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10 October 2020

  • 2020
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  • 10 October
Miles, Robert and friends

‘We were students negotiating for my father’s life’

When Miles Hargrove’s dad was kidnapped by Colombian guerrillas, he asked a young friend to act as negotiator.

Recreating Gustave Doré, The Neophyte. Peter Van Norden, Tony Amendola, Leo Marks, Bo Foxworth, James Sutorius, Frank Weitzel

Capturing 'the moment of decision'

Photographer Rory Lewis's portraits capture the quiet moment before a decision is made.

A statue of a cockerel atop the Algerian cannon currently in Brest

The tale of Algeria's stolen cannon and France's cockerel

Hopes grow that a gigantic weapon stolen after the invasion of Algiers in 1830 may soon be returned.

The meeting

Belarus leader holds meeting with jailed opponents

The meeting - supposedly on constitutional reform - comes amid two months of opposition protests.

A variety of student food parcels

Student anger over 'junk' Covid food in isolation

University students self-isolating in the UK criticise the cost and quality of food parcels on campus.

Benny's Babbies collage

'My art was never intended to be seen on a phone'

Cold War Steve's latest work can now be seen at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

Ambulances outside Addenbrookes Hospital

Ex-ambulance staff speak of 'bullying culture'

Former East of England Ambulance Service employees talk of a "toxic" work environment.

Heliotherapy at the hospital

In pictures: 125 years of historic hospital

An exhibition shows a Birmingham hospital through the ages, from Victorian treatments to royal visits.

Flowers mark the spot where Irina Slavina set herself alight

Final protest of journalist who set herself alight

Irina Slavina died in front of a Russian Interior Ministry building. Her friends say it was an act of protest.

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