Mark And Pete

A new UK law will require schools to follow Government statutory guidance on school uniform costs. Is this a good thing? Are uniforms necessary or just an added unnecessary financial burden?

Millions of households in the UK are bracing for a winter catastrophe of rising energy bills that experts say will plunge people into destitution and cause an increase in avoidable deaths - what is the remedy to this impending disaster?

Bus, tube and train services have been underfunded for decades and are often overpriced, delayed or just nonexistent. Almost £400 million has been cut from local bus funding in the last decade alone, and rail fares in the UK are some of the most expensive in Europe. With strikes and public discontent on the rise, what is to be done?

Mystery at Mar-a-Lago: What were FBI agents looking for and what are the consequences?

Insects are proposed to be the future food of the planet. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) has been making continuous efforts to popularise entomophagy as a healthy, sustainable, and environment-friendly practice for years. Yuck!

Swiss food giant Nestle has warned that it will continue to raise the prices of its products because of the rising costs of food.The maker of KitKats and Nesquik increased prices by more than 5% in the first three months of the year.The price rise helped Nestle to report sales growth of 7.6% in the period.As costs rise, Nestle boss Mark Schneider said "further pricing and mitigating actions over the course of the year" will be required."We stepped up pricing in a responsible manner and saw sustained consumer demand," Mr Schneider added.Food prices worldwide are at their highest since records began 60 years ago, according to the UN Food price index.

The present Queen of England has been through quite a few Prime Ministers. With the prospect of a new one very soon, Mark and Pete do a review of she and they have done.

Tyson Fury is coming back ... or is he? The WBC heavyweight world champion insisted he would be retiring after his sixth-round stoppage win over Dillian Whyte in April, but recently teased he would be persuaded to box again

Russian and Ukrainian officials have signed a deal to allow grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the agreement would help ease a global food crisis. Its this a good thing? Will it actually happen?

A new Vincent Van Gogh hidden self-portrait has been discovered in Scotland using X-ray As it prepared for an exhibit, the National Galleries of Scotland found a previously unknown self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh, covered by glue and cardboard, on the back of another of his paintings.

The truth is that Mindfulness for kids could be harmful, when they already live in the moment, the practice won’t improve your kids’ mental health – and it may even make things worse

Starting with the regular poem or "thought", Mark and Pete analyse the strange case of the sticky Constable. Are climate protesters and in particular "No More Oil" going to far?

Starting with a poetic "though" as usual Mark and Pete analyse the state of play as candidates vie to be leader of the UK's Conservative party after the resignation of Boris Johnson, this will make the Prime Minister.

The UK Conservative party MP and deputy chief whip quit after allegedly groping two men while drunk. In his resignation letter, Chris Pincher admitted he had “embarrassed myself and other people” after a boozy session on Wednesday night. Was he right to resign? Should something harsher be done?

Cancelled flights, proposed rail strikes and record-breaking petrol prices have thrown people's plans into disarray. These strikes strike us as very 1970's, and that's not good!

The constitutional right to an abortion has been struck down in the United States. The US Supreme Court announced on 24 June that it would overturn the 1973 landmark decision Roe v. Wade, which had protected abortion access up until the point that a fetus could live outside the womb - should abortions now be made illegal?

Kim Kardashian paid tribute to one of the all-time greats of Hollywood and stardom at the 2022 Met Gala, but it’s got people talking over who wore it better: Kim Kardashian or Marilyn Monroe? And was it a good idea?

Five years on from the Grenfell Tower fire in which 72 people died, survivors and campaigners say they are still seeking a form of justice.The blaze happened on 14 June 2017 and while a criminal investigation into the disaster is under way, the Met Police has said no prosecutions will be brought until the public inquiry is finished and its findings are published. The BBC has been told that could take at least another year.So far, fewer than half of the recommendations from the inquiry have been adopted into law, according to the Home Office.The process has left survivors and bereaved families feeling unable to move on.

A poetic thought each episode and incisive discussion of apposite topics. This episode: The legal smoking age in England could reportedly be raised from 18 to 21 after a “radical” review into plans to make the country smoke-free by 2030.An independent review commissioned by the health secretary, Sajid Javid, and led by Javed Khan, the former chief executive of the children’s charity Barnardo’s, is also expected to support new taxes on tobacco company profits, according to the Telegraph. The review is also expected to recommend the NHS increase efforts to encourage #smokers, particularly among pregnant women, to switch to vaping and #e-cigarettes. Is this a good thing? Mark and Pete have the answers, weigh in with your comments.

The UK government's plan to reinstate imperial measurements will 'bring British culture back', a Conservative minister has claimed. Currently, retailers and traders must use metric measurements, like grams and kilograms, when selling packaged or loose goods - although the imperial equivalents can also be displayed. Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the announcement on Friday to coincide with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. But is this a good thing or a massive step backwards? Mark and Pete have the answers.