BBC News

===Online===
{{Main|BBC News Online}}
BBC News Online is the BBC's news website. Launched in November 1997,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4492820.stm|title=BBC News Interactive's new editor|access-date=11 April 2007|date=2 December 2005|work=BBC News|archive-date=6 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106140827/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4492820.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> it is one of the most popular news websites,<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2022 |title=Top Websites Ranking for News & Media Publishers in the world |url=https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/category/news-and-media/ |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=SimilarWeb |archive-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430115953/https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/category/news-and-media/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2021 |title=New data shows BBC is the world's most visited news site |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/worldnews/2021/bbc.com/mediacentre/worldnews/2021/new-data-shows-bbc-is-the-worlds-most-visited-news-site/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=BBC News |language=en |quote=The BBC’s online news brands .. came in first place with a combined 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021. }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> as well as being used by 60% of the UK's internet users for news.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2022 |title=News Consumption in the UK: 2022 |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/241947/News-Consumption-in-the-UK-2022-report.pdf |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=Ofcom |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019163415/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/241947/News-Consumption-in-the-UK-2022-report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The website contains international news coverage as well as entertainment, sport, science, and political news.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/|title=Help – About our site|access-date=11 April 2007|work=BBC News | date=28 November 2003| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070328040313/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/| archive-date= 28 March 2007 |url-status = live}}</ref>

[[Mobile app]]s for [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]] and [[Windows Phone]] systems have been provided since 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=BBC News iPhone and iPad app launches in the UK|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10738882|access-date=1 February 2015|work=BBC News|date=23 July 2010|archive-date=25 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125142437/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10738882|url-status=live}}</ref> Many television and radio programmes are also available to view on the [[BBC iPlayer]] and [[BBC Sounds]] services. The BBC News channel is also available to view 24 hours a day, while video and radio clips are also available within online news articles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/5286426.stm|title=Help – Your guide to the BBC News Player|work=BBC News|access-date=11 April 2007 | date=25 August 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070315183757/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/5286426.stm| archive-date= 15 March 2007 |url-status = live}}</ref>

In October 2019, BBC News Online launched a mirror on the [[dark web]] anonymity network [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]] in an effort to circumvent censorship.<ref name="bbc_news_darkweb">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50150981|website=BBC News|title=BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror|date=23 October 2019|access-date=25 March 2021|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319112027/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50150981|archive-date=19 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/10/24/773060596/bbc-launches-tor-mirror-site-to-thwart-media-censorship|title=BBC Launches Tor Mirror Site To Thwart Media Censorship|last=Zialcita|first=Paolo|date=24 October 2019|access-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191025202723/https://www.npr.org/2019/10/24/773060596/bbc-launches-tor-mirror-site-to-thwart-media-censorship|archive-date=25 October 2019|publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24/20930085/bbc-news-dark-web-tor-the-onion-browser-secure-censorship|title=BBC News heads to the dark web with new Tor mirror|last=Porter|first=John|date=24 October 2019|work=[[The Verge]]|access-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191024133650/https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24/20930085/bbc-news-dark-web-tor-the-onion-browser-secure-censorship|archive-date=24 October 2019}}</ref>