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Catherine Neilan
More MEPs investigated over Russian bribes

Sun 23 Nov 2025

More MEPs investigated over Russian bribes
Jeevan Vasagar
Mystery rubbish: who dumped the 150-metre pile in Oxfordshire?

Fri 21 Nov 2025

Mystery rubbish: who dumped the 150-metre pile in Oxfordshire?
Phoebe Davis
West Midlands attacks have left Sikh women fearing for their safety

Tue 18 Nov 2025

West Midlands attacks have left Sikh women fearing for their safety
Helen Garner
The crime writers addicted to the mushroom murders

Sat 15 Nov 2025

The crime writers addicted to the mushroom murders
Adam Weymouth
Letters from prison: the protesters locked up for trying to change the world

Sat 15 Nov 2025

Letters from prison: the protesters locked up for trying to change the world
Rachel Sylvester
Thousands to lose the right to trial by jury in drive to fix court logjam

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Thousands to lose the right to trial by jury in drive to fix court logjam
Poppy Sebag-Montefiore
Crypto queen’s £5bn rude awakening

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Crypto queen’s £5bn rude awakening
James Tapper
Smugglers cash in as dancing parrots go viral

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Smugglers cash in as dancing parrots go viral
Andrew Anthony
The murderer who writes the truth of crime from a prison cell

Fri 7 Nov 2025

The murderer who writes the truth of crime from a prison cell
Carolina Unzelte
Rio favelas mourn as deadliest police raid exposes deep divisions

Sun 2 Nov 2025

Rio favelas mourn as deadliest police raid exposes deep divisions
John Simpson
Missing sex offender asked police how to find train station

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Missing sex offender asked police how to find train station
Vanessa Thorpe
Pros ‘stealing to order’ in the Great Louvre Robbery

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Pros ‘stealing to order’ in the Great Louvre Robbery
John Simpson
‘Lawless London’ is safer than it’s been in decades

Fri 24 Oct 2025

‘Lawless London’ is safer than it’s been in decades
Catherine Neilan
‘Jail is inevitable’ for politician awaiting bribery sentence

Thu 23 Oct 2025

‘Jail is inevitable’ for politician awaiting bribery sentence
Lawless London

9 mins • S1, E1218

Lawless London
Kim Willsher
Louvre heist was 800 metres from police headquarters

Tue 21 Oct 2025

Louvre heist was 800 metres from police headquarters
Vanessa Thorpe
Lostprophets singer convicted of child sex crimes is killed in jail

Sun 12 Oct 2025

Lostprophets singer convicted of child sex crimes is killed in jail
Leroy Logan
The Met isn’t sullied by a few ‘bad apples’. The barrel is rotten

Sat 4 Oct 2025

The Met isn’t sullied by a few ‘bad apples’. The barrel is rotten
Kim Willsher
Gisèle Pelicot faces more court trauma after appeal

Sat 4 Oct 2025

Gisèle Pelicot faces more court trauma after appeal
Manchester synagogue terror attack

31 mins • S1, E274

Manchester synagogue terror attack
Kim Willsher
Nicolas Sarkozy’s ‘corruption pact’ and France’s fractious politics

Mon 29 Sept 2025

Nicolas Sarkozy’s ‘corruption pact’ and France’s fractious politics
Notes on… JADE breaking the girl group curse and our true crime problem

35 mins • S1, E1

Notes on… JADE breaking the girl group curse and our true crime problem
Andrew Anthony
A brush with the ‘world’s best art forger’

Fri 12 Sept 2025

A brush with the ‘world’s best art forger’
Fred Harter
Joseph Kony is being tried in the ICC – without him

Thu 11 Sept 2025

Joseph Kony is being tried in the ICC – without him
Xavier Greenwood
Nepal faces a dangerous power vacuum

Wed 10 Sept 2025

Nepal faces a dangerous power vacuum
Erica Wagner
The haunting of Pitcairn Island

Fri 5 Sept 2025

The haunting of Pitcairn Island
Katie Mc Que
Guns and bomb threats target US politicians

Sat 23 Aug 2025

Guns and bomb threats target US politicians
Haiti’s cultural heritage at threat from violent gangs

9 mins • S1, E1166

Haiti’s cultural heritage at threat from violent gangs
Francisco Garcia
Teenage boys claimed by growing knife crime crisis

Sun 10 Aug 2025

Teenage boys claimed by growing knife crime crisis
Nga Pham
Bangladesh war crimes tribunal puts its founder in the dock

Fri 8 Aug 2025

Bangladesh war crimes tribunal puts its founder in the dock
David Challen
‘The torment that drove my mother to kill my father’

Thu 31 Jul 2025

‘The torment that drove my mother to kill my father’
Edward Helmore
Potential pardon for Maxwell is a political ploy

Sun 27 Jul 2025

Potential pardon for Maxwell is a political ploy
Rachel Sylvester
How DNA discovery freed a mother jailed for killing her children

Tue 22 Jul 2025

How DNA discovery freed a mother jailed for killing her children
Martha Gill
Court backlogs mean rape victims are giving up on justice

Sat 19 Jul 2025

Court backlogs mean rape victims are giving up on justice
Tim Leunig
Summer jobs scheme lacks scale and ambition

Sat 19 Jul 2025

Summer jobs scheme lacks scale and ambition
The future of pro-Gaza protests

7 mins • S1, E1149

The future of pro-Gaza protests
Andrew Hankinson
The Sycamore Gap sentencing: ‘they know not what they do’

Wed 16 Jul 2025

The Sycamore Gap sentencing: ‘they know not what they do’
Martha Gill
In a tech race against crime, the scammers are streaking ahead

Sun 13 Jul 2025

In a tech race against crime, the scammers are streaking ahead
Andrew Anthony
Mock trial tackles the mystery of stolen Greek treasure

Sat 12 Jul 2025

Mock trial tackles the mystery of stolen Greek treasure

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