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    Grenfell fire charges sought for up to 57 people

    19/05/2026 | 30 mins.
    The Metropolitan Police says it is sending evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service for a decision on criminal charges, in relation to the Grenfell Tower fire, for 57 individuals and 20 companies and organisations. Also: The Transport Secretary says the HS2 high speed rail link may end up costing more than a hundred billion pounds. And three presenters have been chosen to replace Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as the hosts of Strictly Come Dancing.
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    Two women tell BBC Panorama they were raped while filming Married at First Sight UK

    18/05/2026 | 30 mins.
    Two women have told the BBC they were raped during the filming of one of Channel 4's biggest shows. Channel 4 said it had commissioned an external review into contributor welfare on the programme in April. Also: Sir Keir Starmer says he won't walk away from Downing Street. And The Prince of Wales is to sell twenty per cent of his Duchy of Cornwall estate to help fund social housing and environmental projects.
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    Lisa Nandy: Starmer's future a 'personal decision' for him

    17/05/2026 | 16 mins.
    Lisa Nandy, a member of Sir Keir Starmer's cabinet, backs Andy Burnham's bid to return to Westminster, and says she can't guarantee the prime minister will fight any leadership challenge. The BBC's political correspondent, Paris Gourtsoyannis, has the latest.
    Also: Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow on one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia since the start of the war four years ago.
    We hear from the BBC's Africa correspondent Thomas Mukhwana as a growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo prompts authorities to declare a health emergency of international concern -- with analysis from our health correspondent Dominic Hughes.
    Our Scotland correspondent Katie Hunter has the latest from Glasgow, where police say two offiers were seriously injured in violence after Celtic's Premiership title win.
    Patrick Gearey looks back at the life of the great Scottish rugby union player Scott Hastings, who has died aged 61.
    And Jon Wilkinson has the rest of the day's sport.
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    Wes Streeting confirms he'll stand to be Labour Leader

    16/05/2026 | 16 mins.
    Wes Streeting has confirmed he'll challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership. The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has said he is standing in the Makerfield constitutency to "save" the party.
    A massive police operation has taken place in central London where two major protest marches -- one led by the right wing activist, Tommy Robinson and the other a pro-Palestinian rally -- have passed off largely without incident. More than 30 people have been arrested.
    The last senior Hamas leader thought to have been involved in planning the October the 7th attacks has been killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.
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    Labour's ruling body will allow Andy Burnham to stand in a parliamentary by-election

    15/05/2026 | 30 mins.
    Labour's National Executive Committee has given the go-ahead for Andy Burnham to seek selection to be the party's candidate in a by-election in Makerfield. Also: The UK and other European countries have signed a landmark declaration, which calls on courts to rethink how they decide migration cases, in a bid to make it easier to deport illegal migrants. And China's foreign minister has announced that President Xi Jinping has accepted an invitation from Donald Trump to travel to the United States later this year.
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