Newsnight S45E26 - 'Scandal Bigger Than Thalidomide' Payout?
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Parents of thousands of children born with disabilities after their mothers took the drug Valproate to control their epilepsy have been campaigning for a new compensation scheme. Two join Newsnight live.
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- 2024's Political and Economic Outlook
- An Autumn Election...Probably
- US Election Speeches
- Post Office: will justice be delivered?
- Post Office scandal fallout
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- King Charles Announcement
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- Rafah Assault By Israel Looms
- Antisemitism in politics
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- Navalny's Widow Vows to Fight
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- Chaos in the Commons
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- Do the Tories Have an Islamophobia Problem?
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- How Police Failed Sarah Everard
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- On the Road: 04/03/2024
- Budget Eve
- Budget Day
- America Steps Into Gaza
- Is More Defence Spending a Luxury?
- On the Road: 11/03/2024
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- New Definition of 'Extremism'
- Giving Russia's $300 billion to Kyiv
- On the Road: 18/03/2024
- 19/03/2024
- Can the Rwanda Bill Save Sunak?
- Labour's Deputy Leader and the Tax Row
- The Princess of Wales's Cancer Announcement
- On the Road: 25/03/2024
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- What a Mess
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- Is Israel Now Heading For Early Elections?
- An Arms Embargo on Israel?
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- Police Unprotection
- Wragg Resigns
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- The Death of OJ Simpson
- Rayner under investigation
- Iran ups the stakes
- A 'smoke-free generation'?
- Rwanda: When Will Flights Take Off?
- Sturgeon's Husband Charged
- A critical vote on Ukraine
- Parliament's late-night Rwanda votes
- Ukraine: Is Money Enough to Win the War?
- Should the Trains Be Renationalised?
- Scotland's coalition collapses
- King to Resume Public Duties
- Wanted: A New SNP Leader
- Sword Killing Renews Ban Call
- Student Gaza Protests Turn Violent
- Election Night Starts Here
- The Morning After: Elections and Sunak?
- 07/05/2024
- Tory Defection: A Problem for Labour?
- Will Stormy Daniels trial help or harm Trump?
- America and Israel at loggerheads
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- Protests in Georgia
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- The Schoolchildren Killed by Infected Blood
- What went wrong with UK water?
- Infected blood 'day of shame’
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- Day one on the campaign trail
- Gove Quits Parliament
- Is Abbott barred?
- The Diane Abbott Row Deepens
- Trump found guilty
- Trump fights the law
- 03/06/2024
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- The election campaign gets dirty
- Is the Farage Effect a Thing?
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- Will Rishi Sunak Make a Manifesto Gamble?
- 11/06/2024
- Starmer v Sunak Round 2
- The Return of the Magnificent 7
- Don't Mention Brexit
- Reform in the Spotlight
- Major Tory Donor to Back Labour
- Health Special: Live in Birmingham
- The election betting row grows
- Are politicians ignoring young voters?
- How Damaging is the Gambling Row?
- Election Date Betting Scandal Deepens
- Starmer v Sunak
- Biden and Trump face off in the big rematch
- Live in Glasgow
- Election week begins
- 02/07/2024
- The night before the big day
- After the Political Earthquake
- Labour’s prisoner dilemma
- Joe Biden Fights For Political Survival
- Biden meets Starmer
- The Pressure Mounts on Joe Biden
- Biden on the Brink?
- Trump Picks Former Critic as Running Mate
- Rebellion Brews over King’s Speech
- Can Labour deliver?
- Is time up for Biden?
- Biden: Digging in or getting out?
- Who is Kamala Harris?
- Starmer's First Rebellion
- Who will lead the Tories?
- Manchester Airport Kicking
- Paris Olympics: Sabotage and Spectacle
- Two children killed in Southport attack
- 30/07/2024
- What Did BBC Know About Huw Edwards?
- Edwards: Did the BBC Do Enough?
- Police brace for further disorder
- How Should We Respond to the Riots?
- Who is Tim Walz?
- Police Fear Disturbances Across England
- Why Did the Riots Happen?
- Will Starmer Toughen Social Media Laws?
- What Went Wrong in the Calocane Case?
- Middle East on the Brink?
- Ukraine Incursion: How Will Putin Respond?
- Can Middle East peace talks deliver?
- Is Labour Caving to the Unions?
- Multimillionaire Goes Missing on Yacht
- 20/08/2024
- 21/08/2024
- Kamala Harris takes the stage
- A pensioner revolt? Starmer feels the heat
- Has Starmer Signalled Austerity 2.0?
- Can Starmer's Brexit 'reset' work?
- Harris and Walz give their first big interview
- 30/08/2024
- What do the Tory contenders believe?
- Horror in the Channel
- Grenfell Tower Report: Who Is to Blame?
- Can Keir Starmer Win the First 100 Days?
- Can Labour Handle the Unions?
- No U-Turns on Winter Fuel or Prisoners
- 10/09/2024
- Govt's NHS report: First reaction
- Will Starmer take on the unions?
- Putin threatens war
- Huw Edwards: Sentenced
- Diane Abbott: Political Survivor
- Hezbollah and the Exploding Pagers
- Will Hezbollah Hit Back at Israel?
- Economics of fear
- Chancellor: ‘Best Days Ahead’
- The PM pleads for patience
- Remembering the Nova Festival Attack
- Can the UN stop a wider Middle East war?
- Labour's Budget Briefing
- Tory leadership race hots up
- Iran attacks Israel
- Amanda Abbington Talks to Newsnight
- Britain Hands Back the Chagos Islands
- Where's the Middle East Conflict Heading?
- 07/10/2024
- 08/10/2024
- Hurricane Milton Hits
- 10/10/2024
- Starmer's Reset
- Can Starmer Be Pro-business and Pro-worker?
- US Election: Harris v Trump – Why So Close?
- Anxiety Over Budget Spending Cuts
- Hamas Leader Killed - What Now?
- Is Starmer a World Leader?
- Trump: Two Weeks to go
- Trump campaign accuses Labour of election interference
- Trump 'Admires Dictators'
- Harris Wheels Out Celebrity Backers
- Harris v Trump: The Gender Split Between Voters
- Backlash After Trump Rally
- Can Kamala Harris win on the economy?
- Will Reeves's first budget succeed?
- Harris v Trump: the Final Stretch
- Harris v Trump on 'violent rhetoric'
- US Election 2024: Eve of Poll Special
- US Election 2024: Is It Harris or Trump?
- How Did Donald Trump Take the White House?
- The power of Musk
- Israelis attacked in Amsterdam
- Crisis in the Church of England
- Fall of an Archbishop
- 13/11/2024
- Trump Picks RFK Jr for Health
- Free Speech Debate Reignited
- Farmers' Revolt
- Starmer v Farmers
- Debate on Toxic Cultures in UK Institutions
- P. Diddy: The Trial
- Martin Lewis Energy Bill Advice
- How will MPs vote on the assisted dying bill?
- Are pushy parents gaming the exam system?
- Will Chagos Deal Damage Trump Ties?
- 28/11/2024
- MPs vote for assisted dying - what now?
- France in Crisis
- 03/12/2024
- Gregg Wallace 'sexually harassed me'
- Starmer vs. Whitehall?
- Trump Returns to World Stage
- 09/12/2024
- Labour's Prison Plan
- The failure to protect Sara Sharif
- Reset on Brexit?
- What Next for Syria?
- 16/12/2024
- Backlash to Starmer's Waspi decision
- 'Gaslit' After Operation by Disgraced Surgeon
- Mandelson Returns
- 2024 review, 2025 predictions
| Released | Jan 30, 1980 |
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| Runtime | 50min |
| Genre | News |
| Actor | N/A |
| Director | N/A |
| Production | BBC News |
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