FactCheck takes a look. Professor Alexis Jay led the landmark inquiry into child sexual abuse, and her 2022 report made 20 ...

They’re nicknamed “forever chemicals”. PFAS are a group of industrial compounds that don’t break down in the environment. They’re found in everything from non-stick pans to waterproof clothing and ...

Channel 4 News and Current Affairs has commissioned ITN Productions to make a fast-turnaround documentary looking at the ...

It’s official. 2024 was Earth’s warmest year on record, according to Copernicus – Europe’s climate agency. Even though the ...

Five former and serving US presidents have come together for the state funeral of Jimmy Carter. He was president from 1977 to ...

An army veteran has become the first disabled person to ski solo to the South Pole. It took Jonny Huntington 46 days to cross more than 500 miles of Antarctic ice. The 38-year-old from Devon suffered ...

We spoke to Malibu resident Jon Turteltaub. He’s also a film director and his credits include ‘Cool Runnings’, ‘National Treasure’ and ‘The Meg’. We reached him on a video call from outside his house, ...

The Environment Secretary has been met by a barrage of tractor horns and heckling farmers as he gave a speech on reforming ...

First Londonderry, then there was Hull and Coventry. Now, it’s the turn of Bradford to take up the mantle of UK City of Culture. The year-long festival will see the West Yorkshire city revel in its ...

We spoke to the economist Rupert Harrison who was chief of staff to former Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. He stood for the Conservatives in last year’s general election and we asked him ...

We were joined by John Vaillant, journalist and author of the Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction for his book Fire Weather, an account of the 2016 inferno that engulfed the oil town of Fort ...

Experts have warned that the cost of the claims from the fires in the past couple of days could push the California insurance industry to the brink of collapse. And the crisis is not over yet.