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John Worboys’ sex victims win compensation from police
Two women sexually assaulted by London taxi driver John Worboys win their court battle for compensation from the Metropolitan police because of failings in the way they were treated.
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The truth about food banks: dependency or welfare crisis?
Food banks are “consistently” seeing an increase in demand, a Defra-commissioned report concludes – but what are they and are benefits cuts to blame for their proliferation?
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Five things Benefits Street tells us about being human
With Channel 4’s Benefits Street debate shining a spotlight on the issues raised by the programme, we explain why the series has made such powerful TV viewing.
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Bloody battle to save Congo elephants from ivory poachers
As a conference on wildlife trafficking opens in London, Congo conservationists claim Chinese in the country are boosting the supply of AK47 bullets to poor communities to encourage elephant poaching.
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Two UK deaths linked to lethal ‘neknomination’ online fad
Two deaths in the UK over the weekend are linked to the new “neknomination” viral drinking game that encourages the consumption of dangerous amounts of alcohol.
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Over 100 take ill during Belfast Odyssey rave
Police launch an investigation into a mass underage drinking binge that saw more than 100 young people treated by medics in Belfast, and 18 taken to hospital.
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From ‘NekNominate’ to ‘donominate’: the backlash begins
NekNominate is the drinking game that happens online instead of the pub. But after being linked to two deaths in Ireland, the backlash has already started.
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Is crystal meth behind London’s rising HIV levels?
Crystal meth use in the UK is extremely low. But the drug’s popularity among gay men in London, where it is increasingly used at sex parties, means it is being linked to a worrying rise in HIV.
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‘Brilliant’: Andy Coulson on Miller’s message to Craig
Ex-reporter Dan Evans says he listened to the voicemails of Daniel Craig to uncover his alleged affair with actress Sienna Miller – and alleges that Andy Coulson responded with “brilliant”.
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In from the cold: new Guy Burgess voice recording
Exclusive: a recording of the voice of Guy Burgess – the most colourful and notorious of the cold war spies – has come to light thanks to a freedom of information request to the FBI.
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Peterborough gang guilty of child rapes
A child sex gang of two men and three boys are found guilty of a series of rapes and sexual assaults in Peterborough. Channel 4 News speaks to the ex-partner of one of the accused.
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Rise in shoplifting ‘linked to welfare cuts’ – police chief
Northumbria’s police and crime commissioner is the latest police chief to link welfare cuts to a rise in shoplifting, with one force revealing it is treating the crime with a “soft touch”.
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Marijuana goes on general sale in Colorado
The US state becomes the first to allow recreational cannabis smokers to buy the drug legally from approved outlets.
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Should the Xmas office party be banned?
Doubtless some workers will wake up after their office party regretting the actions of the night before, but did you know back in 1961 the government was considering banning the party altogether?
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Peter O’Toole: the last of the hellraisers?
Drinking in Paris and waking up in Corsica, scaling the walls of a bank and reciting Spice Girls lyrics apparently straight-faced – the life of Peter O’Toole, the legendary actor who has died aged 81.