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UK govt releases Brexit worst-case scenarios
The UK government has been compelled to release predictions of worst-case scenarios should a no-deal Brexit eventuate - and it makes for sobering reading. Audio
Operation Yellowhammer details no-deal Brexit chaos
UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to look at what the government's no-deal Brexit preparations - Operation Yellowhammer - will involve. He'll also report on the ruling by Scotland's highest… Audio
UK Parliament suspension as Brexit deadline looms
With the UK Parliament sitting for the last time for five weeks, returning just two weeks before the Brexit deadline, it has been an historic day and night at Westminister. The Prime Minister Boris… Audio
Sitting for nine and a half hours a day linked to early death
Research has found that people spending nine and a half hours or more each day sedentary are associated with a significant increased risk of death. Professor Ulf Ekelund of the Norwegian School of… Audio
UK correspondent Kate Adie
UK correspondent Kate Adie dissects the chaos of an unprecedented week in Westminster and checks the pulse of the wider political landscape in Britain. Audio
Boris's snap election bid fails: Professor Tim Bale
Professor of politics at London's Queen Mary University Tim Bale updates on the UK's House of Commons rejection of a motion from Prime Minister Boris Johnson for a snap election. Audio
Historic Brexit showdown
Lynn talks with Helen Thomas, former adviser to the former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, as the British House of Commons votes to take control of the parliamentary agenda… Audio
UK Parliament Suspension: What Happens Next?
Karyn speaks with Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge, David Howarth about the British government's decision to suspend parliament in the lead up to Brexit. Audio
UK parliament to be suspended from mid-September
Britains Queen Elizabeth has approved a Government request to suspend the UK parliament amid the Brexit crisis. Audio
Queen suspends Parliament ahead of Brexit
UK correspondent Harriet Line reports on the controversial move by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to suspend parliament until just before the Brexit deadline - what happens now? And a victim who alleges… Audio
Boris Johnson's Brexit blows
UK correspondent Matt Dathan reports on the new war Prime Minister Boris Johnson has opened up with Remainer MPs in his own party, accusing them of "collaborating with the European Union". Audio
University in London has banned beef
Goldsmith's University of London, clearly a VERY green univbersity, is phasing out single-use plastics plastics and installing more solar panels to power its buildings in New Cross, as part of a move… Audio
Could a British election be on the cards?
UK correspondent Kate Adie looks at how new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been travelling around the country as if there's a general election in progress - not that he'll say if and when there… Audio
Can the union survive Boris?
Boris Johnson’s majority in the House of Commons is now a slender one seat after the Conservatives lost the Welsh seat of Brecon and Radnorshire by-election last week to the Lib Dems.Meanwhile the… Audio
Boris' tour of the UK and Dubai's princess goes to court
UK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to talk about Boris Johnson's first week of his premiership and his tour of the UK from Scotland to Wales and Northern Ireland, all the while insisting… Audio
May's cabinet culled as Boris Johnson stamps mark
Boris Johnson has conducted a thorough purge of Theresa May's cabinet, stacking the most influential roles in the British government with hardline Brexiteers. Otago University professor Robert Patman… Audio
Blood on the floor: Johnson’s re-shuffle ‘carnage’
Boris Johnson’s cabinet shuffle is “carnage”, says UK correspondent Matthew Parris. Audio
Boris' first day as the UK's Prime Minister
Boris Johnson is Britain's new Prime Minister and today is his first day in the role after winning a convincing victory over Jeremy Hunt in tthe Conservative party leadership race. Audio
What's at the top of Boris Johnson's agenda?
Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister of Britain, beating out leadership rival Jeremy Hunt. He's promised to deliver Brexit by Halloween on October 31 - but how realistic is that? Kathryn speaks… Audio
Iran tanker seizure - tensions mount
Tensions are rising rapidly after Iran's seizure of a British-flagged ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, described the seizure as an act of "state piracy" which demanded… Audio