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21 people convicted in West Midlands child sex abuse investigation
https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/04/05/16/e83638abf6f0dd9e44983b2d48de75ecY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjgwNzk0MTU5-2.21314914.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Update June 2025: Tracey and David Baker successfully appealed against their convictions and were acquitted…
Iran protesters told they are ‘bringing down the patriarchy’
https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/01/08/18/8309d3b33bdf10b4c5e7d99eff5dd110Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjczMjg2NzAz-2.70488913.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Comedian Omid Djalili told Iranian protesters that they are “bringing down the patriarchy” at a…
Housing provider ‘neglects’ young family for four years with bed bug infestation and mould outbreak
https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/09/13/17/landlord%20bugs.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 One of the UK’s largest housing providers has been accused of forcing a young family…
Former boxer champion Wadi Camacho ‘cut ex-girlfriend while grabbing iPhone’
https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/30/13/2a84503be30ade7e636aa4ca5db804c7Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjYxOTQ2NTIz-2.40977705.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Update, October 7, 2025: Mr Camacho was cleared on all four counts by a jury…
Oligarch ‘had already sold mansions’ before hit by UK sanctions
https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/22/15/SEI92569214.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A Russian businessman sanctioned by the British government earlier this month has said he had…
UK-based Russian-Ukrainian couple reunited with family at visa centre in Poland
https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/16/08/16075929-61702d53-53ff-49c2-8f71-0f895ac00e7b.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A Russian-Ukrainian couple broke down in tears when they were reunited with their one-year-old son…
UK-based Russian-Ukrainian couple reunited with family at visa centre in Poland
https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/03/16/08/16075929-61702d53-53ff-49c2-8f71-0f895ac00e7b.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A Russian-Ukrainian couple broke down in tears when they were reunited with their one-year-old son…
From George to Breonna to Eric: What happens to police officers who kill Black people
https://static.independent.co.uk/2021/04/21/22/GettyImages-1216203917.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 George Floyd’s death at the hands of police offices in Minneapolis last year sparked nationwide…
Coronavirus diary: I didn’t think any of it applied to me – but suddenly it did
https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2020/03/22/17/central-london-5.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 I was woken by the silence. That is when I should have known the world…
Family immigration rules that put a £18,600-a-year price tag on love are ‘heartbreaking’
https://static.independent.co.uk/2020/11/09/17/The%20Independent%20logo%20main.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 When Ashley, a minister in the Salvation Army, and his Georgian wife, Teya, returned from…
