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The Met are ‘papering over the cracks’ says mother of murdered sisters
We spoke to Mina Smallman who has been campaigning for an end to the ‘toxic culture’ within the Met following the murder of her two daughters. Two police officers were later jailed for sharing photographs and highly offensive comments abo...


‘Toxic’ Metropolitan police put into special measures
The Metropolitan Police has been placed in ‘special measures’ by the police watchdog after a series of scandals, from the way it handled the Sarah Everard murder case, to offensive messages and photos shared by officers and the failure to...


‘We’re not going away’: SNP say they have mandate for second independence referendum
We hear from the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, Angus Robertson, on Nicola Sturgeon’s plans for a second independence referendum.


Is Scotland heading for UK exit after new independence vote plan?
Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out plans to unilaterally call a second independence referendum in October 2023 but only if she can persuade the Supreme Court that it is legal. Nicola Sturgeon said she accepted that calling a ...


Roe v Wade: Are women’s rights under attack?
Glastonbury has always been political, and this year was no different. 


Infected blood inquiry: Victims suffered ‘incredibly bad luck’, says former PM
Thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal suffered "incredibly bad luck", according to the former prime minister Sir John Major.


Women accessing abortion care should not face harassment, says Scottish women’s health minister
We were joined from Edinburgh by Maree Todd, the minister for women's health in the Scottish government.


Police name woman killed in ‘stranger attack’
A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was attacked in the street in east London during the early hours of Sunday morning.


Junior barristers unable to make a living, says former criminal bar association chair
We were joined by Caroline Goodwin QC, who was the chair of the Criminal Bar Association in 2019 and 2020 and is head of criminal practice at Trinity Chambers.


Criminal barristers go on strike over pay
Criminal barristers are taking strike action across England and Wales in their dispute over pay and conditions.


G7 leaders need ‘serious measures’ to tackle rising food prices, says IRC’s David Miliband
We were joined from New York by David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee.


Russia Ukraine war: Missiles strike crowded Ukraine shopping centre
At least 10 people have been confirmed dead, with 50 others injured after a Russian missile strike slammed into a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk. 


Glastonbury: Musicians criticise Roe v Wade ruling
More than 100,000 people packed into Glastonbury's Pyramid stage to hear Sir Paul McCartney, at 80, the oldest headliner in the event's history. 


UK PM Boris Johnson says he wants to stay in power until 2030s
Boris Johnson has insisted he wants to be in office until well into the next decade - claiming what the government has achieved was "quite exceptional". 


By-election results ‘appalling’ for Tories, says former international development secretary
Boris Johnson will be going straight from the Commonwealth meeting in Kigali to a G7 summit in Germany, then to meet Nato leaders in Spain. 



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