成人论坛

20/08/2024

National and international news from 成人论坛 Radio 4

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21/08/2024 Bodies recovered from Sicily yacht wreckage

Five bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a super-yacht off the coast Sicily.

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22/08/2024 First drug that slows progression of Alzeimer's cleared for use in UK

The body which assesses medicines says it is too expensive for the NHS in England

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23/08/2024 Energy bills to rise this winter

The energy regulator, Ofgem, has announced a rise in its price cap from October.

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Teenager arrested after deadly knife attack in Germany

German police say fifteen-year-old boy knew about a knife attack that left three dead.

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25/08/2024 Conflict between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies

Israel and Hezbollah have carried out major attacks on each other.

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26/08/2024 Sven-Goran Eriksson dies aged 76

The former England football manager had been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.

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27/08/2024 Starmer warns of painful first budget

Sir Keir Starmer has warned that his government's first budget is "going to be painful".

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28/08/2024 Israel carries out military operation in the occupied West Bank

Israel has launched its biggest military operation in the occupied West Bank in years.

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29/08/2024 Government considers tighter restrictions on smoking outdoors

The measures could see smoking banned in pub gardens and outdoor restaurants

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30/08/2024 Government announces plans to end badger culling in England within five years

Vaccination will instead be the strategy for eradicating bovine tuberculosis

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31/08/2024 - Destruction in occupied West Bank

Palestinians speak of damage by Israeli military.

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01/09/2024 Protests after hostage deaths in Gaza

Calls for a strike to try to force Israel's government to agree a hostage release deal.

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02/09/2024 Britain suspends some arms exports to Israel

UK suspends some arms exports to Israel to prevent risk of humanitarian law breaches.

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03/09/2024 Swingeing cuts to public spending in Scotland

The Scottish government has announced half a billion pounds of cuts to public services.

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04/09/2024 Grenfell Tower inquiry blames 'dishonest' companies and failures by successive governments

The final report on the 2017 Grenfell fire, which killed 72 people, has been published.

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05/09/2024 Barnier becomes new French PM and bids to end turmoil

The former Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has taken over as France's prime minister.

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06/09/2024 Man handed longest jail sentence so far over riots

A man who targeted a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years.

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07/09/2024 Ukraine tactical nuclear 'risk'

The CIA director recalls a "risk" of tactical nuclear weapon use in Ukraine

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08/09/2024 Children's Hospital Surgeon Investigation

A former Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital surgeon is facing an investigation.

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09/09/2024 Covid Inquiry hears NHS was "creaking at the seams" when virus struck

It heard there were not enough staff and hospital infrastructure was unfit for purpose

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10/09/2024 MPs overwhelmingly back government's plan to cut winter fuel payments to millions of pensioners

The Tory motion seeking to stop the benefit from becoming means-tested was rejected

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11/09/2024 Government orders public inquiry into high profile murder during conflict in Northern Ireland

Pat Finucane was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1989 at his home in Belfast

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12/09/2024 Sir Keir Starmer warns NHS needs "major surgery" after review of health service

The review concluded the NHS in England was in a "critical condition"

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13/09/2024 Foreign Office dismisses Russian claims British diplomats were spies

The Kremlin have stripped the officials involved of their accreditation

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14/09/2024 Government facing calls to rethink cuts to winter fuel payment

The government is facing fresh calls to rethink cuts to winter fuel payment

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15/09/2024

National and international news from 成人论坛 Radio 4

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16/09/2024 Former 成人论坛 presenter Huw Edwards given six-month prison sentence suspended for two years

He had admitted to having indecent images of children as young as seven

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17/09/2024 Exploding pagers used in unprecedented mass attack on Hezbollah

The Lebanese armed group immediately blamed Israel amid a recent escalation in tensions

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18/09/2024 Second wave of explosions targets Hezbollah in Lebanon

More people have died and been wounded as walkie-talkies detonated

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