Cornfield, associate professor of Political Management at the George Washington University, told BBC Radio 5 live's Anna Foster he thought President Trump's address was “extraordinary for a man... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38699639 |
Global protests on Donald Trump inauguration day - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | null | Protests were held around the world as Donald Trump became the new president of the United States. | null | Protests were held around the world as Donald Trump became the new president of the United States. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38699844 |
A message of hope at Washington march - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More than half a million people demand to be heard a day after Donald Trump is elected. | US & Canada | For such a divisive figure, Donald Trump managed to unify hundreds of thousands of Americans at the Women's March on Washington.
Moments after Mr Trump was sworn in as the 45th president on Friday, he delivered a thundering speech in which he promised to improve the lives of millions of Americans.
A day later, throng... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38707986 |
Sorry cats, doggos run the internet now - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After years of stability, we've recently we've seen signs of a dramatic shift in online governance. | Technology | This is Igor, a very good dog
Like many a BBC reporter before, I come to you with news of a coup, and perhaps the most significant transition of power you’ll read about this weekend.
Cats on the internet are over. Done. "Cheezburgers" are off the menu. Play yourself out, Keyboard Cat.
While in years past we’ve perha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38702996 |
Donald Trump protests: 'Why I've decided to march' - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | null | As women globally take to the streets as part of a day of protests, Hannah tells us why she decided to march. | null | As women across the world take to the streets as part of a day of protests against Donald Trump, Hannah tells us why she decided to join them. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38707101 |
Women's March: Thousands join UK anti-Donald Trump marches - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | null | Thousands of people attend anti-Trump protests in London and Edinburgh. | null | Thousands of protesters have joined rallies in London and Edinburgh as part of an international campaign on the first full day of Donald Trump's presidency.
Organisers aim to highlight women's rights, which they perceive to be under threat from the new US administration.
The BBC's Sian Grzeszczyk was at the London pr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38704266 |
Irish jockey Jack Kennedy performs amazing acrobatics to stay on horse - BBC Sport | 2017-01-21 | null | Irish jockey Jack Kennedy manages to stay on his horse Bilko despite almost being thrown off it at a meeting at Thurles. | null | Irish jockey Jack Kennedy manages to stay on his horse Bilko despite almost being thrown off it at a meeting at Thurles.
WATCH MORE: McCoy 'has breakfast every morning now'
Pictures courtesy of At The Races. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/38694316 |
Trump's @POTUS Twitter account used Obama crowd image - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump's account is rapidly evolving after using an image of Barack Obama's 2013 inauguration | US & Canada | Donald Trump changed the image at the top of his new @POTUS account after Twitter users spotted it was from Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration.
Mr Trump inherited the official presidential account as he was sworn in as America's 45th president.
The original image showed flag-waving crowds in front of the US Capitol.
B... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38698837 |
Picasso prints at Barnsley's Cooper Gallery - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 17 Picasso prints will be on show at a free exhibition until April. | Sheffield & South Yorkshire | Pablo Picasso visited South Yorkshire in 1950 for an international peace conference
An exhibition of original prints by world-renowned artist Pablo Picasso are to go on show at a museum in Barnsley.
The 17 linocut prints are on display from Saturday at a free exhibition at the town's Cooper Gallery.
The valuable pri... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-38687986 |
US President Donald Trump's first speech - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | null | It was 20 minutes long and touched on jobs, patriotism, rebuilding, radical Islam and winning. We have boiled it down to two and a half. | null | It was 20 minutes long and touched on jobs, patriotism, rebuilding, radical Islam and winning. We have boiled it down to two and a half. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38699839 |
Stoke City 1-1 Manchester United - BBC Sport | 2017-01-21 | null | Wayne Rooney becomes Manchester United's all-time leading goalscorer with a sensational stoppage-time free-kick that rescues a point at Stoke. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Wayne Rooney became Manchester United's all-time leading goalscorer with a sensational stoppage-time free-kick that rescued a point at Stoke.
Substitute Rooney curled in from the left-hand corner of the penalty box for his 250th United goal, one more than Sir Bobby Charlton.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38620111 |
Women's March: A united message spanning generations - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Thousands of men, women and children took part in the Women's March in London. | UK | "Stand united, we will never be divided," was the message chanted by the crowd as people marched through central London.
Cheers erupted every few minutes as the crowd held up placards to the beat of drum and bass music from a portable sound system.
"Girls just wanna have fundamental rights", "Women won't be trumped" ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38706746 |
One solution to two big social problems - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In France, some students are snapping up cheap rents in exchange for helping old people out in their homes | Magazine | Here's a solution that could tackle two of the West's most urgent problems: a young generation priced out of affordable housing, and the loneliness and isolation of a rapidly ageing population.
For so-called millennials, like Mikyoung Ahn, a large home is a seemingly unattainable dream. She could not imagine living in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38399246 |
Wayne Rooney: Goals from the Man Utd record-breaker - BBC Sport | 2017-01-21 | null | BBC Sport picks out some great goals from Wayne Rooney's Manchester United career after the striker became the club's all-time leading goalscorer. | null | BBC Sport picks out some great goals from Wayne Rooney's Manchester United career after the striker became the club's all-time leading goalscorer.
WATCH MORE: It's a great feeling - Rooney on breaking record
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38705054 |
The policemen who dressed as women to hide from IS - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When Islamic State seized control of his hometown and began killing his police colleagues, Iraqi officer Abu Alawi resorted to unconventional measures to stay alive. | Magazine | When the so-called Islamic State group seized control of a town near Mosul and began killing police officers, some of them resorted to unconventional measures to stay alive, reports John Beck.
For more than two-and-a-half years it helped keep the middle-aged former police officer hidden from IS and safe from the bulle... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38663595 |
World v Trump on global climate deal? - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As the new president settles in, much of the world reaffirms its commitment to the Paris agreement. | Science & Environment | As a pro-coal president strides into the White House, the rest of the world is rallying in defence of the climate.
Donald Trump has called climate change "a hoax" and filled his cabinet with representatives of fossil fuel industries.
One of the world's leading climate scientists told me she was positively scared abou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38676898 |
Eight ways President Donald Trump will make history - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | From his bank balance to his lack of pets - here's how Donald Trump is making presidential history. | US & Canada | Donald Trump has already pulled off a series of presidential "firsts"
Donald Trump is guaranteed to make history as the 45th president of the United States.
And whether you love or loathe him, it's a fact that the Republican will set a range of records as soon as he occupies the Oval Office.
From his age to his bank... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38637123 |
Newspaper headlines: President Trump's 'message to the world' - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | US President Donald Trump's inaugural address comes under focus on Saturday's front pages. | The Papers | The papers are dominated by coverage of the US presidential inauguration - with every front page featuring a picture of Donald Trump.
Mr Trump, says the Times, unveiled a new era - but it notes that the imagery was unusually dark for an inaugural address, with the president describing crime-ridden inner cities, catast... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-38700109 |
Presidential inaugural ball: Trumps enjoy first dance - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | null | President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have the first dance at the inaugural ball. | null | President Donald Trump and his wife First Lady Melania Trump have the first dance at the inaugural ball. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38702978 |
Donald Trump's life story: From hotel developer to president - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Long before Donald Trump became US president, he was just "The Donald", celebrity and property tycoon. | US Election 2016 | Long before he was a contender for the US presidency, Donald Trump was America's most famous and colourful billionaire.
Once considered a long shot for the presidency, the 74-year-old is now out of office after a single term - but he remains a force within the Republican party.
Scepticism over his candidacy for the 2... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35318432 |
Martin McGuinness: The end of a long journey - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Peter Taylor looks back as Martin McGuinness retires from frontline politics. | Northern Ireland | The political retirement of Martin McGuinness on Thursday due to ill health marks the end of a remarkable journey. Perceived by some as a terrorist, others as a freedom fighter, he ended up a statesman, a journey similar to those previously made by other historical figures from Menachem Begin to Jomo Kenyatta and Nelso... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38690431 |
Could tuition fees really cost £54,000? - BBC News | 2017-01-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The headline cost of increased fees might be £9,250. But repaid with interest over 30 years it could be much higher. | Education & Family | The last time tuition fees were increased there were waves of student protests
How much will it cost to get a degree in England when tuition fees increase to £9,250 in the autumn?
If that seems high for a three-year degree, that's how much a think tank has calculated a student could have to pay back with interest.
A... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38651059 |
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