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Why is Taylor Swift the latest target of America’s right-wing anger and conspiracy?
She’s the world’s biggest pop icon, who’s dating an American football star, but Taylor Swift has suddenly become the focus of right wing conspiracy theorists – who’ve accused her of being a deep-state psy-op agent of the Pentagon, in league with her boyfriend to push Covid vaccines and get the Democrats back into power. If…
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How has England’s NHS fared under Conservative governments?
Let’s take a more in depth look with data from our FactCheck team, we’ve been finding out how England’s NHS has fared over the last twelve years.
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Government should declare ‘national health and care emergency’, says BMJ
The UK government should declare a “national health and care emergency” – according to the British Medical Journal, whose report into the future of the NHS says the entire service is facing an existential crisis.
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Is Labour watering down flagship £28bn green investment plan?
It’s time for the UK to embrace its bankers: that seems to be the idea behind Labour’s new plan for financial services.
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Post Office handling of compensation criticised as ‘medieval’ by Horizon Compensation Advisory Board
They’re supposed to be offering full and fair compensation to thousands of victims whose lives were turned upside down.
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‘One of the moments we will look back in history’: Iran expert on significance of US base attack in Jordan
We spoke to Negar Mortazavi, a leading expert on Iran and host of the Iran Podcast.
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No routine checks on goods between Britain and N Ireland under plans paving way for Stormont Assembly to resume
There will be no routine checks on goods crossing from Britain into Northern Ireland – under the new agreement between the Democratic Unionists and the UK government.
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WhatsApp deletions by Nicola Sturgeon ‘has hampered the UK Covid Inquiry’ says Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross
We spoke to the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Douglas Ross.
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Sturgeon wasn’t wrong to delete WhatsApp messages as all ‘appropriate info handed over’, says SNP’s Ian Blackford
We spoke to the former leader of the Scottish National Party in Westminster, Ian Blackford.
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Nicola Sturgeon regrets not locking down Scotland earlier and defends her record to UK Covid Inquiry
Nicola Sturgeon has said that regrets over some of the decisions she took during the pandemic will be with her as long as she lives – as she defended her government’s record to the UK Covid inquiry.
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Tom Odell on mental health and social media
The Brit award-winning musician Tom Odell’s best known song Another Love has racked up more than a billion streams – and formed the soundtrack to countless social media videos, including many about Russia’s war in Ukraine. Now the British singer songwriter’s released his new album – Black Friday.
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Musk claims ‘first human brain chip’ implanted – what does it mean for people with neurological conditions?
Imagine a brain implant which could help people who’ve lost the use of their limbs to control a computer keyboard using just the power of thought. Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink claims it’s successfully implanted a chip inside a human brain for the first time, adding that the patient is “recovering well”. The firm got permission…
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Conditions at Wetherby Young Offenders Institution condemned as inadequate
Almost 900 improvised weapons have been found in just one year, at a prison where youngsters aged 15 to 18 are being held. Along with the increasing drugs and illicit mobile phones – rising violence at Wetherby Young Offenders Institution is leaving staff struggling to cope. There are around 160 inmates at the West Yorkshire…
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‘Health service in Northern Ireland on a death spiral’, says Chair of BMA Northern Ireland
So what’s it been like to work in the public sector without a functioning government? We are joined by Dr Tom Black, who chairs the BMA Northern Ireland committee and Jaquie White, who’s head of the Ulster teachers union.
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Covid Inquiry: John Swinney admits he ‘manually’ deleted texts to Nicola Sturgeon
Ahead of Nicola Sturgeon’s appearance in front of the UK Covid inquiry tomorrow, her former deputy confirmed that he had manually deleted all text messages they exchanged during the pandemic. John Swinney said he’d been advised to take that approach – promising he would ”apologise unreservedly” if he had misunderstood government policy. We’ve been watching…