idid. an accompanying television documentary will be shown on bbc two next month. but the podcast series, which started last week, has already caused something of a storm. several national newspapers objected to the bbc giving the oxygen of publicity to a member of a terror group, as they saw it. and neil seagrave emailed newswatch to ask... and sharon doherty also got in touch with us to say... well, the series editor of the shamima begum story isjonathan aspinwall, and we can talk to him now. thank you for coming on newswatch, jonathan. why did you think this was a podcast series worth making? i think this is an important podcast because of the forensic journalism around this particular story that we have done here at the bbc. it's a really important investigation into what shamima begum did and what she didn't do when she reached the islamic state territory. but it's also a retracing of herjourney from east london to turkey and then into syria and what exactly happened on that journey. it's important to stress that this is a story which is notjust told through c

idid. an accompanying television documentary will be shown on bbc two next month. series, which started last week, has already caused something of a storm. several national newspapers objected to the bbc giving the oxygen of publicity to a member of a terror group, as they saw it. and neil seagrave emailed newswatch to ask... and sharon doherty also got in touch with us to say... well, the series editor of the shamima begum story

yes, idid. your activism here in oakland, working, i believe you counsel in prisons. you've obviously been involved in education for most of your life. i want you to reflect on where oakland and where america is today in terms of the issues of freedom and equality for black people. do you feel that progress has been real? well, let's go back to that river that we call history. there have always been movements. there will always be movements. after i am long gone, there will be a movement. right, but the question is, are they achieving anything? yes, yes. right now in the united states, black lives matter is one of the big movements to try to achieve justice and try to end the harassment and discrimination from policing in america. but is it working? until the structures, the scaffolding of our country, until the scaffolding is changed, or the infrastructure, the things that i wanted to see happen when i was 18 and joined the party will not shift. it's up to all of us. it isn't up to people of co

idid, yes.ul of your personal life, because even when you were covering the algerian war and the refugees, you were heavily pregnant. yes. and it is often different for women because they do have to bear children if they choose to have children, and that of course has a huge impact on their lives. and we've reflected already on the degree to which photography was a man's world. do you, when you look at the arc of your career, think that in the end, some of the choices you made, for example, later in your career, specialising a lot in fashion rather than travelling quite so much to difficult places, was it partly driven by being a mother, by choices you had to make in your personal life? you know, when i came to england in the mid—60s, there were probably about ten, 12 women photographers on fleet street. of those, most of them were doing feature—type photography, not news, and the door was pretty much closed against women. i came here, and i had separated from my husband by then, i had a small c

idid. and the microwave.s doing a bit better, but she knows it's temporary. she's still having problems with benefits. she still looks really worried. it's like i said to the children, it's nice to have what we've had, but it is going to run out and it is going to stop and we're going to be back to where we were, where we're going to be struggling. give us more free childcare, and i'll do it as many hours as you want us to. what are you hoping for then? ijust want him to be happy and safe and be able to keep warm, and food in their tummies. it's all i want. it's been a cold, hard winter, but at least spring is coming. for carole and the entire team here, the work goes on. there is so much need, yet there is so much hope. people who come to us, they're just, like you. they're like me. they're like anybody out there. people now regard food banks as a way of life. that should never be. this is not a solution. they need people to listen to them. this is the key. don't think they're all thick. don't think they hav

idid. 0n the grandchildren, of course. so, did you overdo it a wee bit, then?ig bills. we didn't spend loads. we just bought each other a little something. - reining back completely, yes. definitely. we did a big thing this year where we only bought one present for one person. here's the real christmas story today on retail sales. this line shows our spending over the last three years. but look at this line, showing how much we bought. there's a big gap now. 0n the whole, we are spending more but buying less. 2022 saw the biggest annual drop in volumes on record. some of the trading updates have obviously been really positive with some of the bigger retailers. but i think what these figures are telling us is that consumers are voting with how tight they are feeling that pound in the pocket is at the moment. so, i think they are actually really reluctant to spend it, as they feel the very real pressures of not only inflation rates that we've seen, but also the cost of living crisis that is pressing very hard on consumers at the moment. we did hit the shops. they

idid, indeed.f colleagues, including a number of the other predecessors of my role and outlined exactly as i've just done to you now, why we came to that conclusion, having reviewed the business case, having looked at the other options to achieve the same result around sustainability and particularly protecting our independent sector that is home to so manyjobs. it's a £3 billion sector that has been incubated by channel 4. and what we've made sure that we've done with this package is to continue to support those jobs and those livelihoods via this. why do you think your predecessors were so in favour of it? i mean, was it ideological? i know you've mentioned there was potentially a business case, but you've decided there wasn't. there were many people in the industry who said, you know, the business case does not stack up. this is actually revenge. well, i think that's unfair because this has been looked at by several predecessors over the years. this wasn't something new that nadine dorries creat

idid. we'll talk about that in a second.were just talking about nadhim zahawi, former chancellor, and his tax affairs. i know you'll probably want to have a pop at the government for not following the rules but ijust wonder is there a lesson in this for all ministers of all governments when it comes to their personal finances? look, i do think that we forget that the vast majority of people watching or listening will be paying their tax paye, have no sort of discussion about how much is taken out —— have no sort of discretion about how much is taken out of their pay packet, and seriously can't contemplate owing the tax million over £4 million. —— owing the tax man over £4 million. i mean, it's not — it's hard to compute how far removed from people that is. i remember during expenses, when one minister at the time was able to write a staggering — a cheque, and thought all it caused was outrage among the public because most people didn't have that kind of money. so, i do think that nadhim zahawi is in big trouble as a conseque

idid.ima begum story, the second series of the award—winning podcast series on bbc sounds. a feature—length documentary is also due to broadcast on the bbc iplayer next month. the most senior roman catholic cardinal to be caught up in allegations of child sexual abuse has died in rome at the age of 81. the australian, george pell, was found guilty in 2018 of abusing two choirboys, but was released from prison when his conviction was overturned. prime minister anthony albanese has expressed his condolences. this will come as a shock to many. this was a hip operation and the consequences of it unfortunately have been that cardinal pell has lost his life and i express my condolences to all those who will be mourning today. our correspondent in sydney, shaima khalil, has more on the story. cardinal george pell was controversial, something he himself had conceded. but he was also a towering figure of the catholic church, both here and abroad. he was australia's highest ranking catholic cleric an

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