UK companies linked to payments for small-boat crossings, BBC finds
Posted on Monday May 18, 2026

Smugglers are directing migrants to pay using a network of British businesses, secret filming reveals.

'All I thought about was running for my life': Footballer recalls train stabbing attack
Posted on Sunday May 17, 2026

Footballer Jonathan Gjoshe was among the 11 passengers seriously injured in a knife attack on a train as it travelled through Cambridgeshire last November.

Are baby boomers like me the luckiest generation in history?
Posted on Sunday May 17, 2026

As young graduates criticise the terms of their student debt, Evan Davis asks whether baby boomers really were the luckiest generation

'This may be the last time you hear my voice': Political executions surge in Iran since start of war
Posted on Sunday May 17, 2026

Since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February, the UN says it’s verified the execution of at least 32 political prisoners.

HS2 failings blamed on high-speed focus and political pressure
Posted on Sunday May 17, 2026

A new reviews confirms the high-speed rail line's "original sins" include a technical design, changing political priorities and ballooning costs.