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FactCheck: Patel’s incorrect claim about cash to tackle violence against women
The Home Secretary said she’d tripled funding compared to “any other two-year period”.
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Science Museum signed gagging clause with subsidiary of coal and energy giant Adani
Dozens more leading scientists have signed a joint letter saying they will no longer work with the Science Museum in London, over its financial links with an arm of energy and coal giant Adani.
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FactCheck: what’s happening with Covid vaccine boosters?
Scientists warn they may not be enough to stop further restrictions.
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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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Call for police to get mandatory neurodiversity training after officer assaulted young autistic boy in school
The family of an autistic child, who was assaulted by a police officer in school, have called for officers to receive mandatory training on how to deal with children with similar conditions.
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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.