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Raised in care, a victim of abuse and racism, author Alex Wheatle was only a teenager when he got sent to prison for taking part in the Brixton riots.

We were joined by the former cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg.

We spoke to the Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.

The Tories have reached Manchester for their party conference although it’s far from clear if High Speed Rail ever will.

We spoke to Anne Clarke, who is chair of the London Assembly’s fire, resilience and emergency planning committee.

Fire chiefs in London have warned people not to charge their e-scooter or e-bike while they are asleep, and to only use the correct charger, after a man was left with life-changing burns when he tried to tackle an e-bike fire. Across the country, authorities are becoming increasingly concerned about the dangers of these blazes…

Claudette Johnson is one of the founding members of the Black British Arts Movement formed in the 1980’s, and is best known for her large scale portraits of Black people. 

Earlier we spoke to Giles Wilkes, who was economic adviser to Theresa May, and James Cowling, founder of Next Gen Tories, which campaigns for youth-friendly policies – including lower taxes.

Rishi Sunak is desperate to move away from questions about whether HS2 will be scrapped or foreshortened. His answer, it seems, sounds like a culture war on behalf of embattled motorists. 

It’s an accolade that Rishi Sunak’s government would rather not have been awarded. The Institute of Fiscal studies has said that it will have presided over the biggest set of tax rises since the Second World War. 

A bus driver and a 14-year-old schoolgirl have died in a motorway crash involving a school coach near Hooton in Cheshire. 

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.

Elianne Andam was the 15th teenage victim of homicide in London so far this year.

AI is going to take our jobs – that’s a worry for people around the world, and even more so since powerful tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney and Bard have exploded into our workplaces.

The Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey has put the reform of NHS cancer treatment at the heart of his party’s appeal to voters.