article 24 May 2013 UK
Woolwich attack: second suspect named
Woolwich attack: second suspect named

The second suspect in the fatal attack on a soldier in Woolwich is named locally as 22-year-old Michael Adebowale, Channel 4 News can reveal.

article 23 May 2013 UK
Woolwich attack: victim named as Drummer Lee Rigby
Woolwich attack: victim named as soldier Lee Rigby (picture: MoD)

A serving soldier murdered in broad daylight in Woolwich on Wednesday is named as Drummer Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old soldier who had served in Afghanistan.

article 23 May 2013 World, United States
Obama pledges limits to drone strikes in new terror policy
President Obama (getty)
by Felicity Spector

More transparency, stricter controls. President Obama promises to be more open about America's fight against terrorism - in an effort to regain his credibility in an increasingly dangerous world.

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post 24 May 2013
News Read more from Krishnan Guru-Murthy on Gurublog Death Row Teenagers in Yemen

This article was first written for The Independent in relation to Unreported World on Channel 4 at 7.30pm Friday May 24th or on 4OD

article 24 May 2013 UK
A debt counselling session (Getty)
Charity claims council tax changes are feeding bailiff boom

Soaring numbers of people struggle to cope with council tax benefit cuts are feeding fears of a "bailiff boom", a debt advice charity warns.

article 23 May 2013 UK
Kemi Ibrahim-Adeoti, former neighbour of Woolwich suspect Michael Adebolajo (ITN)
Woolwich suspect Michael Adebolajo a 'typical teenager'

Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo "was just a typical teenager" says a shocked neighbour who knew him when he was growing up in Essex.

video 23 May 2013 UK

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Does treatment of vulnerable witnesses need reformed?

After lawyers have criticised cases of young victims being aggressively cross examined in sex abuse trials, guidance on the way vulnerable witnesses should be treated in court is due to be published.

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Was Woolwich suspect radicalised by Anjem Choudary?

Radical cleric Anjem Choudary, Julie Siddiqi of the Islamic Society of Britain and extremism expert Douglas Murray debate how Woolwich suspect Michael Adebolajo was radicalised.

post 23 May 2013
News Read more on Faisal Islam's blog Japan: what happens when monetary medicine wears off?

Quantitative easing has been the emergency medicine keeping economies afloat, but does the fall of the Japanese stock market foreshadow what happens when it ends?

article 23 May 2013 UK
News
Woolwich eyewitness: suspects 'charged' at police car

As two men remain in hospital under police guard following an fatal attack on a man in south east London, an eyewitness describes the dramatic scenes to Channel 4 News.

article 23 May 2013 UK
Woolwich killings: David Cameron says the best way to defeat terrorism is to go about our normal lives
Woolwich attack: communities urged to 'stand together'

David Cameron has told the public the best way to tackle terrorism, in the wake of the brutal Woolwich attack on Wednesday, is to "stand together" and "go about our normal lives".

article 23 May 2013 UK
News
GP chief throws blame for A&E crisis back at Jeremy Hunt

A senior doctor attacks Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt for blaming GPs for exacerbating problems at overstretched accident and emergency departments.

article 23 May 2013 UK
Police arrest a man and a woman suspected of 'conspiracy to murder' following Woolwich attack (picture: Reuters)
Woolwich attack: Met police make two further arrests

A man and a woman are arrested by counter-terrorism police on charges of conspiracy to murder, following the death of Lee Rigby in a machete attack on Wednesday.

article 23 May 2013 UK
News
by Meabh Ritchie British Muslims fear backlash after spike in reported abuse

After EDL protesters gather in Woolwich and three mosques are attacked overnight, a helpline reports a rise in reports of anti-Muslim abuse amid fears of a backlash.

post 23 May 2013
Keme Nzerem is Sports Correspondent for Channel 4 News 'We will all stand together' - taking stock in Woolwich

As people in Woolwich come to terms with Wednesday's events, there is a determination among the locals that the bad guys won't win.

article 23 May 2013 Culture
bread and oil (getty)
by Felicity Spector Europe pours water on troubled oil

Restaurants will be allowed to serve customers bowls of olive oil to dip their bread into - as the EU ditches plans for stringent new rules amid a storm of protest.

post 23 May 2013
News Read more on FactCheck with Cathy Newman Tough on tax, but is it all talk? FactCheck

The government's promising it's cracking down on tax avoiders. Are their claims avoidance or evasion? FactCheck finds out.

article 23 May 2013 UK
Pictures of both suspects just after the Woolwich attack.
Woolwich attack: suspect known to banned Islamic group

The former leader of the banned Islamic group Al Muhajiroun says he knew one of the suspects, believed to be Michael Adebolajo, as security forces admit that both were on their radar.

article 23 May 2013 UK
Police search for April Jones in October 2012 (Getty)
Murder suspect Bridger denies hiding April Jones' body

The man accused of abducting and murdering April Jones tells a jury he put her body "somewhere where it has not been found" as he was asked about the search for the schoolgirl's body.

post 23 May 2013
News Read more on Liam's blog Will spring 2013 be the coldest in 30 years?

Early figures released by the Met Office suggest that spring (March, April and May) 2013 is on course to be the coldest spring in the UK since 1979.

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@Boyadee (the eyewitness all media outlets wanted to speak to yesterday about the Woolwich attack) has finally broken his silence to say that he doesn’t want to comment, because “the story is not about ME”:

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David Cameron visits Woolwich barracks following the murder of a soldier nearby on Tuesday. Read more on the story here

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Ed Miliband says groups such as the EDL will fail in their attempts to use the Woolwich attack to divide society. More on this story here

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A doctor who used a secret camera hidden in his watch to record himself abusing more than two dozen female patients has been jailed.

Dr Davinder Jeet Bains, 46, was sent to prison for 12 years at Swindon Crown Court after admitting charges.

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Case workers at Tell Mama tell Channel 4 News there has been a big increase in calls to report Islamaphobic attacks, “especially online”. More info to come.

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"Something like this will only make us stronger. We have lost a brave soldier."

David Cameron statement on Woolwich soldier death

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Scotland Yard confirms the man killed on Wednesday in Woolwich was a serving soldier and say the victim’s family have asked for his identity not be released at this stage.