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Transport chaos: week-long train and tube strikes set to go ahead
A week of transport chaos in England, Scotland and Wales is set to go ahead


Biological sex does matter but not at exclusion of others, says women’s health ambassador
Now improving the health of all women is the aim of England’s first women’s health ambassador. Dame Lesley Regan says too often girls and women have to fight too hard to get the treatment they need. But it is a huge in-tray. Everything fr...


England and Wales bask in sunshine on hottest day of year so far
England and Wales have been basking in the sunshine today, on what’s been the hottest day of the year so far. We spent the day in Broadstairs in Kent.


Gatwick cuts some summer flights to deal with staffing crisis
Gatwick Airport has announced it is cutting flights right in the middle of the summer holiday season as it continues to struggle with a staffing crisis. Normally around 900 flights leave the airport each day during peak season, but this July that wil...


Will Rwanda plan deter migrants from making dangerous English Channel journeys?
As temperatures have been rising this month, so too has the number of people attempting to cross the Channel in small boats. Over 1,000 have made the perilous journey this week alone, with 2022 set to be a record year. We speak to those currently cam...


North can control its own destiny and not be reliant on PM, says Tory MP
We spoke to Conservative MP Jake Berry, chair of the Northern Research Group, a collection of “red wall” Tory MPs. We asked him whether Conservative MPs were disappointed that the prime minister didn’t campaign in Wakefield


Ukraine: Johnson offers troops training on surprise visit to meet Zelenskyy in Kyiv
The offer from Boris Johnson to President Zelenskyy was for the British military to train thousands more Ukrainian troops, in unspecified third countries. A day after EU leaders were in Kyiv offering solidarity Boris Johnson was largely doing the sam...


Tiverton and Honiton: What do voters think ahead of crunch by-election?
In a week's time voters in two parts of England will go to the polls - giving an insight into the effects of the partygate scandal and the cost-of-living crisis.


Whyte Review: Abuse of gymnasts was ‘systemic’
There have already been reviews into abusive coaching in British cycling, swimming and canoeing. 


‘Like living in a gas chamber’: the citizens suffering on Clean Air Day
Today is Clean Air Day - the UK's largest air quality campaign embracing business, schools and the wider community which aims to highlight the dangers of air pollution. 


Rail workers risk ‘striking themselves out of a job’ says Transport Secretary
The Transport Secretary has warned rail workers that they risk "striking themselves out of a job".


Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser quits after being put in ‘odious position’
Lord Geidt has revealed that he quit as the prime ministerial ethics advisor after being put in an "impossible and odious position" over a government measure that he said would risk a deliberate breach of the ministerial code. 


‘I’m not sure the Bank is doing enough to get on top of this inflation problem’, says former policymaker
We were joined by former Bank of England policymaker Andrew Sentance.


Homeowners to feel hit of interest rate rise
Our Economics Reporter Neil MacDonald talks to Cathy.


Interest rates rise to 13-year high
Interest rates have gone up for the fifth time in a row. The Bank of England has raised them by a quarter point to 1.25% - the highest level for 13 years.  



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