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The Olympic sprinter now bedbound for 22 hours a day
Beth Dobbin ran for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Five years on, she is largely bedbound after being diagnosed with ME, a devastating illness for which there is no cure.
The Olympic sprinter now bedbound for 22 hours a day
Beth Dobbin ran for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Five years on, she is largely bedbound after being diagnosed with ME, a devastating illness for which there is no cure.
Met needs to move away from criminalising sex workers, officers say after Levy failings
The force is piloting a two-officer female team in north London to engage with street sex workers, in a bid to improve trust.
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BBC Verify analysis of data from a UK maritime agency shows 12 vessels were struck in a week.
They fled Russia, but the West sent them back
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Watch: Will disenchanted Iowa Republicans reject Trump in the midterms?
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The Papers: Healey's 'tax raid on banks' and Brand 'topless monster'
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Three children and teacher killed in US primary school shooting
The suspect was shot dead by an armed bystander who followed him into the Oregon school, police said.
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India's 'cockroach' protesters set to return despite police crackdown
The youth-led movement plans a fresh Delhi protest after mass detentions last week and the jailing of two leaders.
India's 'cockroach' protesters set to return despite police crackdown
The youth-led movement plans a fresh Delhi protest after mass detentions last week and the jailing of two leaders.
Porn showing choking or incest to be banned from early November, government says
The move follows a review into pornography regulation in 2025 by Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin
Are student protests being manipulated ahead of France's presidential election?
France's prime minister has suggested that student anger is being weaponised, as the unions and other protesters prepare to take to the streets too.