BBC News:
| Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says | Mon 20th Apr 2026 19:06 BST |
The PM tells the Commons that if he had known the peer failed security vetting he would not have been appointed. | |
| 'Huge relief' as students given loans 'in error' get repayment reprieve | Mon 20th Apr 2026 17:07 BST |
Approximately 22,000 weekend students had been told their courses were never eligible for student finance. | |
| Zoologist and author Desmond Morris dies aged 98 | Mon 20th Apr 2026 15:12 BST |
Morris, who was also a surrealist painter and broadcaster, was best known for his 1967 book The Naked Ape. | |
| Attempted murder charge after car hits pedestrians | Mon 20th Apr 2026 19:33 BST |
A 30-year-old woman is in a critical condition following the incident on Sunday morning in Soho. | |
| Adoptive father 'sexually abused and smothered baby' | Mon 20th Apr 2026 17:55 BST |
A man is on trial accused of murdering 13-month-old Preston Davey in Blackpool. | |
| Phones to be banned in schools by law in England under government plans | Mon 20th Apr 2026 21:53 BST |
Education minister Jacqui Smith said the move would create "a clear legal requirement for schools". | |


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