Footage shared exclusively with the BBC shows how false stories about a grooming gang grew more elaborate.
Month: January 2024
Labour Party ‘campaign bible’ gives hints of general election strategy
The party issues instructions to candidates on how to get their core policies across to voters.
Rishi Sunak faces key Rwanda vote after Tory deputy chairmen resign
No 10 is confident the bill will pass, despite Rishi Sunak suffering his biggest rebellion since becoming PM.
Post Office scandal: The ordinary lives devastated by a faulty IT system
Victims felt alone yet hundreds were enduring similar experiences. Here we look at some of their stories.
IRA shooting victim’s daughter turned down by Troubles payment scheme
Jeanitta McCabe’s mother was approved, but she was turned down as it was deemed not Troubles-related.
Michael Morpurgo leads call for urgent children’s reading investment
Children’s laureates sign open letter pressing government to invest in early years reading.
Flood defence policy flawed, say MPs
Cross-party committee says government has not built enough new flood defences or properly maintained the old ones.
Stormont Assembly recalled ahead of devolution deadline
The Northern Ireland Assembly will sit later but the DUP is likely to maintain its boycott.
Eni Aluko ‘genuinely scared’ after online abuse
Former England footballer Eni Aluko says she has “genuinely been scared” after receiving online abuse.
Exciting new cancer drug kinder than chemotherapy
Arthur, 11, was one of the first in the UK to try blinatumomab, for his type of blood cancer.
