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8 August 2017

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Gina Martin

I was a victim of 'upskirting' - but I'm fighting back

Gina Martin explains what happened after she had a photograph taken up her skirt without her consent.

Marni Smyth chose to have a suprapubic catheter fitted to help retain her independence.

'I chose surgery due to a lack of toilets'

Marni Smyth chose to have a suprapubic catheter fitted to help retain her independence.

A woman attaches a shoe sole

From brogues to celebrity trainers

How the staff of one Cumbrian factory moved from making traditional brogues to trainers worn by the stars.

Times/Guardian front pages

Stop-and-search to tackle knife and acid crime

The home secretary and Metropolitan Police chief declare their support for stop-and-search.

Ashok Abhyankar types on his typewriter

The sad decline of the Indian typewriter

The art of using a typewriter - and why the profession is dying in India.

The palace of Talaf Mahmudabad

The palace in India where time stood still

The Raja of Mahmudabad speaks to Witness about the effects of partition on his family

Great Britain's Gabe Olaseni

GB beaten in EuroBasket warm-up final

Hosts Greece comfortably beat Great Britain in the final of a warm-up tournament before EuroBasket 2017.

woman polishing Google sign

Was Google wrong to fire memo author?

A Google employee who wrote that women are less biologically suited to tech careers has been fired.

Jaega Wise

Craft beer brewer aiming to be top of the hops

Meet Jaega Wise - the engineering graduate who gave up a job in the City to start her own brewery.

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