Toby Bakare

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Palestine Action: Police face questions after 500 arrests at protest channel4.com/news/palestine…

A huge night for Channel 4 News at the 2026 @RTS_media Television Journalism Awards 🏆 🎉 Five wins, eight nominations, including named Programme of the Year for the third-year running. A particular spotlight on @lindseyhilsum - honoured with the prestigious Outstanding Contribution award, recognising 30 years of fearless, public service journalism that has defined our global reputation. From Ukraine to Gaza, the White House to Westminster, our teams reported from the frontline of a rapidly shifting world. Collecting the award, Editor @esmewren said: “In a reordered world, bearing witness is not optional. It is essential.”

Government overhauls special education with £4bn plan channel4.com/news/governmen…

Exclusive: ‘Spycam’-style footage inside Jeffrey Epstein’s living room uncovered in latest files

If Keir Starmer resigned, Britain would have its 5th (!) Prime Minister since late 2022 — while Italy has had just one in the same period. What a time to be alive.

Unbelievable that a man who spent US$75m on a film no-one wants to see about Melania Trump has just fired almost all the foreign correspondents on the newspaper he owns. You might think nothing was happening in this world. @JeffBezos @washingtonpost #SaveThePost

Israel has demolished buildings inside the UN Palestinian refugee agency's East Jerusalem compound, which it seized last year. The UN called it a violation of international law. Israeli forces have also ordered dozens of families to leave their homes in southern Gaza in the first forced evacuation since the October ceasefire.

@symeonbrown @astndbh We do have a defined type of football - starting with attacking wingers/crosses. Youtube is your friend.

@astndbh Accurate, this is why every student of Ferguson has failed in management in stark contrast to Pep’s disciples.

What makes the ‘United Way’ funny is even during their glory years they never had a globally defined style of football. Barca tiki-taka Dortmund Gegenpress Ajax Total Football Athletics Low Block Etc Were they successful? yes. Did they define a generational style of play? no

SEND: families anxiously wait for promised government reform channel4.com/news/send-fami…

The Government has launched what it called a 'national conversation' on special education needs - known as SEND - saying it will put the experiences of parents at the heart of future reforms. But many parents live in a state of constant worry about the future of SEND - and have to fight to get their children the right education. And the white paper outlining the proposed changes won't come out until next year. Ruben Reuter has been to Dorset to hear from families anxiously waiting for the promised reforms.

The images from Hong Kong are utterly nightmarish. It's still an early stage, but some thoughts and reflections are below: peteapps.substack.com/p/hong-kongs-h…

The OBR says that the 'really big surprise' in the forecasts was the huge risk local authorities now pose to Britain's financial stability, particularly because of spiralling SEND costs Richard Hughes says that the special needs programme is putting 'enormous pressure' on local authorities and has led to 'double-digit upward revisions to borrowing' He says it added up to £22billion to financial pressures. 'Local authorities became suddenly a big source of risk and pressure' The OBR points out that the government has said that the 'full cost of SEND provision' will be absorbed 'within departmental budgets BUT no savings have been identified to offset the £6billion worth of costs The OBR says that this would lead to a 4.9 per cent in mainstream school spending per pupil in 2028-29

A major shift in education funding: The full cost of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision will be absorbed by central government departmental spending from 2028-29. This creates a funding pressure of £6.3bn. #Education #SEND

Analysis by our @FactCheck team reveals that UK companies have exported over £17m worth of arms and ammunition to the UAE since January 2024. We don't know exactly what was exported, but some items were categorised under "cartridges" and "munitions of war". channel4.com/news/factcheck…

Anti-black discrimination is 'baked into the institutional design' of the Metropolitan Police - with darker-skinned staff labelled 'confrontational'. Those: just some of the conclusions of a new independent review as the Met attempts to repair its relationship with black communities. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said in response the Force was committed to 'listening, learning and acting'. Harry Fawcett spoke to Former Detective Sergeant Nonso Anidi to understand his story.

With the BBC in the middle of a leadership and reputation crisis, Channel 4 News spoke to former BBC presenter David Dimbleby to understand what went wrong. “A vast organisation like the BBC can’t be held to ransom, it’s absurd” David told Channel 4 News. BBC Director-General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness both resigned on Sunday night, after a leaked memo criticised a 2024 Panorama programme about the US president. Now, US President Donald Trump has threatened the BBC with $1 billion in legal action, pushing the organisation into deeper scrutiny.

A five-minute drive through Gaza City shows the widespread destruction left after two years of war.

Israeli forces are said to have dropped more explosives on Gaza than fell on London, Dresden and Hamburg combined in the Second World War. The level of destruction is hard to fathom as is the humanitarian suffering. Our Foreign Affairs Correspondent @SecKermani looks at the damage that’s been done and the challenges of now rebuilding if the ceasefire holds.

EXCLUSIVE: @Channel4News investigation reveals shocking allegations the author of The Penguin Lessons - a best-selling memoir turned into a hit film starring Steve Coogan - abused boys at a school in Dorset in the 1970s. The author, Tom Michell (known in his teaching days as Mike Thompson) strenuously denies the allegations. #News #Channel4News #C4News #ThePenguinLessons

EXCLUSIVE: Israel’s arms imports from the UK have hit record high values in recent months, our @FactCheck team can reveal.