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Infected Blood Inquiry: Lord Norman Fowler challenged on HIV/AIDS campaign
An inquiry into how and why people were given blood products, infected with HIV and hepatitis, today heard from the health secretary in charge at the time. 


Freshers week: How students and universities are coping after Covid disruption
We were joined by Professor Peter Slee, the vice chancellor of Leeds Beckett University, and by Stephanie Macaulay, a third year student in the business school at Leeds Beckett.


Universities reopen their doors after Covid causes worst disruption since WW2
Over the next two weeks in Leeds, more than 70,000 students will arrive at the city's five separate universities.


Pregnant women should only be in prison as an ‘absolute necessity’, says Tory MP
We spoke to Sir Bob Neil, the chair of the Commons Justice committee, about a report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman which highlighted a series of failures in the care of the teenager who gave birth at HMP Bronzefield in September 2019.


Boris Johnson talks up ‘solid steps’ on US – UK trade deal
Boris Johnson will wrap up his trip to the United States with a speech to the United Nations in New York later tonight.


No proper plan to meet carbon objectives left UK ‘more vulnerable’ to international gas market, says Labour’s Ed Miliband
We spoke to the Shadow Business Secretary Ed Miliband and began by asking him whether it was disingenuous for Labour to suggest they could do anything differently as global gas prices continue to surge.


Energy firms cease trading – nearly one million need new supplier
Another two energy firms have collapsed and a third is on the brink. Avro Energy and Green Supplier Limited have ceased trading and the future of Igloo is reported to be hanging in the balance.


Teenager whose baby died in prison was failed, report says
Multiple failings led to an 18-year-old woman giving birth alone in her cell to a baby which died in Europe's largest women's prison, a report has found. 


From shipwrecks to Iron Age forts – how climate change threatens our heritage
It might not be the first thing you think about when climate change is mentioned.


Prince Andrew served sexual assault lawsuit in United States
Prince Andrew has been served with legal papers in the United States. Virginia Giuffre alleges the Duke of York sexually assaulted her when she was 17 and is seeking damages through a civil case in New York.


Mothers and babies at risk of dying because of poor maternity care, says watchdog
Mothers and babies are still at risk of dying because of poor maternity care, the NHS watchdog has warned.


Starmer faces row over plans to change Labour leadership voting rules
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer looks set to reignite a major row in the Labour Party after proposing to give MPs and unions more power, and members less, in electing a future leader.


Novichok poisoning: Putin ‘more Keystone Cops than KGB’, says Tugendhat
We spoke to Tom Tugendhat, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and asked him if he was surprised to hear a third person is believed to be involved in the poisoning of the Skripals.


Sabina Nessa: Woman found dead in London park may have been targeted by a stranger
A primary school teacher whose body was discovered in a park in southeast London may have been murdered by a stranger.


Boris Johnson: Maintaining universal credit uplift would mean tax hike
The energy crisis has cast a shadow over Boris Johnson's trip to the United States.



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