Government abandons plans to delay 30 council elections
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:07:59 GMT
All English elections will now go ahead as originally planned after Reform UK brought a legal challenge over the decision to delay some polls.
How dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from years of harm
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:02:33 GMT
Detectives desperate to locate a 12-year-old, seen abused online, found a surprising lead.
Actor Robert Duvall, who starred in The Godfather, dies aged 95
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:13:09 GMT
The Oscar-winner died "peacefully" at his home in Middleburg, Virginia, on Sunday, his family says.
Muir fourth in big air in another medal near-miss
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:00:39 GMT
Freestyle skier Kirsty Muir once again comes heartbreakingly close to a Winter Olympic medal for Team GB with her second fourth-place finish of the Games.
US build-up of warships and fighter jets tracked near Iran
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:17:18 GMT
BBC Verify has seen US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln near Iran ahead of talks between the two countries
Six of Sarah Ferguson's companies winding down
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:22:44 GMT
The move follows further revelations over her friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Ancient bone may prove legendary war elephant crossing of Alps
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:26:49 GMT
It would be the first hard evidence that elephants were used in battle by General Hannibal.
Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:48:00 GMT
It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.
Australian IS families in Syria camp turned back after leaving for home
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:18:04 GMT
The group of 34 women and children with family links to Islamic State group have been held in the Roj camp for nearly seven years.
Teenagers guilty of killing man they thought was a paedophile
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:45:09 GMT
Alexander Cashford was chased and hit with rocks and a bottle before he died.
