A bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border
Jonathan Head and BBC Burmese BBC News Watch: The insurgent Arakan Army video of their capture of the barracks The end, when it came for the BGP5 barracks, was loud and brutal. First, a crackly speaker calling out for their surrender; then, a thunderous barrage of artillery, rockets and rifle fire that tore chunks out […]
Itsu increases pay to a minimum of £10.40 an hour
Getty Images Asian food chain Itsu has announced all in-store workers will get an 11% wage increase from 17 September. The change will boost pay for 1,000 employees at the company’s 72 stores across the UK. Many firms are scrambling to retain staff with some supermarkets offering recruitment perks. Ocado, Aldi and Waitrose have all […]
Rio 2016 Paralympics: Dame Sarah Storey and Hannah Cockroft win gold
13:00 – Defending Paralympic champion Natasha Baker in equestrian’s dressage Grade II individual championship test final 13:00 – Jeanette Chippington in Para-canoeing women’s KL1 final 13:08 – Ian Marsden in Para-canoeing men’s KL1 final 13:16 – Four-time world champion Emma Wiggs in Para-canoeing women’s KL2 final 13:34 – Nick Beighton in Para-canoeing men’s KL2 final […]
Israeli women soldiers reunited with families
Reuters Liri Albag embraces her parents Nineteen-year-old Liri Albag rushes into her parents’ arms, igniting screams of joy. “My beauty. You’re a hero. You’re home. That’s it,” her mother says as the three laugh and cry together. The moment, filmed by the Israeli military, was the first time the family had seen each other in […]
Congress passes immigration crackdown in early win for Trump
The US Congress has passed a bill requiring undocumented immigrants who are arrested for theft or violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial. The bill, named after Laken Riley – a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan man – passed the House of Representatives a day after it was approved […]
Paralympics 2012: Josie Pearson wins discus gold for Great Britain
GB’s 4x100m medley relay team won silver in the pool, while the men’s and women’s table tennis teams won bronze. It is a first Paralympic gold for Pearson, who switched to disability sport following a car crash in 2003 which claimed the life of her boyfriend and left her with a broken back. The Bristolian […]
Lean times hit the vertical farming business
Chris Baraniuk Technology of Business reporter Getty Images AeroFarms filed for bankruptcy protection in June Not long ago, vertical farming seemed unstoppable. Big tech was going to supercharge agriculture, one of the oldest industries in the world, and the revolution would start with salad leaves. Warehouse-grown greens, flourishing in trays neatly stacked beneath row upon […]
GB wheelchair basketball coaches depart roles
Great Britain women’s wheelchair basketball coach Garry Peel has left his role after seven years in charge. His departure follows that of men’s coach Murray Treseder, who resigned last month after defeat in the bronze medal match at the London Paralympics. The women’s team were bronze medallists in the 2007, 2009 and 2011 European Championships. […]
Track Cycling World Cup: GB’s Katie Archibald & Manon Lloyd win madison gold
Britain’s Katie Archibald fractured her wrist as she and Manon Lloyd won the inaugural women’s madison at the Track Cycling World Cup in Glasgow. The duo collided with Russian and Belgian riders on lap 18 of the 80-lap race, which sees the riders hand-sling each other into the action. A visit to hospital then revealed […]
Where we are in charts
Steve Duffy, Gwyndaf Hughes & Steffan Messenger BBC News Getty Images The River Conwy bursts its banks in Llanrwst last October The UK is hosting a summit at the end of October which is regarded as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. The COP26 meeting in Glasgow could lead to major […]