Ciaran Jenkins , Data Correspondent and Presenter

We spoke to the former head of the prison service Phil Wheatley who’s had more than 50 years experience working in the prison system.

Prisons in England and Wales are so full that the government’s had to turn to police cells to house prisoners. We can reveal the cost is running into the millions. It’s called Operation Safeguard – an emergency scheme, allowing the Ministry of Justice to take over police cells and use them to lock up prisoners…

Dame Sarah Thornton was the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner from 2019 until last year. 

They’ve just won the World Cup, but Spain’s women’s football squad say they won’t play any more matches until their Football Federation president is removed. 

The five-nation BRICS group of major emerging economies has invited Iran, Saudi Arabia and four other countries to join its ranks – part of its plan to put voices of the Global South at the centre of the world agenda.

New figures released by the Home Office today show the backlog in processing asylum claims has reached the highest level since records began in 2010.

We spoke to Elena Whitham, Scottish Government Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy about the latest data on deaths due to drugs in Scotland. 

Ciaran spoke to former England player Lianne Sanderson… who won 50 caps during her career. He asked her how she’s feeling about England making it to the final.

Ciaran is joined by two students – Aruba Bibi, who’s just done her A levels, and T level student Jodie Powell, as well as Professor Mark Simpson, who’s Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Teesside.

Ciaran spoke to the education minister Robert Halfon a short time ago and asked him whether the huge drop in top grades in A-Levels in England was fair on students.

We spoke to Kaniela Ing, who used to represent Maui in the Hawaii state legislature, and now leads a climate change campaign group, the Green New Deal Network.

Well, it’s not just the UK. Rising prices have been causing problems for other developed economies too.

We spoke to Faye White, who formerly captained Arsenal and is England’s longest-serving female football skipper.

There’s worrying news for people who rent privately and for their landlords, too. 

As the government works out how to house asylum seekers – on land, at sea and abroad – what sort of progress are they making in processing the tens of thousands of applications in the system?