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UK strikes: half a million workers demand ‘fair pay’
Up to half a million striking workers made today the biggest mass action in the UK since 2011.
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Teacher strikes ‘disappointing’ as education recovers from pandemic, says Government
We speak with the Education Secretary Gillian Keegan about the crucial issue of a lack of teachers.
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‘Welcome back to 1926’ says Leeds lecturer on the picket line
The industrial action brought disruption to towns and cities across the UK.
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‘Many ways to resolve pay dispute’, says National Education Union Joint General-Secretary
We spoke to Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union.
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Labour demands investigation into Probation Service risk rating ‘failure’
Labour has demanded an independent investigation into claims that Probation staff are under “pressure” to lower the risk rating of offenders following an exclusive report on our programme.
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Iran protests: fleeing women reveal regime sexual abuse
Woman, Life, Freedom – the chant behind Iran’s unprecedented months of protest.
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Tyre Nichols’ brutal death reignites racial justice and police reform debate in US
The brutal beating of Tyre Nichols has reignited a debate of racial justice and police reform, Memphis, Tennessee, has a dark history when it comes to racial violence.
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Tyre Nichols death reveals ‘lingering white nationalist ideology,’ says racial justice attorney
We were joined from New Jersey by Lurie Daniel Favors.
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‘I don’t know who’s to blame but it’s definitely not the lecturers’ say students in Leeds
We were joined by some of the students who’ve been affected by strikes of teachers and university workers.
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Rare rainforests in Devon will be restored after huge charity donation
Today sees one of the biggest ever corporate donations for nature – allowing the UK network of Wildlife Trusts to restore one of the rarest types of rainforest on the planet. In Devon.
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Government’s official advisors say ‘lack of leadership’ has left UK unprepared for climate change
The Climate Change Committee says that around £10 billion a year of “essential” new investment is needed — but that “adaptation in the UK remains chronically underfunded and overlooked”.
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The curious case of congressman George Santos – and his almost entirely fictional life story
In last November’s US midterm elections, voters sent to Congress a man whose grandparents had fled the holocaust – who’d studied at some of New York’s most prestigious schools – and gone onto a career in banking.
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Key witness found in search for missing dog walker
The family of a woman who disappeared while walking her dog say her two young daughters are “desperate to have their mummy back home”.
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Almost half of young people expect sex to involve physical aggression, says new pornography report
Almost half of young people expect sex to involve physical aggression, according to a new report on pornography.
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Police chiefs offer ‘profound apology’ for Hillsborough disaster
Police chiefs have offered a “profound apology” to the families of the 97 football fans who died as a result of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.
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UK braces for Wednesday’s widespread strike action
In a season of strikes, tomorrow stands out.
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UK failing to seize opportunities to grow economy, says shadow chancellor
The Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, joins us from Central Lobby in the Houses of Parliament.
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IMF forecasts ‘aren’t worth the paper they’re written on’, says Jacob Rees-Mogg
We spoke to Jacob Rees-Mogg, who was Business Secretary last year during Liz Truss’s time as Prime Minister, and asked him what he thinks of the IMF’s predictions for the UK.
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The IMF projections explained
Our economics reporter, Neil Macdonald, crunches the IMF’s updated economic projections.
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UK economy to do ‘worse than Russia’, warns IMF on Brexit anniversary
The UK is on course to be the world’s worst-performing major economy this year, according to updated predictions from the International Monetary Fund – which puts at least part of the blame on higher taxes and interest rates.
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The probation service is ‘a broken system’, says former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England
We’re joined by Nazir Afzal, the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England.
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Exclusive: Probation officers ‘under pressure to lower risk rating of offenders’, whistleblower tells Channel 4 News
Serious offenders released into the community enter a legal grey area.
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Grenfell fire: Housing developers must replace unsafe cladding or face ban
The government has issued an ultimatum to the construction industry – you’ve got six weeks to replace unsafe cladding or be banned from building until you do.
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Peru unrest: the people who have taken to the streets to topple the government
Peru has been wracked by violent street protests against the president for almost two months, after her left-wing predecessor was unseated and arrested.
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Jerusalem conflict: US Secretary of State calls on both sides to honour ‘the vision of two states’
In Jerusalem, another Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli security forces, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken touched down in the country.
