Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Seven masterpieces, including Picasso’s Harlequin Head, were stolen in a pre-dawn heist in 2012 What was thought to be a stolen artwork by Pablo Picasso recently discovered in Romania has been revealed as a forgery. Experts had hoped that the painting was Harlequin Head, snatched from the Kunsthal museum in […]
Image copyright PA Noise levels in hospitals are getting worse, research suggests. Anyone who has ever stayed overnight in a hospital will know how difficult it can be to sleep, surrounded by staff, machinery, trolleys and telephones. In the UK, 40% of hospital patients are bothered by noise at night, according to in-patient surveys. But […]
Image copyright Getty Images Almost half of NI’s schools are in budget deficit, according to new figures obtained by BBC News NI. The Education Authority (EA) has analysed the financial position of about 1,000 schools for 2018/19. Its figures show 446 schools are projected to be in the red in 2018. Out of those 446, […]
Image copyright iStock Image caption The book featured “male homosexual behaviour… including perverted sexual acts like violation and abuse” A Chinese writer has been given a 10 year sentence for writing and selling a novel which featured gay sex scenes. The writer, identified as Liu, was jailed by a court in Anhui province last month […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Netanyahu had strongly opposed calling early elections Israel’s government appears to have survived a possible collapse after a key partner withdrew a threat to leave the coalition and force snap elections. Naftali Bennett, of the Jewish Home party, had signalled he would quit, but announced on Monday he would […]
Image copyright Cumbria Police Image caption Zholia Alemi faked her medical degree when she came to the UK in the 1990s Some 3,000 foreign doctors in the UK are being urgently checked after a woman practised psychiatry for 22 years without any qualifications. Zholia Alemi falsely claimed to have a medical degree from a New […]
Image copyright TSB TSB has appointed Debbie Crosbie as its chief executive, replacing Paul Pester who resigned in September after this year’s IT meltdown at the bank. In April, almost two million customers lost access to online banking services after the bungled introduction of a new computer system. Ms Crosbie will join TSB in 2019, […]
Image caption Passengers have been warned they face delays all day Commuters on South Western Railway have been told not to travel after engineering works overran. No SWR trains are running between Surbiton and London Waterloo – the UK’s busiest railway station. Woking, Surbiton, Raynes Park and Earlsfield stations have been closed and people advised […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption “Benny” the beluga has been regularly seen in the River Thames since September A beluga whale that was spotted in the River Thames nearly two months ago appears to be thriving, according to experts. “Benny the beluga” was first spotted off Gravesend on 25 September, and has been regularly sighted […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption The nine were met by more than a hundred supporters outside the court Nine pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have pleaded not guilty in a trial seen as a test of judicial independence from Beijing. They have been charged with “public nuisance” over the 2014 “Umbrella” movement that demanded Hong […]