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The people keeping our historic foot ferries afloat
Foot ferries were once a vital cog in the UK’s transport network, but those keeping these ancient river crossings going tell of an aging workforce,…
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The bomb hunters scouring UK waters for unexploded weapons
Hundreds of thousands of unexploded bombs and mines carpet the seabed off the UK’s coast. Many are known about and mapped, but plenty more are…
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The tower block scaffolding that became ‘a ladder for cat burglars’
Lone parent Leoni Ward was fast asleep in her tower block flat when a neighbour spotted a person dressed in dark clothing pushing at her…
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The leafy street in Leigh-on-Sea that 80 sham firms call home
If you believed the paperwork, Henry Drive in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, would be a thriving business metropolis specialising in the wholesale clothing market with entrepreneurs from…
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The cemetery where iron crosses mark people with disabilities
In a small village cemetery, 34 tiny iron crosses poke up through the soil. Many are twisted and a few are missing completely. On some,…
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On set with the stars and makers of low-budget horror
Actress Tess Gustard has just one job today – to open a door, look towards a steel-framed bed and scream at the very top of…
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“I could not read or write until 18, now I am a professor”
Diagnosed with autism and global development delay in his early years, Jason Arday was unable to speak until he was 11 years old and could…
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The place where one in ten homes is largely unused
“I will never be able to buy my own home here,” says Polly Robins, a third-generation resident of Wells-next-the-Sea, a North Norfolk town sitting in…
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“What were her last words? Did she ask for us?”
For years, Jack Sepple and Ashley Wadsworth were modern-day pen pals who used the internet to bridge the 4,500-mile (7,242km) distance between them. But just…
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The waitress. And cleaner. And carer. And mother
Each page of the calendar on Rebecca Kellaway’s living room wall is full of highlighted entries – some for her, some for her 10-year-old daughter.…