Out of Africa – and those worried about a return

A notorious killer convicted of murder more than 30 years ago has finally faced the death penalty – execution by lethal injection. Except Christa Pike didn’t die. Investigative journalist John North w...

9 Okt 30min

Taking a hot shower, heating your home, cooking dinner – all things we take for granted. All at risk.Britain’s gas storage levels are at a decade-low, while the UK’s largest storage facility faces clo...

8 Okt 18min

Imagine being tear-gassed and targeted with stun grenades – all for complaining about timetables, absent teachers and crumbling classrooms.That’s the experience of thousands of French students, whose ...

7 Okt 22min

In the 14th Century, the Black Death wiped out up to half the population of Europe. So, no wonder world leaders, including Donald Trump, are keeping a careful watch on a plague scare in Eastern Russia...

6 Okt 16min

Green party members have backed a motion that “Zionism is racism” at their party conference.It has exposed deep divisions within the party’s membership - with many long-time members saying they are co...

5 Okt 22min

The sister-in-law of the 82-year-old explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes travelled from her home abroad to check into a care home where his friends believed he was staying. She managed to meet him and told ...

2 Okt 23min

Guilty. The damning verdict in favour of the Premier League against one of its most successful clubs – Manchester City.The case concerned more than a hundred charges – from disguised funding to mislea...

1 Okt 20min

Since the fall of Saddam Hussein more than two decades ago, the US has had a near-continuous military presence in Iraq... until now.The last troops have been withdrawn, ending a process started by Joe...

30 Sep 18min