4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1746+ words) In a further education college in the Pembrokeshire town of Haverfordwest, a studio audience had gathered to hear leaders of Wales' political parties make their pitch at a BBC Wales Ask the Leaders debate. After an audience member asked Plaid…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago   (639+ words) "As a community, we've just been told over the years, you've got to be better. You are guests in this country; you won't be treated equally," said Faisal Mahmood, a community leader from Peterborough, on growing up as a Muslim…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (490+ words) A council has apologised for traffic disruption described as by one taxi worker as "carnage". Work on a new cycle route, along with emergency repairs to a sinkhole and other roadworks, are contributing to disruption in Spalding, Lincolnshire. Chris Pearson,…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago   (659+ words) John Swinney has claimed the UK is at a "pivotal moment of constitutional change" - ahead of a summit with the leaders of Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein in Cardiff. Swinney, Plaid's leader Rhun ap Iorwerth, and Sinn Fein's president Mary…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago   (168+ words) “The conduct with women shouldn’t be looked at through the glasses of western culture and tradition. Afghan values should be considered..You can wander around Afghanistan, in Kabul in the cities, see the way women work, do business or go…...

6+ hour, 7+ min ago   (146+ words) Global News Podcast | Centre Left coalition in Sweden on course for victory bbc.com Centre Left coalition in Sweden on course for victory Available for 89 days Centre left coalition in Sweden likely to form new national government despite a slim…...

6+ hour, 34+ min ago   (496+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Canada is seeking a "unique alliance" with the European Union (EU) but not membership of the bloc, as its trade war with the US intensifies. "What we are looking - and will begin discussions for…...

14+ hour, 54+ min ago   (571+ words) Changeable autumnal conditions are set to continue through this coming week, with spells of wetter and windier weather developing at times. Monday will bring a short-lived burst of warmth and sunshine before temperatures drop to levels more typical for September…...

6+ hour, 53+ min ago   (492+ words) Philippine authorities said it could take weeks or months to identify victims of a ferry fire that killed 76 people last week. "Most of them are already in a charred condition," Richard Allan Mangalip, a forensic specialist from the Philippine National…...

6+ hour, 53+ min ago   (585+ words) A cross-party group of MPs and peers has identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) which existing laws, they argue, are ill-equipped to cover. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) published a report calling for a new…...