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Gracie Spinks: Five police officers to face misconduct action after woman’s death
The family of a woman found dead after reporting being stalked by her colleague say a new Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation seems to confirm their worst nightmare that police didn't fulfil their duty to investigate properly and that...


Boris Johnson vows ‘nothing and no one’ will stop him carrying on as PM
A defiant Boris Johnson has insisted that  “nothing and no one” will stop him carrying on as British prime minister and “delivering for the British people”. 


Debate: Can lower taxes revive the UK’s stalling economy?
We spoke to Gerard Lyons, chief economic strategist at Netwealth and one of four economists invited recenty to brief the PM - he was economic adviser to Boris Johnson when he was Mayor of London. 


UK growth set to be weakest in developed world, OECD says
A summer of industrial disruption will do little to help an economy that is already staggering under the weight of rising petrol, gas and food prices. 


Railway shutdown: UK facing biggest train strike in decades
The government has denounced the biggest train strike for decades as an “act of self harm”.


How Britain’s landscape has changed in 70 years
Over 70 years, Britain’s landscape has transformed.


Future monarchy will give ‘better value for money,’ says Royal commentator
We went back to our guests – Royal commentator Victoria Howard, who writes for the Crown Chronicles website, and Charles Anson who’s a former Press Secretary to the Queen.


What now for the future of the monarchy?
Throughout the Jubilee festivities it’s been a chance to look back and reflect on the last seventy years. But in a rapidly changing Britain, what about the future? Not least of the monarchy itself.


East London hosts royal street party for refugees
Among the thousands of street parties up and down the country, Leytonstone in East London has been hosting a special celebration aimed at refugees who’ve been welcomed here from around the world after fleeing war and conflict from Ukraine and A...


Platinum Jubilee about ‘thanking Queen for steady duty,’ says Queen’s former Press Secretary
We were joined by the Royal commentator Victoria Howard, who writes for the Crown Chronicles website, and Charles Anson who’s a former Press Secretary to the Queen.


Jubilee Day 4: 10,000 people join Queens’ pageant
There was a gold carriage, there were flags and an all-star cast. The Royals are among the crowds watching this afternoon’s Jubilee parade, staged against the backdrop of Buckingham palace, with a spectacular finale including Ed Sheeran singing...


‘Jubilee joy is real,’ says author Tina Brown
We were joined from the Hay festival by Tina Brown. Her latest book, ‘The Palace Papers’ is about the recent history of the royal family.


Jubilee Day 3: Thousands of street parties across UK
22,000 people will gather outside Buckingham Palace tonight for an open air concert to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, with the Queen joining the millions watching from home. But before all of that, members of the Royal Family have been out and about...


Searching for a Scottish street party – after Glasgow councillor says use of public money for celebrations would be ‘sickeningly offensive’
There are scores of events planned this weekend across Scotland to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, but not everyone is getting into the Royal spirit... like Glasgow, where some councillors slammed the idea of spending public money during a cost of li...


Worcester pensioners hold party on same street they celebrated Queen’s coronation 70 years earlier
There are some people who have been celebrating the Queen's reign since the year when she first came to the throne.



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