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The Independent
independent.co.uk > news > health > midwives-working-hours-unsafe-nhs-b2886497.html

Midwives call for limits on ‘dangerously long’ working hours putting mothers and babies at risk

1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (1156+ words) 14,000 sign petition calling for legal restrictions on midwives" working hours But she, like countless others in the profession, now fears the "dangerously long shifts" she is sometimes forced to work are putting the safety of her and her patients at…...

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The Independent
independent.co.uk > voices > women-anger-rage-bait-online-culture-misogyny-popculture-feminism-b2890732.html

She-volution: why 2025 was the year women’s rage took centre stage

6+ hour, 53+ min ago  (358+ words) Long treated as unbecoming or hysterical, women's anger took on a far more powerful role this year, says Kimberley Bond, as a long-overdue act of resistance, reshaping music, film and culture The word that defined 2025, according to Oxford University Press,…...

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independent.co.uk
independent.co.uk > news > uk > home-news > women-equal-pay-cases-gmb-b2890835.html

More than £1 billion won for women in equal pay cases this year, union reveals

11+ hour, 49+ min ago  (231+ words) GMB said it "it should be a source of national shame" that women have to make these claims More than "1 billion has been secured by women workers this year following successful equal pay campaigns spearheaded by a prominent trade union....

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independent.co.uk
independent.co.uk > news > uk > politics > nhs-labour-mixed-ward-wes-streeting-b2882521.html

Mixed sex wards used a record 5,000 times in a single month – despite Wes Streeting condemning practice

23+ hour, 34+ min ago  (800+ words) Exclusive: Health secretary hit out at Tories over breaches before last year's election " but they've since reached a 15-year high The use of mixed sex wards in hospitals in England has soared to the highest number in a single month…...

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independent.co.uk
independent.co.uk > bulletin > news > muslim-women-islamophobia-tfl-transport-britain-b2890717.html

Almost half of Muslim women feel unsafe on public transport, report reveals

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (161+ words) Sadiq Khan responds to Lee Anderson comments: 'Poison of Islamophobia continues' Source: Sky News Almost half of Muslim women feel unsafe on public transport, report reveals - A new report indicates that over one in three Muslim women in the UK…...

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independent.co.uk
independent.co.uk > independentpremium > voices > save-the-children-leona-lewis-child-war-victims-hope-innovation-b2885708.html

Leona Lewis: Save the Children appeal — as a mother, I look at the world and shudder

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (331+ words) Modern weapons are devastating young lives on a scale the world has never seen before, says Save the Children UK ambassador Leona Lewis " but life-saving innovations are giving some hope, resilience and the chance to dream again As a mother,…...

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independent.co.uk
independent.co.uk > news > world > americas > crime > missing-nebraska-mother-jerica-hamre-found-dead-b2890525.html

Remains of missing Nebraska mother found a year later as police narrow in on person of interest

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (456+ words) Authorities had been desperately searching for Jerica Hamre, 30, for nearly 18 months after she went missing from Lincoln in July 2024 The remains of a missing Nebraska mother have been found more than a year after she disappeared as police take a…...

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independent.co.uk
independent.co.uk > news > uk > home-news > trans-people-women-supreme-court-judgment-b2876522.html

‘I live in a country that hates me’: What’s next for trans people in the UK?

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1248+ words) In April, the UK's highest court ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex. Nicole Wootton-Cane speaks to five transgender Britons about how they feel the decision has affected their lives, and what comes…...

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The Independent
independent.co.uk > news > jb-pritzker-illinois-italy-rome-delaware-b2889830.html

Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois

Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (352+ words) Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he was "very disappointed" that his home state of Illinois had approved a law allowing for medically assisted suicide, and he called for greater respect of life. Leo said he had spoken "explicitly" with Gov....

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The Independent
independent.co.uk > news > world > americas > crime > ohio-doctor-abortion-miscarriage-b2889027.html

Ohio doctor arrested after ‘secretly giving abortion medication to girlfriend’

Ohio doctor arrested after ‘secretly giving abortion medication to girlfriend’4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (502+ words) Dr. Hassan Abbas, 32, allegedly told the woman that his father would never allow the pregnancy to continue An Ohio doctor is facing criminal charges after authorities say he secretly and forcibly administered abortion medication to a woman he reportedly impregnated,…...