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Teen turns to anime drawing during lockdown to help her own and other’s mental health
One young artist from Wiltshire has created a comic, in a style partly influenced by Japanese anime, as a way to document the pandemic and encourage people to reach out and get advice if they need.


‘Delta variant is the most dangerous variant we have ever seen’, says Professor Ravi Gupta
We're joined now by Professor Ravi Gupta from Essex.  


Health Secretary Sajid Javid tests positive for Covid ahead of freedom day
The Health Secretary Sajid Javid took a test after feeling unwell. His positive result for Covid means that other ministers may have to isolate just as restrictions are being lifted in England on Monday and infections continue to rise. 


Police and CPS ‘blame culture’ in rape prosecutions, says report
A “blame culture” around conviction rates, too much caution in pursuing rapists and a disproportionate focus on the victims behaviour – these are the damning findings of a report by the watchdogs for the police and the Crown Prosecu...


Britain’s second homes ‘crisis’
Our home affairs correspondent Andy Davies has visited towns in Wales where some say that second home ownership is a threat to their very identity.


Boris Johnson outlines skeleton plans for ‘levelling up’
"Levelling up" is a phrase often used by the prime minister. Today in a speech in Coventry he took the opportunity to lay out the skeleton of what that means. 


The garlic-fed cows combating global warming
A report published today on a plan for a national food strategy did not just deal with what we eat, but also how we produce it in a sustainable way.


Barriers preventing undocumented migrants from accessing Covid vaccines should be removed, GP says
I spoke with Dr Krishna Kasaraneni of the BMA's GP committee. I began by asking him his reaction to the findings.


GP surgeries wrongfully rejecting undocumented migrants, leaving many unable to get Covid jab
People without the right paperwork  are struggling to access Covid vaccines because they are wrongfully being turned away from GP surgeries.


NHS may be unable to cope with expected rise in winter viruses, report says
A report out today says the NHS may be unable to cope with the rise in winter viruses that's expected.


Debate: Do we need a sugar and salt tax?
We spoke to the co-founder of Leon restaurants and lead author of the National Food Strategy, Henry Dimbleby, and Green MP Caroline Lucas.


PM distances himself from key recommendation in healthy eating report
Years in the making but with key solutions seemingly ruled out by the Prime Minister within hours of publication. Will the National Food Strategy ever be put into practice?


Most Covid restrictions in Wales likely to end on 7 August
In Wales, it was announced that most Covid restrictions are likely to be lifted on August 7.


Zero-pollution refrigerated truck trailers trialled to cut diesel use
The government has announced that the sale of new diesel lorries is to be banned from 2040, as part of its transport decarbonisation plan.


‘A hellishly difficult problem’ to solve prosecutions relating to the Troubles, says negotiator in Northern Ireland peace process
Jonathan Powell was chief of staff to Tony Blair in Downing Street and was intimately involved in the Northern Ireland peace process.



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