Drill music has a reputation for inciting violence and crime. The Metropolitan Police believes the genre is linked to the rise of stabbings and murders across London, and the Met chief Cressida Dick has said social media platforms should be mor

Will coronavirus take away our jobs?

Mar 16th, 2020 16m 39s

At first coronavirus was just a health story, but now it’s pretty clear employment and the economy are taking a massive hit.Travel bans have led to airlines cutting jobs and the hospitality sector is in trouble as people stay at home.In this e

Is wokeness just white guilt?

Mar 13th, 2020 17m 16s

Kiley Reid’s debut novel shot into the bestsellers list and has been lauded by critics here and in the US. Such A Fun Age follows the lives of babysitter Emira Tucker, a young black woman, and her wealthy, white employer Alix Chamberlin in post

Is coronavirus 'worse' than flu?

Mar 12th, 2020 24m 8s

The world is in the midst of a pandemic. For most people, symptoms of the virus are mild, they might develop a cough and a fever before getting better. This has led many people to compare the new coronavirus to seasonal influenza. But, for a mi

Why would you transition twice?

Mar 11th, 2020 26m 22s

Most people who transition to another gender do not have second thoughts. In fact de-transitioning is thought to be relatively rare. There are no accurate figures revealing how many people reverse or change their gender, as academic researchers

Why are teens getting pregnant in Middlesbrough?

Mar 10th, 2020 21m 7s

Middlesbrough has the highest number of teenage pregnancies in England and Wales. Even though national figures show rates have dropped by nearly 60 percent over the past 10 years, the number of pregnant teens in the north-eastern town rose by 2

What made Dubai’s princesses run away?

Mar 9th, 2020 15m 1s

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the 70-year-old billionaire ruler of Dubai and vice-president of the United Arab Emirates, has been found by the High Court in London to have abducted and forcibly returned two of his daughters to Dubai, a

How do you fight anti-Semitism?

Mar 6th, 2020 19m 31s

It was just before 10 o’clock in the morning on 27th October 2018 when a man armed with a semi-automatic rifle and three pistols opened fire on worshippers at a synagogue in the US state of Pennslyvania. 11 people died that morning at the Tree

Should Priti Patel resign?

Mar 5th, 2020 20m 12s

There have been mounting allegations over the past few weeks that home secretary Priti Patel has bullied her staff. Last weekend the top civil servant in the Home Office, Sir Philip Rutnam, resigned. He’s heavily criticised Patel, and is suing

Why are people rioting in Delhi?

Mar 4th, 2020 15m 24s

Nearly 50 people have died in India following violence around a controversial citizenship law which critics say is anti-Muslim. Photographs, videos and accounts on social media paint a chilling image of what appears to be mostly Hindu mobs bea

Does France have a #MeToo problem?

Mar 3rd, 2020 20m 19s

In the same week that Harvey Weinstein was convicted for sexual assaults in New York, Roman Polanski won the award for best director at the Césars, the French equivalent of the Oscars. The actor Adele Haenel, who accused a director of sexually

Can we be green and rich?

Mar 2nd, 2020 20m 24s

In Paris in 2015 world leaders agreed on a binding commitment on climate change. They committed to keeping the increase in global temperatures to just 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.Heathrow airport has been planning to expand

Does self-care really make you happy?

Feb 28th, 2020 25m 42s

2020 has been quite a year, we're only two months in but have already faced an impending war between the US and Iran, deadly bushfires in Australia, and now coronavirus is spreading across the world.So, in light of that, we thought it was time

What’s the Harvey Weinstein story?

Feb 27th, 2020 20m 52s

For years there were allegations that Harvey Weinstein had assaulted women. This week he was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault, including rape, and faces up to 29 years in prison. So, how did the Hollywood titan create his downfall?

What are police cameras doing with your face print?

Feb 26th, 2020 20m 28s

Facial recognition technology is increasingly widespread. You might use it to unlock your phone or computer. It’s used in airports around the world and some shops are using the software to catch or deter shoplifters. Now it’s being used by the

Coronavirus: are we all going to catch it?

Feb 25th, 2020 19m 38s

With cases of coronavirus spreading across the world, one word we’re hearing more and more is “pandemic”. If the disease is declared a pandemic it would mean that cases of coronavirus are no longer able to be traced back to the country of origi

Why would Facebook want to crack down on big tech?

Feb 24th, 2020 17m 18s

Mark Zuckerberg says he wants new rules for social media.Every year politicians and security experts meet in Munich to discuss how to keep the world safe. This year they invited Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. He told the conference g

Has Billie Eilish saved the music industry?

Feb 21st, 2020 17m 18s

Billie Eilish is on top of the world right now. The 18-year-old recently swept the board at the Grammys, winning five awards including best new artist and song of the year. She also replaced Taylor Swift as the youngest person ever to win album

How should we react to Caroline Flack’s death?

Feb 20th, 2020 23m 24s

Since Caroline Flack’s death by suicide last weekend, many people have been trying to make sense of it. Yesterday her family released a previously unpublished Instagram post written by Caroline Flack detailing her ‘shame’ and ‘embarrassment’ at

Why is No 10 hiring ‘weirdos’?

Feb 19th, 2020 21m 47s

At the beginning of the year Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s senior adviser, put out an unusual job advertisement. In a blog post he asked for “super-talented weirdos” and “wild-cards”. One of the people he hired was Andrew Sabisky, a t

Why is Trump standing up for religious teenagers?

Feb 18th, 2020 20m 36s

Donald Trump is trying to shore up his evangelical support before November's presidential election. Ramping up his Christian outreach, he's been helping teenagers who say they’re being bullied for their religious beliefs at school. These studen

How do you track extremists online?

Feb 17th, 2020 18m 37s

Julia Ebner monitors extremists during her day job as a counter-terrorism expert, where she advises governments and tech companies on how to respond to their activities. Two years ago she decided to go undercover to find out exactly what drives

Why can’t we sleep?

Feb 14th, 2020 19m 27s

Insomnia affects about a third of adults in the UK according to the NHS. It also says adults should be getting between 7 and 9 hours sleep a night, but very few of us actually get that. We speak to Samantha Harvey who has written a book calle

Why are people being deported to Jamaica?

Feb 13th, 2020 19m 52s

It’s been two years since the Windrush scandal, where at least 164 black British citizens were wrongly deported to countries of their birth or detained in the UK. The scandal has had a lasting impact on the Afro-Caribbean community, with many o

Why would anyone spread lies about coronavirus?

Feb 12th, 2020 19m 5s

Coronavirus has reached 24 counties outside of China, with 8 confirmed cases in the UK. As the disease is spreading so is a lot of information, some of it misleading. The World Health Organisation has warned that "trolls and conspiracy theorie