BBC News Long Reads

The high cost of fertility treatment leads some to find donors on social media, even though it's risky and could be illegal.

Women's sport in India is changing, as an emboldened new generation of athletes combat poverty and patriarchy on their way to success.

Matthew Mitcham made history in 2008, becoming the first openly gay male individual Olympic champion, but it was a troubled path on the way.

How Anna Sorokin's life rights became hot property.

People with psychosis are usually given powerful medication - in Norway they can now choose to go drug-free.

Dramatic new details have come to light about the extraordinary kidnapping and secretive detention of Princess Latifa in the UAE.

Becky Ellis Hamilton's mum had an alcohol problem but no-one talked about it - and this had tragic consequences.

Martha was raped by a man she had trusted. She explains what it's been like trying to overcome this.

Five years after rising stars Viola Beach died in a crash, their families consider the band's legacy.

The Parole Board is reviewing whether to free Russell Causley, who has never revealed where his wife's body is.

Michelle Singlehurst gambled away her family home in the grip of an addiction to online slots.

Stefanos Tsitsipas is one of tennis' best young players. Behind the charisma & confidence lies a unique story of progression to the top.

Tens of thousands of lobotomies were carried out in the UK and US in the 1940s and 50s. Should we condemn the surgeons?

How disabled gamers formed a winning e-sports team called the Quad Gods.

Many are finding things do not smell right after Covid - and that most foods smell and taste disgusting.

Fyodor Cherenkov was an outstanding talent, a football hero in the Soviet Union. He also suffered terribly with mental illness.

Stripped of presidential powers and silenced online, can Trump still make a political comeback?

Jesse Thistle, a high school dropout, overcame addiction and homelessness to pursue an academic career.