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Police issue CCTV image of man after ‘boy sexually assaulted in his bedroom’
The suspect is described as white, of slim build with short hair and a beard.
Food banks braced for busiest December on record
“It’s not right that anyone should have to use a food bank at any time of year – not just at Christmas", Trussell Trust say.
Three men cleared of killing and freed after 36 years in prison
They were teenagers when they were sentenced to life in prison in 1984
Anti-LGBT teaching protesters claim ‘white’ bias after school gates ban upheld
Demonstrators had been holding weekly protests outside Anderton Park Primary School in Birmingham.
Holocaust refugee Lord Dubs defends Jeremy Corbyn as Labour launch pledges to defend faith communities
Lord Alf Dubs who campaigns for child refugees after arriving in the UK on the Kindertransport in 1939 says Chief Rabbi Mirvis went ‘too far’ in his attack on Corbyn.
Anti-LGBT teaching protesters get permanent school gates ban
Demonstrators had been holding weekly protests outside Anderton Park Primary School in Birmingham.
Channel 4 threatens to ’empty-chair’ Boris Johnson during climate change debate
The broadcaster said the debate will take place whether or not all the leaders show up.
Child poverty would reach ’60-year-high’ if Conservatives re-elected
Current poverty rates would not fall under Labour’s manifesto, according to the Resolution Foundation.
Women and girls subjected to an epidemic of sexual violence
Around the world, rape and sexual abuse are everyday occurrences - affecting close to a billion women and girls over a lifetime, irrespective of age, background or country.