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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband marks her 2,000 days in detention
It is exactly 2,000 days since British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was first detained in Tehran on trumped up charges of trying to overthrow the Iranian regime.


Former MP Keith Vaz subjected aide to ‘sustained and unpleasant bullying’, panel finds
At Westminster, the former Labour Minister Keith Vaz has been found by an independent panel to have subjected a female parliamentary staff member to "sustained and unpleasant bullying". 


Government ‘actions need to follow’ words on climate, Sir David King says
We were joined by Sir David King, chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group, which provides analysis of global warming by independent scientists from across the globe.


Sabina Nessa: Police investigate if she was killed by a stranger
Detectives are investigating whether primary school teacher Sabina Nessa was killed by a stranger who is still at large.


‘Real challenges’ around Christmas, says business expert
We were joined from West Sussex by Hannah Essex, co-executive director of the British Chambers of Commerce.


BP and Tesco ration fuel at some petrol stations, as inflation rise is predicted
Now the Bank of England has predicted that rising domestic energy bills will push inflation above 4 per cent.


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.



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