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Storm Malik: Two killed by falling trees and 16,000 without power
More storm force winds gusting up to 90 miles an hour are expected to sweep through northern Britain this evening, after Storm Malik battered parts of the country leaving two people dead. 


New legislation will widen economic sanctions against Russia, Liz Truss says
The Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said new legislation will be unveiled this week to widen economic sanctions against Russia, declaring "there will be nowhere to hide for Putin's oligarchs". 


‘New Oliver Twist generation’ in danger of being created, Tory MP says
We spoke to Robert Halfon MP, who's chair of the Commons Education committee, and began by asking him how, given it was known throughout lockdown children were disappearing from school, the problem has been allowed to get worse.


‘Ghost children’: Thousands largely absent from school over pandemic, report says
Tens of thousands of children are likely to have been largely absent from school in England since the start of the pandemic, according to a new report. 


National insurance hike will go ahead, PM and Chancellor insist
Boris Johnson and the Chancellor Rishi Sunak have insisted that the £12bn hike in national insurance will go ahead. 


Man and teenager stabbed to death in Doncaster
A man and a teenage boy have been stabbed to death in Doncaster after what police described as an "altercation" outside a pub. 


Redacted Sue Gray report is ‘worst of all worlds’, former Thatcher private secretary says
We spoke to Caroline Slocock, who was private secretary to two conservative Prime Ministers, Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and Dal Babu, a former metropolitan police chief.


Tory MPs join calls for full release of Sue Gray report
A number of Conservative MPs have joined opposition calls for Sue Gray's report into allegations of lockdown breaching parties in Downing Street to be published in full after Scotland Yard said they wanted certain sections to be redacted.  


Gamekeeper who beat two buzzards to death given suspended jail sentence
Hunting is a multi-million pound industry. People pay handsomely to hunt grouse, pheasants and other game.


MPs back proposal to give British Sign Language legal recognition
MPs have backed a bill that would give British Sign Language legally recognised status in the UK. 


Graduates in England hit by higher loan repayments
Hundreds of thousands of former students in England will have to pay more on their loans after April. 


Partygate: Will Sue Gray report face further delay after Met Police intervention?
The much-anticipated Sue Gray report into Downing Street lockdown parties was expected to land on Boris Johnson's desk this week.  


Stephen Port: how the police failed to stop a killer
“Very serious and very basic investigative failings” found in Stephen Port investigation


‘My experience is very few people lie in public life’, says Jacob Rees-Mogg
We spoke to the Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, and started by asking when we can expect Sue Gray’s report to be published.


Nearly 19,000 victims of so-called revenge porn in four years, investigation finds
Children younger than 10 are among the nearly 19,000 victims who have reported cases of image-based sexual abuse – so-called ‘revenge porn’ – to police in the last four years, Channel 4 News can reveal.  This programme has received F...



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