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Police backlog of over 20,000 digital devices awaiting examination
Police forces have more than 20,000 digital devices waiting to be examined, a Channel 4 News investigation has revealed – raising fears over the impact of the backlog on the entire criminal justice system. A Freedom of Information request submitted to the 45 police forces across the UK found that a total of 21,022…
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Exclusive: Dyson faces legal action over ‘forced labour’ and exploitation
More than a dozen workers making products and components for Dyson are taking legal action against the company, alleging a string of labour abuses at a supplier in Malaysia, a Channel 4 News investigation can reveal.
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The circle of life is reaching its conclusion politically for Boris Johnson, says journalist Matthew d’Ancona
Before Boris Johnson became an MP – when he was editor of the Spectator – he commissioned an article inspired by the idea that the Lion King is a modern-day Hamlet. We spoke to the journalist he commissioned, Matthew d’Ancona and Pippa Crerar, the political editor of The Daily Mirror, who first broke the story about parties in Downing Street.
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FactCheck: has Johnson broken his promise to resettle 5,000 Afghans?
So far, just one family has been resettled under the scheme.
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FactCheck: could new Covid variant make vaccines less effective? Could it be worse than Delta?
There’s a lot we still don’t know.
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Government must ‘act now’ to bring down Covid cases, public health expert says
Is the UK going to have to change course on Covid in the face of rising cases, hospitalisations and deaths?
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FactCheck: Starmer claims Britain has worst Covid death toll in Europe
The claim doesn’t account for the size of each country’s population.
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Brexit ‘has played part’ in lorry driver shortages, says Reeves
Before the news of Andy McDonald’s resignation from the shadow cabinet, we spoke to Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, and began by asking how much she believed Brexit was to blame for the HGV driver shortage.
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High wholesale gas prices ‘will feed through ultimately to customers’ bills’, Ofgem CEO says
We spoke to Jonathan Brearley, chief executive of Ofgem, the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, and we asked if the energy market had allowed in too many unsustainable businesses which didn’t know what they were doing.
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Afghanistan: Women’s fears under Taliban rule
Talibs have now raised their flag over the presidential palace, heralding the dawn of a new era. And what that new reality means for Afghan women is now becoming clear.
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Emma Raducanu shows “opportunity is endless” for women in sport – Clare Balding
We spoke to broadcaster Clare Balding about last night’s match and we began by asking her to give a sense of the significance of Emma Raducanu’s victory.
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FactCheck: Johnson tax cut claim doesn’t add up
It looks like the true figure is 10.9 per cent, not 20 per cent.
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Delay to vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds ‘has a cost’, Prof Devi Sridhar warns
Covid cases in England have remained steady recently, but the start of the school year is being treated with caution. In Scotland, where pupils are already back, cases have surged.
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Offenders on probation not receiving help they need to tackle drug misuse, says watchdog
About half the people being supervised by the Probation Service in England and Wales have drug problems. But only 2 per cent of them are being referred for drug treatment. That’s according to a report from the Chief Inspector of Probation, who says the system lacks the focus and funding necessary to tackle the problem,…
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‘The Taliban have a good PR, but they haven’t changed’ – Afghan NGO executive
Pashtana Durrani runs the charity Learn in Kandahar which focuses on getting girls into education. She has moved location a number of times to keep safe as the Taliban have taken one region after another in Afghanistan. She spoke with Jon Snow about the heightened sense of fear felt by people in her community. ‘People…