Ciaran Jenkins
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United Kingdom
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Folk musicians descend on Glasgow for Celtic Connections festival
Thousands of musicians from countries across the world have descended upon Glasgow to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the folk festival Celtic Connections. → Read More
NHS crisis: GPs in Scotland quitting due to ‘unsafe situation’
While the crisis in hospital A&E departments has been dominating recent headlines, the situation in GPs surgeries may be just as less urgent. We’re in Scotland where we have spoken to two GPs who have quit the same medical practice on the outskirts of Edinburgh because they say patient numbers are “untenable”. And they tell us they’re worried they cannot provide a “safe” service. → Read More
Teenage girl with leukemia cured with world’s first experimental treatment
A 13-year-old girl is in remission after becoming the first patient in the world to receive ground-breaking gene therapy for previously incurable leukemia. → Read More
Teenage girl with leukemia in remission after world’s first experimental treatment
A 13-year-old girl is in remission after becoming the first patient in the world to receive ground-breaking gene therapy for previously incurable leukemia. → Read More
Jersey flat explosion: Rescuers find no more survivors
Rescuers in Jersey say they no longer expect to find anyone alive following yesterday's deadly explosion that destroyed a block of flats in St Helier. → Read More
NHS pay body has power to increase nurses’ wages, says MP Steve Brine
We were joined by the conservative MP, Steve Brine who is chair of the Health and Social Care select committee. → Read More
‘Classical music will prosper when it lives within other genres’ – Cellist Abel Selaocoe
The musician works towards combining African and classical music on a world stage - often improvising, often using his own voice as an instrument. → Read More
Nicola Sturgeon defends plans to scrap Trident
Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks about her party’s position on the UK’s nuclear programme Trident, how Scotland will use the pound if it went independent and defends her record on green jobs. → Read More
Liz Truss plans to axe green levy but keep Net Zero pledge
Liz Truss will be heading to Scotland first thing tomorrow, where she will be sworn in by the Queen at Balmoral. In her thank you speech today, she said she would “deliver” on the energy crisis. → Read More
Scotland beavers saved from culling and get new homes
There has been some good news for Scottish beavers, who have been culled in record numbers in recent years. → Read More
‘A lot of people sidelined’ at COP26, Kenyan activist Elizabeth Wathuti says
We were joined by Elizabeth Wathuti, who's the founder of the Green Generation Initiative and a climate activist from Kenya. → Read More
Criminalisation approach just isn’t delivering for people’, global drug policy commission chair says
We were joined by the former New Zealand Prime Minister and chair of the global commission on drug policy, Helen Clark. → Read More
Thousands march in Glasgow for climate action
In Glasgow, organisers say over 100,000 people took to the streets. → Read More
COP26 climate summit begins in Glasgow
As the conference formally began here on the banks of the Clyde, hundreds of passengers hoping to travel to the climate summit by train were stranded after a tree fell on the tracks halting services from London. → Read More
Afghanistan: Seven further deaths at Kabul airport as thousands wait to escape
Another seven people have been killed in the panicked scenes around Kabul airport, with tens of thousands of people still desperate to escape Taliban controlled Afghanistan. → Read More
UNICEF ‘deeply concerned’ about welfare of children in Afghanistan
We spoke to Samantha Mort from UNICEF Afghanistan, who is in Kabul. → Read More
Getting out of Afghanistan like ‘mission impossible’, says former Afghan diplomat
We spoke to Zubair Juenda, who was a diplomat in Afghanistan. He arrived in the UK yesterday with his wife and children after getting into the military camp at the airport run by western forces. → Read More
Revealed: North Sea oil company chief exec claims climate emergency is ‘fake’
The chief executive of a North Sea oil company has said the climate emergency is “fake” in now deleted tweets from his personal account, despite his company’s claims it is working towards a net zero carbon emissions target, Channel 4 News can reveal. → Read More
Scottish Parliament on course for pro-independence Majority
Our Scotland Correspondent Ciaran Jenkins joined us from Glasgow to tell us the latest on the Scottish elections results. → Read More
Scotland elections: a battle for the whole of the UK?
Are Scotland’s elections a battle not just for Scotland, but for the whole United Kingdom? → Read More