Government abandons plans to delay 30 council elections
Posted on Monday February 16, 2026

All English elections will now go ahead as originally planned after Reform UK brought a legal challenge over the decision to delay some polls.

Actor Robert Duvall, who starred in The Godfather, dies aged 95
Posted on Monday February 16, 2026

The Oscar-winner died "peacefully" at his home in Middleburg, Virginia, on Sunday, his family says.

Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
Posted on Monday February 16, 2026

It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.

US build-up of warships and fighter jets tracked near Iran
Posted on Monday February 16, 2026

BBC Verify has seen US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln near Iran ahead of talks between the two countries

Teenagers guilty of killing man they thought was a paedophile
Posted on Monday February 16, 2026

Alexander Cashford was chased and hit with rocks and a bottle before he died.