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Revisited: Essex lorry deaths, the journey of 39 Vietnamese migrants
We look into the story of one woman found in that container – who risked it all to come to the UK and provide for her family.


Sickle cell: Patient would not have died after 999 call in hospital if symptoms recognised sooner, coroner says
A 21-year-old man with sickle cell disease who rang 999 from his hospital bed after staff failed to recognise the severity of his symptoms, died because he wasn't given a blood transfusion in time.


Body discovered in Epping Forest after disappearance of teenager
Police investigating the disappearance of 19-year-old Richard Okorogheye say they have found a body of a man in a pond in Epping Forest.


Liberal Democrats and Greens urge government to scrap Covid passport plans
Caroline Lucas of the Green Party and Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats say the government should scrap its ‘illiberal’ plans for Covid passports.


Covid-19 passports ‘won’t be implemented in UK until at least 21 June’
Hours before AstraZeneca announced they were pausing trials for their vaccine in children, the Prime Minister appeared at an AstraZeneca factory encouraging people to keep getting vaccinated.


SAGE group member says risk to children incredibly small after Oxford vaccine trial paused
We were joined by Professor Calum Semple, member of the SAGE advisory group.


AstraZeneca pauses trial of vaccine on children after concerns over rare blood clots
This programme exclusively reported that the UK's medicines regulator, the MHRA, is looking closely at the planned roll out of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine among younger groups.


Revisited: Football, dementia, and the legacy of brain injury in sport
In recent years, we’ve lost many of the heroes of England’s World Cup winning team of ‘66 – and many of them suffered from dementia. Clare Fallon has been looking at sport and the long-term effects of head injuries.


UK medicines regulator considers issuing new advice over Oxford-AstraZeneca jab
The UK’s mass vaccination roll-out is one of the fastest and most successful in the world. It relies heavily on supplies of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, after the government ordered 100 million doses. And so far, the UK has not joined a numb...


SAGE scientist says risk of death from AstraZeneca vaccine ‘less than one in a million’
We were joined by the government’s former chief scientific adviser, Professor Sir Mark Walport, who’s now a member of the SAGE advisory group.


Children as young as 12 involved in Londonderry disorder, PSNI say
Police in Northern Ireland say children as young as 12 were involved in another night of violence, as officers were attacked with petrol bombs in several predominantly Unionist estates in Londonderry last night. Officers were also attacked in loyalis...


Hairdressers and garden centres reopen in Scotland
Hairdressers and barbers have been able to reopen in Scotland along with some non essential shops, as lockdown measures are eased. University and college students will also return for in-person teaching, and teengers can take part in outdoor contact ...


Boris Johnson urges caution as he announces England’s next steps out of lockdown
The prime minister has confirmed that England will push ahead with the next step out of lockdown in a week’s time – allowing shops, hairdressers and outdoor pubs and restaurants to open again. But he warned people not to be complacent ...


Revisited: Could Covid-19 and Brexit lead to Scotland’s exit from the UK?
Our Scotland correspondent Ciaran Jenkins has been talking to voters who previously rejected independence to see if the tide is turning, and what might be behind their change of heart.


‘The government should treat education like the economy and health or damage children’s life chances’ -Tory MP Robert Halfon
We were joined by Conservative MP Robert Halfon, who chairs the Commons Education committee.



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