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IOPC launch investigation into Jake Davidson’s firearms permit
The IOPC, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, has launched an investigation into why officers returned Jake Davison's gun and firearms permit to him last month after they'd taken them away following an alleged assault.  


Kabul falling to the Taliban “looks increasingly likely”, says Labour MP Dan Jarvis
I've also been speaking to the Labour MP and mayor of South Yorkshire, Dan Jarvis. 


The Taliban saw US and UK withdrawal from Afghanistan as a “victory”, says former Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi
Fawzia Koofi is a peace negotiator and former Afghan member of parliament. She's survived a number of assassination attempts during her career fighting for women's rights in Afghanistan. 


Taliban takeover in Afghanistan increases as US and UK deploy troops to evacuate embassy staff
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani defied expectations and remained in post today, telling Afghans he is holding urgent talks with local and international leaders to find a way to halt the Taliban offensive across Afghanistan. 


Police watchdog to investigate Devon and Cornwall Police over Plymouth shooter
The police watchdog has said it will be launching an investigation into the Devon and Cornwall force.


Afghanistan: what has endless war achieved?
All the Afghan, British and American lives lost and the decades spent bogged down in the conflict.


Plymouth vicar says ‘life changed very quickly last night’ after five died in shooting
We spoke to Luke Pollard, the MP for the area, and Father Richard Silk, who's been leading the effort to support people here.


Plymouth gunman kills five people, including his mother and three-year-old girl
It took less than 10 minutes for 22-year-old Jake Davison to gun down five people, including his own mother and a three-year-old girl, before turning his weapon on himself.


‘I’ve almost been in tears listening to my former colleagues in Afghanistan’, says former British ambassador
We spoke to Sir William Patey, a former British ambassador to Afghanistan, and started by asking him for his thoughts on what's happening in the country now.


Plymouth shooting: What does ‘incel’ mean?
We spoke to the writer Laura Bates, who spent two years researching online misogynistic groups and began by asking her to explain the term “incel”.


Plymouth shooting: What do we know about Jake Davison?
What do we know about Jake Davison? He had been working as an apprentice for defence and engineering company Babcock International.


Moments of joy for A-level students from some of the most disadvantaged backgrounds
It's been A-level results day for students in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, and despite all the disruption caused by the pandemic, record numbers of them have won top grades. 


Streatham terrorist inquest shown dramatic footage of his final moments
Dramatic footage showing the final moments of Sudesh Amman's life after he was shot by undercover police has been shown at his inquest.


‘Nobody should be diminishing those results’ A-level students have achieved, says Universities Minister Michelle Donelan
We spoke to the Universities Minister Michelle Donelan, and began by putting it to her that if you can't compare these results to any other year - as her boss Gavin Williamson said - then doesn't that defeat the point of the exam system?


Record number of Scottish students win university places despite slight fall in Highers passes
In Scotland, pass rates in Highers and Advanced Highers have slipped since last year, but they're still far above pre-pandemic levels, as Scotland’s education secretary praised students for achieving such strong results "under extraordinary circums...



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