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Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
Unite Here members in the US are taking action against Trump’s vicious Ice agents during football’s biggest tournament, reports MARK GRUENBERG
CAYENNA PONCHIONE-BAILEY celebrates a new recording of all the surviving works of a great female composer and equal of Mozart
THE Supreme Court will hear a landmark challenge next month to government attempts to cover up a top MI6 officer’s role in renditions to Libya .
Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and his wife Fatima Boudchar were kidnapped, rendered to Libya and tortured by the CIA with the knowledge and assistance of MI6 in 2004.
The couple are challenging the Director of Public Prosecutions decision not to charge MI6 former counterterrorism chief Sir Mark Allen over his involvement in their ordeal.
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
