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Prince Andrew: Duke of York stripped of Freedom of the City honour by councillors
Prince Andrew has lost a string of titles and roles since he was accused of sexual assault by a woman who brought a civil case against him in the US.


Islamist gangs taking over prison wings, new report warns
A new report into extremism in prisons warns that Islamist gangs are taking over entire wings and have forced people to convert.


Gaia Pope: Teenager described as ‘a force of nature’
A video compiled by the family of a 19-year-old who was found dead in undergrowth near the Dorset coast has described her as "a force of nature".


Northern Ireland election 2022: Polls suggest Sinn Fein set to become largest party
Voters in Northern Ireland will elect a new assembly next week.


‘Completely inappropriate’ if Tory MP watched porn in Commons, says Andrea Leadsom
The Conservative Party has launched an investigation into claims by some of its female MPs that a Tory colleague watched porn on his mobile phone in the House of Commons itself.


‘The social care sector was an afterthought’, says National Care Association chair
We spoke to Nadra Ahmed from the National Care Association.


Could care home deaths have been prevented at start of pandemic?
We reported extensively on the death toll in care homes two years ago - could they have been prevented?


Covid: Discharging untested patients into care homes unlawful, High Court says
The case against the government in England was brought by two women whose fathers both died in care homes in the spring of 2020 as the pandemic took hold.


P&O ferry docks after hours adrift without power in Irish Sea
A P&O ferry which broke down in the Irish Sea, spending several hours adrift, has now managed to arrive at Larne Harbour after power supplies were restored. 


‘Vanishingly small’ risk of Ukraine war going nuclear, says Armed Forces Minister
We spoke to the Armed Forces Minister James Heappey and asked him if Britain backed President Zelenskyy's position that Russia must be defeated and out of everywhere it has occupied since February before any negotiations could begin over the Donbas r...


NHS pandemic recovery ‘is going to take years’, says Scottish health secretary
We were joined by the health secretary for Scotland, Humza Yousaf, and asked him whether he and the Scottish government had got anything wrong.


Desperation and burnout: How Covid continues to impact UK hospitals
Across the UK, the health service is struggling to cope with staff shortages and increased demand.


We’re ‘very worried’ about how drug supply chain will impact patients, says Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies CEO
Leyla Hannbeck, chief executive of the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies, spoke to us about the shortage of hormone replacement therapy drugs.


Exclusive: Investigation reveals UK drug shortages extend beyond HRT
Demand is soaring but stocks are running short, now the government has now said it will appoint an HRT tsar to deal with the shortage of hormone replacement therapy drugs (HRT).


Commons speaker pledges to meet newspaper editor over ‘misogynistic’ Angela Rayner article
The speaker of the House of Commons has promised to meet the editor of the Mail on Sunday to discuss an article which included misogynistic claims about Angela Rayner made by anonymous Tory MPs. 



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