Residents tell of anger over government's plans to flood villages to build reservoir to increase water for the canal ...

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In need of capital to rebuild, Syrian men are staying in neighbouring countries to work while their wives head home ...

Nigel Farage’s party now has the resources and momentum to capitalise on mass disillusionment with both major parties ...

Research reveals the business of Channel security is booming, as companies profit off asylum seekers’ desperation ...

Women who call police to help deal with abusive partners are being criminalised for assaulting emergency workers ...

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The Conservatives knew their immigration plan would disproportionately impact LGBTIQ+ people. They did it anyway ...

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To effectively counter fascist and far-right extremism – viewed together under the umbrella term ‘radical right’ here – you need to understand it first. Which groups are revolutionary or ...

A searching mother tries to dig the ground with her nails in search of the cap and rucksack of her missing son In January and February of this year, groups of people searching for missing loved ...