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June Brown: EastEnders’ Dot Cotton dies aged 95
June Brown - better known as Dot Cotton, the chain-smoking doyenne of EastEnders' Albert Square - has died at the age of 95. 


Court of Appeal considers £5bn lawsuit over Brazil’s Mariana dam disaster
The Court of Appeal in London has begun considering whether to hear a £5 billion lawsuit against the Anglo Australian mining company BHP over the Mariana dam disaster in Brazil in 2015.


Covid: Nine new symptoms added to official list
With Covid rates in England at a record level, another nine symptoms have been added to the official list, including shortness of breath, tiredness and a sore throat. 


We’re very good at setting climate targets in the UK but not good at backing them up, says professor
We spoke to the lead author of the IPCC's last assessment in 2014, Prof John Barrett from the University of Leeds.


Window to keep global temperatures below 1.5C ‘closing alarmingly fast’, says COP26 president
We spoke to COP26 President Alok Sharma, and began by asking him whether Russia's war had thrown plans to fix the climate off course.


Sanctions on oligarchs not hurting Putin, crime and security specialist says
We spoke to Tom Keatinge - a financial crime and security specialist at the Royal United Services Institute.


Could the government do more to make ‘leaky’ homes more energy efficient?
The UK has some of the most “leaky” homes in Europe -  a combination of the age of our houses and flats, including some new builds too.


P&O Ferries: Criminal investigation launched following staff sackings
Criminal and civil investigations have been launched into the decision by P&O Ferries to sack almost 800 workers without giving notice or consulting with trade unions. 


Just Stop Oil protests: Protesters arrested as ExxonMobil is forced to suspend four UK terminals
Fuel has been at the centre of environmental protests across the country, as part of a campaign to halt all new fossil fuel projects in the UK.


‘This is a cross economy cost of living crisis driven by global gas prices’, says Energy UK deputy director
We spoke to Dhara Vyas, from Energy UK, the body that represents the energy sector. 


Energy price: Millions hit by record energy bill rises amid cost of living crisis
Millions of households are feeling the impact of the unprecedented hike in the cost of gas and electricity


Is partygate still a threat to Boris Johnson?
The latest developments in the ongoing saga.


‘There is a risk of something happening that shouldn’t happen in the future’, says independent adviser to the Windrush Lessons Learned Review
Another Windrush style scandal is only a matter of time if the Home Office does not bring about fundamental cultural change - according to the author of a new review.


Raw sewage released into English rivers at a rate of a thousand times a day
Raw sewage is being released into rivers in England at a rate of more than a thousand times a day by water firms, according to new figures published today.


‘People will die’, says the CEO of National Energy Action
We were joined in the studio by Adam Scorer, who leads the charity, National Energy Action which campaigns against fuel poverty.



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