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The former neonatal nurse has been sentenced to a whole-life order for murdering seven babies in her care and attempting to murder six others. Now the focus is on the hospital where she worked and how she got away with it for so long.

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Spain lifted their first Women’s World Cup trophy after beating England in the final. But off the field matters have dampened their victory.

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Rudy Giuliani used to be known as “America’s Mayor”. Now he’s facing criminal charges for helping Donald Trump in his conspiracy to overthrow the 2020 election result in the US state of Georgia.

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It has been more than two months since Nadine Dorries announced that she was resigning with “immediate effect” as the MP for Mid Bedfordshire. Since then she’s behaved like she’s no longer an MP, but she hasn’t actually quit.

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Earlier this month, a fire gutted an 18th century pub that police are now treating as arson. It's part of a wider trend across the country. What's happening to Britain's pubs?

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The island of Maui has been devastated by the deadliest wildfires in the US in more than a century. What made them so destructive?

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How some Russians with lots of money and close links to Vladimir Putin have managed to sidestep sanctions.

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Rapper Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. Three years after the incident and 8 months after he was found guilty in a US court – he’s still denying it.

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July was the world’s hottest month on record and one city in particular experienced extreme temperatures for a 31-day streak. How are places like Phoenix coping with the affects of climate change?

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Violence is rife and some boys spend more than 100 days in solitary confinement at the young offender institution in Kent. It has had problems for years, so what can be done to fix it?

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