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4 November 1997; 26 years ago. ( 1997-11-04) Current status. Online. BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. It is one of the most popular news websites, [3] with 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021, [4] as well as being used by 60% of the UK's internet users for news.
BBC One. Release. 26 February 2018. ( 26 February 2018) –. present. Murder, Mystery and My Family is a BBC One series featuring Sasha Wass KC and Jeremy Dein KC ., [1] [2] which examines historic criminal convictions resulting in the death penalty in order to determine if any of them resulted in a miscarriage of justice.
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 ...
e. BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcasting virtually all major sports events staged in the UK or involving British competitors.
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 ...
Child cruelty. Victoria Adjo Climbié (2 November 1991 – 25 February 2000) was an eight-year-old Ivorian girl who was tortured and murdered by her great-aunt and her great-aunt's boyfriend. Her death led to a public inquiry, and produced major changes in child protection policies in the United Kingdom. Born in Abobo, Côte d'Ivoire, Victoria ...
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.
Newsnight began on 28 January 1980 at 22:45, although a 15-minute news bulletin using the same title had run on BBC2 for a 13-month period from 1975 to 1976. Its planned September 1979 launch date was delayed by four months by the Association of Broadcasting Staff, at the time the main BBC trade union.
BBC Radio 5 Live 28 March 1994 BBC Radio 5 • 1990–1994: News, current affairs, discussion and sport: MW 693 909 990 (Wales) — 12B 705 0105 905 — Also on BBC Local Radio stations, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Ulster overnight BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 February 2002 Additional sports coverage — — 12B 706 0131 908 —
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 ...