Sources & licences

Our own stories are reported from primary public sources — government departments and regulators, statistical offices, parliaments, research institutions, and the official channels of governments and international bodies. Each source is named, and linked, in the story that uses it.

Sources cited in our own reporting so far include: 10 Downing Street, 12 June 2026, 8 July 2026, Age UK, Alcohol Change UK, American Chemical Society, Anglia Ruskin University, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals of Medicine, Annals of Medicine and Surgery, Arizona State University, Armed Forces of Ukraine General Staff, Arthritis UK, Association of Optometrists, Asthma + Lung UK, Athens mayor Haris Doukas, Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990, Avon and Somerset Police, Bank of England, Be Ready, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Berlin state returning officer, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, BMC Family Practice, BMJ, BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, BMJ Medicine, BMJ Open, bmmagazine.co.uk, Brigham and Women's Hospital, British Dietetic Association, British Heart Foundation, British Nutrition Foundation, Business.gov.uk, business.gov.uk, Cabinet Office, Caela Barry, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cancer Research UK, Carbon Brief, CERT-FR, China Daily, China’s foreign ministry, Chinese foreign ministry — state dinner readout, Chinese foreign ministry — talks readout, Chinese government English-language website, CIDRAP, Circulation, Citizens Advice, City AM, City of Edinburgh Council, Climate Change Committee, CMA Appliances Direct case page, CMA Gold’s Gym case page, CMA heating oil market study, CMA Wayfair case page, Cochrane, Cochrane Library, College of Optometrists, Columbia Climate School, Commonwealth & Development Office, Commonwealth & Development Office / Government of the Maldives, Commonwealth & Development Office — Thailand travel advice, Commonwealth and Development Office, Communities and Local Government, Companies House, Competition and Markets Authority, Conservative Party, Counter Terrorism Policing, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Crown Prosecution Service, Cureus, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, Data Protection Commission, Defence Committee, Department for Business, Department for Digital, Department for Education, Department for Education and Department for Digital, Department for Transport, Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales — response to early release scheme exemptions, Downing Street account of the meeting, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Durham County Council, DWP news story, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, EFSA, EFSA Journal, Enaon EDA, Environment Agency, ERT, Essex County Council, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, European Journal of Nutrition, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, European Space Agency, Expedition Operators Association Nepal, Eyewitness News, FAI — venue announcement, FCA car finance claims page, FCA information for firms on motor finance complaints, Financial Conduct Authority, flydubai, Food and Rural Affairs, Food Standards Agency, Foods, Football Association of Ireland, Frontiers in Psychology, General Authority of Civil Aviation, Ghaith Al Ghaith, Glacier Monitoring Switzerland, Gloucestershire Constabulary, Gloucestershire Police, GOV.UK, GOV.UK bank holidays, GOV.UK benefit payments, GOV.UK Budget 2025, GOV.UK landlord and tenant guidance, GOV.UK news — Domestic abuse specialists embedded in 12 more 999 control rooms, GOV.UK news — Prime Minister blocks hundreds more criminals from sentencing changes, GOV.UK news — Rape, GOV.UK speech by AI Minister Kanishka Narayan, Government Actuary's Department, Guinness World Records, Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — The Nutrition Source, Health and Safety Executive, Heathrow Airport, Heidi Alexander, Hellenic Fire Service, Hellenic Police, High Court of Justice, Highland Council, HM Revenue and Customs, HM Treasury, HMRC, Holy See Press Office, Holy See Press Office bulletin B0804, Holy See Press Office – arrival in Lourdes, Home Office, Home Office press release, Home Secretary oral statement on national security, Hospital for Special Surgery, Human Rights Activists News Agency, Imperial College London, International Criminal Court Act 2001, International Journal of Epidemiology, International Monetary Fund, International Space Science Institute, Irish Legal News, Irvine, Israeli Defence Minister, JAMA, JAXA, JAXA — initial critical operations, Journal of Hypertension, Journal of Maritime Archaeology, Kent Fire and Rescue Service, Kent Police, Konstantin Batygin and Jim Fuller, LBC, Left Foot Forward, Liberal Democrats, London Fire Brigade, Look After Your Eyes, Low Pay Commission, Mayor of Moscow, Media and Sport, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Merchant Shipping Act 1995, Met Office, Met Office blog, Met Office learning page, Met Office warnings feed, Metropolitan Police, MHRA, MHRA Drug Safety Update, Ministry of Defence / Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Justice analytical report, Ministry of Justice guide for victims, MMX project site, Monash University and Bayside Health's Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital, mygov.scot, Nasa, NASA, NASA preliminary science report, National Cancer Institute, National Cyber Security Centre, National Eczema Society, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, National Records of Scotland, National Weather Service, NATO, NATS, Nature, Nature Astronomy, Nature Medicine, NCSC, NESDIS, NESDIS Rainbow Simulator, Neurogastroenterology and Motility, NHS, NHS cholesterol levels, NHS common cold, NHS COVID-19 symptoms, NHS flu, NHS getting tested, NHS high cholesterol, NHS how to lower your cholesterol, NHS lung cancer causes, NHS lung cancer screening, NHS lung cancer symptoms, NHS page on Raynaud’s, NHS statins, NHS tiredness and fatigue page, NHS website, NHSBSA, NICE, nidirect, NOAA, NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, NobelPrize.org laureate facts, NobelPrize.org popular information, North Bristol NHS Trust, North Carolina State University, Norwegian Nobel Committee, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, NS&I, NSPCC, Nutrients, Office for Budget Responsibility, Office for Equality and Opportunity, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Office for National Statistics, Office of the First Lady, Ofgem, OpenAI, Pain Research & Management, Paramount’s own filing, PHP, Physics magazine, Pike's legal team, Police Scotland, Politics.co.uk, Pope Leo XIV’s address at the prayer vigil at the Stade de France, Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV’s homily at the Place de la Concorde, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister’s Office, Prostate Cancer UK, RAC, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, republishing a press release credited to Optica, Royal British Legion, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal Mail Christmas 2025 dates, Royal Mail Group, Royal Mail statement on Ofcom, Royal Museums Greenwich, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, RTE News, Russian Ministry of Defence, Science, Science Advances, Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, Scottish Government, section 5, Sellafield Ltd / Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Skydance Corporation, Sleep Foundation, South African Police Service, South Yorkshire Police, Southwark Council, Sports Medicine, Staffordshire Police, Stanford Medicine, State returning officer of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Statsministeriet, Surrey County Council, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Tribune, The BMJ, The Comet, The Conversation, The Insolvency Service, The Labour Party, The Lancet, The National, The Nottingham Inquiry, The Sentencing Act 2026, The Wall Street Journal, The White House, The White House — visit schedule, Transluce, TU Wien, UCAS, UK AI Security Institute, UK Covid-19 Inquiry, UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting, UK Health Security Agency, UK National Screening Committee, UK Parliament, UK Parliament — written questions and answers, UK Space Agency, UK/Mauritius Agreement, UKHSA norovirus and rotavirus report, Ukrainska Pravda, UN Meetings Coverage, UN News, United Nations, University of Cambridge, University of Essex, University of Exeter, University of Manchester, University of Otago, University of Surrey, University of Warwick, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US District Court for the District of Columbia, US Geological Survey, US National Institutes of Health, US National Snow and Ice Data Center, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Valdai Discussion Club forum, Vatican News, Vatican News report of 12 October, Vatican News – Lourdes report, Vice President JD Vance, Vitaliy Klitschko, Volodymyr Zelensky, Welsh Government, West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, WHO, Wittington Investments, Wiz, World Health Organization, World Journal of Gastroenterology, World Meteorological Organization, Xi Jinping — remarks at the White House arrival ceremony, Xinhua, Yorkshire Water, Yorkshire Wildlife Park, ZDF, Élysée.

Where a statement is public but its original text cannot be accessed, the story says which publication reported it. Publications named in that way so far: Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Bangkok Post, BBC, BBC News, BBC News NI, BBC Sport, Bloomberg, CBS News, Court filings by Christa Pike's lawyers, Fox News, IBTimes UK, Independent Office for Police Conduct, Independent review into mental health conditions, Infobae, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Interfax Ukraine, Israeli Prime Minister, ITV News, Jerri Green, lawyer for Christa Pike, MS NOW and Politico, PA Media, Press Association, Reuters, Sky News, Statement from Christa Pike’s lawyers, Tennessee Department of Correction, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Tennessee's attorney general's office, The Associated Press, The Guardian, The Independent, The Irish Times, The New York Times, TimesLIVE, US Senator Marsha Blackburn, US-Iran memorandum of understanding.

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