Category: UK

Violent pornography showing strangulation to be banned

Violent porn showing choking and strangulation will be made illegal through the Crime and Policing Bill, the government has announced

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‘You go to bed… and wake up with £200m’: Lottery adviser on how life will change for Euromillions winner

Less than 20 people in the UK have won lottery prizes of more than £100 million – here’s what they spend their winnings on

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Archaeologists piece together plaster fragments into wall painting from ‘Beverly Hills of Roman London’

Birds, fruit, flowers and ancient graffiti discovered on 2,000-year-old wall paintings

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Film director found dead at London home may have been murdered for diamond-encrusted Rolex

Jennifer Abbott was last seen three days before her body was discovered with tape over her mouth

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Voices: ‘I feel like an expensive pet’: Independent readers open up on the human cost of disability cuts

Our community says disability benefit cuts will ‘break people,’ leave carers ‘destitute,’ and cause a human cost many say is being ignored

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UK set for first tropical night of the year as 33C heatwave approaches

Heat health alerts for much of England set to remain in place until at least Sunday evening

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DWP reveals what will happen to disability benefit claimants after cuts

The DWP says it will provide those hit by the cuts with ‘generous’ protection

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Preacher who claimed to cure infertility is killed in car crash

Gilbert Deya moved from Kenya to the UK, where he led the Gilbert Deya Ministries

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