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'Do you feel that pressure that your nation may be used as an example of how not to run a country?'

Evan Davis asks Welsh Transport Secretary Ken Skates, as the government announces a new approach to the 20mph default speed limit in Wales.

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Former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace tells he welcomes Rishi Sunak's announcement that defence spending will be raised up to 2.5% of national income over the rest of the decade, and speculates that a tax cut could be scrapped to fund it.

Former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace tells #BBCPM he welcomes Rishi Sunak's announcement that defence spending will be raised up to 2.5% of national income over the rest of the decade, and speculates that a tax cut could be scrapped to fund it.
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Newsreader Huw Edwards has resigned from the BBC 'on the basis of medical advice from his doctors'.

He was suspended after allegations he paid a young person for sexually explicit images.

Culture and Media Editor Katie Razzall tells what each party might do next.

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New documents shed light on the use of infected blood products on children in the 1970s.

Campaigner Jason Evans - whose father Jonathan died in 1993 after contracting HIV and hepatitis C - speaks to .

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'The only reason that we're now in a global climate emergency is because we saw those decades of inaction.'

After the Scottish Government says its 2030 net zero target is 'out of reach', Scottish Greens Minister Patrick Harvie tells Evan Davis 2045 is now the aim.

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Police in Brussels were ordered to shut down the National Conservative Conference earlier today.

Nigel Farage, who was speaking on stage at the time, told it was 'the new form of communism'.

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A TV adaptation of John Le Carre's 'The Night Manager' will return for two more seasons, even though there's no more source material to work with.

So how difficult is it to inherit the legacy of a literary legend?

Author Anthony Horowitz tells about his own experiences.

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The Cass review has recommended changes to how the NHS in England and Wales treats young people who are questioning their gender identity.

Dr David Bell was a governor of the NHS Trust that ran the Tavistock. He was also a whistleblower on the clinic's practices.

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The landmark Cass Review, which looked at gender identity services for under-18s, says children have been let down by a lack of research and 'remarkably weak' evidence on medical interventions in gender care.

Amelia Hansford is a transgender journalist for PinkNews.

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An extra 60 billion dollars of American aid to Ukraine is being held up in Washington by sceptical Republicans.

Kurt Volker, former US Ambassador to NATO, tells why he thinks the funding is being delayed.

An extra 60 billion dollars of American aid to Ukraine is being held up in Washington by sceptical Republicans. Kurt Volker, former US Ambassador to NATO, tells #BBCPM why he thinks the funding is being delayed.
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Millions of stargazers are gathering in North America to see the total eclipse.

Anita Anand is in Niagara Falls which is one of the best spots to see the cosmic event.

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In a few hours time, millions of people across North America will witness a total solar eclipse - where the Moon fully blocks the Sun.

NASA astronaut Jeremy Hansen is at Niagara Falls to see it.

In a few hours time, millions of people across North America will witness a total solar eclipse - where the Moon fully blocks the Sun. NASA astronaut Jeremy Hansen is at Niagara Falls to see it. #BBCPM
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'The difference between members of Parliament and most people is that when we fail, we do it in public.'

Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker tells he thinks William Wragg is a 'victim' after he admitted he shared the personal details of other MPs.

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Lara Croft has been voted the most iconic character to mark the 20th later this month ๐ŸŽฎ

Shelley Blond ๐ŸŽ—๏ธ, who voiced Lara in the original 1996 game, tells no-one knew how successful the adventurer would be.

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'It says something about the relativism that it takes the unlawful killing of seven westerners in this aid convoy to raise this to a head.'

Former foreign secretary Jack Straw tells it's 'obvious' that Israel has been breaking international law.

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The SNP is calling for a suspension of arms sales from the UK to Israel, following the deaths of British nationals from an Israeli strike.

Evan Davis asks Brendan O'Hara, SNP foreign affairs spokesman, if he acknowledges this may not have a material effect on the conflict.

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Overflowing sewage networks. Growing NHS patient dissatisfaction.

The Resolution Foundation President and Conservative Peer Lord Willetts tells why our infrastructure has struggled to keep up with a growing population.

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Baltimore City Council Leader Nick J Mosby tells 'there is no activity' at the city's port, a major hub for the entire US, after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed when a cargo ship crashed into it.

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'It reminds me of how we were when I lived in New York after 9/11 - you don't see bridges collapse, so you're not sure how to make sense of it.'

Local Baltimore radio host Dr Kaye Wise Whitehead tells many people were 'in tears' after the Key Bridge collapse.

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Today Evan Davis will be in Northern Ireland, talking to the new head of the police, and looking at why metal amalgam filling might be banned there, but not in the rest of the UK.

Listen on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds at 5.

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