Dispatches

Ellie Flynn investigates the Chinese shopping app with prices too good to be true, Temu. She finds out whether some of their products are made with high levels of harmful materials and if their safety products are accurately advertised as holding recognised safety certificates. The journalist travels across the UK revealing how Temu has reeled in so many customers and how addictive the app can be.

Undercover report filmed over two months at an NHS Accident and Emergency Department, which exposes the suffering and dangers patients face on a daily basis. The programme features footage of seriously ill patients forced to sleep on chairs for up to two days because there are no beds, and a dangerous superbug outbreak linked to overcrowding and falling hygiene standards.

Election campaigners and experts have warned that artificial intelligence tools could risk politically motivated disinformation flooding social media feeds in ways that recently seemed unimaginable. The fear is that deepfakes and other AI-generated material could influence votes. Cathy Newman reports on the issue, illustrating the effect that AI could have on 12 households of undecided voters. The homes are fed AI-generated material advised by political experts, with the residents none the wiser. Will the experiment succeed? If so, what does it say about the power of AI to influence the vote?

Revealing local hotspots across England and Wales where 100% of neighbourhood crimes can go unsolved, using exclusive analysis of police data. Isobel Yeung talks to criminals who rob with no fear of the police, victims with little faith in law enforcement and insiders from a global criminal network raking in thousands of pounds a month.