BBC: World News & Stories

Name: BBC: World News & Stories
Rating: 4.4 (3536 reviews)
Author: BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

Breaking News, Podcasts, Video

Free · In-App Purchases

3.5k Ratings
Age Rating

13+
Years
Chart

No. 23
News
Developer

BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
Language

EN
English
Size

109.9
MB

THE BBC APP: News, stories, audio, videos and live coverage from our trusted global network of journalists. BBC STORIES: The latest, breaking news headlines, articles, podcasts and videos, including coverage of world News, UK News, elections, BBC Verify, BBC In-Depth and more. Stories and videos covering business, technology, health, culture, arts, travel, Earth, and more. LIVE COVERAGE: Follow live news and live global sport updates. BBC RADIO: Listen live to BBC World Service and Radio 4 while using the BBC app or background audio when switching to another app. BBC PODCASTS: Listen to, save and follow on-demand podcasts such as The Global Story and World of Secrets. For offline listening, download episodes to your mobile device. Find current and past episodes from news, politics, culture, true, crime, history, science and sport. BBC VIDEOS: Watch BBC News videos, BBC Sport videos and video stories about climate, sustainability, science, health, technology, entertainment and history. BREAKING NEWS ALERTS: Turn on breaking news notifications from BBC News. MORE FEATURES: - Save articles, podcasts, and videos for later in app and on BBC.com - Watch videos and listen to audio over cellular and wifi - Share articles, stories, podcasts, and videos to social platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp, and send via SMS and email - Audio playback controls with sleep timer and live rewind - Increase your font size for improved readability - Dark mode available for a dark-background reading experience - Opt-in or opt-out of breaking news alerts ADDITIONAL INFO: If you choose to receive breaking news alerts, a unique identifier relating to your device will be stored by Airship on behalf of the BBC to provide you with the service. You can choose to unsubscribe from breaking news alerts from BBC in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen. Our data processor AppsFlyer collects information on behalf of the BBC for attribution and analysis purposes. You can opt out from AppsFlyer tracking by filling out their ‘Forget My Device’ form: https://www.appsflyer.com/optout The BBC will keep your information secure and not share it with anyone else in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy. To read BBC’s Privacy Policy go to https://www.bbc.com/pages/privacy-policy If you install this app you accept the BBC Terms of Use at https://www.bbc.com/pages/terms-of-use

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Ratings & Reviews

4.4

out of 5

3.5k Ratings

Return to main page cumbersome
09/07/2020
@9/!
After reading an article and one wants to return to the main page,instead of going back to the position on the page where one was before one navigated away, it goes back to the top of the list of news articles. It means one has to scroll down through all the news items again.
Return to main page cumbersome
09/07/2020
@9/!

After reading an article and one wants to return to the main page,instead of going back to the position on the page where one was before one navigated away, it goes back to the top of the list of news articles. It means one has to scroll down through all the news items again.
Obtrusive advertising style
02/11/2017
CPSZA
Really like this app and have done for years but I find its advertising style to be increasingly intrusive. Time consuming waits for adverts to play fully, or full page page ads have to be meticulously cancelled else one is rerouted to a website. I appreciate the role adverts play,but when they become irritating, irrelevant or intrusive both the app and the advertiser lose. I am now using the app less. If the advertising style improves I will gladly go back to 5 stars.
Obtrusive advertising style
02/11/2017
CPSZA

Really like this app and have done for years but I find its advertising style to be increasingly intrusive. Time consuming waits for adverts to play fully, or full page page ads have to be meticulously cancelled else one is rerouted to a website. I appreciate the role adverts play,but when they become irritating, irrelevant or intrusive both the app and the advertiser lose. I am now using the app less. If the advertising style improves I will gladly go back to 5 stars.
Fixed the crashing
05/05/2020
S1ggyb
Thank you for sorting out the crashing that used to occur every time I tried to read a longer article.
Fixed the crashing
05/05/2020
S1ggyb

Thank you for sorting out the crashing that used to occur every time I tried to read a longer article.
Advertising is breaking your app
16/08/2022
MarcM_555
I really like this app and have been using it for years. Lately though advertising appears over the news stories or suddenly the whole feed jumps down to fit an advert in it causing you to loose your place.I wanted to load a picture, but cannot..Please fix the advertising!
Advertising is breaking your app
16/08/2022
MarcM_555

I really like this app and have been using it for years. Lately though advertising appears over the news stories or suddenly the whole feed jumps down to fit an advert in it causing you to loose your place.I wanted to load a picture, but cannot..Please fix the advertising!

Performance updates and bug fixes.

Version 2026.5.0 22 Jun

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Accessibility

Information

Provider: BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
Size: 109.9 MB
Category: News
Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 13+

13+

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Infrequent
Realistic Violence
Profanity or Crude Humour
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Sexual Content or Nudity
Guns or Other Weapons

Contains
Advertising