Getty ImagesLai is on trial for breaching national security and colluding with foreign forcesHailed by some as a hero and scorned by others as a traitor, Hong Kong's pro-democracy ...

US President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill has sparked intense debate. BBC Verify's policy and analysis correspondent Ben Chu has been looking at what the bill could do ...

Getty ImagesLawmakers in the US have passed the country's first major national cryptocurrency legislation.It is a major milestone for the once fringe industry, which has been lobbying Congress over ...

US President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill has sparked intense debate. BBC Verify's policy and analysis correspondent Ben Chu has been looking at what the bill could do ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said "we must act now" as he announced a national investigation into maternity care in England.The "rapid" inquiry will urgently look at the worst-performing ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to meet a new Nato target to spend 5% of the UK's GDP on national security by 2035.At a Nato summit in ...

Tamsin Melville & Erin BlackBBC South WestBBCThe popular shop, run by Ginny Sealey, has been telling a story of continued resilienceAn independent bookshop has been providing a community and ...

People are being urged to "connect with nature" at the launch of a two-week festival to celebrate Exmoor National Park.The Exmoor Nature Festival runs from 17 May to 1 ...

Accommodation for asylum seekers will cost the taxpayer triple the amount the Home Office first claimed, according to new figures.Contracts signed by the Conservative government in 2019 were expected ...

Allen's Wales career began in 2009, when he came on as a substitute for Jack Collison in a friendly win over Estonia which was played in front of 4,000 ...

Patrick, 35, is an amateur rider as a sideline to being his father's assistant at a training establishment in County Carlow that stands head and shoulders ahead of its ...

The UK's official statistics agency, whose information is at the heart of decisions affecting millions of people, is under review following criticisms about its data.The government has asked a ...