Our sitcom character Jim Hacker continues to cling on – as he takes to the West End stage, nothing has really changed

Podcast Episode · The Bunker – News without the nonsense · 03/02/2026 · 28m

In-person interactions break down barriers in east London, as AI startups also try to bridge communication divide

Half a million migrants will be ‘regularised’ under plans to boost economic growth that have angered rightwing parties

Edwin wants Chloe to join him at all of his large family’s events, but she values her independence. You decide who is plying happy families

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PM’s effort to take heat out of Greenland situation is yet another humiliation in his relationship with The Donald

Charlie Hicks ate his lunch and dinner at the Shrimp Basket in Pensacola, Florida, every day for 10 years. When he suddenly stopped showing up, the chef went looking for him, and ultimately saved his ...

Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%

Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. How did the system we trusted – and I worked for as a GP – fail us so tragically?

Measure, which will allow increase in line with inflation, is part of white paper on post-16 education and skills University tuition fees in England are to rise in line with inflation, but only for institutions that meet “tough new quality thresholds”, the government has announced. In an attempt to put the higher education sector on a firmer financial footing, all institutions will benefit from increased fees for the next two academic years, starting next September, the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, told MPs on Monday. Continue reading...

I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon

The BBC's UK editor, Ed Thomas, meets local people and asylum seekers in two towns in north-west England.