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Kevin Spacey: TV’s future is on the web
The Oscar winning actor starring in the remake of the House of Cards calls for an increase in online streaming services such as Netflix so that people can “binge” on an entire television series.
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Are NHS patient records really anonymous?
NHS patient data is being sold to third parties for £1 a go. The records are supposed to be anonymous. But is there a risk you could be identified? FactCheck investigates.
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Does Britain have the military muscle to intervene in Syria?
With commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan and cuts in the defence budget that will take army numbers down to a 150-year low, could Britain intervene in Syria even if we wanted to?
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Detroit: bankrupt, but not without hope?
Detroit: the US city turned failed state, where even the priceless art collection could be up for sale. But there is hope too, with signs of new development and jobs – a contrast to talk of despair.
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Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years
US soldier Bradley Manning has been sentenced to 35 years in prison by a military judge after being convicted of the country’s biggest breach of classified data.
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Pros by any other name? Sport stars and extreme advertising
After tennis star Maria Sharapova considered changing her name during the US Open to promote her own brand of sweet, Channel 4 News examines other extraordinary sporting name changes.
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‘Get Shorty’ writer Elmore Leonard dies
Top-selling US crime author Elmore Leonard, best known for movie adaptations Jackie Brown and Get Shorty, has died aged 87.
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HS2 cost ‘will double to £80bn’
Twice the cost and disruptive to half a million people. Two blows to the government’s flagship High Speed 2 rail link between Birmingham and London.
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After the earthquake: Christchurch’s new cardboard cathedral
A revolutionary cardboard cathedral opens in Christchurch, New Zealand, as a temporary replacement for the neo-Gothic building destroyed in the 2011 earthquake.
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Labour’s Chris Bryant backtracks in Tesco and Next row
Labour’s Chris Bryant MP is forced to back down on claims about Tesco and Next. But Channel 4 News speaks to foreign Tesco workers who say he might just have had a point.
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Calling from the car does not cause crashes: new research
Talking on your phone while driving does not cause more car accidents, according to new research from LSE and and Carnegie Mellon University. But the UK Transport Department disagrees.
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Key questions: why Thames Water wants £29 more from you
Millions of households face paying an extra £29 as Britain’s biggest water company says it has endured a “tough time” financially.
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Is Qatar too hot for the World Cup?
As FA Chairman Greg Dyke says it is too “dangerous” to hold the World Cup in the Doha heat, Channel 4 News examines if the competition should be moved, and looks at the hottest sports on earth.
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Nightmare island where traffickers imprison Burma’s Rohingya
Beaten, imprisoned and sold into slavery – Channel 4 News reveals the fate of Burma’s Muslim Rohingya refugees, who flee conflict only to end up in the clutches of brutal human traffickers.
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Forget trust: Iran’s nuclear policy needs practicality
We should take two unequivocal things from the Iranian president’s press conference on Tuesday on the nuclear issue: engagement and urgency – and the West appears inclined to agree.