Kasia Sobocinska

Inside the Russian unit fighting for Ukraine

The Freedom of Russia Legion is a volunteer military unit made up of Russian citizens, who have been fighting alongside Ukrainian forces against their own country.

South Africa’s hijacked buildings

South African gangs are exploiting the housing crisis to take ‘rent’ from squatter tenants living in dangerous abandoned buildings.

On board the medical train evacuating patients from Ukraine’s front line

As Russia launched its invasion last year, the charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) worked with Ukrainian Railways, the national railway, to construct a medical train that is designed to evacuate patients from war zones to the relative safety of towns and cities in the west of the country.

Beirut: surviving the explosion

The massive blast that ripped the heart out of Lebanon’s capital in August may be the last straw for many businessmen worn down by decades of corruption and political infighting.

My fight for Nazanin’s freedom

Richard Ratcliffe is the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British dual national, who was serving a five-year prison sentence in Iran after being convicted of “plotting to topple the Iranian government”.

Britain’s collapsing coastline

Coastal erosion is occurring along 17 per cent of the UK coastline. The worst affected is the town of Happisburgh in Norfolk, predicted to lose the most land over the next 20 years.

drone: Paco Anselmi

Iran: life after the 1979 revolution

Since the revolution turned Iran into an Islamic republic, few voices other than the party line have been accepted in the public realm and exposed externally.

How ‘warm spaces’ keep Britons from freezing in the cost of living crisis

With the cost of living crisis creating soaring energy bills, ‘warm spaces’ are opening across the town of Gateshead, providing refuge for those who can’t afford to heat their homes.

drone & camera b: Federica De Caria

River of rubbish in the Balkans

Tons of garbage from illegal landfill sites clog the Balkans’ Drina river. The drifting waste eventually stops in Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

drone: Michael Clarke

How I survived coronavirus

Notes written by NHS staff help The Times’ Roger Boyes to piece together the ten days he spent on a ventilator in St Thomas’ hospital.

Holocaust survivor unites with her liberator’s children

A Holocaust survivor in London has been united with the children of one of her liberators after he was identified from words of hope written on a banknote.

Dundee’s drug crisis

A few hundred yards from its new museum, Dundee is grappling with the fallout from another V&A: valium and addiction.

A day in the life of a district nurse

Katherine Edwards is a district nurse for the NHS. The Times accompanied her for a day as she conducts home visits with her patients and explains the challenges of working in a stretched industry experiencing staff shortages.

director & producer: Federica De Caria

camera & editing: Kasia Sobocinska

Life as a doctor in a covid pandemic

The Times speaks to three NHS doctors about life on the hospital wards during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

My life as a trans minister

Alex Clare-Young is a transmasculine non-binary Minister in the United Reformed Church.

HS2| Behind the story

Living in Britain’s biggest building site.

co-producer: Yasmin Butt /drone: Sam Moore

How baking gave me hope

With its baskets of tantalising Orange Bakery looks every inch the kind of shop you wish would open on your high street. Except there’s a crucial difference — the proprietor is a 15-year-old girl.

How Covid-19 changed my Olympic career

Sunday August 9 2020 should have been the date of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics closing ceremony, but the Covid-19 pandemic forced the entire event to be postponed for a year.

Pet detective: Tackling the rise of dog theft in lockdown

Colin Butcher used to be a detective inspector at Surrey police, but for the past 20 years he has been recovering stolen and missing pets.

co-producer: Yasmin Butt