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New images of the Apollo space mission
To the universe, and beyond - a new book has revealed images of the Apollo missions into space as they've never been seen before. 


Cost of living crisis: How people at a south Wales housing estate are coping with soaring bills
The Joseph Rowntree foundation has warned that the Chancellor's tax cutting agenda won't do much to help low income households.


Met police stop and search recording has ‘gone backwards’ watchdog says
The way the Metropolitan police record grounds for stop and search 'has gone backwards' - according to the Inspectorate of Constabulary. The police watchdog says the Met police is failing in several areas of policing, including how it responds to the...


Political backlash after fracking ban lifted
The Government is facing a political backlash from its own MPs - after it lifted England's ban on fracking.


Interest rate hike and ‘recession’: Where does the economy go from here?
We spoke to former Labour Treasury minister Kitty Ussher who is now chief economist at the Institute of Directors and David Gauke the former Chief Secretary to the Treasury under Theresa May.


Patients should get GP appointments ‘within two weeks’, health secretary says
The other big problem and priority for the government is the crisis in the NHS. Patients can expect to get a GP appointment within a fortnight, the Government said today, though they stopped short of turning it into a target.


Inside a struggling manufacturer as Energy bills for businesses to be cut this winter
Energy bills for British businesses will be cut by around half this winter under a huge new government support package unveiled today. 


Violence between Hindu and Muslim men as women in Leicester calm tensions
Residents of Leicester have been left shocked by violent encounters between groups of largely young men on the city streets in the past few days. 


M62 shooting: inquest hears police officer leant out of car and shot Yassar Yaqub
An inquest jury has begun hearing details of a police surveillance operation which ended with the shooting of a suspect on the M62 in West Yorkshire 5 years ago.


Does cutting taxes for the rich really make everyone richer?
So-called trickle down economics is controversial but can it distribute wealth or is it considered to increase inequality? 


Can the government sustain its current level of borrowing?
Even as Ministers pledged more money to help businesses, latest figures show that total borrowing by the government is higher than expected.  


Putin’s “sham referendums” will change nothing – British Foreign Secretary
We spoke to Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and asked him if he believes President Putin when he says he's not bluffing.


Liz Truss ‘prepared to be unpopular’ to boost economy
Liz Truss has claimed she is prepared to be unpopular when she unveils her plan to deal with rising energy bills - and how to pay for it - on Friday. 


Hindu and Muslim communities call for violence to end after Leicester unrest
Members of the Hindu and Muslim communities in Leicester have called for an end to "provocation and violence" in the city - after widespread scenes of unrest. 


Queen Elizabeth did not make an effort to confront the history of the British Empire, says writer Sathnam Sanghera
In 1947, on her 21st birthday Princess Elizabeth famously declared her "whole life whether it be long or short" would be "devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong”.



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