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Debate: How would Channel 4 privatisation affect British independent TV production?
We’re joined by Kay Mellor - the screenwriter known for 'Fat Friends', 'In the Club' and 'The Syndicate'. We also speak to David Elstein - a former independent producer of programmes for Channel 4 and Chief Executive of Channel 5.


‘I’m barely existing’: Cancer and the cost of living crisis
It is perhaps not the first thing you think of when you are diagnosed with cancer - but it costs a lot.


70 per cent of UK homes breathing ‘unsafe’ air, new modelling suggests
Exclusive new modelling, seen by this programme, suggests that 70 per cent of UK households are in areas that breach three World Health Organisation guidelines on dangerous air pollutants, and 97% breach at least one guideline. 


Air pollution causes seven million premature deaths every year, says WHO
We spoke to World Health Organisation director, Dr Maria Neira, and began by asking her whether Britain’s air is unusually bad compared to other nations.


Exclusive: Number of cancer patients seeking heating support more than doubles
The number of cancer patients seeking support with heating bills has more than doubled in a year, according to figures from one of Britain’s largest cancer charities shared exclusively with Channel 4 News. 


Prince Andrew: Duke of York stripped of Freedom of the City honour by councillors
Prince Andrew has lost a string of titles and roles since he was accused of sexual assault by a woman who brought a civil case against him in the US.


Islamist gangs taking over prison wings, new report warns
A new report into extremism in prisons warns that Islamist gangs are taking over entire wings and have forced people to convert.


Gaia Pope: Teenager described as ‘a force of nature’
A video compiled by the family of a 19-year-old who was found dead in undergrowth near the Dorset coast has described her as "a force of nature".


Northern Ireland election 2022: Polls suggest Sinn Fein set to become largest party
Voters in Northern Ireland will elect a new assembly next week.


‘Completely inappropriate’ if Tory MP watched porn in Commons, says Andrea Leadsom
The Conservative Party has launched an investigation into claims by some of its female MPs that a Tory colleague watched porn on his mobile phone in the House of Commons itself.


‘The social care sector was an afterthought’, says National Care Association chair
We spoke to Nadra Ahmed from the National Care Association.


Could care home deaths have been prevented at start of pandemic?
We reported extensively on the death toll in care homes two years ago - could they have been prevented?


Covid: Discharging untested patients into care homes unlawful, High Court says
The case against the government in England was brought by two women whose fathers both died in care homes in the spring of 2020 as the pandemic took hold.


P&O ferry docks after hours adrift without power in Irish Sea
A P&O ferry which broke down in the Irish Sea, spending several hours adrift, has now managed to arrive at Larne Harbour after power supplies were restored. 


‘Vanishingly small’ risk of Ukraine war going nuclear, says Armed Forces Minister
We spoke to the Armed Forces Minister James Heappey and asked him if Britain backed President Zelenskyy's position that Russia must be defeated and out of everywhere it has occupied since February before any negotiations could begin over the Donbas r...



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