Fatima Manji

Health authorities are continuing to investigate cases of Strep A, after confirming that six children in England and Wales have died from the infection since September – an unusually high number. 

We’re joined by Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, Shadi Sadr.

The actor and director Sir Mark Rylance has lent his support to a new project, which helps young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to perform Shakespeare. The Intermission Youth theatre charity aims to make the Bard’s work relevant to modern-day life, exploring issues from the pandemic to Black Lives matter. They’re currently working on a new…

We spoke to Liam Collins – who was the founding director of the Modern War Institute at West Point and served as a defence advisor to Ukraine.

When Sultana Chowdhury gave birth in 1987, she needed a blood transfusion. The blood she was given was infected with Hepatitis C – and she became a victim of what’s described as one of the worst treatment disasters in the history of the NHS.

The Turkana people of northwest Kenya know all about loss and damage caused by global warming. 

We’re joined by Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Economist at the Confederation of British Industry, and Miatta Fahnbulleh – also an economist. She’s seeking selection as Labour’s parliamentary candidate in Camberwell and Peckham.

We spoke to Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves for her reaction to today’s statement.

We speak to Chris Hopson, NHS England’s Chief Strategy Officer.

As global leaders descend on Sharm-El-Sheik for COP 27, the family of a British Egyptian activist are appealing to them to speak out as they fear he may die in prison.

We were joined by Azadeh Pourzand, an Iranian Human Rights Researcher and Writer who has been following the protests in Iran.

Big celebrations will be taking place across the UK for the Hindu festival of Diwali – an auspicious moment, perhaps for the first Hindu, and the first British Asian to take over Britain’s top political job.

At least twelve people have been killed and more than 80 injured after a Russian attack on a residential neighbourhood in Zaporizhzhia, in south east Ukraine. 

For Lawand Amin, a deaf Iraqi boy, who fled to this country with his parents, Britain isn’t just a country of refuge – it’s the place where he has learned to communicate for the first time. 

The American woman accused of causing the death of Harry Dunn has appeared in court for the first time, ending his family’s three-year wait for a trial. Anne Sacoolas – who spoke via video link from the US – is facing a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. She allegedly collided with the 19-year-old…