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Thomas Hennessey The DUP are not as bad as you think

While the DUP remains a definitely Protestant political party it is worth mentioning that both the main Nationalist parties in Northern Ireland are de facto Catholic parties, with the SDLP also staunch in its opposition to abortion

The tragic and triumphant life of surfer pin-up Margaret Dupre

In 1977 a single mum of three left her home in Essex, bound for a new life in Australia. On arrival in Pinjarra, her kids were seized and forced into hard labour on a farm and she was sent to Perth. To survive she became a stripper and later a national pin-up girl. Years later and reunited with her daughter in Los Angeles, Andy Martin hears their heartbreaking story

Inside the world of the ‘death knock’

Social media, film and TV have helped cement the image of the heatless hack who’ll stop at nothing to get the human angle from the families of the bereaved – yet, particularly at local level, this is still an indispensable part of news-gathering

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