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Human traffickers ‘using UK universities as cover’

Overseas students have vanished from courses and then been found working in exploitative conditions

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2022

‘It was refreshing to see what Sherwood did’: how the BBC’s acclaimed miners’ strike drama went down in the real pit villages

In the Nottingham streets where the serial is set, the struggle now is to control the narrative of a fiercely contested history

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2022

Lies, spies and dirty tricks: the truth about Britain’s undercover police

The Observer exposed infiltration practices in 2010 – the BBC’s Sherwood shows how TV drama can keep the issue alive

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2022

Women accused of illegal abortions in England and Wales after miscarriages and stillbirths

Dozens of investigations have been launched by police in England and Wales in the past 10 years into suspected breaches of an 1861 law

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2022

‘We won’t stay silent any longer’ – 13 protest photographs that changed Britain

As a new law comes into place that restricts how people can demonstrate across the UK, we look at some of the images and moments that reshaped the nation

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2022

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June

Sinéad Gleeson, Gurnaik Johal and Guardian readers discuss the titles they’ve read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022

Bannockburn resident left angered after rubbish burned in local park

The images were taken in Ladywell Park last week.

Daily Record · Jun 29, 2022

Customers complain tax rebate firm has cost them thousands

Taxpayers have lost huge sums by being persuaded to use an official-looking firm that offers to claim back overpaid tax from HMRC on their behalf

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2022

Tricks of their trade: meet the UK’s most unusual master crafters

Glass eyes, traditional sieves, sails… Specialist makers are working hard to keeping these unique skills alive. By Chris Broughton

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2022

‘We jumped in the car as soon as we heard’: Afghans race to help amid wait for international aid

While the Taliban and aid agencies rushed to respond, locals were already on their way bringing much needed support

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2022