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Your rising bills - and how to cope
We look at what bills are increasing, why it's happening now, and what help is on offer.
01 Apr 2025,6 mins
How becoming an AI superpower could change the UK
Sir Keir Starmer wants Britain to be a "great artificial intelligence superpowers".
13 Jan 2025,6 mins
Keeping costs down at Christmas
Our cost of living correspondents give their top tips to maximise your festive finances.
22 Dec 2024,6 mins
Burning your rubbish: The UK's big polluter
Our reporter Esme Stallard looks at the rapid rise of waste incineration across the UK.
15 Oct 2024,6 mins
AI and the US election
Marianna Spring explains how faked social media posts could influence voters in November.
05 Oct 2024,7 mins
Deadly floods: A glimpse of Europe's future?
Mark Poynting looks at how climate change is affecting Europe's weather.
25 Sep 2024,5 mins
Instagram’s new ‘teen accounts’ - what's changing?
Instagram is adding restrictions to accounts for under-16s. Will it make a difference?
17 Sep 2024,6 mins
Why are more than 1,700 prisoners being released early?
Some offenders are being released early to help ease the crisis in jails.
10 Sep 2024,8 mins
Term-time holiday fines - what's changed?
Will increasing the fines for taking children out of school in England have any impact?
05 Sep 2024,5 mins
The drug that slows Alzheimer's
The first drug which can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s has been licensed for use.
22 Aug 2024,5 mins
Is life getting easier for renters?
Rents across the UK have soared in recent years. But new data shows that's changing.
21 Aug 2024,7 mins
The spice vapes in England's schools
The BBC has been speaking to Ben, who - when he was 14 - tried Spice for the first time.
20 Aug 2024,5 mins
Huge reservoirs of water deep inside Mars
Our science correspondent on the vast reservoir found deep in the Red Planet's rocks.
12 Aug 2024,7 mins
The riots and online misinformation
The role of social media in the violent disorder and how to recognise what's not true.
06 Aug 2024,6 mins
Dementia - the new risk factors
Experts say tackling high cholesterol and vision loss could reduce cases of dementia.
31 Jul 2024,5 mins
Paris 2024 - Let the Games be green
Paris 2024 says its Olympic Games will be the greenest in the event’s history.
23 Jul 2024,7 mins
Making oxygen - the deep ocean discovery
The BBC's Victoria Gill on the 'weird stuff happening in the deep ocean'.
22 Jul 2024,6 mins
Starmer's priorities for government
The BBC's Jenny Hill looks at the new laws planned by Labour in the King's Speech.
17 Jul 2024,6 mins
The students suing their university over Covid
The trial is set for the students suing UCL over the Covid pandemic disrupting teaching.
10 Jul 2024,6 mins
What do young voters care about?
Why are 18-24 year old less likely to vote than someone over 75? Newsbeat finds out.
01 Jul 2024,5 mins
Who is Julian Assange?
Why the Wikileaks founder has been making headlines for 14 years.
25 Jun 2024,5 mins
Why are so many avoiding the news?
Research suggests interest in news has almost halved in the UK since 2015.
17 Jun 2024,6 mins
The teenagers challenged to ditch their smartphones
BBC Education Reporter, Kristian Johnson, conducts an experiment in abstinence.
12 Jun 2024,5 mins
The rise of the far right in Europe
Why are far right parties getting more support in some European countries?
10 Jun 2024,7 mins
Donald Trump convicted: What happens next?
He's become the first former or serving US president to have a criminal conviction.
31 May 2024,9 mins
Junior doctors on strike - why now?
Junior doctors in England have announced a fresh strike, one week before the election.
29 May 2024,5 mins
Turbulence: What is it and is it getting worse?
BBC weather forecaster and ex RAF officer, Simon King, has the answers.
21 May 2024,5 mins
Paula Vennells: A key moment for the Post Office Inquiry
The former Post Office chief executive gives evidence about the faulty Horizon IT system.
21 May 2024,7 mins
The infected blood scandal - ahead of final report
The public inquiry into the infected blood scandal is due to publish its final report.
18 May 2024,6 mins
Parasites in water - what's behind the outbreak?
The cryptosporidium parasite has been affecting water supplies in parts of south Devon.
16 May 2024,5 mins