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Force apologises over 'inappropriate behaviour' claims against police doctor
Avon and Somerset officers say force’s doctor, who died in 2013, subjected them to sexual behaviour during examinations

Steven Morris

24, Feb, 2017 @5:27 PM

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Tributes paid to woman killed by Storm Doris debris
Tahnie Martin, who was hit by piece of roofing, was highly valued at University of Wolverhampton, vice-chancellor says

Jamie Grierson and agencies

24, Feb, 2017 @5:04 PM

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Man jailed for two years for shooting toddler with air rifle
Jordan Walters fired the gun at Harry Studley, causing him brain damage, after taking the weapon out to clean it

Steven Morris

24, Feb, 2017 @4:41 PM

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Southwark council pleads guilty over worst ever tower block fire
London authority admits to breaking fire regulations in years leading up to 2009 incident at Lakanal House that killed six

Damien Gayle

24, Feb, 2017 @3:08 PM

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Revealed: thousands of children at London schools breathe toxic air
Exclusive: 802 schools, nurseries and colleges are in areas where levels of nitrogen dioxide breach EU legal limits

Matthew Taylor and Sandra Laville

24, Feb, 2017 @3:01 PM

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Police told to delete on request millions of images of innocent people
Home secretary says any ‘unconvicted persons’ can request that police delete their images from national database

Alan Travis Home affairs editor

24, Feb, 2017 @2:16 PM

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Hedgerows are haven for birds, hares and badgers
Country Diary: Welland Valley, Leicestershire Wildlife sightings, even on a short walk across the fields, demonstrate the effect of these ‘green corridors’

Louise Gray

24, Feb, 2017 @5:30 AM

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Met 'trying to gag critics' by defunding its black officers' association
Backlash over plan to jettison 19 police staff associations and replace them with single umbrella group

Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

23, Feb, 2017 @9:00 PM

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Storm Doris 'weather bomb': 94mph winds, travel chaos and snow – live updates
Follow live updates as the worst storm of winter lashes the UK on ‘Doris Day’

Nadia Khomami (now) and Matthew Weaver (earlier)

23, Feb, 2017 @8:06 PM

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Woman killed by falling debris as Storm Doris causes chaos across UK
Twenty-nine-year-old dies after being hit by piece of roof in Wolverhampton as strong winds and ice cause widespread problems

Robert Booth

23, Feb, 2017 @8:02 PM

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'How is this fair?': readers on the non-European spouses income ruling
We hear from citizens affected after the UK’s supreme court ruling backed the £18,600 earning threshold for non-European spouses

James Walsh and Guardian readers

23, Feb, 2017 @6:02 PM

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Police hunting for fugitive killer release CCTV images of escape
Merseyside police urge witnesses to come forward as footage shows accomplices aiding Shaun Walmsley’s getaway

Jamie Grierson and Josh Halliday

23, Feb, 2017 @5:36 PM

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