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Feminist groups lose battle to have strip club closed
Female strippers are celebrating after the club they work in had its licence renewed – despite a campaign by feminist groups to have it closed down.
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Meet the strippers fighting back
In this week’s Uncovered episode we’ve been speaking with women on both sides of the debate around sex work. Strippers across the UK have taken to the streets, joined a new union and formed collectives to fight back against some feminists who are trying to shut their industry down. The debate has laid bare the…
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Series 3, Episode 4: Waad and Hamza al-Kateab
Waad and Hamza al-Kateab are two Syrian refugees who risked everything to stay in Aleppo during the war. Waad is an award-winning film-maker, whose documentary ‘For Sama’ just won Best Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival. It tells the intimate and epic journey of her experience of war, tracking her life over five years in…
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Hillsborough safety officer fined £6,500
The former club secretary of Sheffield Wednesday has been fined £6,500 for a health and safety offence on the day of the Hillsborough disaster.
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FactCheck: universities catch less than one per cent of ‘bought in’ essays, own records suggest
One in six students admit to getting someone else to write their coursework.
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Hillsborough jury unable to reach verdict in Duckenfield trial
The match commander at the time of the Hillsborough disaster, David Duckenfield, could now face a retrial, after a jury failed to reach a verdict on charges against him.
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Zimbabwean citizen living in UK fears deportation
Zimbabwean citizen Marian Machekanyanga says she lives in fear of being sent back from her life in Sheffield to the country she left sixteen years ago in search of asylum, after she exposed government corruption under President Mugabe.
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Hillsborough jury hear of ‘scene of horror’ at fatal crush
Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield denies the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans, while the former Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell has also denied health and safety offences.
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Black Men Walking: How walking hobby became a symbol of identity
When does a walk in the countryside become a political act? When it’s organised by the Black men walking group.
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Exclusive investigation uncovers alleged homophobia and untrained staff at government-funded charity
A Channel 4 News investigation has uncovered serious allegations that untrained staff were left in charge of victims of trafficking and abuse. Around 40 people who were cared for or worked for the City Hearts charity in Sheffield have spoken of their concerns and claims of homophobia. The Home Office and Charity Commission say the…
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FatCheck: will the government’s calorie cuts work?
The government has announced its ambition to reduce the number of calories in some popular foods by 20 per cent by 2024. Will this really help the nation lose weight? There’s often confusion and debate about how best to tackle the UK’s obesity epidemic. Some commentators have blamed obesity on over-consumption of certain food types like…
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Dominic West on The Square and equal pay
Born in Sheffield and educated at Eton, Dominic West found fame via an unlikely route as Jimmy McNulty, the flawed but lovable hero of American police drama, The Wire. West has now turned his talents to a satire of the well-heeled, emotionally repressed European art world in his Palme d’Or-winning new film, The Square. Matt…
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Labour did not interview suspended MP before becoming a candidate
The Labour Party has tonight confirmed to Channel 4 News that newly-suspended MP Jared O’Mara was not interviewed before he became a candidate in the Sheffield Hallam constituency. Mr O’Mara lost the Labour whip today after being accused of verbally abusing a local woman earlier this year and a string of historic sexist and homophobic…
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Jared O’Mara: ‘Disabled people suffering all over UK’
Jared O’Mara, the newly elected Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam, who has cerebral palsy, discusses disability rights.
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Almost one in five MPs are landlords
Parliament has published its register of MPs’ financial interests for the first time since the election. An analysis by FactCheck shows that 123 MPs earn extra money by renting out homes and private property. Landlord MPs account for almost a fifth of all MPs. Their properties include houses, flats, farms, holiday cottages and shops. The MPs include chancellor…