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How can we protect children on social media?
We spoke to Ellen Roome, who travelled to the US to protest outside of the Facebook owner Meta – demanding better online protection for children. Her 14-year-old son Jools died in 2022, she believes, after an online challenge that went wrong. W...
Water companies routine use of emergency overflows ‘illegal’, says environment secretary
We spoke to the Environment Secretary Steve Reed and began by asking him if he thought that the seemingly routine use of emergency overflows by water companies across the country was illegal.
The secret sewage ‘illegally’ dumped into rivers and seas
Data obtained by Channel 4 News shows water companies across the country appear to be illegally using emergency overflows to discharge sewage into rivers and seas.
Police unlawfully killed vulnerable man inquest rules
A vulnerable patient who died after being restrained by police officers has been declared the victim of unlawful killing.
Is the UK close to a bilateral trade deal with the US?
The world’s financial leaders are dealing with Donald Trump’s efforts to rip up the world economic order – at the International Monetary Fund spring meetings in Washington DC.
Water companies routinely discharging sewage from emergency overflows
Over 160 outlets released more than 10 times a year and four water companies had at least one outlet releasing more than 100 times a year.
‘Therapists should be in schools’ – survey reveals improvements in youth mental health since pandemic
There's some good news about rates of poor mental health among secondary age children.
Paddleboard guide jailed for 10 years over deaths of four people
A former police firearms officer who ran a paddleboarding company has been jailed for more than 10 years after four people drowned during a journey she oversaw on a swollen southwest Wales river.
Chancellor Reeves refuses to put time frame on US trade deal
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has refused to put a time frame on striking a trade deal with the White House.
Is US softening stance on tariffs or doubling down?
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves is in Washington to continue negotiations with the US Treasury Secretary - with the administration shifting away from its recent tough language on tariffs, China and the independence of the Federal Reserve. She'll also at...
Police apologise and drop threat to prosecute grieving mother
“Never underestimate the lengths a mother will go to, to establish the truth. I will not be silenced. I will ensure the truth is known”.
Starmer U-turns on previous position on trans women after gender ruling
The prime minister has U-turned on his previous position on whether trans women are women.
Pope Francis an ‘open, warm’ man says Liverpool Archbishop
We spoke to the man leading Tuesday's service in Liverpool, Archbishop Malcolm McMahon and asked him for his reflections on the death of Pope Francis.
Services held across the UK in honour of Pope Francis
In the UK, services have been held across the country to pay tribute to Pope Francis and remember his life.
Eubank v Benn: Family rivalry reignited in the boxing ring
Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn meet this Saturday night in north London, in what is set to be the fight of the year. This is a bout surrounded by controversy and history, and could result with one career coming to an end.