High Street mini-marts selling cocaine, cannabis and prescription drugs, BBC secret filming reveals
Posted on Thursday April 23, 2026

Across the UK, shopfronts are being exploited by criminal gangs pushing illegal drugs, experts say.

Watch: BBC goes undercover at mini-mart selling drugs
Posted on Thursday April 23, 2026

BBC UK editor Ed Thomas confronts a shopkeeper secretly filmed selling cannabis and cocaine to one of our researchers.

China weathered Trump's tariffs - but the Iran war is taking a toll
Posted on Wednesday April 22, 2026

The Middle East conflict is putting pressure on factory orders, costs and jobs in China's export-driven economy.

Riot police to deploy on French beaches under new deal to stop illegal Channel migrant crossings
Posted on Thursday April 23, 2026

The three-year agreement will see at least 50 riot-trained police officers drafted in to tackle violence and “hostile crowds”.

Two trains collide head-on in Denmark, leaving four critically hurt
Posted on Thursday April 23, 2026

The accident happened early on Thursday at a level crossing north of Copenhagen.