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Danny Blanchflower warns against interest rate rises to curb inflation

The Professor insists rate rises would cause an unemployment shock, hurting families.

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Why barristers want crime to pay more

Criminal barristers are voting on a full walk-out in a bid to secure a 25% pay rise.

• 9 mins

Zoe Billingham: NHS mental health services failing families

The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust chair admits it's not yet safe for patients.

• 9 mins

High fliers: Brother beats sister's round-the-world record

Zara and Mack Rutherford on flying a microlight around the world, and sibling rivalry.

• 4 mins

Rishi Sunak pledges support for a Truss government

The would-be PM insists he could still win but will remain loyal to the party regardless.

• 11 mins

"Game-playing" orcas target vessels off French coast

Sailor Rolf Storkston recounts how orcas "as big as the boat" destroyed his rudder.

• 5 mins

Postal workers strike for "pay justice"

CWU boss Dave Ward and Royal Mail's Simon Thompson on why the two sides can't agree.

• 10 mins

Does Sir Keir Starmer need to 'get a spine' on strikes?

USDAW's Paddy Lillis warns fellow union bosses to attack the Tories rather than Labour.

• 6 mins

Former Mi6 boss hails 'balance' in Russia-Ukraine war

Sir Alex Younger says the two armies are equally matched but Russia's strength will fade.

• 8 mins

Blackout Memories: Daniel Postgate

The illustrator and writer, whose Dad created Bagpuss & The Clangers, was 10 in 1974

• 3 mins

How to adjust your boiler to reduce your energy bills

Jo Alsop from The Heating Hub explains how to turn down your boiler's flow temperature.

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Boris Johnson surprises rapper during dawn police raid

Rapper Splinter Sales explains what happened when he saw the Prime Minister with police

• 2 mins

Who is Liz Truss?

The World at One guide to Britain's new Prime Minister.

• 6 mins

A new anthem for a new King

Mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins sings 'God Save the King' for the first time.

• 7 mins

'We're not going to do some nuclear massacre' says Putin ally

Yevgeny Popov is an MP from Russia's largest political party & deputy in the State Duma

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Treasury Minister: "It's not the job of the government to lay out forecasts of growth"

Andrew Griffith refuses to predict when the goal of 2.5% growth will be met.

• 8 mins

Mantel 鈥渨ill be remembered like George Eliot and Dickens鈥�

Author Kate Mosse reflects on the literary legacy of Hilary Mantel.

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Bank of England needs 鈥渢ough response鈥� to pound鈥檚 fall

Jim O'Neill said the bank have been timid in raising interest rates so far

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Market fears about Kwarteng plan need to be addressed head-on, says Gerard Lyons

Netweath chief economic strategist says more could've been done to keep markets 'on side'

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Mel Stride: Chancellor may need to 鈥榰nwind鈥� more tax cut plans

Conservative MP calls for pragmatism after 45p tax U-turn

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45p tax cut U-turn ignites Conservative conference debate

Sarah Montague tests the mood of party conference delegates

• 7 mins

Christiane Amanpour: Reach of Iranian protests is 'extraordinary'

British-Iranian journalist reflects on the 'Gen Z' rebellion

• 4 mins

Union: "Bored, aggravated" migrants threatening processing centre staff

ISU's Lucy Moreton says the Manston detention centre is over-crowded and under-resourced.

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Memorial: Nobel Prize won't ease repression inside Russia

Maria Eismont says winning the Peace Prize won't change the banned group's prospects.

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"We were enveloped in the smoke and suddenly I didn't care..."

Michael Morpurgo reflects on how the Flying Scotsman continues to captivate young minds.

• 4 mins

Philip Hammond: Truss's growth agenda "in tatters" after U-turn

Former Chancellor says his party has "thrown away" its reputation for fiscal competence.

• 7 mins

Iran's media must "be on the side" of anti-regime protesters

Zarah Afshari, who was a political prisoner, hails the bravery of Iran's young activists.

• 4 mins

Parm Sandhu: Met racism "more obvious & accepted" than Stephen Lawrence era

Former officers & victims reflect on Louise Casey's review of how the Met polices itself.

• 10 mins

Gaming may boost memory, thinking skills and brain development in children, says new study

A parenting podcaster and a professor of neuroscience react and discuss the findings.

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"Put your head in the water," Lewis Pugh urges world leaders after Red Sea swim

UN oceans envoy warns of risk to reefs from climate change ahead of COP27 in Egypt.

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