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The scandal that shook the NHS
Ten years ago today, a public inquiry concluded that patients were subject to shocking levels of neglect at Stafford Hospital, putting it among the w…
2 years, 11 months ago
A breakthrough in the Andrew Malkinson case
In 2021, we released a series on Stories of our times called Seventeen Years with journalist Emily Dugan about a man who was convicted in 2004 of a b…
2 years, 11 months ago
Sunak's first 100 days: Promises, scandals and strikes
Rishi Sunak’s been in Number 10 for 100 days. So how’s he doing? What’s he been doing? And with Labour leading in the polls, can the UK’s third prime…
2 years, 11 months ago
The school strikes explained
Across England and Wales today, many schools are closed and pupils are at home as the UK’s biggest teaching union goes on strike - the first of seven…
2 years, 11 months ago
Why German tanks are going to war in Europe
Last week, Germany confirmed it would send tanks to Ukraine to help in the fight against Russia. The announcement came after weeks of foot-dragging o…
2 years, 11 months ago
What's killing the Teesside crabs?
When a nightmarish scene unfolded on the beaches of northeast England in the last few months of 2021, fishermen raised the alarm. The mass die-off of…
2 years, 11 months ago
The cache and the caucus: How Biden's documents may strengthen his enemies
On 9 January a story broke that classified documents had been found at a Washington DC office used by President Biden. In the weeks since, four more …
2 years, 11 months ago
A serial rapist inside the Met police
One of the country’s worst sex offenders plead guilty to 48 rapes of 12 women committed over almost 20 years while he was a police officer for the Me…
2 years, 11 months ago
How the rich and powerful try to intimidate the press
Until recently the term Slapp – strategic lawsuit against public participation – meant very little. But yesterday in parliament, an MP introduced a b…
2 years, 11 months ago
Iran: Fighting back in the face of execution
Protests - sparked by the death of a young woman in the custody of Iranian morality police - have continued for over four months, evolving to incorpo…
2 years, 11 months ago