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Ghislaine Maxwell is guilty
Our investigations editor details what we learnt from the trial and the testimonies from the key witnesses - and we look ahead to the next chapter in a story that is not yet over.


Survey finds Britain will lag behind competitors in economic recovery from Covid
Staff shortages, supply chain crises, lockdowns and inflation - between Covid and Brexit you might be tempted to think that the UK economy has been in a constant state of emergency.


Numbers crossing Channel to UK in small boats tripled in 2021
New figures show that more than 28,300 people made the perilous Channel crossing from France to England last year - triple that of the year before.


Will Virginia Giuffre’s civil case against Prince Andrew be dismissed?
Lawyers for Prince Andrew are arguing that the civil case against him brought by Virginia Guiffre should be dismissed at a hearing in New York.  


Labour expecting early general election
The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Government of incompetence - saying they've lost the moral authority to set rules on Covid. 


‘We are all going to be exposed to Omicron at some point’, says epidemiologist
We spoke to Professor Paul Hunter, an epidemiologist at the University of East Anglia, and started by asking if testing of key workers will lead to more disruption.


“Mad anti-vax people” talk “nonsense”, Education Secretary says
We spoke to Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi and began by asking him how confident he is that schools can avoid a return to online learning.


Covid: Johnson hopes to ‘ride out Omicron’ without another lockdown
Schools are short of teachers, supermarkets are struggling to find staff, trains are cancelled and hospitals are declaring critical incidents.


Epstein settlement with Prince Andrew accuser Giuffre made public
A confidential legal settlement between Virginia Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein, who she's accused of sexual abuse, has been made public almost a dozen years later.


‘Good news’ on London Covid hospital figures, says NHS chief
We spoke to Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, representing hospitals, mental health and ambulance services.


Covid: ‘Absolute folly’ to believe pandemic over, says PM
Despite the extreme pressure on the NHS and other essential services, Boris Johnson has suggested that  England's limited level of restrictions is the right one, although he warned that it would be "absolute folly" to believe that the pandemic was o...


Covid NHS staff crisis: trusts declare critical incidents over shortages
At least half a dozen NHS trusts across England have declared critical incidents because of Covid-related absences, with one of the country's biggest acute trusts in Lincolnshire warning that "extreme and unprecedented" staff shortages were compromis...


Grumpy cat: AI powered app says it knows if your pet is happy
Have repeated lockdowns taken a toll on your pets' mental health, or are they pleased to have you at home? 


Safe-standing areas in football grounds welcomed by Hillsborough disaster survivor
We spoke to life-long Liverpool fan Richie Greaves. He survived the Hillsborough disaster standing in the pen c area of the old terracing. And he's been on the Kop at Anfield before and since.


Sick Days: Boris Johnson warns of widespread Covid absences
Next week sees the return of many of us to work but there are fears of widespread absences as Omicron cases continue to set records, with 137,500 new cases recorded in England and Wales today, a slight decrease on yesterday's figures.



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