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Petition to: Stop the Building of a Virus Containment Facility and Animal Testing Lab on a London Council Estate.No.10.Gov
Society & Culture  (tags: animal testing lab, UK, human health danger, No.10 petition, Londonanimalcruelty )

Elderberr
- 307 days ago - petitions.number10.gov.uk
petition the Prime Minister to Stop the building of a virus containment facility and animal testing lab.
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Stonehenge: A New Theory for An Ancient Site
Society & Culture  (tags: Stonehenge, UK, Salisbury Plain, England, excavation, research )

RC
- 442 days ago - online.wsj.com
Great story in, of all places, the Wall Street Journal. After conducting the first excavation inside the ring in 40 years, Professors Tim Darvill & Geoffey Wainwright constructed a new theory re the purpose of Stonehenge. Read the piece to learn more.
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Britain : Wall of Silence Around Victims of Forced Marriages - At Least 3,000 Each Year Unreported
Society & Culture  (tags: UK, young women, forced marriage, victims, "honour" crimes, women's rights, human rights, researcher Nazia Khanum, wall of silence )

Alba
- 638 days ago - guardian.co.uk
1st UK study ever conducted into prevalence of custom shows far more victims, spread across different ethnic minorities, than official figures suggest. Govt orders national count of missing schoolgirls amid fears 100s living in fear of "honour" violence
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Another Man Is Beaten and Left for Dead Protecting His Home From Thugs - UK/England
Society & Culture  (tags: uk, england, man, youth, society, violence, sadness, safety )

Chrissy
- 662 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Another man has been beaten and left for dead after politely asking a gang to stop urinating into his garden. The shocking attack came as a police chief lashed out at the drinks industry last night for selling beer "cheaper than water" & leaving hospital
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Centenarians Sisters Robbed By Tricksters - UK/England
Society & Culture  (tags: uk, england, sisters, elderly, women, thieves, burglary )

Chrissy
- 666 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Two centenarian sisters have been robbed at their home by a gang posing as water company officials. Alice and Annie Horsman, who are 100 and 106, were targeted by two men and a woman at their home in Rochdale, Lancashire.
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Rapists Throw Acid on Victim to Destroy DNA Evidence - England
Society & Culture  (tags: england, uk, rape, schoolgirl, child, gang rape, acid, burns, life, dna )

Chrissy
- 692 days ago - thesun.co.uk
The 16-year-old was left fighting for life with terrible burns from the drain-clearing chemical. The 16-year-old was left fighting for life with terrible burns from the drain-clearing chemical. She was under heavy sedation at a specialist burns unit last
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Johnny Depp's £1m Gift for Great Ormond Street, the Hospital That Saved His Daughter's Life | the Daily Mail
Society & Culture  (tags: johnny depp, great ormond street, lily-rose, vanessa paradis, movies, kidneys, ill, sick, patient, sweeney todd, doctor, nurse, party, jack, captain jack, sparrow, film, premiere, love, gift, story, children, london, uk, britain, save, present )

Cissy
- 693 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Johnny Depp secretly visited Great Ormond Street Hospital yesterday to donate £1 million of his own money to thank staff for saving his daughter's life. He arrived unexpectedly at the London children's hospital where eight-year-old Lily-Rose was treated
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Twins Separated at Birth Married Each Other UK/England
Society & Culture  (tags: uk, england, children, babies, parents, adoptions, donors, eggs, spermrights )

Chrissy
- 696 days ago - news.com.au
A COUPLE discovered after they had married that they were twins who had been split up at birth and adopted by separate families, according to a member of Britain's House of Lords. British peer David Alton recounted the story to parliament last month to
17 comments
Fathers Miss a Month With Their Children EACH Year
Society & Culture  (tags: UK, fatherhood, children, time-off, parenting, mothers, fathers, family )

Kristmas
- 699 days ago - icwales.icnetwork.co.uk
In the UK, long working hours mean fathers are missing out on spending time w/their kids, and 7 in 10 mothers believe their husband is just as good at looking after the kids as they are...Institute wants gov't. to pay more for leaves.
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Career Women Work Longer Hours Than Men
Society & Culture  (tags: women, work-paid and unpaid, uk )

Mimi
- 733 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
A major report,according to the study by Cambridge University of more than 30,000 people,claims today that women still work longer hours than men.
16 comments
Scotsman.Com News - UK - The UK Needs Its Own Megan's Law
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, children, sex abuse, UK, government )

Charles
- 869 days ago - news.scotsman.com
Recent figures released show that over the past five years in the UK, an incredible 7,941 reported sex offense cases have never been brought to court, including 1,678 involving crimes against children, with the alleged victim being under 13 in 350 cases.
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255 Sex Offenders Cleared to Work With Children
Society & Culture  (tags: sex offenders, criminals, schools, home office, uk, britain )

Cissy
- 929 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Scores of dangerous criminals - including sex offenders - were cleared to work with children because of Home Office blunders, it was revealed.
30 comments
British Secretary to Dept. of Health Urges Mothers to Opt for Home Birth - Video Too
Society & Culture  (tags: UK, USA, home birth, women, babies, safety, pregnancy )

Lauren
- 940 days ago - blackhillsportal.com
Tony Blair's Labour Gov. plans a "strategic shift" in childbirth policy away from hospital delivery. Commissions research to support case for home births & "challenge the assumption that births should take place in hospitals".South Dakota Nurse Midwives H
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UNICEF: US, UK Worst Places for Children
Society & Culture  (tags: US, UK, Netherlands, Sweden, United Nations, Children's Fund, UNICEF, childrenactivists, europe, HumanRights, children, women, philanthropy, healthcare )

Kathleen
- 1027 days ago - truthout.org
The UK and the US are the worst places for children's quality of life, and the Netherlands and Sweden are the best, according to a report on twenty-one industrialized countries by the United Nations Children's Fund. The UNICEF report uses forty indicator
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