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Sunak unveils new job support scheme
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a multi-billion pound package of financial support to help workers and firms struggling to stay open despite the coronavirus restrictions.
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Revealed: Trump’s 2016 campaign wanted 40% of Black voters in Florida not to vote
Channel 4 News can reveal how 40% of Black people in Florida were classified as ‘Deterrence’ by Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
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Series 6, Episode 9: Olivette Otele
Olivette Otele is an historian who is currently Professor of History of Slavery at Bristol University and Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society. She is the first black female history professor in the UK.
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Labour MP tells government ‘there will be a cost to not acting sooner’ on Covid job support
We spoke to Lucy Powell, the Labour MP for Manchester Central and began by asking her what she thought of the new financial package to support jobs.
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Conservative MP says providing financial support for different UK cities is “not one size fits all”
We are joined by Conservative MP David Simmonds.
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Republican activist defends Trump’s 2016 election strategy
Sean P. Jackson is a Republican activist in South Florida who has previously worked with the Trump campaign.
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Miami Herald reporter says Black community in US ‘hardest hit’ by Covid and want a change
We’re joined by Isaiah Smalls, a reporter from the Miami Herald who covers race and culture.
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Third time lucky for presidential debate – with microphones turned off
Their first presidential debate was a food fight. Their second debate didn’t happen because President Trump was diagnosed with Covid.
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Test-and-trace system still struggling, as deaths rise
In the last 24 hours there have been a further 21,242 new coronavirus cases across the UK. Another 189 deaths have been reported, taking the total to 44,347.
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Police investigating care home deaths in Scotland
Channel 4 News can reveal that a major police investigation into care home deaths is up and running in Scotland, with officers beginning to gather evidence on all notified care home deaths.
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‘Seismic shift’ needed to manage flood risk in Wales
February’s storms battered Wales with the most severe and widespread flooding for 40 years.
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Covid: Was there a North-South divide in England?
Figures show that the proportion of deaths in the north of England were 14 per cent higher than the south between March and July.
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South Yorkshire to move into highest Covid alert level on Saturday
South Yorkshire has become the latest area of England to be put into the highest Covid alert level – Tier 3.
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UK government borrowed £36bn in September
We learned today about the startling level of borrowing that the British government is engaging in at the moment.
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Pubs in central Scotland to remain closed as Covid restrictions extended
Nicola Sturgeon has extended Scotland’s 16 days of restrictions for one more week, meaning pubs and restaurants in the central belt of Scotland will remain closed.
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I know for a fact that male DJs were paid more than me’ – Faithless’ Sister Bliss
Faithless played in front of tens of thousands of fans, selling more than 15 million records.
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Democrat US congresswoman: If we lose Florida ‘it’s because we didn’t get our voters out’
We spoke to Florida Congresswoman Donna Shalala, who was also transport secretary in the Clinton administration.
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How the Trump campaign is targeting Hispanic voters
Voters are being bombarded with messages again – some official – but much of it misinformation and fake news. The Democrats are so concerned they’ve asked the FBI to investigate.
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Trump and Biden clash on race and Covid in final presidential debate before US election
Did the Nashville debate change any minds in the trench warfare of this campaign, in which 52 million Americans have already voted?
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Chair of Independent Sage group: ‘We must have a lockdown as soon as possible’
We were joined by Sir David King, who was chief scientific advisor to the government until 2008 and chairs the independent Sage group.
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Scotland’s to enter five-tier Covid alert level system
Much of Scotland is already under a high level of restrictions which have forced restaurants and bars to close.
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Wales starts 17-day ‘firebreak’ lockdown
All non-essential shops, hospitality and leisure venues are closed.
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Nottingham hospital trust warns of Covid surge as city considers tighter restrictions
Latest figures show Nottingham now has the fifth highest infection rate in England.
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Councils promise free school meals after footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign
Conservative MPs voted down a Labour move to extend the voucher scheme this week.
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Series 6, Episode 10: Alicia Garza
Alicia Garza has been campaigning since she was 12 years old. It’s no surprise then, that when she posted a “love letter to Black people” on Facebook in 2013, it sparked one of the biggest racial justice movements in history – Black Lives Matter. Now the principal of the Black Futures Lab, Alicia has just…
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Nigerian security forces ‘open fire’ on protesters in Lagos
Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, has had a round-the-clock police curfew after demonstrators came under fire from security forces last night.
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MPs vote against proposal to extend free school meals over the holidays
We have been to Birmingham to speak to families who are worried about feeding their children during next week’s school holiday.
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Tory MP Damian Green: ‘We are all in this together’
We spoke to Conservative MP Damian Green.
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Is social media fuelling risky cosmetic surgery and body dysmorphia?
As more and more young people turn to social media as a way of making money in an uncertain world, health experts have warned of a rise in body dysmorphia and cosmetic surgery.
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Will lockdown divisions lead to calls for more devolution?
We spoke to Jill Rutter, who is a constitutional expert from the Institute of Government, and began by asking if she thought this was an important political moment.
