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We spoke to two historians: Prof Amanda Vickery from Queen Mary University of London and James Holland.
We took a look at what the Duke’s legacy is likely to be with the historian, Prof Anna Whitelock, and James Holland, a writer of military history.
The investigation was led in the UK by the National Crime Agency – and its Director of Investigations Nikki Holland.
Greg Mulholland Chairman of the British Pub Confederation
London’s Heathrow airport has begun trialling special thermal scanners to test passengers’ temperature – as part of an effort to enable people to start flying again.
We speak to the historian James Holland – and the comedian Al Murray – who together present the weekly World War Two podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk
The UK’s aviation industry has announced plans to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. It says it will do so through cleaner biofuels and electric planes rather than reducing the number of flights.
Last month deforestation in the Amazon basin hit record levels. It results from the pro-farming policy being pursued by Brazil’s new President Jair Bolsonaro.
While fracking has only just begun in this country, the Dutch are waving goodbye to years of riches from gas extraction. Why? Because they can no longer stand the social and economic cost of hundreds of small earthquakes and thousands of properties damaged by the tremors gas extraction causes. The Dutch were told extraction was safe and…
The Grenfell tragedy is on a scale not seen for decades in the United Kingdom. It has exposed acute divisions in society, dangerous weaknesses in social housing, planning, and fire regulations, and a gaping lack of trust between some of the most vulnerable and the authorities charged with looking after them.
The Grenfell fire has brought into focus the bodies running much of Britain’s social housing – tenant management organisations, or TMOs. Kensington and Chelsea TMO, which ran Grenfell Tower and was responsible for its refurbishment, is the biggest in Britain, with nearly 10,000 properties and thousands of tenants. TMOs, especially Kensington and Chelsea, have been…
Gary Gibbon
There had been an armed truce in the Labour Party for most of this year and particularly enforced since the election was called. The Right of the Party (hard to know what the “centre” is these days – a hotly contested issue) were not attacking the leadership and toying with coming back for Jeremy Corbyn…
Macron’s French presidency win has been hailed as a victory against the “populist revolution”. FactCheck takes a closer look.
Gary Gibbon
The main agenda for today’s European Council meeting is a reminder of the many fronts on which the EU is threatened at the moment.
President François Hollande has marked the first anniversary of the terror attacks of 2015 by unveiling plaques commemorating the 130 victims. And the state of emergency imposed since then looks likely to be extended.