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"Employers are losing out" - why are less than 1% of state apprenticeships being taken by women?

Just 52 of them in fact. But is there more than just gender stereotypes behind the exclusion of women from so many established professions?

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Sep 28th 2016, 6:10 AM

Express train fire in India kills at least 26 people

Two children were among the victims.

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Dec 28th 2013, 2:02 PM

Column: This is home – a mouldy kitchen, faulty electrics, damp and children with respiratory illnesses

One desperate renter details what it’s like to live in a substandard apartment.

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Nov 20th 2013, 1:15 PM