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Whether it’s the racy shagging of ‘Skins’ or the chaste hand-holding of ‘Heartstopper’, coming-of-age shows have long approached on-screen intimacy from different angles. Isobel Lewis finds out the secrets of navigating the tricky genre, and how TV can educate as much as entertain

Exclusive: One survivor attempted suicide twice as she struggled with poor police communication, adding: ‘They have your life in their hands’

Mable Childress, 85, allegedly suffered severe burns after she was handed a coffee cup with a loose lid

‘I fight against the tension in my muscles and recoil from Rudy’s grip … filled with rage, I storm through the tent, on yet another quest for Mark,’ 27-year-old writes

PM refuses to ‘speculate’ on future of high-speed rail, after Independent revealed talks to axe phase 2

The clampdown has seen Wales become the first country in the UK to reduce speed limits down from 30mph

A 24-year-old AI influencer has risen in popularity on social media, where her creator shares her artificially generated looks. Amber Raiken speaks with the developer behind the virtual influencer about how the creation came to be

Exclusive: Passenger describes tax grab as ‘an attempt to make me pay twice for the same thing’

France and Germany in shock move to give Britain access to ‘inner circle’ of European partners – with a ‘permanent, frictionless trading relationship’

‘I’m disappointed. I am p***ed off,’ one Republican congressman says about the failure

Journalists handed orders to leave devastated city of Derna after hundreds join protest against flood response