Jackie Long
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United Kingdom
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Exclusive: Majority of Probation Service currently working at ‘excessive capacity’
The majority of the Probation Service is currently working at excessive capacity, leaked internal figures obtained by Channel 4 News reveal, raising further fears that the service is struggling to cope. → Read More
Exclusive: Probation officers ‘under pressure to lower risk rating of offenders’, whistleblower tells Channel 4 News
Serious offenders released into the community enter a legal grey area. → Read More
Government must commit to radical reform of social care system, says report
The author of a landmark report into children's social care in England has told this programme the government must commit to radical reform of the whole system - a system failing some of the most vulnerable children in care. → Read More
Sir Grayson Perry says knighthood ‘extra special’ due to achievements – not class
The artist and broadcaster Grayson Perry who has been made a Knight Bachelor for services to the arts. Known as much for his cross-dressing alter-ego Claire as his ceramic pots, Sir Grayson posted a picture of himself on Twitter saying “the news is out and I’m not quite ready.” We spoke to him earlier and asked how he is feeling about becoming a ‘knight’. → Read More
Families call for more help for the ‘forgotten victims’ of child sexual abuse
When a child is sexually abused, the ripples of that devastating trauma spread throughout the family. → Read More
Most Russians won’t see images of Kherson defeat, says Russia expert
Jackie Long spoke to the writer and Russia expert Anne Applebaum who is in Warsaw, and asked her what the reactions to the scenes in Kherson are like in Russia. → Read More
‘There’s only so far claps can go’ says nurse and Order of Merit recipient
The names of 6 leading Britons have been added to the Order of Merit, chosen by the late Queen just days before she died in September. → Read More
Public ‘need solutions… Rishi Sunak has those solutions’ -Tory MP Huw Merriman
We were joined by Conservative MP Huw Merriman, who is backing Rishi Sunak in the leadership. → Read More
Call for new offence for failure to report child abuse
The sexual abuse of children is an “epidemic that leaves tens of thousands of victims in its poisonous wake”, according to a seven-year inquiry into institutional failings in England and Wales. → Read More
Loan sharks exploiting cost of living crisis to target struggling families, investigators say
Loan sharks are exploiting the cost of living crisis to prey on the most vulnerable families, specialist investigators have told Channel 4 News. → Read More
Ukraine will ‘liberate Crimea by the middle of 2023’, retired US general says
We spoke to retired US general Ben Hodges who is now Senior Advisor at Human Rights First. He previously served as Commanding General of the United States Army in Europe. We asked whether continued Russian losses in Ukraine make a nuclear-armed President Putin potentially more aggressive? → Read More
‘I don’t know how we’re going to survive’ says single mum on Universal Credit
We speak to Laurie Ash, a single mother of two who's a full-time carer for one of her daughters and receives Universal Credit, farmer Stephen Thompson, and Phil Pinder who owns The Potions Cauldron in York - a small business which sources and manufactures soft drinks. → Read More
Online safety: What can tech companies do?
We speak to Beeban Kidron, a peer who chairs the 5 Rights Foundation, an organisation which campaigns for online child safety; and Fraser Nelson who is editor of The Spectator Magazine who has written about his concerns that elements of the government's Online Safety Bill will lead to censorship. → Read More
Ambulance waiting times ‘disgrace’, says man whose mum died waiting for ambulance
The latest NHS emergency waiting time figures for England are among the worst on record. → Read More
Exclusive: Medics treated arrested man ‘like he was pretending’ before seizure death, says family
The family of a man who died after suffering multiple seizures while under arrest have accused medical staff of treating him like “he was pretending”. → Read More
UK heatwave: ‘heat could cause death’, senior health official warns
This is serious heat that could end in people’s deaths, a senior health official has warned - with an amber warning for extreme heat already in force across England. → Read More
Inside Swinfen Hall Prison: The mum reaching out to violent criminals
They are young men, teenagers or barely into their twenties, already serving years in prison for serious violent offences, including murder. → Read More
‘Laddish culture’ in Commons must change, says former minister Margot James
We’re joined by Margot James who was a minister under Theresa May. She stood down as an MP in 2019 around the same time that a number of senior female Tory MPs also left the Commons. → Read More
‘I’m barely existing’: Cancer and the cost of living crisis
It is perhaps not the first thing you think of when you are diagnosed with cancer - but it costs a lot. → Read More
Exclusive: Number of cancer patients seeking heating support more than doubles
The number of cancer patients seeking support with heating bills has more than doubled in a year, according to figures from one of Britain’s largest cancer charities shared exclusively with Channel 4 News. → Read More