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Are Labour and Tories in election mode? | The Political Fourcast
A pledge card or a culture war? Krishnan Guru-Murthy discusses election strategies with Conservative Equalities Committee Chair Caroline Nokes and former Labour Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw.
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Boy with profound learning disabilities reaches out of court settlement after abuse in residential school
A boy with profound learning disabilities has reached an out of court settlement after he was abused in a residential school in Bristol.
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India election: Modi rivals hit by string of raids and arrests
India is more than halfway through its marathon six week-long general election, which is due to end on June 1st.
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Can UK’s abandoned mines be used to build a greener future?
It powered the industrial revolution and heated millions of homes – but coal has also fuelled the climate crisis – while also leaving behind a vast network of flooded, unused mines.
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Sycamore Gap: Man pleads not guilty to felling iconic tree
Two men have appeared in court over the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, next to Hadrian’s Wall in rural Northumberland – with damage estimated at £620,000.
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‘Child poverty has not fallen since Tories came in’, says Gordon Brown
Labour’s last prime minister, Gordon Brown, has warned that food banks are increasingly taking over from the welfare state and called for urgent action by the current government.
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The reality of UK child poverty explained
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says millions of British children have only known life in poverty – and he’s called for a government rescue plan to help them.
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Gaza fighting intensifies as Palestinians mark Nakba anniversary
Fighting in Gaza has intensified again today, including in the southern city of Rafah, despite international calls for Israel to show restraint.
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Prisons ‘in such a bad situation’ says Justice Select Committee Chair
We spoke to Conservative MP and chair of the Justice Select Committee, Sir Bob Neill.
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Court appearances delayed as overcrowded prisons put in emergency measures
Prisons in England are now so full that people newly charged by the police are having their court appearances delayed because there might not be a cell available if they’re sent to jail awaiting trial.
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Slovakian PM shooting: ‘I’ve also faced many threats lately’, says opposition MP
We spoke to Vladimíra Marcinková, an opposition MP in the Slovak Parliament, and the Vice Chair of the Committee for European Affairs. She’s also a candidate in the upcoming European elections.
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Slovakia PM in life-threatening condition after shooting
With Slovakia’s prime minister’s life hanging in the balance – his political rivals and supporters have come together to denounce the assassination attempt – calling it an attack on Slovak democracy.
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‘I violated my moral compass working for Trump,’ former lawyer testifies
Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen has told a court that he made a hush money payment in an attempt to to influence the 2016 election on Mr Trump’s behalf.
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Working class creatives in film and TV at lowest level in decade
The old adage “it’s who you know not what you know” has always applied to the creative industries and despite attempts to change the image of a sector dominated by nepotism, and run by the upper middle class, this programme can reveal that less than 10% of film and TV workers are from working class backgrounds, the lowest in a decade.
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Israeli police investigating attack on Gaza aid convoy
Israeli police say they are investigating after a group of right wing settlers ransacked a convoy of aid trucks bound for Gaza.