- The New President – the first two weeks.
Six big immigration changes under Trump - and their impact so far
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyn2p8x2eyo
Davos elite nod along as Trump delivers ultimatum
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5g3y6dxzgo
Nearly 1,000 arrests in a day as Trump's promise of mass deportations ramps up
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjw461nelzdt
Trump unleashed chaos by freezing and unfreezing $3tn in federal grants and loans. Why?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/30/trump-chaos-funding-freeze
Colombian air force planes sent to fetch deportees from US
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgly1we7gx4o
Trump offers millions of federal workers eight months’ pay to resign
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvqe3le3z4o
Trump wants neighbours to take in Palestinians to 'clean out' Gaza
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07kpjyzgllo
Survivors of Auschwitz deliver warning from history as memories die out
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20p33pz3pzo
Palestinians begin return to north Gaza as deal reached to free six hostages
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r5y75d17vo
Tens of thousands of Palestinians return to north Gaza as Israel opens checkpoints
- The Chancellors growth speech.
At a glance: What was in Rachel Reeves's speech?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxknwyxk09o
Will electric planes and sustainable fuel make Heathrow's third runway green?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjdz92v84do
Reeves backs third Heathrow runway in growth push
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg4d97wxgdo
- Democracy in the UK under threat?
Over half of Gen Z want UK to be a dictatorship, study suggests
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/study-gen-z-dictatorship-channel-four-b1207319.html
More than half of Gen Z believe Britain should be ruled by a dictator with no elections, new poll shows - while one in three want the army in charge
- Should the Judges who presided over the custody case of Sara Sharif have anonymity?
Sara Sharif family court judges named after appeal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9qzn70nn8o
Journalists win appeal over naming of judges who decided historic care proceedings relating to Sara Sharif
Court of Appeal allows naming of judges in Sara Sharif case
Law and disorder podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sara-sharif/id1726569766?i=1000680338236
- The end of the triple lock?
Rachel Reeves needs to cut pensions, not benefits.
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/rachel-reeves-cut-pensions-not-benefits-3504479
New doubt over state pension triple lock as elderly population to rise by 1.7m
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/state-pension-claim-2032-ons-figures-3505190
Net migration to push UK population to 72.5m - ONS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05l9y56773o
- Shorter working week and working from home.
Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week
'We are not lazy' - Working from home criticism sparks anger
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9x0819417o
- Should the Mona Lisa be returned to Italy?
Italy Is ‘Ready to Welcome’ the Mona Lisa Amid Louvre Infrastructure Concerns
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italy-calls-for-crumbling-louvre-return-mona-lisa-2602442?amp=1
UK visitors will have to pay more to see the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris than EU tourists as part of major renovation, Emmanuel Macron says
- Amazon to use drones for delivery.
Amazon picks UK location for deliveries by drone
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g79374wz1o
Royal Mail should cut second-class delivery days, says regulator Ofcom
- Will reducing the frequency of bin collections encourage us to recycle more?
Bristol considers four-weekly bins collections