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Rwanda: What about LGBTQ+ asylum seekers?
Can asylum seekers really do that in a nation that has a shocking human rights record, particularly when it comes to LGBTQ+ people?


Meet the climate activists deflating tyres to stop SUV ownership
The climate activists go out at night and deflate the tyres of SUVs in affluent areas.


‘Serious failings’ left children exposed to sex abuse in Oldham, report finds
Victims of grooming gangs have now been given official apologies.


‘Everything is in favour of the rich’ – growing list of public sector workers ready to strike over pay
The list of professions planning industrial action is growing every day.


Rail workers ‘already on very good salaries’, minister says
Speaking for the government is the Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Chris Philp.


The numbers behind why public sectors workers are striking
Alongside the rail dispute, arguments over pay are building across the public sector.


UK braces for biggest rail strikes in 30 years after last minute talks fail
Thousands of members of the RMT union will join the industrial action, bringing most of the country's rail network to a standstill.


Transport chaos: week-long train and tube strikes set to go ahead
A week of transport chaos in England, Scotland and Wales is set to go ahead


Biological sex does matter but not at exclusion of others, says women’s health ambassador
Now improving the health of all women is the aim of England’s first women’s health ambassador. Dame Lesley Regan says too often girls and women have to fight too hard to get the treatment they need. But it is a huge in-tray. Everything fr...


England and Wales bask in sunshine on hottest day of year so far
England and Wales have been basking in the sunshine today, on what’s been the hottest day of the year so far. We spent the day in Broadstairs in Kent.


Gatwick cuts some summer flights to deal with staffing crisis
Gatwick Airport has announced it is cutting flights right in the middle of the summer holiday season as it continues to struggle with a staffing crisis. Normally around 900 flights leave the airport each day during peak season, but this July that wil...


Will Rwanda plan deter migrants from making dangerous English Channel journeys?
As temperatures have been rising this month, so too has the number of people attempting to cross the Channel in small boats. Over 1,000 have made the perilous journey this week alone, with 2022 set to be a record year. We speak to those currently cam...


North can control its own destiny and not be reliant on PM, says Tory MP
We spoke to Conservative MP Jake Berry, chair of the Northern Research Group, a collection of “red wall” Tory MPs. We asked him whether Conservative MPs were disappointed that the prime minister didn’t campaign in Wakefield


Ukraine: Johnson offers troops training on surprise visit to meet Zelenskyy in Kyiv
The offer from Boris Johnson to President Zelenskyy was for the British military to train thousands more Ukrainian troops, in unspecified third countries. A day after EU leaders were in Kyiv offering solidarity Boris Johnson was largely doing the sam...


Tiverton and Honiton: What do voters think ahead of crunch by-election?
In a week's time voters in two parts of England will go to the polls - giving an insight into the effects of the partygate scandal and the cost-of-living crisis.



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