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‘I wasn’t interested in doing comedy without a point of view’ – Comedian Nish Kumar
Nish Kumar on leaving The Mash Report, mental health and sexism in comedy.
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Saudi Newcastle takeover: shake-up or sportswashing?
Newcastle United’s Saudi Arabian backed takeover is being hailed by many fans in the city as a great moment the chance for the sleeping giant to finally reach the summit of the Premier League.
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FactCheck: business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng exaggerates UK offshore wind investment by £53bn
The true figure is less than half the amount he claimed.
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The new German government: continuity or change?
In today’s episode, our Europe editor Matt Frei explains the 2021 election results that saw the SPD emerge from the ashes of 2017 and Merkel’s party record their worst result since World War Two.
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No petrol, gas prices soaring: a new winter of discontent?
The government says this won’t be like the 1970s, but will it?
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FactCheck: confusion over Labour’s income tax position?
The Labour leader said ‘nothing is off the table’.
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Could ketamine be a cure for some mental health problems?
Could this clinic mark a shift in the way we view psychedelics? Or is it an expensive, under-researched and unproven experiment?
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FactCheck: Raab incorrectly claims scale of UK Afghan evacuation is unprecedented
There are several examples of much larger evacuations, even in UK history.
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FactCheck: Johnson claims latest Living Wage rise was highest on record
The prime minister spoke of a “jobs-first recovery” from the pandemic.
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Does UK government know how many Brits are still in Afghanistan?
It sounds like a simple question: how many British nationals, Afghan allies and other people eligible to come to the UK are still waiting to be evacuated from Afghanistan? With just days to go before the 31 August deadline and the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warning yesterday that “not everyone will get out” of the…
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FactCheck: Kwarteng incorrectly claims new policy will create 1,340 jobs
The business secretary seems to have contradicted his department’s press release.
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Tokyo Olympics: Best action often stuck behind paywall
Discovery’s £900 million rights deal allows the BBC to show just two live events at the same time.
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NHS on the brink. Part 2. Will our hospitals ever get ‘back to normal’?
In the second episode of our two-part series on the NHS in crisis, we ask whether hospitals in England are going to be cope in the weeks and months to come?
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Hospital security staff ‘abused’ vulnerable patients
Hospital security guards have been accused of abusing vulnerable patients after CCTV footage exclusively obtained by Channel 4 News shows an elderly man locked in a room for 11 hours without treatment, food or water.
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NHS on the brink. Part 1. Are GP surgeries close to breaking point?
In the first episode of our two-part series on the NHS in crisis, we look at primary care and the GP practices that are trying to get back to normal when normality still feels so out of reach.