BBC News:
| Benefits and pensions rise as two-child cap ends | Mon 6th Apr 2026 00:00 BST |
Families on some benefits with three or more children will get an average rise of £4,100 a year. | |
| Don't put off treatment during doctors' strike, NHS tells patients | Mon 6th Apr 2026 09:14 BST |
The strike comes at the end of the bank holiday weekend and NHS managers fear demand could be "challenging". | |
| Wireless Festival boss defends Kanye West appearance | Mon 6th Apr 2026 21:58 BST |
Its managing director calls the rapper's past comments "abhorrent" but asks people to "offer some forgiveness". | |
| Northern Ireland becomes first in UK to give parents two weeks paid leave for miscarriage | Mon 6th Apr 2026 10:10 BST |
Northern Ireland becomes first part of UK to bring in legal entitlement for parents affected by miscarriage at any stage of a pregnancy to have paid leave. | |
| Families battle to reclaim thousands of pounds owed by care operator investigated by BBC | Mon 6th Apr 2026 06:23 BST |
Relatives say it has taken months, and in some cases years, to get back money owed by a care home operator. | |
| Warmest weather of the year expected with 24C this week | Mon 6th Apr 2026 18:03 BST |
The warmest weather of the year is expected on Tuesday and Wednesday as temperatures rise above average, as Simon King explains | |


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