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More than four decades after the violent policing at Orgreave during the miners’ strike and a failed prosecution criticised as a police “frame up”, the government…

Ministers have announced an inquiry into the violent policing at Orgreave and the collapsed prosecutions of 95 miners accused of offences there, 41 years after the…

Albanese: ‘We support the status quo’ for TaiwanAnthony Albanese says Australia is looking to partner with Trip.com to promote Australia as a destination for Chinese visitors,…

Victims of the infected blood scandal have “not been listened to” by ministers, the chair of the inquiry has said in a report urging an overhaul…

Coroner’s finding comes five years after acquitted policeman Zachary Rolfe fatally shot 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker.An Australian police officer who shot dead an Indigenous teenager was a…

James MelleySenior Social Affairs ProducerBBCIn the early days of the pandemic, care home staff donned full personal protective equipmentThe Covid inquiry will start examining the impact…

Bereaved families have said Matt Hancock’s evidence to the Covid inquiry “was full of excuses and completely devoid of accountability” as he described discharging untested patients…

James MelleySocial Affairs ProducerGetty ImagesNicky Hastie, holding an image of her mother, attended the inquiry in person on Monday A civil servant’s assertion that there was…

The announcement of a new inquiry into maternity care failures in England, including the shockingly higher risk of mortality faced by black and Asian mothers, indicates…

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said “we must act now” as he announced a national investigation into maternity care in England.The “rapid” inquiry will urgently look…