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’If we can show they have no monopoly over us, we can move away from their grip’ – Lyra McKee’s partner Sara Canning
Council buildings in the colours of the LGBT rainbow flag are to be lit up in Derry this weekend to mark the second anniversary of the killing of Lyra Mckee.


Final preparations for Prince Philip’s funeral taking place
Final preparations have been taking place in Windsor, ahead of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral tomorrow.


Peaky Blinders actress Helen McCrory dies aged 52
The actress Helen McCrory has died from cancer at the age of 52.


Joe Anderson: ‘I’ve never taken a bribe, nor would I, why would I?’
In his first television interview since his dramatic political downfall, Joe Anderson spoke to us.


‘We have to get to the bottom of how this happened’ – Lord Kerslake on Greensill
We spoke to Lord Bob Kerslake, who was head of the civil service under David Cameron.


National Audit Office launches probe into Greensill’s involvement in Covid schemes
Another inquiry has been launched into Greensill Capital, the collapsed finance firm which had former Prime Minister David Cameron on its books, and its relations with Whitehall.


‘My mum would still be alive if that domestic abuse register was here’
A year after it was first introduced, the landmark violence against women and girls bill is back in the House of Commons, where the government has accepted the majority of suggestions made by the Lords.


Current system ‘leaves the public unsafe’, says Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence Jess Phillips
We spoke to the Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, Jess Phillips.


Undercover policing: Blair Peach’s partner horrified to have been spied on
It's more than 40 years since Blair Peach died after he was hit by police officers during an anti-racism protest in west London.


‘Urgent reform’ needed following Greensill affair, says Labour’s John McDonnell
The Labour MP is on the committee investigating lobbying and appointments.


Cabinet secretary to Thatcher and Blair says ‘it’s time’ for lobbying rules to be changed
Lord Robin Butler was cabinet secretary to three prime ministers - Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair.


Greensill: Lord Pickles calls for urgent reform after lobbying row
Six investigations are now being launched into the Greensill scandal.


UK woodlands ‘reaching crisis point’ amid ‘barrage’ of threats
They’re essential to the future of our environment and the fight against climate change, but a new report warns that the UK’s native woodlands have reached a crisis point, with just a handful in good condition. The survey, by the Woodland...


SNP targets Scotland’s most marginal seat as it seeks pro-independence majority
It is the most marginal seat in Scotland, where at the last election Labour hung on with a wafer-thin majority. This time around, Dumbarton is being fiercely contested, and it’s a key target for the Scottish National Party, who are hoping to bu...


London Bridge terror attack inquest hears from witnesses who tried to help victim
It was a conference on prisoner rehabilitation that turned into a terror attack leaving two people dead. The inquest into the London Bridge attack in November 2019 has heard from witnesses who tried to help Jack Merritt immediately after he was stabb...



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