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Article thumbnail: Helen Black, who co-wrote the second series of women's prison drama Time with Jimmy McGovern, has been commissioned by the BBC to write a new drama about children in care (Photo: supplied by Helen Black)
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Putting children in care to punish women is utterly stupid, says Time co-writer

Helen Black has been commissioned to write a new drama about children in care

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Britain's crumbling prisons are denying victims justice - but the system can be fixed

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The 'poisoned' Russian journalist facing lifelong cancer tests after challenging Putin

Article thumbnail: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 03: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a meeting with his staff in his hotel room ahead of his keynote speech to the Conservative Party annual conference in Manchester tomorrow, on October 03, 2023 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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Teachers forced to quit due to rising cost of childcare and inflexible working for family life

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Inside Ukraine's hunt for Russian war criminals

Article thumbnail: Marina Litvinenko thinks the poison used by the two men who murdered her husband Alexander may have seriously undermined their health years later (Photo: Hollie Adams / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Marina Litvinenko thinks the poison used by the two men who murdered her husband Alexander may have seriously undermined their health years later (Photo: Hollie Adams / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Linda Eriksson is originally from Sweden and has been living in the UK for 13 years and says it is now her home. But staying here means paying extortionate childcare. She faces paying ?1,400 a month for full time nursery in the UK for her baby son - but in Sweden, she'd only have to pay ?118 a month. She says the UK has a lot to learn from other countries when it comes to supporting families (Photo: supplied)
Article thumbnail: Linda Eriksson is originally from Sweden and has been living in the UK for 13 years and says it is now her home. But staying here means paying extortionate childcare. She faces paying ?1,400 a month for full time nursery in the UK for her baby son - but in Sweden, she'd only have to pay ?118 a month. She says the UK has a lot to learn from other countries when it comes to supporting families (Photo: supplied)
Article thumbnail: David Walliams as Lou and Matt Lucas as Andy in 'Little Britain' (Photo: HBO/BBC)
Article thumbnail: David Walliams as Lou and Matt Lucas as Andy in 'Little Britain' (Photo: HBO/BBC)
Article thumbnail: Graham Smith's anti-monarchy campaign group Republic have been highlighting celebrities who oppose royalty, but next they want to proactively recruit cultural figures to take part in their campaigns (Photos: Getty Images / X)
Article thumbnail: Graham Smith's anti-monarchy campaign group Republic have been highlighting celebrities who oppose royalty, but next they want to proactively recruit cultural figures to take part in their campaigns (Photos: Getty Images / X)