Companies exploiting welfare system by using residents as 'cash cows', BBC finds
Posted on Monday October 19, 2026

Agents try to attract people on housing benefit by using social media videos that offer free rooms and holidays.

Woman says she 'closed eyes and tried not to be there' during alleged Russell Brand rape
Posted on Monday October 19, 2026

The 51-year-old faces three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.

Inside the shadowy world of anti-Putin sabotage from within Russia
Posted on Monday October 19, 2026

Two men tell of the work they say they have been doing to support Ukrainian intelligence during the war.

Watch: Russian saboteur working for Ukraine shares reconnaissance videos
Posted on Monday October 19, 2026

In a BBC World Service documentary, the man claims to have played a role in drone attacks on his home soil.

Four arrested after police officer injured in shooting
Posted on Monday October 19, 2026

The officer was shot in the foot and remains in hospital in a stable condition, police say.