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17 October 2020

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News imageLewis Ritson

Ritson beats Vazquez on split decision

Britain's Lewis Ritson claims an unconvincing split-decision points win over Mexico's Miguel Vazquez to take the vacant WBA intercontinental light-welterweight title in Peterborough.

News imageNick Murray with an elephant

'My mission to stop elephant poachers in Zimbabwe'

Welshman Nick Murray has been working to protect Zimbabwe's wildlife for nearly 25 years.

News imageAn elephant in the water

Welsh elephant conservationist lauds 'huge result'

Nick Murray says Mana Pools National Park has gone a year without losing an elephant to poachers.

News imagegarden waste

City's green waste collections halted for winter

With Covid cases rising and staff affected, one council wants to ensure rubbish is kept off streets.

News imageSarah Baker holding a takeaway box

Businesses divided over circuit-breaker plans

Ahead of a potential short lockdown in Wales, businesses say they are struggling to plan ahead.

News imageBlumah, Bernard and Trish

Locked down and lonely: 'Why doesn't anyone want us?'

After care homes locked down in March, some families are still struggling to visit their loved ones.

News imageSapna rescued from a brothel, in Bombay, in a police raid. She then had to stay in a remand home, in Bombay for 6 months before she was sent back to Nepal.

Forced to undergo genital exams in colonial India

Sex workers had to register themselves and get medically examined under British rule, new research shows.

News imageSmart doorbell

'He used our smart doorbell camera to track me'

Two women explain how their partners turned internet-connected gadgets into a means of control.

News imagePaul Whitaker (back) and colleagues

NHS doc: 'We're no longer heroes - this is the new normal'

Dr John Wright looks ahead to the difficulties to come this winter, and considers how much has changed since March.

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