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How Birmingham Went Bust
The timing could not have been worse for John Cotton. He had just arrived in New York with his family to celebrate his 50th birthday. His daughter, Rose, had begged him to take ...
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UK
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politics
‘We Re-Mortgaged to Afford Our Daughter’s Treatment’: How NHS Wait Lists Fuel a Boom in Private Healthcare
Increasing numbers of people are dipping into their savings or taking out loans to cover the cost of medical care, ranging from hip replacements to cataract removal to therapy for mental health problems.
health
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The Woman Trapped In Britain's Worst New Build - Who's Terrified Her £1m Home Will Collapse On Her
As a growing number of people report defective new build homes, Alexandra Druzhinin, 49, tells i how her property purchase ruined her life.
housing
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What These Women Wished They’d Known Before Asking for a Divorce
Over 60 per cent of heterosexual divorces are initiated by women, according to data from the Office for National Statistics
equality
gender
lifestyle
mental health
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Where is Nadine Dorries? On the Hunt for the Elusive MP
'Where’s Dorries?' is a special edition of Where’s Wally?
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democracy
UK
social affairs
Killer Cows: Readers Share Their Tales of Terror
Our report last week on tramplings in the countryside
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Killer Cows: The One-Tonne Menace Bringing Fear to the Footpath
The last thing Teresa Holmes could remember when she woke up was walking in the West Yorkshire countryside
environment
UK
social affairs
civil liberties
'I was Called Out to Investigate Wayne Couzens — It Changed my Life'
Samantha Lee has been called a murderer, a disgrace and told she should be locked up indefinitely.
UK
politics
corruption
equality
gender
Caged With Paedophiles And Serial Killers For Being Autistic
Rampton Secure Hospital is home to the most dangerous and disturbed people in the country. Former patients include 'Britain's most violent prisoner' Charles Bronson, the Soham murderer Ian Huntley...
social affairs
mental health
equality
UK
politics
Covid Care Homes: A Nurse’s Diary
Last week, 16 of our 30 residents had tested positive for coronavirus, so I'm not sleeping well at the moment. Yesterday we lost Richard, a bright resident with a great sense of humour who deteriorated...
social affairs
equality
coronavirus
politics
Undercover At Ryanair
Ruthless exploitation of cabin crew by Ryanair is exposed today by an undercover investigation. The budget airline's stewards are being made to work unpaid for as many as five hours in a day, an undercover reporter...
undercover
UK
equality
social affairs
politics
It's Not Just The Government That Has Lost Sight Of Homeless People
You’re out on your lunch break, hurrying along the street to get a sandwich. In your peripheral vision looms a man sitting huddled, begging and dirty on the pavement. What do you do? Do you avert your eyes, dip...
equality
poverty
social affairs
UK
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Barbies For Girls, Cars For Boys?
Days and counting. Are little Jack’s Transformers all wrapped and ready to go? Are you excited about the look on Emily’s face when she opens her Barbie Dream House play set? Or are you of the new and growing band...
equality
social affairs
gender
UK
culture
The Rise In ‘Legal Highs’
It was 3am, and I was queuing for the toilet at a house party in Nottingham. Suddenly, from the floor above, there was a commotion, and down the stairs descended two distressed men carrying a woman having a...
social affairs
UK
drugs
Cut The Caricature Of The Poor, Not Their Welfare
Today the top rate of tax fell to 45%, which nicely coincides with the culmination of a week's all-out left-right press war on the use and abuse of the benefits system and the Coalition's differing policies...
poverty
UK
media
equality
social affairs
Tipping The Gender Imbalance In The Media
I was shocked but not surprised to learn in a report on women in the media that male journalists completely dominate their female counterparts, writing 78% of all front-page articles examined and accounting for 84% of those...
gender
equality
media
psychology
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