BBC World
The landlady who rented to two 9/11 hijackers finally breaks her silence, and her account makes the Saudi government's denials look about as sturdy as a sandcastle in a tsunami.
The Guardian
The BBC wants to subpoena Trump's kids to prove he meant what he said on January 6, because nothing says 'family gathering' like a deposition.
The Guardian
Award-winning podcast Buried investigates a pile of dead animals outside a school, uncovering hare coursing, organised crime, and a car-bombed house.
BBC World
A former assistant recounts the slow, insidious grooming, financial control, and sexual abuse inside Jeffrey Epstein's operation - a 'cult' she says was designed to make victims dependent and terrified to leave.
The Guardian Europe
A quarter-century of Wernham Hogg: Ricky Gervais’s cringe masterpiece turns 25, complete with jelly staplers, German legal threats, and the worst haircut imaginable.
BBC Politics
PM says sorry for 185,000 forced adoptions, finally admitting the state was indeed the one doing the forcing.
BBC Health
PMDD wreaks havoc on millions, but science shrugs - until social media stepped in.
The Guardian
Barack Obama and Malcolm Gladwell team up for a history podcast, while a road trip, a swinging exposé, tea tales, and a true-crime investigation round out the week's best listens.
BBC Health
Briony May Williams credits her PMOS diagnosis delay for launching her Bake Off career, using the hormonal disorder as an unlikely stepping stone to TV stardom.
BBC Business
SpaceX's first employee remembers the early days, while the rest of the news cycle goes on being a chaotic mess of sports, politics, and dubious oil operations.
The Guardian
Former victims' commissioner says David Sullivan's Sport papers used underage girls as 'bait for predatory men' in 'Countdown to 16' feature, as Sullivan resigns from West Ham amid sexual misconduct allegations.
BBC World
A diver's trembling hands capture rare footage of a Great White shark in the Mediterranean, proving the species is still around despite overfishing.
The Guardian
Trump confirms he'd like fewer intelligence staff, wants to reorient the Lincoln Memorial based on an AI-generated image, and argues courts can't stop his $400M White House ballroom - all before lunch.
BBC World
More than 1,000 Marilyn Monroe impersonators swarmed Palm Springs to set a world record, proving the afterlife is just a really crowded party in a white dress.
BBC Politics
Nicola Sturgeon's ex-husband embezzled £400k from the SNP; she explains in a BBC interview how she didn't notice the motorhome in her mother-in-law's driveway or the £400 pendant she wore publicly.
BBC Politics
Alan Milburn's review finds the UK spends 25 times more on youth benefits than jobs support, calling it 'shameful' as nearly a million young people are Neet.
The Guardian
Two lads from Liverpool accidentally become role models for emotional honesty while racing across Asia, proving that reality TV doesn't have to make you want to mute humanity.
BBC Business
Ruth Dodsworth's ex-husband controlled her finances so tightly she had to beg for sandwich money - jail time and a coffee shop epiphany later, she's rebuilt her life.
The Guardian Europe
Timothy Spall leans into cheerful scenery-chewing in a Welsh cosy crime drama so self-aware it practically winks at you - and it's all the better for it.
BBC Business
Parents report the Child Maintenance Service mistakenly taking thousands from bank accounts, sometimes decades after child support ended, and then fighting tooth and nail to get it back.
The Good Times
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