The spike in school suspensions
Every day more than 3000 pupils miss school because they have been suspended. It’s a record number that has shot up since the pandemic, especially for girls, who are being sent home at twice the natio...
13 Sep 202321min
Putin and Kim Jong Un meet, but why?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has crossed the border into Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. This is the first time since 2019 that Kim has left North Korea – and a lot has changed ...
12 Sep 202323min
Should we be worried about the new COVID variant?
The emergence of a new COVID variant, BA.2.8, has pushed forward the winter vaccination programme, with the rollout starting on Monday in England for older adult care home residents and immunosuppress...
11 Sep 202319min
One year of King Charles: What has he achieved?
It's been one year since King Charles took to the throne following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.In this episode of the Sky News Daily podcast, royal correspondent Laura Bundock takes to...
8 Sep 202322min
Prisoner manhunt: How was a terror suspect able to escape?
Terror suspect Daniel Khalife's escape from HMP Wandsworth – believed to be by strapping himself underneath a delivery lorry - led to a police manhunt involving all 43 forces in England and Wales. The...
7 Sep 202320min
Could my council go bust?
Birmingham City Council, Europe's largest local authority, has effectively declared bankruptcy, confirming in a statement that all new spending except for protecting vulnerable people and statutory se...
6 Sep 202318min
The Chinese economy is faltering – should the rest of the world worry?
China's economy has slipped into deflation as consumer prices declined in July for the first time in more than two years.Ballooning local government debt, weak import and exports, challenges in the ho...
5 Sep 202318min
Concrete crisis and the Gillian Keegan rant
MPs returned to Westminster after their summer break, but the same can't be said for thousands of children expected in classrooms for the Autumn term – due to the crumbling concrete crisis. More than ...
4 Sep 202320min
