Lorry deaths: why spend thousands to reach the UK?
Last week 39 people suffocated to death in the back of a lorry in Essex. It was a reminder of a similar case that happened 19 years ago when 58 Chinese nationals were found dead in a lorry in Dover. ...
31 Loka 201919min
Why are people ‘cured’ by fake science?
Earlier this week top NHS bosses wrote a letter to the Professional Standards Authority expressing serious concerns about homeopathy. They warned of its lack of scientific foundation and anti-science ...
30 Loka 201923min
Who are you Jonathan Van Ness?
Jonathan Van Ness is a podcaster, a hairdresser, and host of the Game of Thrones webseries Gay of Thrones. But he’s best known as one of the “Fab Five” on Queer Eye, the incredibly popular Netflix ma...
29 Loka 201924min
Baghdadi: Trump’s movie moment?
Donald Trump announced over the weekend that the fugitive leader of the so-called Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been killed in a raid in Syria. During the press conference he described th...
28 Loka 201920min
Esther Perel: does ‘the one’ exist?
“Love is not a permanent state of enthusiasm.” These are the words of one of the most famous therapists in the world: Esther Perel. She is internationally renowned for creating and presenting ‘Where S...
25 Loka 201922min
What happened to the lost boys of Lanarkshire?
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK and Scotland has the highest suicide rate in Britain. Chris Clements and Calum Mckay have looked into the figures for BBC Scotland's Disclosure ...
24 Loka 201921min
Why does Facebook want you to date?
Facebook helps connect people, but now it’s on a new mission to get people to fall in love. Facebook users in the US — it will be available in Europe next year — can create a dating profile and curate...
23 Loka 201920min
How did dirty money fund The Wolf of Wall Street?
In a court case that is gripping Asia, a Malaysian wealth fund is accused of robbing the country of $3.5 billion US dollars. It is the world’s biggest white-collar heist involving government corruptio...
22 Loka 201919min
