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Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters clash with police as some MPs call for law change
Half of the UK's adult population has now received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine
What it means to have a sibling with Down’s Syndrome
From the beaches of Cornwall to the slums of Mumbai and the cityscapes of New York, brothers Nicholas and Alex Bourne embarked on a trip together to explore what it means to have a sibling with Down’s Syndrome.
UK breaks daily Covid jabs record as Johnson inoculated
The UK has managed to hand out the most Covid jabs yet in a single day.
Labour says Sturgeon should resign if she broke ministerial code
Labour has said that Nicola Sturgeon should resign if she's found to have breached the ministerial code.
‘I think it might help if we have more female police officers’, says Tory MP
We spoke to Pauline Latham, Conservative MP for Mid Derbyshire and a member of the joint committee on human rights.
‘Women don’t have faith in the police’ – Centre for Women’s Justice solicitor Dabaleena Dasgupta
We spoke to Debaleena Dasgupta, a solicitor at the Centre for Women’s Justice, and Nazir Afzal, the former crown prosecutor.
Rolan Adams’ family says police should not be given more powers
On the eve of the anniversary of his murder, Rolan's parents have been speaking exclusively to Channel 4 News about their son and their fight for justice
Shocking CCTV footage shows off-duty police officer violently assaulting woman
An off-duty police officer who admitted assaulting a woman as she walked home alone has been spared jail and handed a curfew, as well as being ordered to pay compensation and costs.
Abuse survivor Ian Ackley says FA has ‘moral’ responsibility to compensate victims
We spoke to Ian Ackley, who was abused by Barry Bennell between 1979 and 1983, and asked him what his response was to the review today.
Football child sexual abuse report accuses FA of ‘institutional failings’
An independent review into historic child sex abuse in English football clubs has found that the Football Association did not do enough to keep children safe because of “significant institutional failings”. The report, which looked into t...
The people confessing their lockdown secrets on anonymous postcards
Now, what’s your most closely guarded secret? A small stationery shop in London has been sending out blank postcards to anyone who asks for one. The condition: you send it back – anonymously – with a lockdown secret. Paul McNama...
Muslim groups boycott Prevent review over Shawcross role
Hundreds of Muslim groups are boycotting the review of the government’s anti-radicalisation ‘Prevent’ scheme, over concerns about its chairman William Shawcross, who’s been criticised over previous remarks he made about Islam....
Health Department reduced to ‘smoking ruin’ by Covid, says Cummings
Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, has told MPs that the Department of Health was reduced to a “smoking ruin” as it struggled during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic in England. Mr Cummings was in th...
‘It is not a vaccine war’ says French MEP Véronique Trillet-Lenoir
Véronique Trillet-Lenoir is a doctor and French MEP from President Macron’s party. She has been a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Anthony Browne is Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire, where Astr...
EU threatens to block vaccine exports to UK
The European Union has threatened to stop Covid vaccine exports to the UK unless the continent gets its “fair share”. Yet at the very moment that Europe complains that AstraZeneca has not kept its promises, 16 EU countries are not using the vacci...