BBC News – UK
- Man City 'appalled' after Shaw subjected to abuse 4 February 2025Manchester City say they are "appalled" by the racist and misogynistic abuse suffered by striker Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw following Sunday's loss to Arsenal.
- Former Wimbledon champion Halep announces retirement 4 February 2025Two-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one Simona Halep retires from tennis.
- What we know so far about Sweden school shooting 4 February 2025Police say "around 10" people have died, in the worst school shooting in Sweden's history.
- Teen stabbed at Sheffield school was a best friend to all, family says 4 February 2025The family of Harvey Willgoose, 15, say they are "utterly heartbroken" over his fatal stabbing.
- Police say around 10 people killed in Sweden school campus shooting 4 February 2025Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson described Tuesday's attack as the "worst mass shooting in Swedish history".
- Tories on Trump trip miss Welsh budget vote 4 February 2025Opposition leader in Wales Darren Millar heads to the US, missing a vote on the draft budget.
- Anthony Zurcher: Trump faces moment of reckoning on trade after delaying tariffs 4 February 2025The president will soon have to decide whether to match his trade rhetoric with action or shelve his tariff plans.
- Kerr 'felt ignored' by police after taxi vomit row 4 February 2025Chelsea striker Samantha Kerr denies causing racially aggravated harassment to a police officer.
- Footballer Sam Kerr 'felt ignored' by police after taxi vomit row, jury hears 4 February 2025Chelsea striker Samantha Kerr denies causing racially aggravated harassment to a police officer.
- Illegal meat on most UK High Streets, official says 4 February 2025Post-Brexit checks are undermining efforts to keep out potentially disease-ridden meat, official says.
Technology
- Australia bans DeepSeek on government devices over security risk 4 February 2025The Australian government says the Chinese AI app is a threat to it and its assets.
- Why employees smuggle AI into work 4 February 2025Many staff are using AI at work without the permission of their employers.
- The Sims at 25: How a virtual dollhouse took over the world 4 February 2025Some people didn't expect it to last a year. Here's how the popular life simulator has stayed alive.
- Bill Gates: We've given away $100bn, but my children won't be poor when I'm gone 3 February 2025The Microsoft co-founder says he enjoys giving away his fortune and it won't leave his kids poor.
- Barclays working to update account balances after tech outage 2 February 2025The bank says a technical issue, which began on Friday and impacted the its app, online banking and payments, has been resolved.
- AI-generated child sex abuse images targeted with new laws 2 February 2025Yvette Cooper says the UK will make it illegal to own AI tools to make images of child sexual abuse.
- Why Dynasty Warriors makers scrapped sequel to reinvent series 2 February 2025Tomohiko Sho says the unreleased game was something fans were 'starting to get a bit bored of'.
- Press X to sniff: Can smelling a game make it more immersive? 1 February 2025Modern video games look more realistic than they ever have - but there's one sense developers have yet to exploit.
- How an AI-written book shows why the tech 'terrifies' creatives 31 January 2025The BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman is given an AI-made book that claims it was written by her.
- Mexico asks Google Maps not to rename Gulf of Mexico 30 January 2025US President Donald Trump has ordered that the body of water be renamed the Gulf of America.
