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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…
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FactCheck: Why hasn’t “herd immunity” stopped Covid?
Modellers have said as much as one third of the UK population could still be susceptible to the Delta variant.
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Calls for new law to protect adults from sexual exploitation
Survivors of sexual exploitation have spoken out about their experiences of violence and abuse amid calls for a change in law to protect vulnerable adults.
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Everyone believes Trump ‘has gone off his rocker’, says author Michael Wolff
We spoke to Michael Wolff in his first UK interview on the book and I started by asking him why on earth Mr Trump allowed himself to be interviewed again in the wake of the capitol riots.
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FactCheck: Sunak claims Conservatives lowered income inequality before pandemic
The ONS says income inequality reached a 10-year high in the year before the crisis.
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Revealed: ExxonMobil’s lobbying war on climate change legislation
A senior ExxonMobil lobbyist has been captured on camera revealing how the oil giant is using its power and influence to water down US climate legislation.
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Autistic man wins payout over ‘horrific’ care he received from charity
The sister of a man with autism, who received a payout from his supported living provider after they were accused of neglect, has said there are “so many failings” across the “whole” care system.
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Hospitals told to brace for double wave of Covid and child infections
At the same time the third wave of severe Covid cases is likely to peak in hospitals, in early August, NHS leaders are also predicting a national wave of Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV infections.
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Cyril Ramaphosa: ‘Action needed now on vaccines for Africa’
South Africa’s president has said vaccines are “desperately needed now” as the country faces a third wave of coronavirus. In an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News, President Cyril Ramaphosa, the only African head of state at the G7 summit in Cornwall, said “much more” was needed from G7 leaders to tackle coronavirus. Mr Ramaphosa…
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Dying for Democracy in Myanmar – Unreported World
What started out as peaceful protests has turned into a brutal crackdown by the military.
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FactCheck: government publishes another 81 PPE contracts after legal deadline
A further 81 PPE contracts have come to light that breached the government’s own procurement rules.