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Shafilea Iftikhar Ahmed ( Punjabi and Urdu: شفیلیہ افتخار احمد; 14 July 1986 – 11 September 2003) was a British-Pakistani girl who was murdered by her parents in a suspected honour killing at the age of 17, due to her refusal to accept an arranged marriage . Ahmed's parents were each imprisoned for a minimum of 25 years for ...
The World Today. BBC News Now. Impact. Verified Live, also called Verified Live with Matthew Amroliwala, is a news programme that premiered on both the UK feed and international feed of BBC News channel on 22 May 2023 as part of a refresh following the merger of the two news channels. [1] The programme is mainly hosted by Matthew Amroliwala.
The Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal consists of the organised child sexual abuse that occurred in the town of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Northern England from the late 1980s until 2013 [9] and the failure of local authorities to act on reports of the abuse throughout most of that period. [10] Researcher Angie Heal, who was hired by ...
HARDtalk. Question Time. Newsnight is the BBC 's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. It is broadcast weeknights at 22:30 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel; it is also available on BBC iPlayer.
In November 2012 Dame Janet Smith called for evidence from people who were the subject of inappropriate sexual conduct by Savile on BBC premises, or on location for the BBC; people who knew of or suspected such conduct; anyone who raised concerns about Savile's conduct within the BBC; people who worked for or with Savile on programmes at the BBC between about 1964 and 2007, or who were ...
Main article: List of unsolved murders in the United Kingdom 1990s Year Name of victim(s) Location body found Notes 8 January 1990 William Howe Worthing, West Sussex The body of the 63-year-old retired vet was found tied up in his flat on 9 January. Because the flat had been ransacked, and because Howe had tens of thousands of pounds hidden in a safe there (which the offender/s did not find ...
4 ft 7 in (140 cm) Patrick Warren (b. 1985) and David Spencer (b. 1983) were two English schoolboys who disappeared on 27 December 1996 in the town of Solihull, near Birmingham. Although initially treated by the police as runaways, they are now presumed deceased. [1] Despite a BBC Crimewatch special report on the boys, along with numerous ...
v. t. e. BBC Local Radio (also referred to as Local BBC Radio) is the BBC 's local and regional radio division for England and the Channel Islands, [1] consisting of forty stations. [2] As of December 2023, the network broadcasts to a combined audience of 6.9 million, with a listening share of 4.9%, according to RAJAR.
Watch live (UK only) FilmOn. Watch live (Worldwide access is available) The BBC News channel is a British free-to-air [1] public broadcast television news channel owned and operated by the BBC. The channel is based at and broadcasts from Broadcasting House in the West End of London from which it is anchored during British daytime, with ...
1982. ( 1982) –. 2007. ( 2007) Rough Justice is a British television programme that was broadcast on BBC, and which investigated alleged miscarriages of justice. It was broadcast between 1982 and 2007 and played a role in overturning the convictions of 18 people involved in 13 separate cases where miscarriages of justice had occurred.