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‘Ministers will fly in’ if negotiations falter, says COP veteran Rachel Kyte
If the thousands of young people who marched through Glasgow today say they feel shut out of the nitty gritty of negotiations at conferences like COP26, what about the view of those engaging with the heart of the process? And what's actually going on...


COP26: Are young voices being listened to at climate conference?
We were joined by two climate activists, Joycelyn Longdon who founded the group Climate in Colour, and Xiomara Acevedo from Colombia.


COP26 Youth Day: Thousands take to Glasgow’s streets to demand action on climate change
At COP26 in Glasgow, it's officially Youth Day, but you didn't need to be inside the conference walls to see that. 


Azeem Rafiq case: ‘No place for racism’, says Mayor of West Yorkshire
We were joined by Tracy Brabin, who's the elected Mayor of West Yorkshire, and Mohammed Patel, a human rights lawyer who is a lifelong Yorkshire cricket fan.


Racism ‘not just a Yorkshire problem’, Michael Holding says
Michael Holding played for the West Indies cricket team and is now a cricket commentator.


‘Difficult day for me’, says former Yorkshire cricket chairman
We caught up with Roger Hutton, the now former chairman of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who announced his resignation this morning after he released a statement. 


Azeem Rafiq racism case: Yorkshire cricket chairman and board members resign
The chairman was the first to go, and later on in the day two more members of Yorkshire County Cricket Club joined him in resigning. 


Yorkshire suspended from hosting international and major matches following racism allegations
Yorkshire County Cricket Club have been suspended from hosting international and major matches following allegations of racism by former player Azeem Rafiq.


Bank of England hold interest rates at all-time 0.1% low
The Bank of England has decided to hold interest rates steady at 0.1%, even though it thinks inflation will hit 5% next year - way above target.


MP convicted of harassment gets suspended sentence
An MP who harassed a friend of her partner has been spared an immediate jail sentence.


COP26: 190 countries and organisations pledge to phase out coal
The focus at COP26 today has been on fossil fuels and there has been a world first - 25 countries including the United States have promised to stop using taxpayers money to invest in foreign coal, oil, or gas projects by the end of next year and focu...


‘Considerable damage to PM’s reputation’ over handling of Owen Paterson row, says Sir Alistair Graham
We spoke to the former chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Sir Alistair Graham. 


‘We can’t defend using parliamentary privilege for personal gain’, says Lord Heseltine
We spoke to the former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Heseltine, and began by asking him how much damage Owen Paterson’s lobbying row has done to the party.


Tory MP Owen Paterson resigns amid backlash over lobbying row
The MP at the heart of the debate over parliamentary ethics rules has resigned.


Is carbon offsetting any more than ‘greenwashing’?
There is a furious debate around the merits of carbon offsetting, which allows businesses to ostensibly cancel out their greenhouse gas emissions by buying carbon credits elsewhere. 



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