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Abuse survivor Ian Ackley says FA has ‘moral’ responsibility to compensate victims
We spoke to Ian Ackley, who was abused by Barry Bennell between 1979 and 1983, and asked him what his response was to the review today.


Football child sexual abuse report accuses FA of ‘institutional failings’
An independent review into historic child sex abuse in English football clubs has found that the Football Association did not do enough to keep children safe because of “significant institutional failings”. The report, which looked into t...


The people confessing their lockdown secrets on anonymous postcards
Now, what’s your most closely guarded secret? A small stationery shop in London has been sending out blank postcards to anyone who asks for one.  The condition: you send it back – anonymously – with a lockdown secret.  Paul McNama...


Muslim groups boycott Prevent review over Shawcross role
Hundreds of Muslim groups are boycotting the review of the government’s anti-radicalisation ‘Prevent’ scheme, over concerns about its chairman William Shawcross, who’s been criticised over previous remarks he made about Islam....


Health Department reduced to ‘smoking ruin’ by Covid, says Cummings
Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, has told MPs that the Department of Health was reduced to a “smoking ruin” as it struggled during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic in England. Mr Cummings was in th...


‘It is not a vaccine war’ says French MEP Véronique Trillet-Lenoir
Véronique Trillet-Lenoir is a doctor and French MEP from President Macron’s party. She has been a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Anthony Browne is Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire, where Astr...


EU threatens to block vaccine exports to UK
The European Union has threatened to stop Covid vaccine exports to the UK unless the continent gets its “fair share”. Yet at the very moment that Europe complains that AstraZeneca has not kept its promises, 16 EU countries are not using the vacci...


NHS in England warns of ‘significant reduction’ in vaccine supplies
A letter from the NHS in England has warned local health officials to expect a “significant reduction in weekly supply” of Covid vaccines from the end of this month. It means the number of first doses being given out in April will be sign...


Britain will be driven by ‘our values’ when dealing with China says Foreign Office Minister
We spoke to the Foreign Office Minister responsible for the Middle East and North Africa, Conservative MP James Cleverly. We started by asking whether the reported foreign aid cuts to Syria would be reconsidered.


UK nuclear arsenal to increase as part of post-Brexit review
The Prime Minister has laid out Britain’s foreign and defence priorities in what he described as the most comprehensive policy review since the Cold War. China and Russia were listed as the biggest state threats. And there are plans to increase...


European regulator says benefits of AstraZeneca jab outweigh risks
The EU’s medicines regulator has said that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should continue to be used because its benefits far outweigh its risks. A final ruling is expected on Thursday, but the European Medicines Agency has been alarmed that at...


NHS Confederation Chief Executive says long-term funding increase for NHS needed
Danny Mortimer, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, has written to the Chancellor warning him that a failure to confirm the NHS budget this week will have an impact on services and communities around the country.


Exclusive: NHS in England ‘needs £12 billion a year boost’ to recover from Covid
Millions of GP appointments missed, record waiting lists for mental health treatment, and cancer deaths predicted to rise – the true price of the pandemic, according to a new report by a leading think tank, given exclusively to Channel 4 News. ...


Ministers pledge new measures on women’s safety as MPs vote on policing bill
Sarah Everard's death has highlighted issues around safety for women and sparked a debate about the right to protest after trouble flared at a vigil in her honour.


‘Time for men to listen to the women in your lives’, says campaigner David Challen
We speak to David Challen, who's mother Sally was jailed for killing her husband, but was released two and a half years ago in a landmark case which recognised that she had been the victim of "coercive control".



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