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Will the Rovers return? Coronation Street's iconic pub becomes a raging inferno (but it's nothing to do with the hot pot)
Monday 11 March 2013
Britain's best known pub is engulfed in a ball of flame as landlady Stella Price screams for help when the Rovers Return becomes a raging inferno.
Government failing to bring Britain in line with European rules on human trafficking, say charities
Sunday 10 March 2013
The Government has failed to bring Britain in line with European laws on human trafficking, according to leading charities, who say victims of the crime are being left vulnerable to further abuse.
Victims of FGM and charities that fight against it must be involved in Government eradication efforts
Friday 08 March 2013
Decades of activism underpin this new drive against female circumcision
International Women’s Day: what’s on in the United, er, Queendom
Thursday 07 March 2013
If you think Trending has thrown its weight behind International Women’s Day, you should see what the rest of the country is doing.
Lord Sebastian Coe to appear on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Thursday 07 March 2013
Olympic boss Lord Coe is to be a contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - teaming up with former middle distance running rival Steve Cram.
Mark Leftly: Why the big cover-up just won't work when it comes to choking off smokers
Wednesday 06 March 2013
Outlook I always wanted to smoke but couldn't inhale. At least, not without nearly coughing up my guts. Those teenage attempts to impress girls and peers alike ended up with me spluttering and them laughing. But there was no doubt that if I could master the art of puffing a ciggie, then I would at the very least look like an appealingly dishevelled private eye from film noir.
Two million quit work to care for a sick loved one
Wednesday 06 March 2013
More than two million people in the UK have given up work to care for disabled, sick or elderly relatives and loved ones, according to a survey.
#FGM: Forget 'cultural differences' the practice of female genital mutilation is simple brutality
Wednesday 06 March 2013
Female genital mutilation (FGM) isn’t just something that’s carried out in the deepest, darkest recesses of the globe. It's a UK problem too.
Hundreds of child sex investigations to be reopened as part of 'radical' plans to tackle sexual abuse in wake of Jimmy Savile scandal
Wednesday 06 March 2013
Keir Starmer says overhaul of criminal justice system's efforts to tackle sex abuse will head off 'another Savile moment in five or 10 years' time'
Academics suggest Hitch called it right on Mother Teresa
Tuesday 05 March 2013
Mother Teresa wasn't so very saintly, a new study reports.
Campaign to reward homeless man who returned diamond engagement ring hits $175,000 - and that total is still rising with 72 days to go
Tuesday 05 March 2013
Billy Ray Harris had a hunch Sarah Darling would return for her valuable ring, so decided to take care of it rather than pawn it
The real monsters of Loch Ness: new species of bugs discovered
Tuesday 05 March 2013
Eight UK biodiversity firsts discovered in ‘lost world’
Renters paid a total of £7.7 billion more in 2012 than in 2008
Tuesday 05 March 2013
The number of private renters in England rose to 3.8 million in 2012, an increase of 23% since 2008, says new report
The Saturdays bounce back for Comic Relief
Monday 04 March 2013
Chart stars The Saturdays are bouncing back - by riding spacehoppers across London's Westminster Bridge.
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What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
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Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'
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Exclusive: How MI5 blackmails British Muslims
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EDL marches on Newcastle as attacks on Muslims increase tenfold in the wake of Woolwich machete attack which killed Drummer Lee Rigby
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Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do
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