Tuesday, September 17, 2024

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The Independent has launched our campaign to support victims of domestic abuse, with the aim of raising £300,000. Huw Edwards has  been spared jail after pleading guilty indecent images of children, while junior doctors have decided to accept the government's pay deal. 

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1| More than half of women fleeing domestic abuse turned away from safe refuge due to chronic shortages

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2 | Huw Edwards spared jail as disgraced BBC presenter sentenced for indecent images of children

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3 | Junior doctors vote to accept government pay deal of 22.3% over two years

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4 | UK showed 'great interest' in Italy-Albania migrant deal, Giorgia Meloni says

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5 | Rupert Murdoch begins trial to determine fate of £24bn media empire

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Vladimir Putin has expanded his military to 2.4 million troops after dozens were injured when a Russian glide bomb hit a high-rise building in northeastern Ukraine.

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