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Half a million children drop below poverty line
The withdrawal of pandemic-era support combined with the soaring cost of living was always likely to drive up poverty and today there’s evidence that Britain’s children have begun to pay the price.
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‘The government can go further’ to reduce child poverty, says charity chief executive
We were joined by Joseph Howes, Chief Executive of the children’s charity Buttle UK and chair of the End Child Poverty Coalition.
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Philip Schofield denies grooming but extends ‘greatest’ apology to young colleague
His television journey has gone from the daytime sofa to the confessional couch.
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Boris Johnson sends WhatsApps to Covid inquiry bypassing government
Boris Johnson says he’s sent ‘all’ his unredacted WhatsApp messages from May 2021 directly to the Covid-19 Inquiry – after the government launched a judicial review to try and prevent their release.
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Government legal challenge against Covid inquiry ‘very disheartening’, virus victim’s son says
The point of the Covid inquiry is to examine decision-making during the pandemic and provide some degree of accountability for those who lost loved-ones.
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The migrants waiting for a new life feet from the US border
The Darien Gap is a treacherous stretch of jungle connecting South and Central America through which migrants must pass on their journey north towards the US border.
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New cancer test could ‘speed up diagnostic process’ if approved
A blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer.
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How President Erdogan redefined Turkey
Tomorrow Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will take the oath of office, tightening his grip on power, adding another five years to his twenty already in office.
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What now for politics in Northern Ireland?
Two weeks ago, Sinn Féin followed up their victory in last year’s Stormont elections with another historic first – becoming the largest party in Northern Ireland’s local government.
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Rupert Everett on voicing Noel Coward and media coverage of Phillip Schofield
After growing up poor in London, Noel Coward sailed to New York aged 20 with £17 in his pocket.
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FactCheck: did an AI drone ‘kill’ its imaginary human operator?
Did an AI drone ‘kill’ its imaginary human operator? FactCheck takes a look.
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Ai-Da: Robot artist and celebrity influencer on threat posed by AI
AI has been getting a tough press recently – what with key players saying it poses an existential threat to humanity.
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What life is like for migrants on US-Mexico border
The journey across the Darien Gap is dangerous, exhausting and dehumanising but once they are clear of the jungle migrants seeking a better life still have nearly 2,500 miles until they reach the border with the US.
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Darien Gap: Why this deadly migrant route is ‘hell on Earth’ (Dubbed)
We travelled the treacherous human trail to the United States called the Darien Gap.
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‘I feared I would get picked up and I would disappear’: Pakistan’s crackdown on pro-Imran Khan media
First the government in Pakistan went after Imran Khan, are they now going after the journalists covering the story?
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House prices fall at fastest rate since 2009, says Nationwide
There are more signs of a slowdown and volatility in the housing market.
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Sudan: 19 killed and more than 100 injured after shelling in Khartoum
Nineteen people have been killed and 106 injured after a market in Khartoum was shelled using heavy artillery, according to the Sudanese Doctors Trade Union.
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Man arrested after two young people died in the sea off Bournemouth beach
More details have emerged about the deaths of two young people in the sea off Bournemouth beach.
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An incomplete Covid Inquiry will create suspicion, says former UK Supreme Court justice
We spoke to Lord Saville of Newdigate, the former justice of the Supreme Court, who chaired the public inquiry into Bloody Sunday.
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Covid inquiry: Government seeks judicial review over order to hand over Johnson messages
Covid allowed the government to curtail our personal lives as never before.
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‘We need more migrants in London’ – Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan discusses the crisis of policing in London, the possibility of a Labour government in Downing Street and why the UK government should be allowing more migrants to move to London.
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Windrush 75: Passenger Alford Gardner on racism, scandal and life in UK
It’s been 75 years since The Empire Windrush sailed into Tilbury Docks bringing more than 800 people from the Caribbean – skilled young workers who’d answered the call for help to rebuild Britain after the war. But though invited, they were not always welcomed when they got here, often facing racism, struggling to find work…
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Women’s World Cup: Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses squad hit by injuries
Now, fresh from their victory at the Euros which captured the national imagination, the England lionesses are hoping to do it all again at this summer’s world cup.
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‘Not appropriate’ to threaten indigenous homes to mine clean tech minerals, says UK mining body founder
We spoke to Jeff Townsend, founder of the Critical Minerals Association, the UK industry body for mining and supply of these materials.
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Uncontacted rainforest tribe endangered by race for green tech
The developments in renewable energy and technology the world needs to tackle the climate crisis.
