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Women’s prisons report finds 97 deaths in decade as self-harm hits record high

3 décembre 2025 à 18:14

Charity director warns ‘more deaths will follow’ unless government changes tack and closes women’s prisons

Over the past decade 97 women have died in prisons in England and Wales, as incidents of self-harm among female prisoners reach the highest level on record, a new report has found.

Inquest, the charity that produced the report, collated Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures since 2015 to arrive at a total number of deaths. It said the numbers were evidence for its case that all women’s prisons should be closed.

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© Composite: Family Handout

© Composite: Family Handout

© Composite: Family Handout

‘I thanked him for ending my acting career!’ – theatre directors on their debt to Tom Stoppard

3 décembre 2025 à 17:39

Carrie Cracknell, Nina Raine and Belarus Free Theatre’s Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin share memories of working with the playwright and ‘guardian angel’

Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin, co-founding artistic directors of Belarus Free Theatre

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© Photograph: Courtesy: Belarus Free Theatre

© Photograph: Courtesy: Belarus Free Theatre

© Photograph: Courtesy: Belarus Free Theatre

Paul Anka on his incredible, star-studded career: ‘Revenge is a motivator like you wouldn’t believe’

3 décembre 2025 à 17:36

The musician, who wrote My Way and Puppy Love among others, talks career longevity, shrewd business and which star bullied him in his youth

In 1956, when Paul Anka was 15 years old, he idolized Chuck Berry. So, when the star came to play his home town of Ottawa, Canada, the ambitious kid made sure to sneak backstage with his guitar to play him a song he’d just written. “I started singing Diana to Chuck Berry when, suddenly, he stops me and says, ‘That’s the worst song I’ve ever heard in my life, go back to school.’”

Rather than slink away from such a pronouncement, however, Anka used it as a spur. “Revenge is a motivator like you won’t believe,” the 84-year-old star said with an eruptive laugh the other day. “I said to myself, ‘I’m going to show him.’ That attitude has prevailed for me through my entire life.”

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© Photograph: Justin Zweifach/HBO

© Photograph: Justin Zweifach/HBO

© Photograph: Justin Zweifach/HBO

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