It’s ambition is to create a nationwide show of imagination and optimism –  something we could certainly all use right now. So, in the first of our new series ‘Something Different’, we bring you the Great Big Art Exhibition launc...

Harrowing police custody footage has been played to an inquest into the death of a 39-year-old father in 2013.

We spoke to Alastair Sinclair, who is the National Coordinator of the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation, about how Brexit is affecting the fishing industry in Scotland. We started by asking which was a bigger problem, Brexit or Covid.

In another example of post-Brexit trade problems, many UK fishermen are now struggling to export their catch to the EU. New rules around water quality mean they can’t export live molluscs like oysters and clams to Europe – leaving those w...

A trial is underway to find the effects of giving people a mix of two different vaccines - which could be of significant help if there are disruptions to supplies. 

Channel 4 News has confirmed that the government is considering whether to impose what's effectively a tax on the country's most carbon-intensive services, along with a roadmap showing how to deliver it over the next decade. 

Healthcare workers have been on the frontline of this pandemic, but some have also been at the forefront of abuse levelled at them from people who deny the existence of Covid or believe conspiracy theories about the vaccine. Others question the press...

The Children’s Minister Vicky Ford battled anorexia when she was 15 and has decided to speak publicly about it to try to help teenagers facing similar problems now. We began by asking her if she remembered the moment she realised she had an eat...

Their lives at school and home have been turned upside down. Children and teenagers across the country have been struggling with mental health issues as they try to adapt to uncertain and often frightening times. A leading mental health hospital has ...

Just days after the European Commission was criticised for threatening to override the Northern Ireland Protocol in the row over vaccine supplies, Boris Johnson has said he is prepared to do the same thing. The Prime Minister said he could take the a...

Epidemiologist Dr Mike Tildesley is a member of SPI-M, which provides infectious disease modelling evidence to SAGE. He also advises the government on the transmission of Covid-19 in schools.

Boris Johnson has hailed the vaccination of 10 million Britons as the most “colossal” effort in the history of the NHS. He said there was more evidence that the vaccines were also reducing transmission. But he also warned that the level o...

A shocking 80 per cent of deaths of people with a learning disability in England were Covid-related in the week ending 22 January.

We spoke to Sir David Attenborough and began by asking whether putting economics and ecology together would succeed where other efforts to mobilise the world have failed.

Professor Ravi Gupta is one of the scientists advising the government on new and emerging virus threats.