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BBC News – Africa

• Egypt president could rule until 2030 as constitutional changes backed
  Almost 90% of voters endorsed the amendments that could see President Sisi stay in power until 2030.
• Sudan protests: The women driving change
  Sudanese protest icon Alaa Salah tells the BBC of her unexpected fame after demonstrating against the country’s former leader.
• Sudan army chief says soldiers 'will not attack protesters'
  The head of the military council tells the BBC force will not be used against protesting civilians.
• Innovative child malaria vaccine test starts in Malawi
  The treatment, developed over 30 years, is the first to give partial protection to children, WHO says.
• Nigerian 'children killed' after car hits Easter parade in Gombe
  The driver reportedly ploughed into the procession because it was blocking the road in northern Nigeria.

BBC News – Front Page

• Huawei row: UK to let Chinese firm help build 5G network
  Chinese telecoms giant to provide "non core" equipment for a data network despite security risk warning.
• Sri Lanka attacks: Bomber 'studied in UK and Australia'
  Further details emerge of the attackers behind the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 359 people.
• Theresa May to attend Lyra McKee funeral
  The prime minister is expected to join other political leaders at the funeral in Belfast.
• Ann Widdecombe: Former Tory MP to stand for Brexit Party
  Ms Widdecombe, who retired in 2010, said she would still vote Conservative in the local elections.
• 'My hands and legs needed to go when I got meningitis'
  Mike Davies spent 70 days in intensive care with meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia.

BBC News – Entertainment & Arts

• Why we're seeing more female fighters on stage and screen
  The play Fighter is the latest in a growing number of entertainment productions about female boxing.

 

• Stephen Frears 'to adapt' Quiz play for ITV
  Acclaimed filmmaker to direct a forthcoming adaptation of James Graham's Quiz for ITV, the BBC understands.

 

• Pink stops posting images of her children online
  The star says she won't upload any more images of her children on social media after receiving online abuse.

 

• Jussie Smollett: Brothers suing actor's lawyers
  The two brothers are part of the ongoing saga about the actor and an apparently staged hate crime.

 

• David V. Picker who brought Beatles to the big screen dies aged 87
  Tributes paid to David V. Picker, responsible for the Fab Four's films, Midnight Cowboy and Steve Martin.

 

BBC News – Technology

• Netherlands 'hosts most child sex abuse images'
  About half of such images reported to the Internet Watch Foundation in 2018 were hosted in the Netherlands.
• Huawei row: UK to let Chinese firm help build 5G network
  Chinese telecoms giant to provide "non core" equipment for new data network, despite security warnings.
• Donald Trump meets Twitter's Jack Dorsey at White House
  Twitter says CEO Jack Dorsey spoke with the president about "the health of public conversation".
• Jacinda Ardern leads effort to curb online extremism
  New Zealand and France will host a summit aimed at curbing the use of social media to promote terrorism.
• Election interference is 'online harm', MPs hear
  The UK's information commissioner has strong words on the need for reform of political ads online.

BBC News – Science & Environment

• Nasa's InSight lander 'detects first Marsquake'
  It is the first seismic signal ever detected on the surface of a body other than Earth and its Moon.
• Extinction Rebellion: How might ministers win over the protesters?
  A closer look at Extinction Rebellion's demands and how the government might try to achieve them.
• Greta Thunberg: Teen activist says UK is 'irresponsible' on climate
  Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg tells UK politicians a generation's future has been "stolen".
• Rise in electric community car schemes in Wales
  Supporters say they can make it easier for people in rural areas to get around.
• David Attenborough climate change TV show a 'call to arms'
  The BBC's Climate Change – The Facts, presented by Sir David Attenborough, is praised by TV critics.

BBC News – Education & Family

• Council spending on single homelessness 'down by £5bn since 2009'
  Analysis suggests councils have lost billions from their budgets for lone homeless people since 2009.
• 'I changed my gender after my wife got dementia'
  Steve had gender reassignment surgery after his wife, Jill, moved into a care home.
• A-level maths leak referred by police to prosecutors
  Exam board says police have referred an A-level maths leak case to the Crown Prosecution Service.
• More female teachers report upskirting, says union
  The NASUWT union says schools should consider banning mobile phones to protect staff and pupils.
• Easter Sats revision classes 'a growing trend'
  The NASUWT teachers' union says primary pupils should be spending time at home with their families.

BBC News – Health

• 'My hands and legs needed to go when I got meningitis'
  Mike Davies spent 70 days in intensive care with meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia.
• Parkinson's results beyond researchers' wildest dreams
  Patients are now able to walk more freely as a result of electrical stimulation to their spines.
• Campaign to tackle 'botched' cosmetic procedures
  The use of self-injected dermal and lip fillers is rising, along with dangerous cosmetic surgery.
• Innovative child malaria vaccine test starts in Malawi
  The treatment, developed over 30 years, is the first to give partial protection to children, WHO says.
• Older women exploited by IVF clinics, says fertility watchdog
  Clinics are using "selective success rates" to target older women, the fertility watchdog warns.

BBC News – Africa

• Egypt president could rule until 2030 as constitutional changes backed
  Almost 90% of voters endorsed the amendments that could see President Sisi stay in power until 2030.
• Sudan protests: The women driving change
  Sudanese protest icon Alaa Salah tells the BBC of her unexpected fame after demonstrating against the country’s former leader.
• Sudan army chief says soldiers 'will not attack protesters'
  The head of the military council tells the BBC force will not be used against protesting civilians.
• Innovative child malaria vaccine test starts in Malawi
  The treatment, developed over 30 years, is the first to give partial protection to children, WHO says.
• Nigerian 'children killed' after car hits Easter parade in Gombe
  The driver reportedly ploughed into the procession because it was blocking the road in northern Nigeria.

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BBC News – Politics

• Lyra McKee: Theresa May to attend funeral
  The prime minister is expected to join other political leaders at the funeral in Belfast.
• Labour pledges to end 'slum' office housing
  It says current planning rules allow developers in England to convert offices into "rabbit hutch" homes.
• MP Johnny Mercer's salary funded by failed bond scheme marketing agent
  Johnny Mercer's salary was funded by Surge Financial, which marketed the collapsed LCF bond scheme.
• Tories mull rule change to challenge Theresa May
  Under current party rules, MPs cannot mount a fresh challenge against Theresa May until December.
• Ann Widdecombe: Former Tory MP to stand for Brexit Party
  Ms Widdecombe, who retired in 2010, said she would still vote Conservative in the local elections.

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