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Is the four-day working week the future?
In today’s episode, we speak to one of the researchers behind the four-day week trial. Does it really work, and could it soon be coming to an office near you?
‘A lot of people sidelined’ at COP26, Kenyan activist Elizabeth Wathuti says
We were joined by Elizabeth Wathuti, who's the founder of the Green Generation Initiative and a climate activist from Kenya.
COP excludes indigenous climate activists, say critics
This programme has learned that one campaigner who was accredited as an official observer got thrown out of a meeting involving the Chancellor Rishi Sunak - after treasury officials pointed her out to UN security guards, citing public order concerns...
New global index ranks countries’ efforts to tackle drug use
A new consortium of drug policy, civil society and community organisations has developed a data index which ranks countries according to how well they're dealing with the problem
Labour accuses PM of ‘trashing’ democracy over lobbying row
The Environment Secretary has rejected suggestions that former minister Owen Paterson could be recommended for a peerage.
What has been achieved in the first week of COP26?
Our Climate Reporter Simon Roach joined us from Glasgow.
‘There was no recognition of the Asian community’s role in cricket’ – Former Yorkshire County Cricket Club employee
At least 100 club members have already backed a campaign calling for an emergency general meeting to demand change at the top, as more allegations of racism emerge.
Environment secretary disagrees with Greta Thunberg’s description of COP26 as a ‘PR exercise’
Earlier we spoke to the Environment Secretary George Eustice.
Debate: Will we see ‘meaningful action’ at COP26?
We were joined by climate activist Coll McCail and Justin Adams, Executive Director of the Tropical Rainforest Alliance
Thousands march in Glasgow for climate action
In Glasgow, organisers say over 100,000 people took to the streets.
‘Ministers will fly in’ if negotiations falter, says COP veteran Rachel Kyte
If the thousands of young people who marched through Glasgow today say they feel shut out of the nitty gritty of negotiations at conferences like COP26, what about the view of those engaging with the heart of the process? And what's actually going on...
COP26: Are young voices being listened to at climate conference?
We were joined by two climate activists, Joycelyn Longdon who founded the group Climate in Colour, and Xiomara Acevedo from Colombia.
COP26 Youth Day: Thousands take to Glasgow’s streets to demand action on climate change
At COP26 in Glasgow, it's officially Youth Day, but you didn't need to be inside the conference walls to see that.
Azeem Rafiq case: ‘No place for racism’, says Mayor of West Yorkshire
We were joined by Tracy Brabin, who's the elected Mayor of West Yorkshire, and Mohammed Patel, a human rights lawyer who is a lifelong Yorkshire cricket fan.
Racism ‘not just a Yorkshire problem’, Michael Holding says
Michael Holding played for the West Indies cricket team and is now a cricket commentator.