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Every English town and city has people we’re taught to trust without question: doctors, teachers, clergy, therapists. You walk into their rooms at your most vulnerable, you spill your private…
If you’ve ever watched paramedics or police trying to do their job on a busy high street at night, you’ll know how quickly a routine call can turn ugly. In…
If you live in or around the capital, you don’t need a headline to tell you something’s gone badly wrong. You feel it when you check your phone and see…