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  • Updates on 9 April

  1. 'I'm one of the lucky ones, I got out'published at 16:15 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Amelia spent two extra years in an abusive relationship due to a lack of space in refuges.

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  2. Mother was insane when she killed baby sonpublished at 16:05 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Five-month-old Elias Biad was suffocated and had his throat slit, jurors at the Old Bailey were told.

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  3. Domestic abuse refuges unable to meet demandpublished at 13:52 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Organisations warn that without more support "we will see more women dying".

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  4. 'Believe in yourself and just keep going for it'published at 11:32 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    RuPaul's Drag Race UK finalist Bimini spills the tea on the show and her love of coming home.

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  5. Labour calls for Covid public inquiry to start in Junepublished at 11:13 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Rachel Reeves says families need "closure and justice" now rather than the promise of a future inquiry.

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  6. Inquest opens into Sarah Everard's deathpublished at 11:10 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    The 33-year-old vanished as she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham on 3 March.

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  7. London's weather: Dull and cloudy with light rain laterpublished at 08:05 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

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    Today will be dull and cloudy. Much of the dry will be dry, but a few spots of light rain are possible this afternoon.

    There will be a moderate northerly wind.

    Maximum Temperature: 7C to 10C (45F to 50F)

  8. 'I'm wary about my second Covid jab'published at 07:41 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    The battle for hearts and minds in a London borough with a low vaccine take-up in its poorer areas.

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  9. Kids' drawings depict lockdown feelingspublished at 06:19 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Pupils at a school in north London have been describing their experience of lockdown in pictures.

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  10. In pictures: Hidden depths of a life livedpublished at 00:26 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2021

    Photographer Laura Page challenges the stereotypes of age.

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  11. Second post-mortem carried out on Sarah Everardpublished at 19:38 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    An inquest into the 33-year-old's death is due to take place on 18 March in Maidstone, Kent.

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  12. Westminster Bridge memorial plaque plannedpublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Westminster City Council wants to put up a bronze plaque for the five people killed in 2017.

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  13. Starmer urges law changes over women's safetypublished at 16:32 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Boris Johnson stresses society needed to change in attitude to ensure women are heard and protected.

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  14. Goalkeeper jailed for raping woman in club toiletpublished at 16:29 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Former Bristol City footballer Alhaji Sesay "brazenly targeted women at random at nightclubs".

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  15. MP: Women 'without legal recourse' over violencepublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    The prime minister is asked how women are “meant to get justice” when a rape review remains unpublished two years after it was promised.

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  16. 'Unanswered questions' on bus driver deathspublished at 14:04 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Leshie Chandrapala, who lost her father Ranjith last year, has called for an inquiry.

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  17. Scottish government prioritises ‘bairns not bombs’published at 13:50 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    The SNP Westminster leader says actions this week “expose a tale of two governments, with two very different sets of values".

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  18. Starmer raises 'shocking' rape prosecution figurespublished at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Some 98.5% of rape claims do not lead to a prosecution, which is a “shocking statistic”, says the Labour leader

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  19. 'We need cultural change' says PM on treating womenpublished at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Sir Keir Starmer asks if the killing of Sarah Everard should be a "turning point" in tackling violence against women and girls.

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  20. Met 'cannot apologise' over Sarah Everard vigilpublished at 13:01 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2021

    Deputy Commissioner Sir Stephen House said some officers had plastic bottles thrown at them on Saturday.

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