BBC News Online

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BBC News Online

BBC News Online in February 2024
Type of site	News
Available in	32 languages[1]
Owner	BBC
URL	www.bbc.co.uk/news/ www.bbc.com/news/
Advertising	When accessed outside the UK[2]
Commercial	No
Registration	Required for some services
Launched	4 November 1997; 26 years ago (1997-11-04)
Current status	Online

BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. It is one of the most popular news websites,^[3] with 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021,^[4] as well as being used by 60% of the UK's internet users for news.^[5]

The website contains international news coverage, as well as British, entertainment, science, and political news. Many reports are accompanied by audio and video from the BBC's television and radio news services, while the latest TV and radio bulletins are also available to view or listen to on the site together with other current affairs programmes.

BBC News Online is closely linked to its sister department website, that of BBC Sport. Both sites follow similar layout and content options and respective journalists work alongside each other. Location information provided by users is also shared with the website of BBC Weather to provide local content.

From 1998 to 2001 the site was named best news website at the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards when the award category was withdrawn. It has previously won both the Judges' award and the People's Voice award for best news site at the annual Webby Awards.^[6]