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An inexperienced social worker tasked by a local authority with assessing Sara Sharif’s parents did not identify her father as posing any risk despite noting safeguarding concerns.

The social worker’s report, described as “very thorough”, was submitted as evidence ahead of a final hearing in 2019 at which a senior …

The late Chairman Mao, China’s former supreme leader, once called the United Front Work Department (UFWD) one of the three “magic weapons” of the Chinese Communist party (CCP). That the other two were the People’s Liberation Army and the party’s propaganda arm signals how central the UFWD has been to …

For years, residents of Ghouta, an embattled opposition-held region on the outskirts of Damascus, grew used to death loudly announcing its presence. When Syrian and Russian jets or helicopter gunships roared overhead, bombs were never far behind. But the

night of 7 April 2018

According …

The RFU Championship rugby union match between Ampthill and Hartpury was abandoned on Saturday after the referee, Alex Thomas, was struck by the ball.

Thomas, who has officiated games in the men’s and women’s Premiership, was hit by a clearing kick from Hartpury’s Harry Bazalgette in the 28th minute of …

As a student, the neurologist Greg Scott had very little interest in following a career in medicine. Computing was the focus of his studies.

Then one day he suffered a grand mal seizure. Also called a tonic-clonic seizure, it causes a loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions.

“It came …

For Yoon Suk Yeol, last week’s short-lived

martial law declaration

When he

narrowly won the election

In the four years after she discovered her husband had been drugging her and inviting strangers into their home to rape her, Gisèle Pelicot liked to walk to clear her head.

Striding through the countryside alone, she would throw the questions that tormented her to the wind: “Dominique, how could …

Here’s a festive quiz for all the family.

Is Prince Andrew:

a) Thicker than a fig pudding?

b) Greedier than Scrooge?

c) More puffed-up than grandad after a plate of sprouts? Or:

d) All of the above, plus a threat to national security who has cavorted with a suspected spy …

The English champions have not been able to win on the road in defence of

their title

Three hundred twenty-four. That was the score Mary Louis was given by an AI-powered tenant screening tool. The software, SafeRent, didn’t explain in its 11-page report how the score was calculated or how it weighed various factors. It didn’t say what the score actually signified. It just displayed Louis’s number …