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The true impact of Covid on children’s mental health
Their lives at school and home have been turned upside down. Children and teenagers across the country have been struggling with mental health issues as they try to adapt to uncertain and often frightening times. A leading mental health hospital has told Channel 4 News that it has seen a big increase in the number…
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Universities under pressure to give overseas students access to hardship funds
Often their parents are unable to support them, forcing many to queue outside food banks just to get by.
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The international students struggling to feed themselves in lockdown
We’ve discovered Covid has left huge numbers of them queueing up for food banks, crammed into terrible accommodation, trying to study online while sharing rooms with four or five others and feeling totally abandoned by their universities.
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Meet the Trump supporters with no regrets about the Capitol insurrection
They believe Donald Trump is the saviour of the American way of life and only he alone can take on the Democrats and the political and corporate establishment.
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FactCheck Q&A: why are we delaying second dose of Covid vaccine?
The World Health Organization has said it does not recommend the approach Britain is taking in vaccinating large numbers of people against coronavirus. Should we be worried?
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From kitchen discos to cooking for charity – how people spread hope in 2020
Now you don’t need us to tell you, 2020 has been a bit of a miserable year to say the least – and frankly, this programme has often been a bit grim too. But tonight we’ll try to cheer you up with some hope, inspiration and people who have gone out of their way to…
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Inventor claims to have made world’s first zero plastic bottle
From getting a third-class degree in chemistry, to inventing what could be the world’s first zero-plastics bottle – it’s been quite a journey for James Longcroft.
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Migrants making treacherous journey to Canary Islands – on small fishing boats
Thousands of people from North and West Africa are travelling to the Canary Islands by sea on small fishing boats.
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Care home residents no longer first in line for Covid vaccine
The UK government has begun rolling out rapid testing for care home visitors in England
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Are politicians doing enough for Britain’s poorest people? ‘It’s not ok to leave that to charity’
Dame Louise Casey led the scheme to arrange temporary accommodation for thousands of rough sleepers at the start of the pandemic. Now, with most of the country likely to face Covid restrictions for many more months, she says the government must “resurrect a sense of kindness and giving” to help people struggling in the “tough…
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FactCheck Q&A: how safe is the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine?
The coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University is under scrutiny after the makers admitted an error had led to different groups getting different doses in clinical trials.
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FactCheck: did Johnson meeting with Covid MP follow government guidance?
Government guidance says ‘only absolutely necessary participants should physically attend meetings’.
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Vulnerable children ‘betrayed by the state’ says report
The Children’s Commissioner for England says that thousands of vulnerable children are being “betrayed by the state” in sometimes dirty, dangerous care homes. Anne Longfield has published a trio of reports today, accusing the government of “deep-rooted institutional ambivalence” towards children in care, who she says are too often “dumped” in areas they have never…
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FactCheck: could Trump try to declare victory before the count is over?
Mr Trump has made repeated complaints about the role postal ballots are likely to play in this election, saying: “I think it’s a terrible thing when ballots can be collected after an election.”
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FactCheck: Corbyn’s claim that Labour antisemitism numbers are ‘exaggerated’
The former party leader said just 0.3 per cent of members had a case against them.