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Call for law change to prevent abusive partners from inheriting victims’ estates
Should somebody guilty of domestic abuse be allowed to inherit the estate of a spouse who has taken their own life?


Debate: How is the world dealing with vaccine hesitancy?
Earlier we spoke to Dr Margaret Harris, from the World Health Organization (WHO), and to Professor Heidi Larson, who's the director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.


Colston: ‘It’s shameful the prosecution was ever brought in the first place’, says defence lawyer
Lawyer Raj Chada successfully represented two of the four defendants, who have been cleared of causing criminal damage over the removal of the statue of Edward Colston.


Edward Colston: Slave trader statue protesters found not guilty
They admitted involvement in the toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston, and all in full view of CCTV cameras. 


Covid: Figures showing scale of cases are ‘truly awful’, says Academy of Medical Royal Colleges chair
We spoke to Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.


Covid: PCR testing rules eased for those without symptoms
Health and Social Care Editor Victoria Macdonald has the latest on the changes to Covid testing rules.


Covid: Scotland self-isolation rules brought into line with rest of UK
In Scotland, from tomorrow people will be allowed to stop self-isolating after seven days instead of 10, provided they record two negative lateral flow tests - bringing the rules into line with the rest of the UK.


Covid: Care homes hit by staff shortages in Manchester
The current wave of Covid has forced around half of the care homes in Greater Manchester to stop accepting new residents due to staff shortages.


Covid: Cases rising at fastest rate ever in UK
The number of Covid cases may be rising at their fastest rate ever, but the government has resolved to stick to its current Covid restrictions in England. 


Ghislaine Maxwell is guilty
What we learnt from the trial and the testimonies from the key witnesses.


Survey finds Britain will lag behind competitors in economic recovery from Covid
Staff shortages, supply chain crises, lockdowns and inflation - between Covid and Brexit you might be tempted to think that the UK economy has been in a constant state of emergency.


Numbers crossing Channel to UK in small boats tripled in 2021
New figures show that more than 28,300 people made the perilous Channel crossing from France to England last year - triple that of the year before.


Will Virginia Giuffre’s civil case against Prince Andrew be dismissed?
Lawyers for Prince Andrew are arguing that the civil case against him brought by Virginia Guiffre should be dismissed at a hearing in New York.  


Labour expecting early general election
The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Government of incompetence - saying they've lost the moral authority to set rules on Covid. 


‘We are all going to be exposed to Omicron at some point’, says epidemiologist
We spoke to Professor Paul Hunter, an epidemiologist at the University of East Anglia, and started by asking if testing of key workers will lead to more disruption.



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