Mothers-to-be have become used to the first glimpse of their baby via the fuzzy black and white ultrasound scan, an image that can be shown…
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Teenager arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after Kent gurdwara attack
A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an attack at a gurdwara in Kent. The 17-year-old boy from Gravesend is…
View More Teenager arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after Kent gurdwara attackAs British butterflies head north, scientists ask public to help track migration
Scientists are calling on the public to help track how British butterflies are moving north as the climate heats up. Examining 50 years of…
View More As British butterflies head north, scientists ask public to help track migrationTorture, starvation, rape: Moi’s Kenya and the dark legacy of Nyayo House
The 56 days that Patrick Onyango spent in Kenya’s dark, damp Nyayo House torture chambers remain clear in his mind. It was three deacdes ago…
View More Torture, starvation, rape: Moi’s Kenya and the dark legacy of Nyayo HouseKeir Starmer urged to act on water bill rises in England and Wales
Trade unions, celebrities and river activists are calling on the new UK government to halt attempts by the water industry to raise customer bills in…
View More Keir Starmer urged to act on water bill rises in England and WalesUS heatwave tied to four Oregon deaths as temperature records are shattered
A fierce heatwave has shattered temperature records across the US west and has been tied to at least four deaths in Oregon, with more heat…
View More US heatwave tied to four Oregon deaths as temperature records are shatteredTen years after a celebrity summit promised to end rape as a weapon of war, is there any change for the women of South Sudan?
They were minding their own business, scanning the forest for fruit, when the troops approached. Six of them, all holding guns. Victoria Peter, 19, remembers…
View More Ten years after a celebrity summit promised to end rape as a weapon of war, is there any change for the women of South Sudan?Pakistani breast milk bank closes after Islamic clerics withdraw approval
When he heard a hospital in Karachi was setting up a milk bank for babies, the news was a “huge relief” to Mohammad Munawwar. …
View More Pakistani breast milk bank closes after Islamic clerics withdraw approvalIn a fragile and dangerous era, strengthening ties with Europe is Britain’s most urgent challenge
There was much talk about Ming vases during the election campaign. Instead, in these Euros-dominated days, here’s a football metaphor. Keir Starmer’s task amounted to…
View More In a fragile and dangerous era, strengthening ties with Europe is Britain’s most urgent challenge‘Nothing compensates for the stolen years’: the Afghan women rebuilding shattered dreams in Iran
Relief set in the moment Hasina crossed the border into Iran. For two years, the Taliban barred the 24-year-old medical student from continuing her studies.…
View More ‘Nothing compensates for the stolen years’: the Afghan women rebuilding shattered dreams in Iran