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The Remortgaging Trap
How are people coping with high mortgage interest rates?
09 Oct 2023,5 mins
The High Cost of Proving My Innocence
The emotional and financial impact faced by Brian Buckle to prove his innocence.
06 Oct 2023,5 mins
Jailed for Treason
The first sentence of its kind in decades handed down to the Windsor Castle intruder.
05 Oct 2023,5 mins
Rishi Sunak - Can He Bring Change to Britain?
HS2 cut, A Level reforms and cigarettes stubbed out. The PM's pitch to conference.
04 Oct 2023,6 mins
The Abercrombie Guys
Allegations of abuse and exploitation made against a former CEO.
02 Oct 2023,5 mins
Ditching FIFA - a Game Changer?
What happens when the UK's biggest selling game series drops its name?
28 Sep 2023,6 mins
Russia's Bootleg Barbie
Officially, the Barbie movie isn't showing in Russia. But unofficially, she's in demand.
28 Sep 2023,5 mins
Police Body Cams - A failure of duty?
Has the tech meant to improve trust in policing been misused?
28 Sep 2023,6 mins
Saving Nature
The conservation fightback - to try to reverse the UK's "nature crisis"
27 Sep 2023,5 mins
The School Absences Crisis – Kelsey's Story
How intensive support is helping kids to get back into the classroom.
27 Sep 2023,6 mins
Vaping - Has the "safer than cigarettes" message backfired?
A leading paediatrician warns the public health message gives false reassurance.
26 Sep 2023,6 mins
Sick Leave - What's behind the rise?
Sick leave is at its highest level in a decade - with stress highlighted as a key factor.
26 Sep 2023,5 mins
The Crypto King who cost me millions
We hear from a man who lost all his savings when Sam Bankman-Fried's firm FTX went bust.
25 Sep 2023,5 mins
The Mothers Shocked by AI-Generated Nudes
Parents in Spain are trying to help after fake naked images of girls were made with AI.
24 Sep 2023,5 mins
Any Day, Any Weather - Saving Lives in Glencoe
Why mountain rescue volunteers are being called out more than ever before.
22 Sep 2023,5 mins
How Safe Do Teenagers Feel in 2023?
Stark accounts of sexual harassment endured by young people on the street.
20 Sep 2023,6 mins
Is the UK’s Largest Lake Dying?
Northern Ireland's colossal Lough Neagh is facing a massive growth in toxic bacteria.
19 Sep 2023,5 mins
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the School
Inside the UK's first school set up in partnership with an orchestra.
18 Sep 2023,5 mins
The Olivia Rodrigo Story
She's become a global superstar in just two years – what’s behind her success?
15 Sep 2023,5 mins
Cannabis - Prescription Pot Luck?
Why are so few people being prescribed cannabis-based medicines on the NHS?
13 Sep 2023,5 mins
Is Surgery a Safe Place for Women to Work?
The men and women surgeons “living different realities”.
12 Sep 2023,5 mins
Our High Streets - Dying or Evolving?
The current state of the UK's high streets - as Wilko goes under.
11 Sep 2023,5 mins
The Dark Side of Ballet Schools
Some students at top ballet schools say they were pushed beyond their limits.
11 Sep 2023,6 mins
David Harewood - A Poignant Portrait
How a portrait of the actor links a stately home to the slave trade.
08 Sep 2023,5 mins
IVF Mix-up - How can I not be his father?
The DNA test which led to a startling revelation about a couple's son.
07 Sep 2023,5 mins
The First Complete Embryo Model
Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo.
06 Sep 2023,4 mins
What Water Companies Aren't Telling Us
Dry spilling: BBC News investigates thousands of illegal discharges of sewage.
05 Sep 2023,4 mins
Mums on the Run
Fleeing with their children to avoid handing them over to abusive partners.
04 Sep 2023,5 mins
Going to space with your mum
The story of Ana Mayers and her mum Keisha: The first mother-daughter duo to fly to space
01 Sep 2023,4 mins
Survivors - Turning Pain into Power
Raped by the same man - the women waiving their anonymity to help others find justice.
30 Aug 2023,6 mins