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75 years of National Parks: Only 6% of land is in good health for nature
They’re supposed to be Britain’s most precious places, but as our national parks turn 75, there are warnings that many of them are, sadly, in crisis.
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‘The government is not doing enough in terms of climate policy to protect our right to life,’ says Swiss climate campaigner
We spoke to Elisabeth Stern, from the Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection – the group which pulled off the legal victory.
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Failure to tackle climate change is breach of human rights, says top European court
Today began with concerning climate news – the world just experienced its hottest March on record, according to new data from the EU.
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‘Robust policing plan’ for Champions League match after alleged Islamic State threats, Met police says
The Met police says it has a ‘robust policing plan’ in place for tonight’s Champions League match at Arsenal, after a media outlet supporting the Islamic State group published threats against a number of grounds in Europe hosting games this week.
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Glen Rosa Ferry: 3,000 ton ship finally takes off six years behind schedule
There were scenes of jubilation on the banks of the Clyde today, as 3,000 tonnes-worth of ferry finally took to the water, albeit six years behind schedule and an estimated four times over budget.
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Will Labour bring back Sure Start under the Shadow Chancellor’s new plans?
The Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves was left with a multi-billion pound black hole in her spending plans when the government adopted some of the revenue-raising policies she was planning to bring in – should Labour win the next election.
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Cameron meeting Trump ‘highlights the urgency of the situation in Ukraine’, says former US ambassador to Nato
We were joined by Kurt Volker – a former US ambassador to NATO and Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, who was a diplomat at the US State Department from 2016 to 2023.
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Britain won’t stop selling arms to Israel, says Lord Cameron
With Ukraine under the cosh, a devastating war in Gaza and the present world order fraying at the seams, there was much for the Foreign Secretary to discuss with his US counterpart Antony Blinken on a visit to Washington today.
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25-year-old man arrested after mother stabbed to death in Bradford city
Police say they’ve arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion of murder following the death of Kulsuma Akter, the mother who was stabbed to death while pushing her baby in a pram on Saturday.
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Post Office: ‘To get justice, we need to get some of these people in court’,says Labour MP
We were joined by Labour MP, Kevan Jones.
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Post Office Inquiry: Alan Bates delivers brutal assessment of bosses
Today was the moment for the real Alan Bates to stand up, as he was sworn in at the Horizon inquiry, delivering a brutal assessment of the Post Office bosses who hounded him and his colleagues, then tried to cover it up.
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Millions watch solar eclipse across North America
The best view of today’s solar eclipse is along the so-called ‘path of totality’ in North America, along which millions today flocked to see the sun blocked out for around four-and-a-half minutes.
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Star of Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black on impact of paparazzi
We spoke to the film’s director Sam Taylor-Johnson, and Marisa Abela – who stars as Winehouse.
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Mozambique ferry disaster: At least 94 dead and 26 missing
At least 94 people have died after a ferry capsized off Mozambique’s northern coast, according to officials there – with ‘many children’ said to be among the victims.
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‘Most information from Russian is propaganda’, Ukrainian MP says after Zaporizhzhia power plant claims
We spoke to the Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko, and asked her about Russia’s claims that the attacks on Zaporizhzhia were carried out by Ukraine.