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

The BBC's Lyse Doucet reports from Iran, where the buzz of busy shopping streets masks deep uncertainty over the country's future.

The three-year agreement will see at least 50 riot-trained police officers drafted in to tackle violence and “hostile crowds”.

Lebanon's prime minister accused Israel of war crimes after IDF attacks on Red Cross vehicles also stopped rescuers from reaching the site.

The arrest was made as part of a wider investigation into leadership at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

The portrait was taken by photographer Matt Porteous in Cornwall earlier this month.

Evie and her mother were enjoying a day trip to south Wales when they came across the amphibian.

Are golf courses the right places to build housing, or are they simply a soft target?

Fifa stands by comments made last week by president Gianni Infantino in which he said that "the Iranian team is coming, for sure".

BBC UK editor Ed Thomas confronts a shopkeeper secretly filmed selling cannabis and cocaine to one of our researchers.