Sachin Croker

How does BBC Weather work out the chances of rain? The truth is stranger than you might think. Each breakdown tells you the percentage chance of it raining where you are at each hour mark, but what does a 40% chance of rain at 14:00 mean?

Former FBI director James Comey is among the tallest men in the United States at 6ft 8in (2m) tall. But could Mr Comey - or any other very tall man come to that - have counted on their height alone to have a career in the US professional basketball league, the NBA?

In the 17th Century the Dutch went mad trading tulip bulbs in the hope they could make a massive profit. But was Tulip Mania - a parable of greed compared to the recent heavy investment in the Bitcoin crypto-currency - really so awful?

Fake online reviews are being openly traded on the internet, a BBC investigation has found.

Domestic abuse victims in England have been unable to get emergency court orders stopping their abusers from harming them, an organisation has said.