Veteran broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86
Posted on Thursday October 01, 2026

Rantzen, who fronted the BBC's That's Life for two decades, went on to found Childline, and in recent years had been a campaigner for assisted dying.

How That's Life! gave Esther Rantzen a career-defining moment
Posted on Wednesday September 30, 2026

Sir Nicholas Winton's story became national news when he appeared on That's Life! in February 1988.

Too early to say who was behind Dubai-Tel Aviv flight attack, Israeli PM says
Posted on Thursday October 01, 2026

A pilot who stabbed another pilot on an Israel-bound plane is under investigation in Saudi Arabia, Benjamin Netanyahu says.

US death row inmate Christa Pike taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections, says lawyer
Posted on Thursday October 01, 2026

One of her attorneys told the BBC that Pike, 50, was in hospital after two syringes of pentobarbital had been administered.

Employers should teach primary-age children about work, says Milburn
Posted on Wednesday September 30, 2026

The author of a major report into youth activity in the UK says children as young as four should be learning about careers.