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Some councils in England have come under fire for unnecessarily felling old healthy trees to make way for regeneration projects.

In Plymouth more than a hundred mature trees were chopped down despite public disapproval, and in Sheffield an independent inquiry found that the council's destruction of thousands of trees was misjudged.

National Highways, the government agency responsible for England's main roads, has also admitted that more than half a million trees it planted beside a single 21-mile stretch of new carriageway have died - with the cost of replanting them now £2.9m.

On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood finds out what is going wrong with regeneration schemes in Plymouth and Sheffield with local campaigners, and speaks to our people and politics correspondent Nick Martin about why local tree rows have become such a big deal.

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The former prime minister has been questioned by a cross-party group of MPs for more than three hours, with Boris Johnson's political career on the line over COVID rule-breaking parties in Downing Street during lockdown.

He's given evidence to the privileges committee's inquiry, set up after the House of Commons referred the matter last April.

On the Sky News Daily podcast, Sally Lockwood is joined by our chief political correspondent Jon Craig as we examine what's been said, by whom and when, plus - what could happen next?

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The Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic, according to the independent police review conducted by Baroness Casey. She was appointed to carry out the review following the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer in 2021.

On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood is joined by our home editor Jason Farrell to go through what the report reveals and the recommendations for reform.

Also, Mina Smallman, mother of Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry who were murdered in 2020 and had photos of their murder scene shared by police in a WhatsApp group, explains why the force needs to accept its failures.

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Editor: Philly Beaumont

Credit Suisse, one of Switzerland's largest banks, has been swallowed up by its rival UBS for £1bn.

The shotgun merger happened less than a week after the UK financial authorities saved the British arm of Silicon Valley Bank which had collapsed in the US. These troubles either side of the Atlantic have spooked investors - the concern now is other banks could follow.

On the Sky News Daily Sally Lockwood speaks to economics and data editor Ed Conway about what this means for investors and whether we are teetering on the edge of a banking crisis.

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Editor: Philly Beaumont

Pandemic lockdowns and the cost-of-living crisis have driven more people to gambling to help ease financial struggles - with support helplines this year receiving a record-breaking number of calls for help.

A third of those calls are now from women.

On the Sky News Daily, Kimberley Leonard speaks to former gambler Lisa Walker about her story, who now works as a peer support worker for the charity BetKnowMore and runs their women-only programme New Beginnings.

Also, Lisa Patton, a treatment service manager at the charity GamCare, explains how people get into gambling and what’s being done to help.

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Editor: Philly Beaumont

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has expanded free childcare for working parents in England to cover all children under five.

The move could allow 60,000 more parents of young children to enter the workforce according to the government’s independent forecaster.

While the move has been welcomed by parents, there's been criticism from the childcare sector, which is struggling with a workforce shortage and financial pressures that are forcing businesses to close.

On the Sky News Daily, Kimberley Leonard speaks to political correspondent Tamara Cohen about the plans, as well as getting the reaction of Sharon Birch who used to run a nursery in Hartlepool but was forced out by the costs and Steph Barrett, manager of BeBright Pre-School, in Spalding in Lincolnshire.

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