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The heartbreaking search for answers after 19-year-old Cole Cooper vanished in May. Five weeks later, his body was discovered in woodland, his death ruled ‘unexplained’. Reporter Sam Poling investigates the police response to Cole’s case and those of Rhys Bonner and Johnny Connelly – three families left desperate for the truth.

In his own words, Sir Anthony Hopkins describes how a deeply troubled boy from Port Talbot, Wales, achieved two-time Oscar glory in Hollywood. Deemed a failure by his parents, peers and teachers, Sir Anthony Hopkins has triumphed in memorable roles like Hannibal Lecter, King Lear and the Pope. His extraordinary journey was paved with pain, rejection and addiction but was ultimately saved by love. As his memoir is published, the actor meets Katie Razzall in Los Angeles to tell his remarkable story.

The heartbreaking search for answers after 19-year-old Cole Cooper vanished in May. Five weeks later, his body was discovered in woodland, his death ruled ‘unexplained’. Reporter Sam Poling investigates the police response to Cole’s case and those of Rhys Bonner and Johnny Connelly – three families left desperate for the truth.

In his own words, Sir Anthony Hopkins describes how a deeply troubled boy from Port Talbot, Wales, achieved two-time Oscar glory in Hollywood. Deemed a failure by his parents, peers and teachers, Sir Anthony Hopkins has triumphed in memorable roles like Hannibal Lecter, King Lear and the Pope. His extraordinary journey was paved with pain, rejection and addiction but was ultimately saved by love. As his memoir is published, the actor meets Katie Razzall in Los Angeles to tell his remarkable story.

Police in London mount a series of operations to take on the organised crime gangs behind phone theft in the capital, raiding homes, going undercover at stations, and adapting their tactics.

Food writer Nick Kwekis takes a gastronomic journey through Uzbekistan, a country steeped in Silk Road legacy and rapidly transforming. He meets the innovative young chefs determined to showcase Uzbek cuisine to the world, witnesses the extraordinary skill of Samarkand's bakers and tastes some of the world's most sought-after melons

Hayley Hassall uncovers one of the darkest and least-known chapters in British medical history - the use of electric shock therapies to try to change gay and transsexual people. For decades experts used these methods to associate same-sex desire and gender preference with pain. Many victims from educational establishments and the criminal justice system were coerced into accepting the treatment. Now a small group of survivors are seeking apologies from the NHS and state institutions who were responsible for carrying out procedures, which they say have blighted their lives for decades