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How Team GB turned their Olympic fortunes around
In today’s episode, our sports reporter Jordan Jarrett-Bryan takes us not just through the events in Tokyo but the revolutionary changes of the National Lottery and UK Sport in the 1990s that has paved the way to Team GB’s success.


‘We can walk forward with confidence with new insurance scheme’, says Parklife festival co-founder
A £750 million pound insurance scheme to back live events has been announced by the government.


Young mother who left her daughter to starve to death is jailed for nine years
A teenage mother who left her toddler daughter to starve to death has been jailed for nine years.


No 10 defends PM’s decision not to isolate after staffer tests positive for Covid
Downing Street is tonight defending the prime minister's decision not to self-isolate, despite one of his staff members testing positive for coronavirus during a visit to Scotland.


‘Families shouldn’t have to pick between feeding their kids and heating their homes’, says Labour MP
The Labour MP Darren Jones chairs the Energy Select Committee, and Dale Vince founded the renewable energy company, Ecotricity.


Millions of households face rises in energy bills of at least £139
Today's announcement that energy bills are to rise, again, is difficult news for families already worried about their finances as autumn approaches. 


Young Muslims speak out about mental health impact of lockdown
Young Muslims have spoken out about the impact lockdowns have had on their mental health in a bid to break social taboos surrounding the issue which they say exists in their community. 


Revisited: Northern Ireland two-part special
What would it mean to be a Unionist, if the Union no longer exists?


Apsana Begum on legal battle which laid bare her life
For the first time since she was acquitted of housing benefit fraud last week, Labour MP Apsana Begum has spoken exclusively to Channel 4 News about the 18 month legal battle which laid bare her life story, the loss of her father, and alleged domesti...


Seven men guilty of murdering student who was mistakenly shot dead
Seven men have been found guilty of murdering a student - who was mistakenly killed in a drive by shooting.


Half of homicides ‘due to drugs’, says Prof Dame Carol Black
We spoke to Professor Dame Carol Black who led the independent review of drugs.


Drug deaths in England and Wales highest since records began
Drug-related deaths in England and Wales have reached an all-time high - with many of the deaths caused by opiates including heroin.


Most Covid restrictions in Scotland to end on Monday
Scotland will scrap most of its remaining coronavirus restrictions from Monday but First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said face masks will remain mandatory in some settings "for some time to come" and people will be advised to carry on working from home ...


Debate: How can the police tackle racial inequalities?
We spoke to the former Greater Manchester chief constable, Sir Peter Fahy, and Parm Sandhu, who was the highest ranking female Asian police officer in the Met until she resigned in 2019 claiming systematic and long-term discrimination on grounds of h...


Racial inequalities in policing 22 years after Macpherson report, say MPs
Policing is still riddled with racial disparities, say MPs - more than two decades after the Macpherson report into the Stephen Lawrence murder exposed the extent of "institutional racism" in the police.



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