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The race to combat new Covid variants
Covid cases are on the rise around the world and public health experts are concerned about a new variant, BA.2.86 or Pirola. What is the UK doing about it?
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Covid cases are on the rise around the world and public health experts are concerned about a new variant, BA.2.86 or Pirola. What is the UK doing about it?
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There have been renewed calls to ban the American bully XL dog breed after one attacked an 11-year-old girl in Birmingham. But would banning them make the streets safer?
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The parents of Martha Mills say her death was caused by a toxic workplace culture in the NHS. They are campaigning to introduce procedures for families to ask for a second medical opinion when they have concerns about the current care they’re receiving.
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A barge to house asylum seekers arrived on the UK’s south coast last week. The government says it’ll help save money on accommodation costs, but is it really about politics?
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The US government has called xylazine an “emerging threat” after the sedative started being mixed with opioids. What makes it so dangerous?
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Meta has launched a new “text based conversation app” that’s a direct challenge to Twitter. Could it bring down the bird?
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Problems at the UK’s biggest water company have raised questions for the whole industry. What brought Thames Water to the brink of collapse?
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Rocketing interest rates are putting a lot of people with mortgages under financial strain, but rents are also rising.
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Covid cases are on the rise around the world and public health experts are concerned about a new variant, BA.2.86 or Pirola. What is the UK doing about it?
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There have been renewed calls to ban the American bully XL dog breed after one attacked an 11-year-old girl in Birmingham. But would banning them make the streets safer?
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The parents of Martha Mills say her death was caused by a toxic workplace culture in the NHS. They are campaigning to introduce procedures for families to ask for a second medical opinion when they have concerns about the current care they’re receiving.
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A barge to house asylum seekers arrived on the UK’s south coast last week. The government says it’ll help save money on accommodation costs, but is it really about politics?
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The US government has called xylazine an “emerging threat” after the sedative started being mixed with opioids. What makes it so dangerous?
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Meta has launched a new “text based conversation app” that’s a direct challenge to Twitter. Could it bring down the bird?
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Problems at the UK’s biggest water company have raised questions for the whole industry. What brought Thames Water to the brink of collapse?
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Rocketing interest rates are putting a lot of people with mortgages under financial strain, but rents are also rising.
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Within three months, the Met Police will stop attending all but the most serious mental health calls. Will it put vulnerable people in danger?
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What just happened
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What just happened
This week’s File on Hidden Homicides is just the start for Tortoise: we are going to keep investigating, scrutinising the data and calling for change in the way that domestic abuse is policed. If you also want to join us as we dig deeper, here are some resources to get you started…
We’re told that two women a week are killed by a current or former partner. But what if that number is higher?
How many women die at the hands of their partners? We simply don’t know – and that needs to change
People obeyed the rules and sacrificed so much during lockdown. Mr Cummings felt that did not apply to him. It was shocking and bewildering