🚨Rape is part of our story as women 🤫 It’s just a part we don’t tell. The data tells us: ➡️As 690th woman MP ever ➡️172 MPs will have been raped ➡️86 more than once ➡️28 will have reported ➡️1 prosecution, max Let’s use #InternationalWomensDay to change that story💪

Another impactful in numbers piece by Alicja Hagopian, this time marking International Women’s Day. Women around the world are still facing considerable inequality when it comes to pay, jobs, work in the home and access to healthcare, her analysis reveals independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Thinking of the women and girls in Afghanistan this International Women's Day, as they continue to have even their basic human rights denied by the Taliban. Shabnam Nasimi's piece on how they continue to fightback offers a glimmer of light in the dark: independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

Lionesses captain Leah Williamson has warned on IWD “we cannot go backwards” as the fight for gender equality in football is at a “dangerous point”. But she told me she remains hopeful the positive change seen since her team’s Euros win will continue independent.co.uk/news/uk/leah-w…

Sarah, Aaron and Margaret continue to battle with debilitating long Covid five years after the pandemic first hit – but they feel forgotten and accuse the government of ignoring them independent.co.uk/news/health/lo…

Holocaust survivor 87-year-old Stephen has been questioned by the Met Police after he laid flowers at Trafalgar Square during a Gaza protest to commemorate the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed in the Israel-Hamas war independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

‘I’m terrified’: Disabled benefit claimants on the impact of Labour’s £5 billion cuts to welfare independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

A special investigation by chief international correspondent Bel Trew and Rateb al-Qaissy reveals allegations of brutal treatment of Palestinians in Israeli facilities including rape, torture, medical neglect and death independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

🇬🇧 Welby Says He Would Forgive Serial Abuser ▫Justin Welby condemned for saying he would forgive serial abuser John Smyth if he was alive ▫David Maddox Tara Cobham ▫is.gd/7Mvtfz #frontpagestoday #digital #UK The Independent

Morag has blamed the “failures of the system” for her daughter’s death after Iona was found to have been neglected by a hospital before taking her own life. She is demanding improved care for future patients. independent.co.uk/news/health/de…

A former colleague of the prison officers who were attacked at HMP Frankland on the weekend has warned that jails are more dangerous for staff now than ever. He demanded more support for those working in a prison service that is 'on its knees'. independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…

🇬🇧 Trumps Threatens To Abandon Ukraine Talks 'Within Days' ▫Warning issued over the Easter break as Ukraine braces for potential Russian bombardment, after previous holidays were marred by violence ▫Tara Cobham ▫is.gd/wOPqW2 #frontpagestoday #digital #UK

Such a talent💫 incredible Bex

EXCLUSIVE: Giovanna Fletcher on the “absolutely shocking” rising need for baby banks as new Baby Bank Alliance research reveals over 3.5 million items distributed last year. Read more by Tara Cobham @independent 👇 independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

🚨Exc: Son of 70-yo Irish woman in Israeli detention has pleaded for her release. Susanne Björk, also detained in West Bank, says they had to "fight" to be allowed to go to the toilet during interrogation + calls Israeli claims false. Both live in the UK. independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

"Without an EHCP we have no viable alternative, so I will be forced to homeschool him from September. All the progress he has made, especially socially, will likely be lost" Tara Cobham in The Independent What does this illuminate about the impacts of VAT? independent.co.uk/news/education…

'Without support, my son would not be here’. A mother warns Labour against scrapping legal protections for children with special educational needs. My latest for The Independent independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

🗞️Scoop: The family of a British couple detained in Iran feared they were in one of the country’s most notorious prisons when it was bombed by Israel – and are still yet to hear from them weeks later despite assurances from Tehran that they are alive. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Breaking: A data breach by the Ministry of Defence put up to 100,000 lives at risk and was kept secret for almost two years by an unprecedented superinjunction gagging the British press, it can be revealed today. The leak happened in February 2022 after a member of the armed