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UK and EU hold last minute Brexit talks days before deadline
The same sticking points remain over issues like fishing rights and governance.
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Fierce clashes reignited between Armenia and Azerbaijan over disputed region
There have been fierce clashes on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan with at least one helicopter shot down.
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What will happen to rough sleepers when pandemic is over?
When every council in England was told to give rough sleepers a roof over their heads to protect them from the spread of Covid-19, it was welcomed.
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West Midlands becomes coronavirus hotspot
It’s emerged that the West Midlands is a Covid-19 hotspot.
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Coronavirus: Deaths jump above 600 in Italy – as country struggles with lockdown
It’s a lockdown in a European country of a type not seen since times of war.
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Iran warns they will ‘destroy’ aggressors after Trump pledges troops to Saudi Arabia
We will “destroy any aggressor” – that was the message from the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, after the US announced it would send hundreds more troops to the Gulf to support Saudi Arabia – a move the US Defence Secretary described as “defensive in nature” Saudi Arabia said it would take appropriate steps if…
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Port Talbot tops list of UK’s most polluted areas
It’s not just the big cities that suffer from air pollution – new data from the World Health Organisation has revealed that the steel town of Port Talbot is the most polluted place in the country. The WHO has a safety limit of 10 micrograms per cubic metre of fine particle emissions. In Port Talbot…
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Leeds’ West Indian population react to the Windrush scandal
As politicians argue over whether landing cards were destroyed and whether a hostile environment to immigrants was created, the question mark over peoples’ Britishness is affecting Caribbean communities across the country. Like Leeds, where there’s a sizeable West Indian population – and where almost everyone has a Windrush connection. Jane Deith reports on the impact the…
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Corbyn on Labour anti-Semitism row
Now the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has told this programme he accepts there is genuine concern about anti-semitism in the Labour party. However, he insisted he had put processes in place to deal with it immediately. Mr Corbyn also said that a Labour council candidate accused of sharing ‘question the Holocaust’ posts on Facebook had…
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Warrington bombing survivor on the day that changed her life forever
Exactly 25 years ago today, the Provisional IRA planted two bombs in Warrington, killing two young boys and injuring more than 50 people in a busy shopping area. The attack claimed the lives of 3-year-old Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry, who was 12. The youngest survivor was just 13 days old. Her pram was metres…
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Paedophile coach Barry Bennell jailed for 30 years
Paedophile football coach Barry Bennell has been jailed at Liverpool Crown Court for 30 years for abusing 12 young footballers he coached between 1979 and 1991. Half of the term will be served in custody, with the rest on licence, with an additional licence period of one year. The judge labelled him “the devil incarnate”…
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Hollywood women launch Time’s Up campaign
Hundreds of Hollywood writers, directors and actresses have launched a fighting fund to help American women sexually harassed at work take legal action. The Time’s Up campaign, backed by British stars including Emma Watson and Thandie Newton – is designed to help women in low paid industries who can’t afford to pay for their own…
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Over 9,000 homeless not going home for Christmas
More than nine thousand people won’t be ‘going home for Christmas’. Instead they’ll be waking up in cars and tents, or on buses and trains. The figure comes from the homeless charity Crisis, which says many people miss out on help because they are not spotted sleeping on the streets. Jane Deith has been to…
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More than 6000 Rohingya muslims killed in one month in Myanmar say MSF
The humanitarian agency Medecins Sans Frontieres says it believes more than 6,700 Rohingya muslims were killed in one month in a government crackdown in Myanmar. This is in stark contrast to figures from the Myanmar government which says that 400 people have been killed since August. Jane Deith’s report contains themes that some viewers may find…
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Plane kills two in emergency landing on beach near Lisbon
In Portugal a light plane has made an emergency landing on a packed beach near Lisbon, killing a man and an 8-year-old girl on the sand. Jane Deith reports