Hillsborough file release appeal
The Cabinet Office is appealing against a ruling by the ICO that it must release Cabinet minutes about Hillsborough.
View ArticleObese hospital patients 'on rise'
The number of obese patients treated in Welsh hospitals is rising significantly, new figures obtained by BBC Wales suggest.
View ArticleFirms fined £31m over roadworks
English councils have charged utility companies £31m for over-running roadworks in the past three years.
View ArticleHospitals 'at breaking point'
Some Welsh hospitals are routinely overcrowded, with doctors warning the system is at breaking point.
View ArticleScheme used to spot sex offenders
Nearly 15% of people using a police scheme in Essex found adults in contact with their child have a history of sex offending.
View ArticleHillsborough files 'must be seen'
The Information Commissioner has ruled that cabinet minutes relating to the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy must be released.
View ArticleOld Firm policing costs revealed
Figures obtained by BBC Scotland show that the cost of policing last year's Old Firm fixtures was almost £2.4 million.
View ArticleAlmost 3,000 guns missing in UK
Nearly 3,000 firearms have been lost by or stolen from their registered owners in the past five years, the BBC learns - a figure anti-gun campaigners say is "frightening".
View ArticlePolice staff in second job growth
The number of people working for Kent Police who have second jobs almost doubles in the last year.
View ArticleLegal warning for heritage scheme
The Welsh government introduced a free entry scheme at heritage sites despite a high risk of it being declared unlawful.
View ArticleChildren, 7, 'reported for rape'
Children, some aged under 10, have been reported for rape offences in Suffolk over the last five years, police statistics show.
View ArticleHomecarers face abuse allegations
More than 500 allegations of abuse are made against West Midlands care companies in the last year, a BBC investigation reveals.
View ArticleChildren in custody falls by 68%
A BBC investigation finds there has been a 68% drop in the number of under-16s held in custody compared with 2007.
View ArticlePolice stress-related absence up
Stress-related absence increases by two thirds over a 12-month period at Gloucestershire Police, according to new figures.
View ArticleFlyover collapse risk 'was known'
Hammersmith Flyover remained open for weeks after a report warning of a small risk it could collapse, the BBC learns.
View ArticleTrust reveals £1bn PFI overspend
The costs of redeveloping a hospital in Nottinghamshire have more than doubled to over £2bn, the BBC discovers.
View ArticleAttacks on prison staff revealed
A prison officer was scalded on the face when a kettle of boiling water was thrown at him by an inmate at a Norfolk jail.
View ArticleDrop in big cat reports to police
The number of big cat sightings in Devon and Cornwall reported to the police dropped from 28 in 2000 to four in 2012, figures show.
View ArticlePeople who snubbed honours named
Authors and artists amongst those revealed to have turned down honours from the Queen.
View ArticlePolice 'wanted' list above 30,000
Police across Britain hold more than 30,000 outstanding arrest warrants, figures supplied to the BBC shows.
View ArticleRail operator gets £46m bail-out
East Midlands Trains gets £46m of taxpayers' money from the government to make the loss-making company profitable again.
View ArticleFewer fake passports being found
The number of forged passports detected at ports and airports across the UK has almost halved in the past five years.
View ArticleHospital criticised over care
An investigation into the death of a baby born with severe brain damage has criticised the care he and his mother received.
View ArticleLondon Met student numbers fall
A university which lost its licence to sponsor overseas students at the end of the summer has seen a dramatic fall in student recruits.
View ArticleUKBA alerted to sham partnerships
Immigration authorities are alerted to dozens of suspected sham civil partnerships in the past two years, the BBC learns.
View ArticleFire services count obesity cost
UK fire and rescue services have responded to over 2,700 calls over the past five years to assist severely obese people.
View ArticleMet Police got £23m from sponsors
The Metropolitan Police received £22.7m of donations and sponsorship in the past five years, the BBC has learned.
View ArticleChildren detained in police cells
Children as young as 11 were held in police cells in England and Wales in 2011 because officers thought they were mentally ill.
View ArticleNHS trust lost £4m in three years
A debt-ridden Nottinghamshire NHS trust lost more than £4m since downgrading a hospital's A&E department, figures show.
View Article£37m bridge 'glitches' defended
Poole Borough Council defends building the £37m Twin Sails Bridge despite it closing 38 times in its first six months.
View ArticleSecret NHS death reports released
The BBC publishes hundreds of previously secret NHS reports into serious incidents, which included 105 deaths.
View ArticleNHS disabled charges 'unlawful'
A leading disability rights lawyer says some NHS trusts may be breaching the law by charging disabled drivers to park.
View ArticleNHS trust spent £700 on chocolate
An NHS trust planning to cut jobs and costs defends spending nearly £700 on chocolates to celebrate a merger.
View ArticleCare home abuse allegations rise
Allegations of abuse in Essex care homes rise by more than 300 in the past year, a BBC Freedom Of Information request has revealed.
View ArticleMillion-volt stun guns in mail
Stun guns with a voltage 20 times stronger than police Tasers can be illegally imported into the UK with ease, a BBC investigation reveals.
View Article'Rise of 50%' in night bus crime
Crime on London's night buses has gone up by almost 50% in two years, BBC London can reveal.
View ArticleSharp fall in young police officers
The number of police officers in England and Wales aged under 26 has fallen by nearly 50% in two years, figures obtained by the BBC show.
View ArticleTrusts' incentives over care plan
Hospitals in the East are offered government incentives to put dying patients on a treatment-withdrawal programme.
View ArticleDawn raids resulted in 71 charged
A total of 71 people out of 380 arrested during raids on a police "day of action" in the Avon and Somerset area are charged with offences.
View ArticleTop police vetting needs updating
Almost 30 senior police officers in the UK need their vetting updating, a BBC investigation finds.
View ArticlePrison attacks 'rise by a third'
The number of reported assaults in London's male prisons has risen by a third over the last four years, BBC London learns.
View ArticleMoD 'loses' bayonets from base
A military training centre in Devon "loses" more than 8,000 pieces of military equipment including bayonets, the BBC learns.
View ArticleHospitals' safety checks 'working'
A director says new checks to stop major mistakes at two Cambridge hospitals have been working and patients are "safe".
View ArticleCouncil reduces workforce 'by 50%'
Suffolk's district councils have shed up to half of their workforces over a seven-year period, a Freedom of Information request reveals.
View Article£23m of parking tickets 'unlawful'
Almost 350,000 parking fines may have been unlawfully issued to motorists in London, a BBC investigation finds.
View Article'Damaging' fall in hospital's income
Stafford Hospital sees a "very damaging" fall in public confidence and income since the recent scandal over patient deaths.
View ArticleWedding day arrests rise sharply
A BBC Freedom of Information request finds a sharp rise in the number of people being arrested on their wedding day.
View ArticlePolice checks on partners broke law
Four people have been sacked and 14 resigned as a result of the breaches of data protection laws by police officers and staff in Wales in the last two years.
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