Jonathan Ditchburn

The family of a kidnapped Romanian girl claim police were slow to respond to her emergency calls.
BBC News – Europe

The Liberal Democrats leave the Conservatives with a Commons majority of one after the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election.
BBC News – UK

The US president announces fresh tariffs of 10% on another $ 300bn of Chinese products from 1 September.
BBC News – US & Canada

The brief closure happened after a third death from Ebola was identified in the border city of Goma.
BBC News – Africa

Michael O’Leary tells staff the Irish airline has too many pilots and flight attendants.
BBC News – Business

It envisages the building of homes for both Jewish settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank.
BBC News – Middle East

Relatives are called to identify the bodies of the 58 inmates killed in a deadly gang fight in Brazil.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

About three million hectares are affected, in what Greenpeace says is an “ecological catastrophe”.
BBC News – Europe

The PM held talks in Belfast to discuss Brexit and restoring devolved government.
BBC News – UK

The party’s most liberal candidates running for the presidency came under attack in the Detroit debate.
BBC News – US & Canada

The death in the city of Goma raises fears the illness could spread.
BBC News – Africa

Centrica chief executive Iain Conn is to leave the firm as it reports a loss and cuts its dividend.
BBC News – Business

The Senate fell short of the two-thirds needed to overturn a presidential veto.
BBC News – Middle East

A fight between rival gangs in a northern Brazilian prison went on for five hours, officials say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The currency could fall further as the government toughens its rhetoric on a no-deal Brexit.
BBC News – Europe

A former top judge who reviewed the £2.5m Operation Midland claims warrants were obtained unlawfully.
BBC News – UK

The hacker gained access to individuals’ date of birth, addresses and phone numbers.
BBC News – US & Canada

How the death of one man 10 years ago sparked an unending campaign of terror in Nigeria and beyond.
BBC News – Africa

The London Borough of Bexley is situated in outer south-east London. The London Borough of Bexley was formed in 1965 under the London Government Act of 1963. It came from the merger of the Municipal Boroughs of […]

 
A brief history of the gesture of the ‘High Five’

The act where at least two people simultaneously fully extend their arms in the air and then slap hands is now a universally recognised gesture of […]