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Over 30 Brits bid to become first physically disabled astronaut
More than 250 people have applied to a project which hopes to send a physically disabled person into space for the first time. Since it was launched earlier this year, 257 people have applied for the European Space Agency’s (Esa) “parastronaut feasibility project”, including 20 men and 11 women from the UK, Channel 4 News…
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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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FactCheck: Sturgeon childcare savings claim needs context
The Scottish government has recently expanded free childcare.
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FactCheck Q&A: Why are we vaccinating 16 and 17-year-olds?
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) updated its advice today after weighing the potential harms and benefits of offering the vaccine to 16 and 17-year-olds.
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FactCheck: What’s behind the vaccination slowdown?
The UK has some of the highest Covid-19 vaccination rates in the world. But the rate has slowed in recent months. Why?
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Revealed: North Sea oil company chief exec claims climate emergency is ‘fake’
The chief executive of a North Sea oil company has said the climate emergency is “fake” in now deleted tweets from his personal account, despite his company’s claims it is working towards a net zero carbon emissions target, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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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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FactCheck: Are Covid cases really falling?
It’s welcome news, though puzzling, as many scientists expected case numbers to rise following the gradual lifting of lockdown restrictions.
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Climate Crisis: John Kerry says next 100 days could ‘save many lives’ ahead of COP 26
The next 100 days could “save many lives [and] trillions of dollars”, the US special envoy for climate John Kerry said in an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News looking ahead to the COP 26 UN climate conference.
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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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The reality of British children in poverty: no beds to sleep in or clean clothes to wear
Exclusive. Britain’s leading children’s charities are warning that cuts to children’s services, which are having the greatest impact on the poorest, most vulnerable families, risk leaving a “damaging legacy”.
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Revealed: Facebook received millions for ads promoting fossil fuel
The fossil fuel industry has spent millions of dollars promoting gas on Facebook and paying influencers on Instagram to champion it, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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Revealed: Fossil fuel companies lobby UK government for gas ‘compromise’ ahead of COP26
Some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies have lobbied the UK government to support a gas “compromise” ahead of the COP26 UN conference, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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FactCheck: Youth services have seen big cuts over the last decade
The YMCA found that spending on youth services has been cut by 71 per cent in real terms since 2010/11 – or almost a billion pounds.
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ExxonMobil lobbying tactics ‘used against’ climate legislation are ‘shameful’, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says
We spoke to leading Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and began by asking for her reaction to our ExxonMobil revelations.