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One child in Britain 'is killed like Baby Peter every week'
A study reveals how signs of violence and abuse are routinely missed by GPs, social workers and police. Cahal Milmo reports on Britain's betrayed children.
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Scandal of Britain's fruit-farm workers
Friday, 10 July 2009
Exclusive: Bulgarians are flown to Britain, live in packed caravan compounds and pocket just £45 a week to pick fruit for Britain's biggest retailers.
Boycott Newquay, says dead boy's stepmum
Friday, 10 July 2009
Holiday resort's attitude to underage drinking blamed after 16-year-old plunges to his death from cliffs
Was British diplomat set up by the Russian secret service?
Friday, 10 July 2009
Official filmed having sex with prostitutes may have been victim of 'honey trap'
Fruit pickers: 'The money we earn is not worth getting out of bed for'
Friday, 10 July 2009
They were promised a decent living, but the reality has been very different. Jerome Taylor meets the migrant labourers who feel betrayed by one of Britain's largest fruit suppliers
Beckinsale accepts libel payout
Friday, 10 July 2009
The actress Kate Beckinsale accepted £20,000 libel damages from Express Newspapers yesterday over a claim that she had been passed over for her dream role as Barbarella.
Soldier killed in blast 'had Olympic ambitions'
Friday, 10 July 2009
A British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday was an aspiring Olympic athlete, his comrades said yesterday.
St Therese of Lisieux: Bigger than the Pope
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Jonathan Brown: In the latest stage of a world tour, her remains are coming to Britain
Legacy of genocide: alive, well – and living in Britain
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Both the perpetrators and victims fled the massacres in Rwanda. But now a new law targeting war crime suspects means no one can escape their past
Bloody reality of Afghan war hits home
Thursday, 9 July 2009
As British forces suffer a sharp rise in casualties, the new Defence Secretary is forced to acknowledge 'gloom and worry'
Firm fined over Wembley stadium death
Thursday, 9 July 2009
A construction firm was today fined £150,000 after a father-of-two was killed in an accident during the building of the new Wembley stadium.
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• Steve Richards: There's trouble when the spin doctor becomes part of the story
It was only a matter of time before Andy Coulson became a news story
• Andreas Whittam Smith: Forget regulation – the banks are back to business as usual
It was supposed to be "never glad confident morning again" for capitalism
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