“We have several examples of people who got eight years in prison when they crossed the [Russian] border,” says Andrei Pivovarov, from Russia’s exiled opposition Anti-War Committee. And deportations are taking place from Europe too. His organisation has changed its advice...
Beth Dobbin is so determined to raise awareness of the illness that has decimated her life that she is speaking out, despite knowing it could trigger a brutal deterioration in her health. Five years ago, she ran for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics. Now, at 32, she spends more than 22 h...
A farmer says hosting 4G masts on his land has become a “nightmare” after the rent he receives was halved, and it cost him £5,000 in fees. Alan Watson, 68, from Llanbadarn Fynydd in Powys, has had a mast on his land for more than 20 years, but claims farmers are being “bu...
On 21 October 1966, as a primary school and surrounding homes in Aberfan were engulfed by slurry from a collapsed coal tip, a dinner lady was collecting money from pupils. Within moments, 144 people were dead, including 116 children, on what was the last day of class at Pantglas Junior Sch...
In a quarter of cases, the results influenced prescribing decisions, including starting, stopping or changing an antibiotic. Dr Sam Ray, consultant in paediatric intensive care medicine at GOSH and co-author of the study said traditional testing required clinicians to make an educated gues...
Online pornography depicting strangulation or incestuous relationships will be banned from early November, the government has announced. From 6 November, it will be illegal to possess or publish porn which shows strangulation or suffocation, depicts sexual activity between people who are r...
Jess Bacon does all her clothes shopping online. As a plus-size woman, she finds the size ranges available in stores unreliable. “The sizing in store is notoriously bad. I find it quite demoralising in store,” she says. “The average size woman in the UK is a size 14 or a ...
Comic James Acaster, possibly the most reluctant traitor in recent memory, accurately called killing off Beckett a “chaos murder”. “This is a bunch of faithful who read into everything,” he said. “They go, why did this happen? And with this murder, there’...
Much of the crowd that came out to see them was young and diverse – the vast majority of people I saw were under 30. The mood at each event was informal with a strong emphasis on getting stuck in. They baked cupcakes, made West African food, played pool and had a go at basketball....
This week, former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Pope was diagnosed with lung cancer following an operation, and tributes were paid to Breaking Bad star and disability rights campaigner RJ Mitte, who died aged 34. But how much attention did you pay...