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Tokyo Olympics: Best action often stuck behind paywall
Discovery's £900 million rights deal allows the BBC to show just two live events at the same time.


Fears serious offenders could end up on street after charity project’s closure
On Friday, the project run by the charity Change Grow Live will close for good.


Covid: Double-jabbed EU and US travellers to England will not have to quarantine
The government announced that quarantine will be scrapped for fully vaccinated people from the United States and the EU, if they arrive in England from an amber country.


Government ‘failed’ first ‘big test’ of levelling up agenda with disability strategy, Tory peer says
We were joined by the Conservative peer, Lord Kevin Shinkwin.


National disability strategy a missed opportunity, say campaigners
The government has unveiled its £1.6 billion national disability strategy to a somewhat muted response.


New survey finds increase in number of BAME people in positions of power
It's been four years since the campaigning organisation Operation Black Vote published “The Colour of Power”, a survey of who held the top jobs in significant public and private institutions.


Government urged to maintain ‘Everyone In’ spending on rough sleeping
There could be a surge of homeless people forced to sleep on England's streets unless the emergency scheme which helped them into accommodation during the pandemic is maintained, according to a panel of independent experts. 


Additional Covid testing sites feel ‘a bit like spin’, says Iceland boss
Covid cases have fallen for the seventh day in a row across the UK, but the number of deaths has risen to its highest level in more than four months.


Crime and policing minister defends austerity cuts to police budgets
We spoke to the Crime and Policing Minister, Kit Malthouse, and began by asking whether the colourful language used to describe the new initiative evoked images of the racially-segregated Deep South.


Johnson proposes ‘chain gangs’ in hi-vis for community service offenders
Boris Johnson has declared he wants more criminals to be visibly punished, in what he called “fluorescent-jacketed chain gangs”. 


Some children still ‘unprotected’ from sexual exploitation, says Bradford review
Today also saw a review published into five cases of sexual abuse in Bradford going back two decades. That report found that victims "suffered abuse that no child should have to experience". 


Shirley Oaks victim Alex Wheatle hopes ‘the country takes breath’ and learns from ‘devastating’ abuse
The award-winning author Alex Wheatle was placed in Shirley Oaks children's home when he was just three years old. He was sexually, physically and racially abused there. 


‘Culture of cover-up’: hundreds of children abused in Lambeth care homes, says inquiry
The findings could hardly be more shocking. Children in care "treated as if they were worthless", while abusers were allowed to infiltrate children's homes and foster care with "devastating, lifelong" consequences for their victims. 


Could rail construction delays threaten ‘levelling up’ in north of England?
Political leaders in the north of England say the prospect of a lengthy delay to new improved transport links for the region are "completely unacceptable".


Male advertising executives win sex discrimination case
Last week, a landmark sex discrimination case was won by two men. Until a few years ago they worked for the top London advertising agency JWT. 



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