Six O'Clock News Podcast
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PM says Britain is 'a tinderbox' as homes destroyed in wildfire
Today
Andy Burnham says fire services need more resources after the blaze in Stourbridge
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Israeli military tackles blockade by Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank
Yesterday
The Israeli settlers have blockaded two families in the village of Qusra
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Millions watch the UK's most significant solar eclipse since 1999
Wednesday
In Spain, the moon will totally obscure the sun
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Andy Burnham is 'confident' early release of PC Harper's killers can be halted
Tuesday
Mr Burnham asks the justice secretary to find a way to create more space in prisons
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230 people cross the English Channel in a single boat
Monday
It's the largest ever number of arrivals on one dinghy
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Israel rejects President Trump's peace plan for Gaza
Sunday
Israel rejects a peace plan for Gaza that President Trump announced last month
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Zelensky pleads for more air defences amid more strikes
Last Saturday
President Zelensky has appealed for more air defences after more Russian strikes on Kyiv.
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Police and prosecutors admit failings in the handling of a serial sex offender
Last Friday
A string of mistakes left a known sex offender free to murder two women
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A record number of referrals to the Prevent anti-extremism programme
Last Thursday
The biggest group of referrals is children under the age of 15.
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Former neo-Nazi withdraws as a Tory election candidate
Wed 5 Aug 2026
Joshua Bonehill-Paine had been selected to contest a local council election
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The government defends its changes to the prisoner early release scheme
Tue 4 Aug 2026
The Justice Secretary has apologised to the families affected by the scheme
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France condemns Reform's cross-channel migrant plans
Mon 3 Aug 2026
Reform says it would use the Navy to return migrants crossing the Channel in small boats
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Moscow blast 'was terrorism', but no word on who caused it
Sun 2 Aug 2026
It's still not clear who was behind the restaurant explosion that killed three people.
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Pressure grows on Fifa boss
Sat 1 Aug 2026
Pressure mounts on Gianni Infantino after plans to sell stakes in World Cup are dropped
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Funeral director who failed to bury and cremate bodies jailed for 20 years
Fri 31 Jul 2026
Robert Bush gave bereaved relatives the ashes of strangers
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Uefa says it will boycott the World Cup if Fifa's plans go ahead
Thu 30 Jul 2026
Fifa plans to sell off some event rights to private investors
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Andy Burnham promises to reform adult social care in England
Wed 29 Jul 2026
The Prime Minister warned "difficult decisions" would be needed to bring about change
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Plans for school pupils in England to get more access to technical subjects
Tue 28 Jul 2026
Andy Burnham pledges to cut the number of young people, who aren't working or learning
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Wildfires continue in France and Spain
Mon 27 Jul 2026
Firefighters are bracing themselves for more searing weather
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Wildfires spread rapidly in parts of France and Spain
Fri 24 Jul 2026
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated
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Andy Burnham pauses the prisoner early release scheme
Thu 23 Jul 2026
More than 5,000 prisoners including killers were due to be freed from September
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The widow of PC Andrew Harper criticises early prisoner release
Wed 22 Jul 2026
Two of the men jailed for killing the police officer in 2019 could be released early
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Andy Burnham chairs first Cabinet after ex-minister criticises 'unfunded tax cut'
Tue 21 Jul 2026
The new PM tells ministers they must show how policies will be paid for
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Andy Burnham moves into 10 Downing Street
Mon 20 Jul 2026
The new Prime Minister promises immediate help with the cost of living
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Andy Burnham takes over as leader of the Labour party
Fri 17 Jul 2026
Mr Burnham pledged to give 'hope back' to the country
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Protesters take to the streets in Ukraine
Thu 16 Jul 2026
They oppose President Zelenksy's dismissal of the defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov
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