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The playwright James Graham is well known as a formidable observer of our national story – whether on the rise of Rupert Murdoch or the neuroses of the England football team. He’s now turned his attention to the life of the famous economist John Maynard Keynes between the first and second world wars, and his influence on British politics and culture. “The Standard of Living” opened in the West End this week, starring Rory Kinnear.

Thousands of protesters have blocked a controversial loyalist Orange Order march from going ahead on a Catholic street in Northern Ireland for the first time in nearly 30 years. A late-night legal ruling authorised the march along Garvaghy Road in Portadown – a location renowned as a major Troubles flashpoint in the 1990s.

We spoke to Luke Tryl, of the polling and research group More in Common and Deputy Editor of The House Magazine, Sienna Rogers.

We spoke to the Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander.

We spoke to our Health and Social Care Editor, Victoria MacDonald.

This time last year Keir Starmer was on the stage in Liverpool, and Andy Burnham had been written off by some critics as having been too bold and too explicit about his ambitions. What a difference a year makes. Today it is Andy Burnham on the stage and outlining his ambitions for social care.

Counter-terrorism police are leading an investigation into a major incident near an RAF base in Gloucestershire used in American attacks against Iran. Five men were arrested in the early hours of this morning near RAF Fairford on suspicion of committing offences under the Explosives Act, while 85 homes in the nearby village of Whelford were also evacuated.

OpenAI has warned dozens of organisations – including several US government bodies –  that its software may have interfered with their websites, without the company’s knowledge. The US Department of Education and Census Bureau were among those told their sites may have been compromised by AI bots.

A group of schoolboys who were infected with HIV and hepatitis when they were experimented on at a school in Hampshire have been honoured with a new memorial. 122 haemophiliac boys were treated at Lord Mayor Treloar College in Alton during the 1970s and 1980s. Only around 30 were still alive when the Infected Blood Public Inquiry published its report into the scandal in 2024.

We spoke to work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden.

Andy Burnham is gearing up for his first Labour Party conference as Prime Minister. The slogan for this year’s annual gathering is “Hope Again” – and on Tuesday in his main speech Andy Burnham will set out how he intends to deliver change to Britain. But there are disagreements within the cabinet on a number of issues including care worker visas, and immigration.

Manchester City’s chairman says the club is “intent in proving” its innocence after it was found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching Premier League financial rules. In a statement this afternoon Khaldoon Al Mubarak said the Premier League process still has a long way to run, and though “there remain many who want to undermine the momentum of the club”, Man City “will not give them that opportunity.”

This year’s harvest has been described as “disappointing” for farmers across the UK after a summer of extreme weather. A new report says cereal crop yields are down as much as 17 percent. It’s unwelcome news for those already in the grips of a cost of living crisis.

The head of the Metropolitan Police has criticised the justice system for letting victims down. Days before the government releases hundreds of prisoners early, Sir Mark Rowley said the pressure to cut the remand population had led to “dangerous and prolific offenders” getting bail. He spoke after attending the sentencing of a paedophile who was allowed to return to his flat overlooking a playground.

Far-right agitator and influencer Daniel Thomas has pleaded not guilty to causing criminal damage after allegedly slashing a boat in the Channel and failing to disclose the PIN to his phone to police.

Does the Republican Party have an Islamophobia problem? Muslims in the US say they are facing levels of Islamophobia worse than directly after 9/11 – and blame Republican politicians for driving anti-Islam sentiment. Texas is home to the Anti-Sharia caucus, and its governor wants to ban foot washing stations in its airports. And as the Republican convention kicks off in Dallas, TrumpWorld looks at the Islamophobia emanating from the state, and asks how a fringe issue has become rife in the

After more than twenty years of anticipation there’s a new Gruffalo story. The familiar creature with his terrible tusks and terrible claws – not to mention the terrible teeth in his terrible jaws – is joined by a new character, Gruffalo’s Granny, also the title of the book. The Gruffalo’s first two adventures have been a global success with more than 18 million copies sold and translated in more than 100 languages. Author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheff

Nepal is expected to demand contributions towards the $5 billion it says it needs to help rebuild the country after the recent catastrophic floods. They say polluting countries must wake up and share the burden. The disaster led to the deaths of more than 1,300 people – and over 5,500 are still missing.

We spoke to Dr Rumman Chowdhury who served as the Biden administration’s first Science Envoy for AI – and as Head of Machine Learning Ethics at Twitter. We put the claim to her that there could be a 10% chance AI could kill humans – and asked how terrified we should be.

A senior employee at the company Anthropic has said that there’s a greater than 10% chance the technology could kill humanity within the next decade. It was a response to an AI researcher who just left his job at Anthropic and previously worked at rival company OpenAI, and claims neither is acting responsibly. Channel 4 News reached out to Anthropic for comment and is waiting for a response but in the past, it said the dangers of AI are real and that’s why they want governments to wo