Jackie Long , Social Affairs Editor and Presenter

A young woman has been jailed for eight and a half years after a court found she lied about being raped and trafficked by an Asian gang – and made false claims against a number of men. 

We spoke to junior doctor Dr Vassili Crispi.

Earlier we spoke to the Chinese American journalist Kaiser Quo and we began by asking him what we should read into what the Chinese Foreign Minister has been saying?

Political leaders from the North of England have called for increased investment in the region’s transport network, saying that it will help it to reach its economical potential. Tracy Brabin, the Labour mayor of West Yorkshire, was one of the speakers at the annual Transport for the North conference in Newcastle.  She began by giving…

Harriet Wistrich is a lawyer and director of the Centre for Women’s Justice.

We spoke to Figen Murray, whose son Martyn Hett was killed in the Manchester Arena attack, she campaigned for Martyn’s Law to help ensure better protection against terrorism in public places.

We spoke to Dr Samantha Newbery who leads the Terrorism and Security department at the University of Salford.

We spoke to Ireland’s Minister for European Affairs ‌Peter Burke.

We’re joined by Stuart Anderson, the Head of Public Affairs at Northern Ireland’s Chamber of Commerce.

The United Nations says it is working urgently to get more aid into northern Syria, where areas devastated by the earthquake have seen little help. Rebel-held towns like Jandaris – close to the Turkish border – have had to make do without any of the supplies, heavy machinery and international rescue teams that have been…

We spoke to Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, and asked him what he made of the violent protests in Knowsley, at a hotel hosting asylum seekers.

Fifteen people, including a teenager, have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder after hundreds of far-right protestors clashed with police outside a Merseyside hotel where asylum seekers were being housed. Witnesses said some in the crowd had thrown fireworks at officers and set fire to a police van, although no one was injured.

The majority of the Probation Service is currently working at excessive capacity, leaked internal figures obtained by Channel 4 News reveal, raising further fears that the service is struggling to cope.

We spoke with Ismail Alabdullah, from the Syrian White Helmets, in Northern Idlib.

Women with acute mental health conditions are being held in “terrible conditions” in a prison with scratched and “blood-splattered” walls, a watchdog has warned.