Tony Smith and Angus CrawfordBBC News InvestigationsBBCKittens are being purchased to be tortured online, the BBC investigation has foundAn international network that shares online videos of cats and kittens ...

British colonists committed genocide against Australia's Indigenous population in Victoria, a landmark Aboriginal-led inquiry has found. The Yoorrook Justice Commission found violence and disease reduced the local Indigenous population ...

Robert CuffeHead of statistics, BBC NewsGetty Images"Deep seated" issues must be addressed before the UK's official statistics agency can "rebuild its reputation", according to a highly critical government review. ...

Getty ImagesChild Q, a 15-year-old black girl, was strip-searched by police at her east London school in 2020Two Metropolitan Police officers who conducted the "humiliating" strip-search of a 15-year-old ...

A journalist has won her case against Australia's national broadcaster, with a court ruling she was unfairly sacked over a social media post about the war in Gaza.Antoinette Lattouf ...

Russia was responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight, MH17, over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, the United Nations aviation agency has ruled.All 298 people on board ...

Organisers of a new community pantry to help people who are struggling and needing food say there has been high demand for their help.The pantry, based inside the Stan ...

Julian O'NeillBBC News NI crime and justice correspondentBBCBetween 2021 and 2024, the cost of repairs and maintenance for police vehicles at inhouse workshops was almost £11m.Almost a quarter of ...

Liv McMahonTechnology reporterGetty ImagesPeople who spend more time looking at a screen in bed are more likely to report insomnia and sleep loss, a study has found.The research is ...

Getty ImagesA report has called for bold action to improve HMRC's customer servicesHMRC has denied running a "deliberately poor" phone service in an attempt to push taxpayers to seek ...

Getty ImagesCalories must now appear on menus in large restaurants and take-aways Putting calories on food labels and menus "is no silver bullet", say researchers who analysed the best ...

Clacton Express Preservation GroupBrad Wright, 22, helped save the Clacton Express electric train from being scrapped in 2021/2022A railway enthusiast who saved a historically important electric train from scrap ...