From radical priest to serial sex offender
Chris Baynes and Alice Evans BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire Investigations Reporting fromInner London Crown Court BBC/Jon Jones/Nine O’Clock Trust Chris Brain led the Nine O’Clock Service from 1984 to 1995…
Is there a ‘resit crisis’? Key takeaways from 2025’s GCSE results
The Data Journalism Team BBC Verify PA More than 600,000 teenagers have been opening GCSE and other Level 2 results on Thursday. Most have just finished Year 11, marking the…
UK backs joint call for Israel to allow foreign media in Gaza
The UK is among 27 countries backing a statement calling for Israel to allow immediate independent foreign media access to Gaza. France, Germany, Australia, and Japan have also signed the…
McDonald’s Japan postpones toy promo after Pokémon complaints
Getty Images A child looks at a Pokémon promotion outside a McDonald’s store in Japan McDonald’s Japan has postponed a child’s menu toy promotion after complaints that a recent Pokémon…
UK’s third-largest steelworks collapses into government control
Simon Jack Business editor, BBC News BBC/Spencer Stokes Court hearings to decide on the steel firm’s future had previously been adjourned several times The UK’s third largest steelworks has been…
Asylum figures a mixed bag for UK government
NurPhoto via Getty Images Newly released Home Office data paints a mixed picture of how the government’s asylum seeker strategy is working out. On the number of asylum seekers housed…
Bin lorry driver who killed boy cycling to school in Edinburgh given unpaid work
Police Scotland Thomas Wong was hit by a bin lorry in Edinburgh in March A bin lorry driver has been sentenced to 133 hours of unpaid work and banned from…
Game of Thrones star withdraws from Strictly Come Dancing
Game of Thrones actor Kristian Nairn has pulled out of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing “due to unexpected medical reasons”, just days after the line-up was announced. Nairn, 49, is…
Most areas with asylum seeker hotels have Labour councils
Oscar Bentley & Kate Whannel Political reporter Getty Images Protesters calling for the closure of The Bell Hotel in Epping More than half of the councils with asylum seeker hotels…
London Underground staff to walkout over pay
Getty Images London Underground staff will strike from 5 September for seven days There will be rolling strike action across the London Underground (LU) beginning on Friday 5 September for…