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Debate: How can the police tackle racial inequalities?
We spoke to the former Greater Manchester chief constable, Sir Peter Fahy, and Parm Sandhu, who was the highest ranking female Asian police officer in the Met until she resigned in 2019 claiming systematic and long-term discrimination on grounds of h...


Racial inequalities in policing 22 years after Macpherson report, say MPs
Policing is still riddled with racial disparities, say MPs - more than two decades after the Macpherson report into the Stephen Lawrence murder exposed the extent of "institutional racism" in the police.


Labour MP Apsana Begum not guilty of housing fraud
Labour MP Apsana Begum has been cleared of housing fraud, saying the case against her had been driven by "malicious intent" and had caused "great distress and damage" to her reputation. 


Drug deaths in Scotland hit record levels
The number of drug deaths in Scotland has soared to record levels for the seventh year in a row, with more than 1,300 people losing their lives to drugs.


Starmer calls for earlier end to self-isolation rules for double jabbed in England
Businesses up and down the country have been struggling to fill shifts as hundreds of thousands of workers get pinged by the NHS Test and Trace app and told to self-isolate.


Pregnant women urged to get Covid jab by England’s chief midwife
Pregnant women in England are being urged to get the Covid vaccine, as new research suggests they are at greater risk of becoming seriously ill with the Delta variant.


Queen should not be able to seek to amend legislation in her personal interests, says campaigner
There's growing controversy in Scotland over the Crown's involvement in changing legislation that's designed to cut carbon emissions.


‘Super committee’ to examine government’s Online Safety Bill
A new “super committee” of MPs has been set up to examine the government's Online Safety Bill, which aims to crackdown on online harms such as hate speech and revenge porn by threatening tech companies with huge fines.


‘Covid is just a warm-up’ for climate crisis, conservationist warns
We were joined by conservationist and Wildlife Ambassador at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nick Acheson and Environmental Economist at the University of Cambridge, Dr Matthew Agarwala.


UK State of Climate Report demonstrates ‘how much our climate is changing’
More rain and more heat and more extreme weather events in the UK. Weather presenter Liam Dutton tells us what he made of the report.


Met Office warns climate crisis has already arrived in UK
Hotter, sunnier and wetter. Britain's weather in the last 30 years was different to the preceding three decades.


Revealed: Science Museum signed gagging clause with exhibition sponsor Shell
The Science Museum has signed a gagging clause in its agreement with Shell International to sponsor its climate change exhibition, agreeing to take care not to say anything that could damage the company’s reputation, Channel 4 News has learnt. 


Revealed: North Sea oil company chief exec claims climate emergency is ‘fake’
The chief executive of a North Sea oil company has said the climate emergency is “fake” in now deleted tweets from his personal account, despite his company’s claims it is working towards a net zero carbon emissions target, Channel 4 News can r...


Tokyo Olympics: Best action often stuck behind paywall
Discovery's £900 million rights deal allows the BBC to show just two live events at the same time.


Fears serious offenders could end up on street after charity project’s closure
On Friday, the project run by the charity Change Grow Live will close for good.



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