3 d. ago Afghan human rights defender granted asylum after Home Office U

Claim of woman who risked life working for western government-backed projects was initially rejectedAn Afghan woman who risked her life defending human rights in her home country has been allowed to stay in the UK after a Home Office U-turn.The Guardian previously reported on the case of Mina*, whose asylum claim was rejected by the Home Office despite her high-profile work in Afghanistan. She worked for western government-backed projects and was involved in training and mentoring women across the country, which put her in grave danger even before the Taliban took over in 2021. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Royal Mail rules for dog owners after postie has lip ripped off

Failure to comply could see your post 'suspended'

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5 d. ago Dog rips into woman's face as she becomes 'human blanket' to shield niece, 4

Abbie Nudd and her niece Lydia were attacked by the American Bulldog at her neighbour's home in Harwich, Essex, which put them both in hospital after the dog's mood suddenly turned

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1 week ago ‘Sidmouth became our summer place’: Jeremy Vine on why his family love holidaying in Devon

The broadcaster and author can’t get enough of this stretch of England’s south coast, and has even set his first murder mystery thereMy earliest memory of Devon is being lost, and my mum crying. I was at junior school. I had a friend whose mother was described as “vague” – this was the 1970s, so that could have been code for almost anything. The vague mother had given my normally quite organised mother directions to a remote house where my schoolfriend spent his summers. We were “popping in” (70s code: spending the day there). The instructions to find the place were something like, “Turn left after South Zeal, pass the dirt track and follow the direction the sheep are facing.”After an hour of pretending we were still on the right route, my mum suddenly burst into tears and uttered a rare denunciation of a fellow human being. “That SILLY woman!” she shouted. “We don’t know where we are. Nobody does.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Human remains found in search for woman at centre of murder probe who vanished a decade and a half ago

A woman has been re-arrested by detectives

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1 week ago Human remains found in search for Derby woman missing since 2010

Police believe remains are of Izabela Zablocka, from Normanton, and have launched murder investigationHuman remains have been found in a search for a woman missing for more than 15 years as police launch a murder investigation into her disappearance.Izabela Zablocka, from Normanton in Derby, was 30 when she went missing in 2010. Originally from Poland, she had last made contact with family on 28 August 2010. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Human remains found in search for Polish woman who disappeared 15 years ago

Izabela Helena Zablocka came to the UK in 2009 from Poland and was living in the Normanton area of Derby

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1 week ago Human remains found in property's garden in hunt for 'murdered' Polish woman who vanished 15 years ago

Izabela Zablocka, 30, moved to Britain in 2009 and lived in Derby. Her family in Poland lost contact with her a year later in August.

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2 w. ago Influencer 'almost lost nose' after gruesome dog attack ripped her face open

An influencer said she was worried she would lose parts of her face after a vicious dog lunged at her head in a crazed attack – but she has an interesting way of coping with the incident

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