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‘Painting-by-numbers literally saved my life’
Image copyright Marilyn Bruce-Mitford Image caption Marilyn Bruce-Mitford has kept her original painting-by-numbers artwork for more than 50 years. She had the original...
The pressure to be beautiful in Bangladesh
Image copyright Habiba Nowrose “As women we are often compelled to portray our beautiful selves,” says Habiba Nowrose, a 29-year-old photographer documenting the...
Thornham Staithe: ‘Magical’ Norfolk coast captured in photographs
Image copyright Gary Pearson Image caption The Northern Lights can sometimes be seen from the Norfolk coast A landscape photographer has told how...
Brexit options ‘narrowing’, says health secretary
Image copyright UK Parliament/Mark Duffy The options for Brexit “are narrowing”, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said after MPs voted to seize control...
Jack Shepherd: Speedboat killer to return to UK
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd is to be sent back to the UK after agreeing to his extradition from Georgia. The 31-year-old went on...
‘My life savings have been wiped out’
“Basically it will mean that my son will not have money for his future”. The depressing reality for Amanda Cunningham and thousands of...
Shamima Begum: IS teen’s return to UK ‘could be prevented’
A British woman who fled to Syria as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State group could be prevented from returning to the...
RBS warns of Brexit harm as profits double
Royal Bank of Scotland has reported profits of £1.62bn for 2018, more than double the £752m it made a year earlier. RBS...
Andrea Levy: Small Island and Long Song author dies aged 62
British author Andrea Levy, whose award-winning novels captured the black British experience in the years after Windrush, has died at the age of...
Brexit: Theresa May pushes on with her deal after latest defeat
Theresa May will press on with efforts to secure a revised Brexit deal, despite another Commons defeat, and will return to Brussels “within...
Alesha MacPhail murder trial: ‘Evidence’ dumped in skip
A boy’s hooded top was discarded in a skip despite being recovered on a shoreline days after the body of Alesha MacPhail was...
Brexit: No-deal plan for Channel Tunnel operations
Trains will be permitted to use the Channel Tunnel for three months if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, under a...
Upskirting made criminal offence from April
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGina Martin campaigned for the law to be changed after a man took a picture...
A40 police pursuit crash couple ‘were newlyweds’
Image caption The car veered to the wrong side of the A40 near the junction with Kingsdown Avenue and crashed into a coach...
Professor Green: Rapper fractures neck during seizure
The British rapper Professor Green has fractured his neck, forcing him to cancel his latest tour. The 35-year-old artist, whose real name is...
