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Gordon Brown calls for action to help people with learning disabilities get financial support
Some of the most vulnerable people in the UK can't access tens of millions of pounds of their own money.
Serial paedophile who targeted young boys online jailed for 25 years
A man who targeted hundreds of young boys, by setting up fake social media profiles and duping them into sending him indecent images, has been jailed for 25 years.
The mothers who say lack of decent home placed their children in danger
Over the past 18 months we've been investigating the lives, and deaths, of young people caught up in criminal exploitation.
Government urged to do more to help people stuck in dangerous, unsellable homes
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has pledged an extra £3.5 billion to remove and replace unsafe cladding from high-rise blocks in England
‘It’s easy to complain and say lockdown is awful… what’s really hard is to find solutions’ – Prof Devi Sridhar
Devi Sridhar is Professor of Global Public Health at Edinburgh University.
‘We cannot cancel life to preserve every life’ – Tory MP Sir Charles Walker on lockdown
The senior Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker has strongly criticised Matt Hancock's plan to impose 10-year prison sentences on people who try to evade quarantine rules, calling it "utterly ridiculous".
Don’t book summer holidays says UK government
“Don't go booking a holiday” is the message, with the prime minister warning it's still too soon to see evidence of the vaccine's effectiveness.
The international students going hungry in the UK
The plight of the international students who pay thousands for the prestige of a British education but are now left relying on food banks.
Children make the most of the snow in lockdown Britain
As Storm Darcy brings heavy snow to much of the country, causing a fair bit of disruption, many families have been out making the most of it
‘Having memorials that validate and legitimise the lives of people who did terrible things is inappropriate’ – Historian David Olusoga
We spoke to historian and broadcaster David Olusoga, the author of Black and British: A Forgotten History
Alex Salmond refuses to appear at inquiry into handling of complaints against him
The former first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, has refused to appear tomorrow at an inquiry into the handling of complaints against him.
Salmond refusal to attend inquiry into handling of harassment allegations ‘unedifying’ for Scottish Parliament, says SNP MP
We spoke to SNP MP Kenny MacAskill, who served in Alex Salmond's cabinet as justice secretary when he was first minister.
‘We’ve got lots of tricks up our sleeves’ to combat Covid variants, says Prof Sir John Bell
We spoke to Prof Sir John Bell, from the University of Oxford
PM ‘very confident’ about UK’s vaccines as over-70s urged to get jab
A small-scale trial found that the Oxford jab appears to have little impact on mild or moderate cases of the South African variant, but scientists say they're working hard to have a booster jab ready by autumn.
Snow a welcome distraction for families in parts of England
Heavy snow and bitterly cold weather are sweeping parts of the country – with amber warnings of snow across east and southeast England. Forecasters have warned of “significant disruption” into Monday – as Storm Darcy brings st...