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Residents campaign against road closures designed to lower traffic emissions
With high rates of pollution in many of our built-up areas, the government has been trying to encourage city-dwellers out of their cars and onto bikes.


‘It’s a slap in the face to bereaved families’ – Covid-19 bereaved families for justice’s Rivka Gottlieb
Rivka Gottlieb is part of the Covid-19 bereaved families for justice group.


Matt Hancock resigns as Tory MPs join calls for his resignation
Matt Hancock resigned from his job this evening - almost 48 hours after the publication of a picture of him kissing a close aide, in breach of his own covid rules.


Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigns
The Health Secretary  Matt Hancock has resigned.


UK government adds more countries to green list for travel
The UK government has confirmed that a handful more countries have been added to the green list for travel and there are plans for fully vaccinated Brits too.


More than two million people may have had long Covid, study suggests
More than two million people in England may have suffered some long-lasting symptoms after having coronavirus, a new study has concluded.


Batley and Spen by-election: Labour fights to hold off Tory challenge
Labour is fighting to hold off a challenge from the Conservatives in next week's Batley and Spen by-election.


Energy minister defends government record on climate change
I spoke to Anne-Marie Trevelyan - who's Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth, and asked her whether she thought we have a coherent enough plan to persuade the rest of the world to follow us at the COP summit in Glasgow.


Government advisors say UK failing to deliver climate change policies
Despite setting bold and ambitious targets on tackling climate change - the government's independent advisors say ministers have failed to come up with the policies to make them happen.


Brits should have the chance to go abroad, says Tory MP
We spoke to Conservative MP Huw Merriman who chairs the Commons Transport Committee, and began by asking for his reaction to the German proposal to make all UK visitors to EU countries quarantine for two weeks on arrival.


Germany calls for Europe to force Brits to quarantine as UK government opens travel
According to Boris Johnson, Britain's vaccination drive offers "the hope of travel this summer". But European countries aren't exactly rushing to let Brits in.


Stonehenge: How druids and witches are making sense of the pandemic
Not just the longest day of the year: the summer solstice is a time of special celebration for witches, druids and pagans.


Grenfell’s former manager quizzed at inquiry
The former manager of Grenfell Tower has been giving his first evidence to the second part of the inquiry into the tragedy which left 72 people dead.


The hidden victims of domestic violence – the women who take their own lives
They are the hidden victims of domestic violence, the women who take their own lives.


Travel industry workers protest over Covid rules
The government has defended its decision to delay the final lifting of England's lockdown, as new figures show more than 16,000 daily Covid cases were reported in the UK today.



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