BBC News:
| High Street mini-marts selling cocaine, cannabis and prescription drugs, BBC secret filming reveals | Thu 23rd Apr 2026 05:59 BST |
Across the UK, shopfronts are being exploited by criminal gangs pushing illegal drugs, experts say. | |
| Watch: BBC goes undercover at mini-mart selling drugs | Thu 23rd Apr 2026 06:02 BST |
BBC UK editor Ed Thomas confronts a shopkeeper secretly filmed selling cannabis and cocaine to one of our researchers. | |
| UK and France strike new £662m small boats deal | Thu 23rd Apr 2026 11:54 BST |
The three-year agreement will see at least 50 riot-trained police officers drafted in to tackle violence and “hostile crowds”. | |
| Ban 'forever chemicals' in uniforms and frying pans, MPs urge | Thu 23rd Apr 2026 00:11 BST |
School uniforms and non-stick pans are some of the everyday products that should stop using chemicals called PFAS, MPs say. | |
| Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge | Thu 23rd Apr 2026 11:53 BST |
Evie and her mother were enjoying a day trip to south Wales when they came across the amphibian. | |
| Mythical shapes and the impact of oil: Meet the nominees for the art world's prestigious prize | Thu 23rd Apr 2026 10:41 BST |
Judges said the four shortlisted artists presented "a compelling reflection of contemporary British art". | |


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