Cathy Newman

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We spoke to Shabana Mahmood – and first asked her to explain what she meant when she said that the prison system was on the cusp of total collapse when she became Justice Secretary.

2 weeks ago | channel4.com | Cathy Newman

The Supreme Court has given the public permission to go wild … wild camping that is. Judges ruled that people have the right to camp anywhere in Dartmoor National Park in Devon without landowner permission – dismissing a legal challenge. We spoke to campaigner Guy Shrubsole, who joined us on the phone from the celebrations in Dartmoor.

2 weeks ago | channel4.com | Cathy Newman

Aid agencies have warned that the extremely limited supply of aid allowed in via the Kerem Shalom crossing this week is a ‘drop in the ocean’ – following Israel’s 78-day blockade. The total of 98 trucks which Israel says it allowed through on Monday and Tuesday is just a fraction of the 500 a day that were going in before October 2023 – which the UN says is the bare minimum needed.

3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Cathy Newman

This morning, ministers admitted that some domestic abusers and sex offenders will be released from jail as part of emergency measures to prevent the overcrowding in prisons that could cause what the justice secretary described as a “total breakdown of law and order”. Some criminals serving sentences of between one and four years who breach their licence conditions would be returned to custody for only 28 days.

3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Cathy Newman

Last week in Rome we saw the Catholic church select a new pope in two days – just over two weeks after Pope Francis had died. Yet the Church of England remains without a permanent leader more than six months on from Justin Welby’s resignation. And now delays in forming the committee to select the next Archbishop of Canterbury have cast further doubt on the process, amid accusations of skulduggery and talk of a schism.