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French court to sentence former surgeon who abused children for decades

A former French surgeon is expected to be sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday for the sexual abuse of hundreds of patients mostly aged under ...

?Nonsense and stupid?: Trump?s tariff war will cause global damage, says Grosvenor boss

Donald Trump?s global tariff trade war is ?nonsense and stupid? and will damage every country in the world, including the US, the boss of one of Brita...

Sadiq Khan calls for partial decriminalisation of cannabis possession

Sadiq Khan has backed calls for the partial decriminalisation of cannabis possession, as a wide-ranging study suggests the way the drug is policed cau...

Spent by Alison Bechdel review ? the graphic novelist faces up to midlife

Alison Bechdel emerged in the 1980s with Dykes to Watch Out For, a groundbreaking weekly strip that featured a group of mostly lesbian friends. Since ...

?Julie Christie is magnetic?: on the set of party girl classic Darling ? in pictures

The Oscar-winning satire Darling, which starred Christie, Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey, was one of the defining British films of the 60s. To celeb...

Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates

The excess pollution emitted as a result of the Dieselgate scandal has killed about 16,000 people in the UK and caused 30,000 cases of asthma in child...