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Labour rules out capital gains tax on sale of homes | Election ‘24
Cathy Newman: Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he is categorically ruling out imposing capital gains tax on the sale of homes – calling any suggestion he might, a ‘desperate’ ploy by the Tories. It’s been a tough week for the Conservatives who were for the first time outstripped by Nigel Farage’s Reform party,…
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Princess Kate makes first public appearance since cancer diagnosis
Cathy Newman: The Princess of Wales has made her first public appearance since announcing she was receiving treatment for cancer. Catherine watched Trooping the Colour in honour of the King’s official birthday – who is also battling the disease. Ahead of the parade, she said in a statement she was making “good progress” but was…
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Home Secretary demands explanation after Surrey Police ram cow with vehicle
Cathy Newman: Home Secretary James Cleverly has called for an urgent explanation after a cow was injured when it was struck twice by a police vehicle in Surrey last night – in distressing footage that is being widely circulated online. Mr Cleverly said the incident was ‘unnecessarily heavy handed’. Officers were called to the Staines…
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Operation Black Vote: quarter of BAME adults not registered to vote in UK
With less than one week to go until registration closes, a quarter of black and other minority groups aren’t signed up. The campaign group Operation Black Vote are trying to encourage people to have their say, by identifying where their votes can make a difference.
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Debate: how should the arts be funded as Israel funding boycotts grow?
Barclays has become the latest big corporation to bow to pressure and cut ties with a string of UK music festivals. Artists had threatened to pull out due to the bank’s links to firms which supply weapons to Israel. This comes after the Scottish investment firm Baillie Gifford ended its support of various literary festivals…
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14-year-old girl and driver killed after school bus overturns on M53
A bus driver and a 14-year-old schoolgirl have died in a motorway crash involving a school coach near Hooton in Cheshire.
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What can be done to stop the epidemic of teen knife crime?
Earlier we spoke to Sayce Holmes-Lewis, a London Police Board Member and the founder of Mentivity, an organisation providing support for young people, schools, parents and carers. And also Dal Babu, former chief superintendent in the Metropolitan police.
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17-year-old charged with murder of Elianne Andam
Elianne Andam was the 15th teenage victim of homicide in London so far this year.
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Yanis Varoufakis on the death of capitalism, Starmer and the tyranny of big tech
Economist Yanis Varufakis tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy how the world is grappling with an entirely new economic system and therefore political power, and why Britain and the EU are “irrelevant” compared with the “fiefdoms” of US and Chinese tech firms, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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Actor Michael Gambon dies aged 82
In the 1960s, Michael Gambon started his career alongside Laurence Olivier as an original member of the Royal National Theatre.
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Ofcom investigates GB News show with Laurence Fox and Dan Wootton
The broadcasting regulator Ofcom has begun an investigation into Tuesday evening’s GB News programme in which actor turned activist Laurence Fox launched a sexist rant against a female journalist and the programme’s host Dan Wootton laughed along with him.
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UK exclusive: U2 on their Las Vegas show at new ‘Sphere’ concert venue
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But not this, not if rock giants U2, their opinions or their new concert venue are involved.
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Niger coup: What are the global implications of the military’s takeover?
West Africa is in the midst of a wave of military coups which have swept through the region playing havoc with many long-standing international relationships.
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UK’s iconic Sycamore Gap tree cut down by ‘vandals’
It was a beautiful tree that starred in many people’s lives and even a blockbuster movie. But this morning the ancient sycamore which graced the skyline in Northumberland’s National Park next to Hadrian’s Wall had been cut down. Why?
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Former IPCC commissioner says ‘racism’ fuelled criminal investigation against her by Met Police
Channel 4 News can reveal that the Metropolitan Police spent over one million pounds pursuing a criminal investigation against Jennifer Izekor, the former commissioner of the police watchdog, then called the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
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‘One death is one too many’, says Sadiq Khan after Croydon schoolgirl stabbing
Earlier Cathy spoke to London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan and began by asking for his reaction to Elianne’s death.
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15-year-old girl stabbed in Croydon named as Elianne Andam
Dozens of floral tributes, cards and candles have been placed near the scene of Elianne Andam’s death as her family said their hearts are broken.
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Environment debate: Are we doing enough to save our wildlife?
We’re joined by Chris Packham, presenter of a host of nature and wildlife programmes and a conservation and climate campaigner – and Lord Goldsmith, the Conservative peer and environmentalist.
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Companies investing in renewables must be able to ‘trust’ the Government, says Labour MP
Earlier we spoke to Labour MP, Peter Kyle who was recently appointed as Shadow Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary.
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Rosebank oil development part of ‘just’ transition to net zero, says Environment Secretary
We speak to Environment Secretary Therese Coffey to discuss what the government is doing to tackle the biodiversity crisis.
