Trust issues

Fact: We are proud to report on the big issues, celebrate those delivering positive solutions and will challenge authority and those in power when the need arises. We will not demonise or marginalise for nasty, cheap gains. We will continue to analyse and to offer something that can stop the noise. In times like these it’s worth highlighting and thanking you for joining us.

Also inside this week

• From Bongo’s Bingo to Barrioke – how the new entertainment economy is taking shape
• We visit The Thistle – the UK’s first Safer Drug Consumption Facility trying to stop the shocking number of needless deaths
• Peter Doherty says his new high is family life, in a Letter To My Younger Self interview
• Why a GP is willing to go to jail for climate activism
• Mike Leigh on his latest film Hard Truths
• Emily Maisy Purvis and Laura Fraser talk about new Channel 4 detective drama Patience
• And Bianca in Coventry tells us about the friendships she’s made with local students

Plus much more!

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