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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)
News

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

Article thumbnail: With 61 per cent of prisons in England and Wales overcrowded, the Government is trying to address a crisis that has been growing for decades (Illustration: Sarina West for i)
Crime

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

Abolishing short sentences to stop overcrowding is welcomed by experts, but they say further reforms like closing old jails are essential to improving outcomes and protecting the public

Article thumbnail: Award-winning Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko has been told that she could be killed if she returns to her homeland (Photos: Penguin / Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Award-winning Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko has been told that she could be killed if she returns to her homeland (Photos: Penguin / Getty Images)
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)
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)
Article thumbnail: Rachael McNamara, 32, is a Special Educational Needs co-ordinator at a primary school, as well as being mum to two children, Caitlin, two and 11-month-old Rowan. She says she is currently not making any money working due to the ?140 cost of nursery for her two children (Photo: supplied)
Article thumbnail: Rachael McNamara, 32, is a Special Educational Needs co-ordinator at a primary school, as well as being mum to two children, Caitlin, two and 11-month-old Rowan. She says she is currently not making any money working due to the ?140 cost of nursery for her two children (Photo: supplied)
Article thumbnail: While most Ukrainians would like to see Vladimir Putin and his closest allies prosecuted for alleged war crimes, 58 Russian personnel have already been convicted and more trials are coming (Photo: Attila Husejnow / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: While most Ukrainians would like to see Vladimir Putin and his closest allies prosecuted for alleged war crimes, 58 Russian personnel have already been convicted and more trials are coming (Photo: Attila Husejnow / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)

Features

Melissa, 50, wishes she could return to the Christmases' of her twenties; when she was free to spend the day skiing and drinking with her friends

Article thumbnail: Shocked mom feeling under pressure organizing Xmas party
Article thumbnail: Shocked mom feeling under pressure organizing Xmas party
Article thumbnail: Mother and her daughter serving Christmas meal on table.
Article thumbnail: Mother and her daughter serving Christmas meal on table.
Article thumbnail: Girl dressed for christmas drinking tea in bed, feeling sick and tired, trying to get better.
Article thumbnail: Girl dressed for christmas drinking tea in bed, feeling sick and tired, trying to get better.
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Article thumbnail: A good-looking tree still matters to us in 2023 - and many will buy more than one (Photo: svetikd/Getty)
Article thumbnail: A good-looking tree still matters to us in 2023 - and many will buy more than one (Photo: svetikd/Getty)
Lifestyle

The day my husband was helped to die

Lifestyle
Couples Therapy

I'm haunted by my mistakes - and spending Christmas alone without my kids

Lifestyle

I was an Evangelical Christian – now I’m a sex coach

Lifestyle

My dog took a train to Manchester alone: The pets who disappear and come back

World

Marina Litvinenko: Agent wanted for my husband's murder should confess before cancer kills him

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)
News

‘I’m spending nearly £800 more a month on childcare after moving to UK from Sweden'

Linda Eriksson says the UK has a lot to learn from other countries in supporting families

Little Britain

‘I’m appalled we let the blackface happen’: Little Britain's messy legacy, 20 years on

Politics

Anti-monarchy protesters to target King's speech as Republic plots fresh wave of action

Article thumbnail: Former Labour leadership contender Clive Lewis says many of his colleagues share his view on abolishing the monarchy but will not speak out (Photos: Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Former Labour leadership contender Clive Lewis says many of his colleagues share his view on abolishing the monarchy but will not speak out (Photos: Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Fix the Fell rangers repair the footpath to the fell Stone Arthur in Grasmere in the Lake District (Photo: Steve Morgan)
Article thumbnail: Fix the Fell rangers repair the footpath to the fell Stone Arthur in Grasmere in the Lake District (Photo: Steve Morgan)
Article thumbnail: Wagner fighters, like these men seen in Rostov-on-Don during Yevgeny Prigozhin's abortive mutiny in June, could become members of the Redut mercenary group according to some experts (Images: Getty / Wikimedia Commons)
World

I'm a Trump whistleblower but he's used my revelations to drive his 'deep state' conspiracy

NHS Crisis

Diary of a GP: 12-hour plus shifts, 'nonsense' admin, vandalism and tears at the end of the day

Article thumbnail: Exiled journalist Mikhail Zygar hopes that Vladimir Putin will eventually be toppled but is cautious about what might happen to Russia in the aftermath (Illustration: Tim Alden for i)
World

Brit who fought for Ukraine: 'War is 80% boredom and 20% total crazy stuff'