Passengers began queueing before dawn to be the first to use London's new £18.8 billion Elizabeth Line which opened today - linking Reading and Essex with central London.

From healthcare to policing and education, throughout British society Black people in the UK still face inequality and discrimination.

Energy bills are set to go up by more than £800 this autumn - as the regulator warned that the price cap is likely to hit £2,800 in October.

The number of children in care in England could soar to 100,000 unless there is radical reform of the social care system. 

Given there are many out and proud athletes in other sports, why is male professional football so far behind?

When physics student Natasha Abrahart was unable to complete academic tasks because of her deteriorating mental health, she was given ever-lower grades.

The government is set to decide soon whether a new coal mine in Cumbria should go ahead.

It's one of the biggest investigations into allegations of police corruption, looking into the way officers responded to child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.

11 new cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the UK, and today France, Germany, Belgium and Australia confirmed their first cases too. 

They warn if nothing is done there won't be a future for the fishing industry in the area.

Officials have said they want to have the centre up and running in the small village of Linton-on-Ouse by the end of this month.

We were joined by former prison governor and current director of the Prison Reform Trust, Peter Dawson.

They are young men, teenagers or barely into their twenties, already serving years in prison for serious violent offences, including murder. 

ody Ackland was warned by the judge he might never be free again.

We spoke to the Met Police Acting Deputy Commissioner Helen Ball, about the methodology behind the fixed penalty notices for partygate attendees.