BBC News Long Reads

History has portrayed horticulturalist Ellen Willmott as a rude saboteur - but new evidence suggests otherwise.

How false hopes and claims of missing millions have hurt a football-mad city.

Mark Billington disappeared after going to fly a kite - almost 38 years on, his family want the truth.

How addiction support in a corner of north-west England caught the eye of the government's senior drug advisor.

A pregnant woman fleeing a bombed maternity hospital was targeted by a Russian disinformation campaign.

As a child Steve Ellis uncovered a family secret, 60 years later it led to an unexpected friendship.

Correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman Darren Conway are with Ukrainian troops as they advance.

South Korea's incoming president promises to take a hard line on North Korea’s military escalations.

The Beijing investment offers that need to be weighed up by European countries.

A jewel-encrusted book sank on RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912 - but this was not the end of the story.

As the invasion of Ukraine loomed, Western intelligence officials decided to tell the world what they knew.

Guitarist Moss Hills helped evacuate a sinking cruise liner after some of the crew jumped ship

Anna Shechtman is determined to make the crossword puzzle scene more diverse, but has also had to deal with her own anorexia.

The British overseas territory was invaded 40 years ago, beginning a short but bitter conflict.

Quentin Sommerville and cameraman Darren Conway have spent time with two fighters since the very start.

The family house was destroyed and they lived in a tent but now they've settled in rural Wales.

Because of his miscalculations, there's a new iron curtain at the Russian leader’s door - writes Allan Little

Two former support workers tell the BBC drugs and crime are rife in exempt housing.