Reforming Europe’s ‘broken’ fishing policy
Fisheries minister Richard Benyon talks tough – but will he act to boost jobs for fishermen or curb the influence of foreign owners?
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Diana Nyad becomes the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida unaided by a shark cage. The 64-year-old endurance swimmer tells a crowd of well-wishers: “You are never too old to chase your dreams.”
James “Whitey” Bulger, who ruled over Boston’s criminal underworld in the 1970s and 80s, is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty of murder and racketeering.
The Archbishop of Canterbury says he is “embarrassed” by the revelations that the Church of England helped to fund the payday lender Wonga.
Payday loan companies face a ban on advertising if they fail to reform, warns the new financial regulator, at a summit about the £2bn industry. But Channel 4 News hears an ad ban is not enough.
Fisheries minister Richard Benyon talks tough – but will he act to boost jobs for fishermen or curb the influence of foreign owners?
The Office of Fair Trading gives the payday lending industry 12 weeks to clean up its act or firms will have their licences removed.
Jack Klugman, the craggy-faced character actor best known for playing the coroner on the television show Quincy ME, and the messy sports writer in The Odd Couple, dies aged 90.
In austerity Britain one industry is thriving. The payday loans business has increased four fold this year, while more of their customers are struggling to pay back those loans.
It may attract the most attention of all the art prizes around. But aside from the unmade beds and piles of poo, does the Turner Prize signal success for the winner? Channel 4 News investigates.
Britain is to ban imports of ash in an attempt to prevent 80m ash trees being lost to a new and rare fungal disease that has already caused devastation in Europe.
The USA’s “mom-in-chief”, Michelle Obama, uses her maternal image to empathise with the pain of a nation.
Swimmer Mark Spitz set a new record at the Munich Olympics, winning seven gold medals. 18 years later, he was back in the pool bidding to make the US team for the 1992 Barcelona Games.
Partial results indicate Islamist candidate Mohammed Mursi will be pitted against Mubarak-era Ahmed Shafiq in the second round of the Egyptian presidential election.
A night out for two Welsh tourists in Australia proves to be wilder than they bargain for after it ends up with them fined by the courts for pinching a penguin and taking it home.
“Just get in the water Krishnan, quick!” yelled my co-presenter Juliet. “It looks like a Great White” I quivered, dipping my fins gingerly into the cold water. We jumped in and tried to swim towards the vast beast with its huge fin and open jaws. Juliet started to float off into the middle distance.