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Why mature dating apps are coming of age

What does it mean to be a black traveller?

The region which legislates who you can love

Why mature dating apps are coming of age

Who'd be a lifeguard for cold water swimmers?

What year is it?

Taking on Germany’s tampon tax: 'Periods are not a luxury'

Bodybuilding: 'It's made me address my false leg'

The story of the aeroplane house in Nigeria's capital Abuja

Are your friends bad for your health?

Why mature dating apps are coming of age

Could relatives of measles virus jump from animals to us?

The region which legislates who you can love

What does it mean to be a black traveller?

'How Pokémon Go has changed my life'

20 things to look out for in 2020

New Year's Eve: London fireworks celebrate start of 2020

'I still have confidence in package holidays'

Heal divisions in 2020, says Archbishop of Canterbury

Baby Archie and Prince Harry cuddle in new photo

Lewis Capaldi named the UK's biggest-selling musician of 2019

Smokers past and present 'live in more pain'

'I still have confidence in package holidays'

2019 in news: The alternative end-of-the-year awards

Citizenship Act protests: Why fear has gripped Muslims in this Indian state

China internet: Top talking points of 2019 and how they evaded the censors

Africa's year in pictures 2019

Tech 2019: Our biggest technology stories

'Man on the Moon' moment - the year's big breakthroughs

Huawei: 'Survival will be our priority' in 2020

Tech 2019: Our biggest technology stories

Local shops urge action to save cash machines

The digital links of 2019's global protests

'Why I stuck by my drug addict son'

2019 in news: The alternative end-of-the-year awards

Tech 2019: Our biggest technology stories

The Hogmanay cinema panic that killed 71 children

'Man on the Moon' moment - the year's big breakthroughs

Huawei: 'Survival will be our priority' in 2020

The digital links of 2019's global protests

What were the top business stories of 2019?

Local shops urge action to save cash machines

UK and US considered Nigeria naval blockade over Saro-Wiwa execution

National living wage to rise by 6.2% in April

National living wage to rise by 6.2% in April

Record sightings of whales, dolphins and seals in UK, says Wildlife Trusts

Gay in Nigeria: 'Everybody sees me as an abomination'

Rebecca Long-Bailey outlines vision for Labour's future

Kim Jong-un calls for 'positive and offensive' security policy

TV in 2020: Shows coming to small screen near you

'We can give a lot of the power back to the fans'

Kim Jong-un calls for 'positive and offensive' security policy

Autism diagnosis: 'I want 40 years of my life back'

The Syrian town with more cats than people

The best space images of 2019

'We can give a lot of the power back to the fans'

Hunting the missing millions from collapsed cryptocurrency

Medieval combat: A Chinese knight fights for his dream

The best space images of 2019

Pictures that people in solitary confinement ask for

Hydrogen-powered drones could point way to future travel

The Syrian town with more cats than people

Tablets to smart speakers: The 2010s in spending

Autism diagnosis: 'I want 40 years of my life back'

The decade in grime

'Why feeling the cold from a drinks can blew my mind'

MOTD2: Should offside be included in VAR? Keown & Wright can't agree

Hydrogen-powered drones could point way to future travel

Ten questions from the past 10 years

Monsey stabbing: Several wounded at home of New York rabbi

Why international rock stars are flocking to India

Defeated Labour MPs call for 'fundamental change' at top of the party

Felixstowe Victoria Hall murder inquiry: Family's 'hope' 20 years on

Almost 37,000 Scots paid less than minimum wage

Ten brands that disappeared from the High Street over the last decade

How crowds toppled communism's house of cards in 1989

Why Canada's cannabis bubble burst

China and Twitter: The year Chinese diplomacy went social

Ten brands that disappeared from the High Street over the last decade

US saw highest number of mass killings on record in 2019, database reveals

Why international rock stars are flocking to India

Stay-at-home dads set up father-friendly playgroup

‘Gardening gives me a lot of peace’

Little boxes of love help families with dementia

How crowds toppled communism's house of cards in 1989

The town that raised thousands to save their own

Why Canada's cannabis bubble burst

The best science long reads of 2019

Gym wear: The 22-year-old trying to take on the world's biggest brands

‘Gardening gives me a lot of peace’

US saw highest number of mass killings on record in 2019, database reveals

Striking photojournalism from around the world in 2019

Edward Gallagher: Navy Seals called platoon leader 'freaking evil'

India Citizenship Act protests: 'Our son was shot dead by police'

Plastic pollution: Calls to do more to cut bag use

Hawaii tour helicopter wreckage found on Kauai island

French government to scan social media for tax cheats

New Year Honours 2020: Famous names on the list

Sudan after Bashir: 'The revolution is on the curriculum'

Edward Gallagher: Navy Seals called platoon leader 'freaking evil'

Huda Kattan: Hijab wearers can still express themselves

2019 in pictures: Striking images from around the UK

'We fell in love on the dance floor’

How puppetry can help with trauma

The man who spent 30 years caring for crocodiles in Ethiopia

10 musical moments to look out for in 2020

Extinction: A million species at risk, so what is saved?

Transgender in Pakistan: Maya, the woman who almost broke free

Gare du Nord: Why Europe's busiest station needs a makeover fast

The anti-vaccination movement that gripped Victorian England

Molineux the stage for night of drama with plot twist for Guardiola | Jonathan Liew

India Citizenship Act protests: 'Our son was shot dead by police'

French government to scan social media for tax cheats

Jeffrey Epstein case: FBI 'investigating Ghislaine Maxwell'

Duchess of Cambridge praises UK midwives' 'amazing work'

Soldier's mission to give shoes to vulnerable in Uganda

Has #MeToo changed Bollywood?

The African women standing up for change in 2019

End of the decade: How the 2010s changed my life

Mecca 1979: The mosque siege that changed the course of Saudi history

Art in 2020: The exhibitions hotlist

Smoking ban: Austria's cafe society calls time on cigarettes

Baby video messages 'amazing' for new parents

Climate change: Migrant species do well in warm and wet UK in 2019

Free NHS hospital parking for thousands in 'greatest need'

Iraq ends year in political turmoil

The mosque siege that changed Saudi history

Smoking ban: Austria's cafe society calls time on cigarettes

Liverpool’s dismissal of Leicester shows they will be hard to stop, says Rodgers

Alexander-Arnold the unexpected playmaker in Liverpool’s red machine | Barney Ronay

Inside China's child pop star factory

Is 'super coral' the key to saving the world's reefs?

The African women standing up for change in 2019

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu claims win in party leadership challenge

Home Alone 2: Canada's CBC broadcaster defends cutting Trump scene

Kulubá: Dig uncovers large Mayan palace in Mexico

The Papers: Fury at fox-killing lawyer and MI6 HQ plans 'lost'

App helps parents of premature babies stay in touch

Trump impeachment: Lisa Murkowski 'disturbed' over co-ordination

British troops move black rhinos to Malawi

Christmas shopping online or in person - who wins?

Readers' pictures of the year 2019

Morpurgo's Christmas (fire) cracker

Dog walker helps men talk about mental health

The bakery in a mental health hospital

Boxing Day family puzzler 2019

Radio silence: The Syrian broadcasters in exile

Watkin's Wembley folly: London's 'Eiffel Tower' that never was

My Money: 'I'm exactly £1,000 lighter'

How the US-China trade war has changed the world

My Money: 'I'm exactly £1,000 lighter'

The island struggling to secure its future

The island struggling to secure its future

Trump impeachment: Lisa Murkowski 'disturbed' over co-ordination

The bakery in a mental health hospital

Ari Behn: Author and Norway princess's ex-husband dies aged 47

Radio silence: The Syrian broadcasters in exile

The children at risk of eating themselves to death

Ari Behn: Author and Norway princess's ex-husband dies aged 47

M1 closed after third serious crash in 24 hours

Christmas shopping online or in person - who wins?

Burkina Faso: Many women killed in jihadist attack

Elsie, 3, home for Christmas after a year in hospital

Burkina Faso: Many women killed in jihadist attack

Executing a dictator: Open wounds of Romania's Christmas revolution

'I sent my seven-year-old across the border alone'

Turkish artisans hand-craft bespoke cymbals for drummers

Kartarpur: Temple of hope between India and Pakistan

BBC Unsung Hero: 'My afro saved my life'

Why I spend my weekends ringing birds

Call the Midwife: The real-life nurses who inspired Scottish adventure

Gavin & Stacey: Bringing a crackin' Christmas back to Barry

Communities in Calderdale 'traumatised' by 2015 floods

New engine tech that could get us to Mars faster

'Why it's OK I'm not seeing my family this Christmas'

We gave up Christmas to fight measles in Samoa

We gave up Christmas to fight measles in Samoa

Welby to speak of London Bridge attack at Christmas sermon

Pope Francis: God still loves us all, even the worst of us

Andrew Miller: Former Labour MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston dies

Pope Francis: God still loves us all, even the worst of us

The Christians helping Bethlehem shepherd families give birth safely

Turkish artisans hand-craft bespoke cymbals for drummers

'I sent my seven-year-old across the border alone'

How to disagree well: Two close friends who have reason to hate each other

The Scots girl adopted by singing cowboy Roy Rogers

Call the Midwife star talks tough on vaccinations for 'evil diseases'

How is Australia tackling climate change?

China is getting smarter - but at what cost?

The US Ship of Miracles that saved 14,000 North Korean refugees

US children's hospital dreaming of a bright Christmas

Heard it before? The rise of the anniversary album

'Fashion industry's pollution made me cry'

New Zealand volcano: Police call off search for missing pair

Kashmir crisis 2019: Between a rock and a hard place

NZ police call off search for missing volcano pair

Christmas: Beware 'lethal' button batteries in toys

Newlyweds facing cancer look forward to first Christmas as a married couple

Measuring the cost of an invasive tree killer

China is getting smarter - but at what cost?

How is Australia tackling climate change?

Queen acknowledges ‘bumpy’ year for nation in Christmas message

China is getting smarter - but at what cost?

Why didn't the Bank of England appoint a woman?

'Holocaust game': Perry Groves sorry for Mat Ryan Premier League remarks

Russia's reluctant teen activist: 'Mum's house arrest changed my life'

The US Ship of Miracles that saved 14,000 North Korean refugees

'I won't have many more Christmases with my kids'

Fighting a goose invasion with guns, knives and forks

Films lookahead: 20 movies not to miss in 2020

North Pole: Growing up in the town where it's always Christmas

Is India becoming a major source of space debris?

'Fashion industry's pollution made me cry'

Coldplay 'bodysnatched' our sound, says Travis singer Fran Healy

Why so many Japanese children refuse to go to school

World champions Liverpool and Manchester City school Leicester - Football Weekly

Why so many Japanese children refuse to go to school

Ed Miliband to join review of Labour's election failure

Isis in Iraq: Militants 'getting stronger again'

Trump impeachment inquiry sung by a Christmas choir

The 'real' Lyudmila from Chernobyl speaks for first time

Aceh Christians forced to celebrate Christmas in a tent

Isis in Iraq: Militants 'getting stronger again'

Thomas Cook staff say 'benefits system has failed them'

Syria war: Turkey can't handle new 'refugee wave', says Erdogan

Thomas Cook staff say 'benefits system has failed them'

Deutsche Bank whistleblower hits back at regulator

Tech trends 2020: New spacecraft and bendy screens

Trump impeachment: White House withheld Ukraine aid just after Zelensky call

Syria war: Turkey can't handle new 'refugee wave', says Erdogan

Are US hunters becoming an endangered species?

The TV repeats and old songs that help people with dementia

Whirlpool: MPs call on washing machine firm to offer swift refunds

His Dark Materials: How we animated Iorek Byrnison

Whirlpool: MPs call on washing machine firm to offer swift refunds

The year in protests: From Chile to Lebanon, what happened next?

'The closest thing on Earth to interplanetary travel'

The most read BBC News stories of the last decade

The studios teaching Trans women how to be more feminine

Cuba names Manuel Marrero Cruz as first prime minister since 1976

2019 Quiz of the Year part three: July to September

The studios teaching Trans women how to be more feminine

The teenage activists taking after Greta Thunberg

Quilombo cuisine: Rescuing the ancient cuisine of African slaves

'The closest thing on Earth to interplanetary travel'

Graham Norton reflects on 20 years of chat shows

The year in protests: From Chile to Lebanon, what happened next?

West Africa: Is France losing ground to militants?

Are US hunters becoming an endangered species?

Take a look behind the 'small doors to imaginary spaces' within bookshelves

Cuba names Manuel Marrero Cruz as first prime minister since 1976

Quilombo cuisine: Rescuing the ancient cuisine of African slaves

The teenage activists taking after Greta Thunberg

Is Barbie's makeover working?

How to cope with an eating disorder at Christmas

Why is India passing more death sentences?

Why China could be football's biggest headache

Star Citizen: Is this £200m game becoming too ambitious?

London Bridge attack: Darryn Frost on using a narwhal tusk to stop knifeman

'Abuse on the campaign trail doesn't shock me any more'

UK approves £4bn takeover of defence company Cobham

Cannabis-based medicine for epilepsy available on NHS from January

Son of Russian spies feels "relief" to be Canadian

Boris Johnson in pre-Christmas visit to UK troops in Estonia

School pays for private tuition to help with exams

The Papers: Prince Philip's 'hospital dash' and Brexit 'first step'

2019 Quiz of the Year part two: April to June

Black hair: Four men share their beard stories

Week in Pictures: 14 - 20 December 2019

Reunited siblings team up for family game show

Teenager flourishes in new home despite rare disability

Child prodigies: How geniuses navigate the uncertain journey to adulthood

Best albums and songs of 2019: Lana Del Rey, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X

Reunited siblings team up for family game show

Child prodigies: How geniuses navigate the uncertain journey to adulthood

Rangers’ victory over Hibernian marred by missiles thrown from stand

'I want my chemotherapy to help others touched by cancer'

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

MPs to vote on Boris Johnson's Brexit deal

Heathrow third runway 'delayed for 12 months'

'I want my chemotherapy to help others touched by cancer'

London stabbings: Two dead and two injured

New Zealand destroying military-style guns after ban

Fifteen years in Iowa jail for burning pride flag

World's oldest fossil trees uncovered in New York

Getting justice for rape victims

2019 Quiz of the Year part one: January to March

How Beitar Jerusalem's football club owner took on racism and won

'My EastEnders visit was a dream come true'

Trump impeachment and a US state divided

Brexit: What is the transition period?

Did Ethiopia plant four billion trees this year?

Macau: China's other 'one country, two systems' region

The Goes Wrong Show: When TV festive frolics go awry

How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong

New Zealand destroying military-style guns after ban

How Beitar Jerusalem's football club owner took on racism and won

Tech trends 2020: New spacecraft and bendy screens

The Papers: 'Golden age' promises and 'extreme Brexit' fears

Birmingham Prison: Funding dispute stopped CCTV installation

Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial

The footballers who are enjoying their breakthrough season

Universities warned of unfair recruitment tactics

Climate change: Met Office says warming trend will continue in 2020

Online child sexual abuse: Don't do what I did

Senegal's plastic recycling 'monster' campaigns for a cleaner country

5G: Is it worth getting a new phone?

Fall of Ceaușescu: When Romanians stood up to tyranny

Nandi Bushell: Meet the nine-year-old drumming sensation

Queen's Speech: What is it and why is it important?

A school looking after its children – and their families

Is the Netherlands becoming a narco-state?

The Sudanese brides who undergo genital mutilation for love

How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong

5G: Is it worth getting a new phone?

The Sudanese brides who undergo genital mutilation for love

Why India shuts down the internet more than any other democracy

How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong

Japan's workplaces rethink 'drinking with the boss'

Why India shuts down the internet more than any other democracy

Racism 'prevalent' in the armed forces, ombudsman warns

Is the Netherlands becoming a narco-state?

The Papers: MPs 'savage' Corbyn as PM warned of health 'crises'

Andrew Garrido taught himself piano on a paper keyboard

The delivery driver who takes away your rubbish

German court forced to rule as cheese smell gets up woman's nose

Lip filler was 'like having golf ball injected'

How much should bosses be paid?

Vienna State Opera: Top ballet academy 'encouraged pupils to smoke'

How much should bosses be paid?

'Mortgage prisoners' sue over 'unfair' rates

'We swapped the Christmas do for a conference'

How much do the British spend on a night out?

How charity apps may be making us more generous

How much should bosses be paid?

CEO Secrets: 'We help banish bad muzak!'

The US steps up the hunt for crucial rare earths

Cancer treatment trial: Chemotherapy 'could become more effective'

Refugee camps: Pregnant and living in wet tent

Instagram e-cigarette posts banned by ad watchdog

'Mortgage prisoners' sue over 'unfair' rates

Health strike: Thousands of nurses stage 12-hour strike

Instagram e-cigarette posts banned by ad watchdog

Refugee camps: Pregnant and living in wet tent

Andrew Garrido taught himself piano on a paper keyboard

How an economist helped thousands get a new kidney

Sanna Marin: Estonia apologises after minister mocks Finland PM

How charity apps may be making us more generous

Letter from Africa: How talk of witches stirs emotions in Nigeria

A bumpy ride for Democrat backing impeachment

EFL's Rick Parry says more European games could pose threat to League Cup

The gender gap is on course to close.... in 99 years

Lesbos migrant camp children 'say they want to die'

London Fire Brigade 'slow and wasteful', according to inspectors

Rape convictions: Justice system near 'breaking point', says watchdog

The gender gap is on course to close.... in 99 years

Sanna Marin: Estonia apologises after minister mocks Finland PM

General election 2019: 'It feels like starting Hogwarts'

The hotel room that's deliberately hard to stay in

Little Women: Cast talk friendship and the Golden Globes

The fight to stop Venice from flooding

Lesbos migrant camp children 'say they want to die'

Guardian wins FSA newspaper of the year award for seventh time in a row

How an economist helped thousands get a new kidney

How charity apps may be making us more generous

Newspaper headlines: Papers focus on PM's rethink of Brexit deal timings

Meet Hong Kong's grannies forced to collect cardboard

The Jewish barber who loves Christmas

What does business want from Boris?

Lebanon crisis: Dozens wounded in second night of clashes in Beirut

McDonald's sacks Australian franchisee over race row video

General election 2019: Animated tour in 10 stops

General election 2019: Johnson to welcome new MPs to Westminster

The Papers: Labour at 'war' and PM's 'blueprint for Britain'

'If President Putin can't help me, who can?'

Responsible Child: Can a 10-year-old be a cold-blooded murderer?

My Anna Delvey story: Strange encounters with a fake heiress

Tiffany Haddish's Black Mitzvah and her journey of Jewish discovery

How a university dropout built a toy empire

How a university dropout built a toy empire

Anak Krakatau: Giant blocks of rock litter ocean floor

Poorest countries facing both obesity and malnutrition

My Anna Delvey story: Strange encounters with a fake heiress

How a university dropout built a toy empire

Responsible Child: Can a 10-year-old be a cold-blooded murderer?

Tiffany Haddish's Black Mitzvah and her journey of Jewish discovery

Anak Krakatau: Giant blocks of rock litter ocean floor

What does business want from Boris?

Christmas lights from online sellers 'can be fire risk'

'If President Putin can't help me, who can?'

Imported for my body: The African women trafficked to India for sex

Albania earthquake: Arrests over deaths in collapsed buildings

Man released over partner's death in Wigan hospital

Samantha Morton: Care system 'not fit for purpose'

Post Office IT fiasco: 'Decade of hell' for accused

How Mexicans saved a dying US town

Hong Kong protests test Beijing's 'foreign meddling' narrative

Post Office IT fiasco: 'Decade of hell' for accused

How to avoid an election fallout with the fam this Christmas

Cher Lloyd: 'I'm not on the conveyor belt any more'

Can kitchen gardens combat climate change?

How Mexicans saved a dying US town

Sports Personality of the Year 2019: When is it on and how can I vote?

Your pictures on the theme of 'garages'

Last days of Long Clawson village butcher's shop

How Africa will be affected by climate change

Women rise up on Baghdad's walls

Stockton's universal basic income scheme

How millennials are changing the perfume business

Alex Rodda: Man charged with murder over Cheshire boy's death

The Papers: PM's 'Whitehall revolution' after election win

Dare to Dream: The organisation getting women into aviation

Albania earthquake: Arrests over deaths in collapsed buildings

Dare to Dream: The organisation getting women into aviation

New Zealand volcano: Search resumes for two remaining bodies

Quadriga: Lawyers for users of bankrupt crypto firm seek exhumation of founder

Who's going to take home the Strictly trophy?

How the killing of a young immigrant angered America

Africa’s 'condom king' wants no more HIV infections

Shah Rukh Khan talks success and having two left feet

Election results 2019: Five big things on Boris Johnson's to-do list

General Election 2019: Who will be Labour's next leader?

General election 2019: How the undecideds cast their vote - and why

General election 2019: Viral videos about the NHS dominate the digital campaign

Election results 2019: Opinion poll accuracy holds up

Myanmar Rohingya: Aung San Suu Kyi cuts a haunted figure in court

Vladimir Putin: 20 years in 20 photos

Can kitchen gardens combat climate change?

Why women are fighting back against hair oppression

Chalk Back: Kenyan women fight back against street harassment

Why can't this doctor work in the UK?

The secrets of 'food porn' viral videos

Check your train time - new timetables begin

The Papers: Boris Johnson's 'Christmas message of healing'

New Zealand volcano: Search resumes for two remaining bodies

Africa’s 'condom king' wants no more HIV infections

Shah Rukh Khan talks success and having two left feet

Australia and New Zealand join forces for 2023 Women's World Cup bid

Election results: McDonnell blames Brexit for predicted Labour defeat

Men 'at greater risk of infertility' if small at birth

Climate change: Stalemate at UN talks as splits re-appear

Humans 'sole culprits' in US parrot extinction

Results in pictures

Newspaper headlines: 'Rejoice for Boris' or the 'Nightmare before Xmas'?

Quiz of the week: Whose record did Robbie Williams match?

Making art from rubbish

Las Tesis feminist protest song of Chile goes global

Andrew Scheer: Canadian Conservative leader resigns

The place where dead eagles are given a new life

Spain in drive to get women into special forces

Pengsoo: The rude giant penguin that South Korea fell in love with

Lebanon electricity crisis: Stealing power to survive

Why Australia's PM is facing climate anger amid bushfires

Where the money is really made at Amazon

How the snow globe became a million dollar idea

England's primary school league tables to be published

Trump 'signs off' on deal to pause US-China trade war

Myanmar: Rohingya refugee recalls 'horrific' mass killings

Las Tesis feminist protest song of Chile goes global

Making art from rubbish

Chemists demand clarity on cannabis-related goods

'My boss lets us book hangover days'

'I order takeaways six nights a week'

‘How texts to my dead brother brought us together’

Warwickshire man uses pension to save 62,000 animals

A 'game changer' for cardboard box waste?

Full university scholarships offered to video gamers in Pennsylvania

Sunderland v Newcastle: The 'race' to return the election result

Volcano tourism in the spotlight after New Zealand eruption

Climate change: Anger as protestors barred from UN talks

Joe Biden: Democratic presidential frontrunner denies one-term pledge

What are beauty pageants really like for black women?

‘How texts to my dead brother brought us together’

Volcano tourism in the spotlight after New Zealand eruption

Are India's claims about minorities in other countries true?

Cameroon conflict: 'I go to a secret school'

How millennials are changing the perfume business

Trump tariff deadline looms: 'It's very scary'

'My boss lets us book hangover days'

'I order takeaways six nights a week'

Chemists demand clarity on cannabis-related goods

How millennials are changing the perfume business

Most-viewed mansions of 2019 revealed

Eastleigh grotto for families priced out of Santa visit

Why this cattle farmer moves his cows every day

General Election 2019: Laura Kuenssberg sums up the campaign

'Bring your true personality to your work'

'Our parents ran a secret gay porn empire'

Liam Payne on alcohol: 'My family were very worried'

New Zealand volcano: Can we predict eruptions?

Myanmar Rohingya: The supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi

Why this cattle farmer moves his cows every day

'Our parents ran a secret gay porn empire'

New Zealand volcano: Can we predict eruptions?

Algeria's serial protesters: 'Why I give up my weekends to march'

'Four hours to walk off pizza calories' warning works, experts say

Most-viewed mansions of 2019 revealed

'I won't sleep for over 24 hours on election night'

Can governments ever run out of money?

Championship roundup: Leeds return to top with seventh straight win