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David Walliams has been accused of sexual misconduct by several women, with some accusing Walliams of 'grooming' them when they were teenagers.
Former Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips talks about UK law not having an official grooming crime.
Walliams denies all allegations.
Our home and legal correspondent Dominic Casciani points out it is an offence for an adult to meet a child "following sexual grooming".
In general grooming is understood in criminal courts to refer to situations where a predator builds a relationship of trust with a child target in order to prepare the ground for sexual activity.
“I’m impatient for change.”
Dame Louise Casey, who led the grooming gangs inquiry, says she doesn’t think 'the momentum has been good enough' on implementing the recommendations of her report.
"We've made choices, politically as a society, about what we're going to prioritise."
Dame Louise Casey, the Chair of the Independent Commission into Adult Social Care, says it is time for a 'reckoning' in the UK's social care system.
"There are many people in our country silenced by injunctions."
Labour MP Jess Phillips says injunctions are increasingly used in sexual misconduct cases, after David Walliams' unsuccessful bid to stop the claims against him being published.
Walliams denies all allegations.
You were Ed Miliband's chief of staff when he did his interview with Russell Brand before the 2015 election - was that a bad decision?
@BBCkatyaadler asks Education Secretary Lucy Powell.
"I wanted to write a book which really satirised the present-day barrage of information that we all suffer."
Author M John Harrison talks about winning the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel, The End of Everything.
Could US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth be impeached?
As Republican congressman Thomas Massie plans to force a vote, former Trump defence minister Robert Wilkie says Hegseth 'has a great deal to answer for'.
Jemima Goldsmith has accused Russell Brand of 'violence, coercive control and abuse' while the two were in a relationship.
The Times' investigations correspondent Charlotte Wace, who worked on the Brand story, says his conviction does 'empower women' to 'speak out'.
Is the entertainment industry heading for another Me Too moment?
Ahead of Russell Brand's sentencing after being convicted of rape and sexual assault, Jen Smith from the standards authority Ciisa, says 'we need a dynamically different approach' to reporting abuse.
“Jittery people are getting… ‘jitterier’”
As Nvidia opens an independent investigation into claims its CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with a Chinese spy, our business presenter @WillBain31 explains why it matters.
"Developing countries are saying: 'It's all very well to make these promises, where's the cash?'"
Our Climate Editor @BBCJustinR outlines why 'implementation' is a key theme at COP31 in Turkey.
"There's a very long litany of people not being held to account."
Double MOBO award winning musician Soweto Kinch explains why he thinks the UK should engage in 'reparative justice' for its involvement in the slave trade.
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Slave owners were compensated in the 1830s–40s, not 2015. The government borrowed to fund this, later refinancing the debt into bonds redeemed in 2015. Those repayments went to bondholders, not as slave-owner compensation.
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Conservative MP Nick Timothy gives @nickrobinson his thoughts on the UK and Europe's future relationship with US President Donald Trump
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European airlines and airports have been hit by waves of hoax bomb threats.
Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley explains how and why we must prevent overreacting 'to every message we get online'.
“It’s getting very close to victim blaming.”
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley addresses 'rape myths' and misconceptions, after concerns are raised by the Victims’ Commissioner over the tactics used by Russell Brand’s defence team.
“I was assaulted in a room full of people.”
Former Channel 4 Head of News Dorothy Byrne speaks to @annaefoster about her own experience, as questions are once again raised about powerful men acting with impunity following Russell Brand's conviction.
The Governor of the Bank of England tells @annaefoster that there is a 'reasonably high' chance it will raise interest rates again if energy prices remain high.
Andrew Bailey also explains that he would be 'more optimistic' if the conflict ended.
The government wants to make employers publish salaries on job adverts - will it narrow pay inequality or are some employees doing the same job worth more money?
@BBCSimonJack asks James Murray, Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
“I can’t overcome MND but I can learn to live with it in a way that’s meaningful”
Rugby World Cup winner Lewis Moody tells @BBCNickRobinson how the mindset behind his success on the pitch is helping him navigate life with motor neurone disease.