Helen Pidd

Today in Focus presenter Helen Pidd goes out on the road – to Birmingham, Stalybridge and Clacton – to chart Nigel Farage’s bid to transform Reform UK into a modern, professional political party

It was the grand finale of Reform UK's September conference and Nigel Farage had a serious message to deliver: it was time for Reform to “grow up” and professionalise.

The party claims it has almost 100,000 members, more than the Lib Dems, whose hyperlocal strategy it aims to emulate

Biodiversity and environment reporter Patrick Greenfield travels to Finnish Lapland to investigate the disappearance of its carbon sink

Journalist Elle Hunt and recovered addict Jack Curran talk about the rise of ketamine use in Britain and its sometimes devastating impact

Deputy political editor Jessica Elgot explains how the assisted dying bill came to the House of Commons this week, and how MPs are feeling about their vote. Dr Lucy Thomas speaks about her experience in palliative care and her fears if MPs vote the bill through

It has dominated the news agenda for the past 14 months, but inside most British classrooms, it's as if 7 October never happened.

Issues often deemed too controversial for the classroom are bread and butter for Parallel Histories, which teaches children to see hot-button topics from both sides

Helen Pidd speaks to her former lodger, Yasser, a Syrian refugee contemplating moving back home

Helen Pidd visits Lancaster Royal grammar school to see the work of Parallel Histories, an education charity which helps young people make sense of contested history