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Plymouth vicar says ‘life changed very quickly last night’ after five died in shooting
We spoke to Luke Pollard, the MP for the area, and Father Richard Silk, who’s been leading the effort to support people here.
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Mother dies after calling police seven times about abusive boyfriend
Daniela Espirito Santo died after her boyfriend assaulted her hours after he was released on bail for attacking her earlier in the day.
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Revisited: Sickle cell disease – do we take Black pain seriously?
Our Health and Social Care Producer talks about living with the condition, and about the shocking stories of medical racism where Black pain is not taken seriously.
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‘Disappointment would be the least I would describe it as’ – former SAS commander on Afghanistan
Boris Johnson has insisted that Britain is not abandoning its commitment to Afghanistan, while announcing that most British troops have already left the country.
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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: 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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‘This is a critical moment’ in Afghanistan campaign, says former head of the British Army
We spoke to General Sir Richard Dannatt, former head of the British Army.
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G7 summit’s most memorable moments
That’s it from the G7 summit in Cornwall. Will it go down in history as America’s big comeback – egging on the world’s richest democracies to do their bit against Covid, Climate change and China and thus save those very democracies from extinction? Or will it be remembered as the week when the host Boris…
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FactCheck Q&A: how much good will the G7 vaccine pledge do?
Campaigners have accused rich countries of doing too little, too late to stop the spread of the pandemic around the world.
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‘We’ve learnt that we need humility in the face of an infectious disease’ – Prof Devi Sridhar
Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, Devi Sridhar, and Richard Horton, the editor of the medical journal The Lancet, joined us.
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Anger as UK helps poorer countries fight Covid – by slashing other aid
Labour and Conservative MPs have criticised the government for including help for poorer countries battling Covid in its overseas aid budget – a decision that could lead to even deeper cuts in other areas than already expected.
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Boris Johnson ‘would be very wise’ to offer Ballymurphy apology says former head of British Army
We spoke to General Sir Richard Dannatt, who was head of the Army from 2006-2009 about the prospect of an amnesty for soldiers and civilians accused of historical crimes in Northern Ireland, and whether it’s time for the UK government to apologise for the Ballymurphy massacre, following today’s inquest findings.
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Injured whale stranded in River Thames put down
The young minke whale which got stranded in the River Thames, almost 100 miles from home, has now been put down by a vet.
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‘We could see the end of the pandemic by the middle of next year’ says vaccine group CEPI boss
Dr Hatchett forecast the scale of the pandemic way back in January 2020, and in March that year.
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Met police officer dismissed for hitting vulnerable teenage girl over 30 times with a baton
A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked after using what was described as “shocking” and “disproportionate” force against a vulnerable teenage girl.