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Jan 31, 2022

The day the statue of Edward Colston fell in June 2020 was a defining moment for Bristol.

It was also a defining moment for Britain’s relationship with its past as well as its approach to protest.

Recently, the four people accused of causing criminal damage to the statue were acquitted. To some it was justice,...


Jan 28, 2022

A coroner’s report this week identified “very serious and very basic investigative failings” by the Metropolitan Police over the investigations into the killing of four young men by the serial killer Stephen Port between 2014 and 2015.

 

Police repeatedly missed opportunities that might have stopped Port.

 

The...


Jan 26, 2022

Tomorrow, plan B measures end in England, with face masks no longer needed in public places and Covid passports dropped after only a few weeks in use. Boris Johnson said the Omicron wave had peaked nationally. 

But before Christmas, newspaper headlines were full of fears about millions of cases a day and the NHS being...


Jan 24, 2022

Why was Prince Andrew friends with a convicted paedophile and a now convicted sex trafficker? Did he go to Pizza Express in Woking and will Virginia Giuffre get her day in Court? 

 

Our Investigations Editor Job Rabkin walks us through the civil trial, the history of the Prince and the paedophile and what’s next for...


Jan 21, 2022

From Make America Great Again to Make America Normal Again.

It’s one year since Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President promising to end the late-night tweets, the endless firings, the fake news, the fake science, and the threats to American democracy.

But how has he fared 12 months on?

In today’s episode,...