Demonstrators protest against the continuing lockdown, plus floods in Australia and more.
PC charged with murder
Channel 4 in the UK tells the troubling story of a young woman found murdered and the charges brought against a serving metropolitan police officer.
And if we made our own news headlines?
Sometimes you just need to make your own news headlines so we headed down to the Roman forum. Check out how we did and complete the quiz.
Lucky escape in Denver
Wreckage falls from a broken engine but no injuries reported as plane makes emergency landing. All this plus other stories in the weekend news headlines.
Penguins, passion and politics
Busy news weekend in the US. Watch the headlines and check your understanding in this quiz
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Can governments meet their vaccine targets?
Trump comes to the end of the line but what else was in the news this weekend?
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The master of the spy novel John Le Carré dies
At times John Le Carré was for me the hardest spy novelist to get into, probably because he was the best and truest; the most real.
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It’s not Christmas without carols
A vaccine on its way as Christmas approaches, but what about the traditions we hold so dear?
What’s the difference between a tier and a tear?
A terrible F1 crash, COVID tiers and Brexit all in the news this week. Check out the headlines and test your English.
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