The BBC has sacked veteran presenter Scott Mills after obtaining "new information" relating to a historical police investigation into alleged sexual offences dating from the late 1990s. The corporation said it had been made aware of a Met Police inquiry in 2017; a man was questioned under caution in 2018 and the probe was closed in 2019 when the Crown Prosecution Service found insufficient evidence to charge. The BBC said recent information, including that the alleged complainant was under 16 at the time, prompted management to terminate Mills’ contracts on March 27. The broadcaster apologised for not following up a separate 2025 complaint about "inappropriate communications" and has begun internal reviews of what prior leaders knew. Mills has issued a statement saying he fully cooperated with the police investigation. The BBC moved quickly to replace him on the Race Across the World spinoff podcast, appointing Tyler West, while the future of the Radio 2 Breakfast slot remains the subject of intense speculation. Senior figures including outgoing director-general Tim Davie have addressed staff as the corporation faces renewed reputational scrutiny.

The BBC has dismissed long‑time Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills after current management said it obtained “new information” that made termination necessary. The corporation says Mills’ contracts were ended on Friday March 27; the move became public days later and prompted an all‑staff call on April 2 in which outgoing director‑general Tim Davie said the fresh material made the decision “very clear.” The Met Police confirmed a referral from December 2016 led to an investigation in which Mills was interviewed under caution in 2018; the Crown Prosecution Service discontinued the case in 2019 for lack of evidence. The BBC has said it was aware of the 2017 investigation but recently learned the alleged victim was under 16 and has also apologised for not pursuing a separate complaint about “inappropriate communications” reported in 2025. Mills has said through lawyers he “fully cooperated” with the earlier inquiry and will make no further comment. The corporation has moved Mills off other projects (Tyler West was named as a replacement on a BBC podcast/vodcast) while it examines what past executives knew and how the matter was handled internally.

A wave of media reports beginning with a Daily Mail exposé (March 31, 2026) alleged that Bryon Noem, husband of former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, exchanged hundreds of messages with adult performers and posted photographs showing him cross-dressed with large fake breasts as part of a “bimbofication” fetish. Multiple models told outlets they received paid sessions (reported up to $25 per minute) and recognized Noem; one said he acknowledged knowing about rumors of his wife’s alleged affair with former adviser Corey Lewandowski. Bryon has not issued a full denial, telling the New York Times he would “at some point” speak, and reportedly disputed claims he exposed his wife to blackmail. Kristi Noem’s camp said the family was “blindsided” and sought privacy. Washington insiders and several outlets reported that the behavior was whispered about in D.C. for months. The revelations have provoked online backlash, harassment of family members, a surge in searches for “bimbofication,” and fresh scrutiny of ethics and security: People and other outlets also reported a federal watchdog probe into Lewandowski’s time at DHS and audits of contract decisions made under Noem’s tenure.

Utah authorities announced on April 1, 2026 that advanced DNA testing has definitively linked notorious serial killer Ted Bundy to the 1974 abduction and killing of 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime. Aime disappeared after leaving a Halloween party on Oct. 31, 1974; hikers found her bound and beaten near State Road 92 in American Fork Canyon on Thanksgiving Day that year. Investigators preserved evidence from the original probe and used forensic technology acquired by the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services in 2023 to extract a single male DNA profile from degraded, mixed samples. That profile matched Bundy’s DNA held in a national database. Bundy, executed in Florida in 1989, had previously given a verbal admission that investigators declined to accept as sufficient; with the new results the Utah County Sheriff’s Office formally closed the case. Officials said the newly obtained profile will be available to other agencies reviewing unsolved killings suspected to involve Bundy, and family members expressed relief that decades of uncertainty have ended.

A seven-month-old girl, identified by family as Kaori Patterson-Moore, was fatally struck by a stray bullet in broad daylight on April 1, 2026, in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Police say the child was in a double stroller with her two-year-old brother when two men on a moped fired several rounds near the corner of Humboldt and Moore streets; her brother suffered a graze wound. The parents and other bystanders took cover inside a nearby bodega where CCTV footage captured the mother discovering the baby’s injuries. The infant was rushed to Woodhull Hospital and pronounced dead. Authorities reported the moped crashed a short distance away; one man was injured, taken to hospital and is being held as a person of interest, while the driver remains at large and is the subject of a “massive” NYPD manhunt. Police described the shooting as likely gang-related and said the firearm has not been recovered. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the killing a devastating tragedy and urged public assistance as investigators continue to seek the second suspect.

A powerful undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck the Northern Molucca (Maluku) Sea off Ternate, Indonesia, on April 2, 2026, the US Geological Survey said. The quake, later revised down from earlier estimates of 7.8, occurred at a depth of about 35 km with an epicentre roughly 120–127 km west-northwest of Ternate. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and US tsunami authorities issued alerts for coastal areas within 1,000 km, including parts of Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia; local agencies recorded small tsunami waves up to about 0.75 m in North Minahasa and smaller sea-level changes elsewhere. Indonesia’s meteorology agency and disaster authorities reported building damage in Ternate, Bitung and Manado, and at least one fatality in North Sulawesi. Dozens of aftershocks were recorded, the largest around magnitude 5.5. Warnings were later lifted after the immediate tsunami threat passed, but authorities urged continued vigilance in coastal communities.