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The beaver nicknamed Steve for his great escapes
Hundreds of beavers have been released into 54 fenced enclosures in England for 20 years.
12 Sep 2025,3 mins
Mushroom killer: What it was like in court for sentencing
Erin Patterson's jail term is one of the longest given to a female offender in Australia.
08 Sep 2025,4 mins
Fighting the Cocaine Cartels
Ireland serves as a backdoor drug smuggling route to the UK, Darragh MacIntyre finds.
07 Sep 2025,5 mins
Southport: our girls' joy will forever be part of playground
Alice Aguiar, aged nine and six-year-old Bebe King, were killed in July last year.
03 Sep 2025,4 mins
Can simply giving people cash help cut homelessness?
A charity has handed out almost £700,000 to just over 400 people so far this year.
28 Aug 2025,5 mins
The lives torn apart by crashes on Scotland's longest road
A dream trip overseas ended in tragedy for Chris Strong's family.
25 Aug 2025,4 mins
The playground with swings, slides and 177 hidden bombs
For decades, kids played on top of a huge forgotten bomb stash in a Northumberland park.
15 Aug 2025,5 mins
'It's a fat tax': the council charging for bigger graves
City of Wolverhampton Council said it was responding to increased demand.
14 Aug 2025,4 mins
How a Red Bull can helped solve mystery of missing cyclist
Tony Parsons seemed to have vanished into thin air, but a phone call changed everything.
12 Aug 2025,4 mins
BBC exposes UK links of violent Channel smuggling gang
Undercover reporters have tracked the operations of a powerful Iraqi gang.
05 Aug 2025,10 mins
Idaho Murders: Why the killer's motive remains a mystery
In November 2022, four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death by a stranger.
01 Aug 2025,6 mins
Illegal house shares: Rats, mould and overcrowding
A BBC investigation has uncovered concerns about tenants in unlicensed shared housing.
01 Aug 2025,6 mins
No such thing as a free lunch: The rise of the 'dine and dash'
UK Hospitality says 1 in 3 eateries have served customers who refused to pay.
31 Jul 2025,4 mins
Moors murders: Missing Brady memoir 'could hold new clues'
Missing pages from an autobiography could reveal where his final missing victim is buried
30 Jul 2025,4 mins
Police officers 'also abused' Rotherham victims
The 30 witness accounts seen by the BBC detail shocking allegations of abuse.
29 Jul 2025,6 mins
'Deliveroo for dogs' posing risk to UK, warns RSPCA
The BBC's Kath Stanczyszyn investigates the risks of disease in imported pets.
28 Jul 2025,4 mins
The city that's 'the worst place in the world to be a woman'
A UN body's assessment of Haiti's capital - which has very high rates of sexual violence.
25 Jul 2025,6 mins,
Buying with friends: The future of home ownership?
We meet friends who have pulled together their finances to get on the property ladder.
17 Jul 2025,5 mins
Donald Trump's exclusive BBC phone interview
The US President made a phone call to the BBC from the Oval Office.
15 Jul 2025,7 mins
The surgeon banned from a private hospital - still in the NHS
Marc Lamah hasn't provided any comment to the BBC.
11 Jul 2025,4 mins
'Tortoises have human-like feelings'
The new findings could help shape how animals are cared for in captivity.
10 Jul 2025,5 mins
'Ex-Bishop of Swansea was a predator and we were the prey'
Four people have told the BBC that abuse was ignored at the crisis-hit Church in Wales.
10 Jul 2025,4 mins
I had to be my own detective, because the police failed me
Anna Collinson speaks to abuse victims who say they've had to investigate their own cases
30 Jun 2025,6 mins
Love has sustained me in grief, John Hunt tells BBC
BBC racing commentator John Hunt: 'My wife and daughters left behind a legacy of love'
26 Jun 2025,4 mins
Issues with neighbours 'making our lives a misery'
Tara Welsh reports for Your Voice, Your BBC News on anti-social behaviour.
25 Jun 2025,6 mins
Pets being put down due to high vet bills
Vets and charities say spiralling bills mean owners are waiting longer to seek treatment.
24 Jun 2025,5 mins
'Ketamine therapy has helped my depression'
There is growing interest in Scotland in the drug's potential to treat severe depression.
23 Jun 2025,5 mins
Church admits failure over 'sadistic' abuse of sisters
The Church of England has apologised to three sisters who say they were "fobbed off".
17 Jun 2025,5 mins,
We lost £10k because of our shared ownership home
Chris and Diana struggled to sell their property and say they 'felt trapped'.
16 Jun 2025,5 mins
Caravan buyers say they felt ‘bullied’ by holiday parks
Static caravan owners say they felt forced into selling their units back for a huge loss.
13 Jun 2025,5 mins