Germany’s justice minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, has written to Whitehall amid concerns over the scale of the UK’s domestic spying programme. Katie Razzall reports.
He’s considered a giant of modern literature and now novelist Jonathan Franzen is taking his fight to protect rare migratory birds to Europe.
As a film about the life of famous Indian poet Salma is shown at the Sheffield Documentary Festival, she tells Katie Razzall about her strict Muslim family who kept her locked up for years on end.
Every year, the Bilderberg Group brings together the world’s most influential people to discuss issues of importance to Europe and North America. This year they are meeting in Watford.
More than a decade since his best-selling debut, Khaled Hosseini publishes a new book about his homeland, Afghanistan. Channel 4 News meets him in New York for his only British television interview.
More than a decade since his best-selling debut, Khaled Hosseini publishes a new book about his homeland, Afghanistan. Channel 4 News meets him in New York for his only British television interview.
A Labour MP argues that unemployment and economic downturn are helping spawn a generation of disaffected young men who are increasingly drawn to homophobia, machismo and misogyny.
Druid leader King Arthur Pendragon’s second legal bid to get ancient bones found at Stonehenge reburied may have been unsuccessful, but he tells Katie Razzall he will fight on.
Two mothers, both of whose 17-year-old sons committed suicide after being detained by the police, wept in court today as a judge ruled the treatment of 17-year-olds in police custody is unlawful.
Katie Razzall reports from the former mining community of Goldthorpe in South Yorkshire, where residents held a party to emphasise their opposition to Baroness Thatcher’s legacy.
The government’s plans to reform disability benefits will penalise deaf children, according to a leading charity.
Birmingham’s gang war made headlines when Charlene Ellis and Latisha Shakespeare were killed in a drive-by shooting. A new film, One Mile Away, looks at efforts to end the gang feuding in the city.
Five disabled people are challenging a plan to change the way their care is funded by the government, arguing it undermines the state’s duty to promote independent living for the disabled.
As the high court hears a challenge against the rule that 17-year-olds are treated like adults in police custody, the Lawtons talk about their son Joe, who committed suicide after he was arrested.
A new play on the financial crisis – and the Occupy movement it provoked – warns If You Don’t Let Us Dream, We Won’t Let You Sleep and asks what it really means to be political.