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‘I’m from the area where being African was the butt of all jokes’ – Lethal Bizzle
Our guest this week is Lethal Bizzle. He’s a rapper and entrepreneur with Ghanaian heritage, who originally hails from Walthamstow. 


Record amount of people in contact with mental health services, NHS figures show
Health and social care editor Victoria Macdonald takes a look at the state of mental health in England. 


‘Not all of us want to be prime minister or millionaires’, says new social mobility chief
The government says it's committed to improving opportunities - and it's appointed a new social mobility chief to take that on. 


Boris Johnson’s housing policy ‘bad use of public money’
We spoke to Lord Kerslake - former permanent secretary at the Department for Communities and Local Government - and chair of the Peabody housing association.


Ukraine: ‘The Russians can put a stop to this farce’ – former British ambassador on Britons sentenced to death
We were joined by Sir Tony Brenton - who's a former British ambassador to Russia.


Immersive exhibition brings work of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera to life
It's all about turning art into an experience. Nothing is behind a frame and there are no security guards telling you not to get too close. 


Boris Johnson announces housing reform in comeback speech
Working people in England will soon be allowed to spend housing benefit on mortgage payments. Boris Johnson said the reform would "turn benefits to bricks" - as part of a new scheme giving housing association tenants the right to buy their homes at a...


‘It’s our turn to take back our lands,’ Putin tells entrepreneurs
As Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a group of entrepreneurs in Moscow, we dissect his message.


Ukraine war: Brits sentenced to death is ‘Soviet-style show trial’
Robert Jenrick is the MP for Aiden Aslin's constituency in Newark.


Brits captured by Russian forces sentenced to death in Ukraine
The two British soldiers who have been sentenced to death had both served in the Ukrainian army for several years before the war began. They both had Ukrainian partners. Aiden Aslin had been a care home worker in the UK before moving to Ukraine and S...


‘Catastrophic collision of failures’ revealed in mental health services
An exclusive Channel 4 News investigation has uncovered an 800% increase over the past five years in coroners issuing official warnings about cases involving mental health issues.


Gracie Spinks: Five police officers to face misconduct action after woman’s death
The family of a woman found dead after reporting being stalked by her colleague say a new Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation seems to confirm their worst nightmare that police didn't fulfil their duty to investigate properly and that...


Boris Johnson vows ‘nothing and no one’ will stop him carrying on as PM
A defiant Boris Johnson has insisted that  “nothing and no one” will stop him carrying on as British prime minister and “delivering for the British people”. 


Debate: Can lower taxes revive the UK’s stalling economy?
We spoke to Gerard Lyons, chief economic strategist at Netwealth and one of four economists invited recenty to brief the PM - he was economic adviser to Boris Johnson when he was Mayor of London. 


UK growth set to be weakest in developed world, OECD says
A summer of industrial disruption will do little to help an economy that is already staggering under the weight of rising petrol, gas and food prices. 



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