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High Street mini-marts selling cocaine, cannabis and prescription drugs, BBC secret filming revealsThu 23rd Apr 2026 05:59 BST
High Street mini-marts selling cocaine, cannabis and prescription drugs, BBC secret filming reveals

Across the UK, shopfronts are being exploited by criminal gangs pushing illegal drugs, experts say.

Watch: BBC goes undercover at mini-mart selling drugsThu 23rd Apr 2026 06:02 BST
Watch: BBC goes undercover at mini-mart selling drugs

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 dealThu 23rd Apr 2026 11:54 BST
UK and France strike new £662m small boats deal

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 urgeThu 23rd Apr 2026 00:11 BST
Ban 'forever chemicals' in uniforms and frying pans, MPs urge

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 bridgeThu 23rd Apr 2026 11:53 BST
Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge

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 prizeThu 23rd Apr 2026 10:41 BST
Mythical shapes and the impact of oil: Meet the nominees for the art world's prestigious prize

Judges said the four shortlisted artists presented "a compelling reflection of contemporary British art".

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