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4 May 2020
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14 October 2019
Revealed: the hidden pollution affecting millions
More than 5 million people are exposed to dangerous levels of traffic pollution in hidden hotspots unacknowledged by official government figures
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21 May 2019
Brexit Party candidate spread propaganda for Balkan warlord and was ‘bugged by MI6’
John Kennedy, a former Tory now standing on a list headed by Farage, was monitored by security services for his work with Radovan Karadzic
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2 May 2019
Senior Tory revealed as Huawei cheerleader in Brussels
High-ranking Conservative urged colleagues to back controversial Chinese telecoms group
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13 April 2019
The heretic in the Vatican: How Pope Francis became a hate figure for the far right
On a mountain outside Rome, Steve Bannon’s anti-immigrant populism joins forces with Catholic extremists who say a 'gay plague' has infected the Vatican
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29 March 2019
Family event in Italy’s ‘city of love’ hides violent ties
A children's rights conference in Verona, the “city of love”, is linked to an extremist group whose members have been accused of violent attacks
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20 February 2019
Glencore’s very private school
What links the world’s biggest commodities trader, a billionaire friend of Kazakhstan’s president and one of the UK’s most prestigious education institutions?
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12 December 2018
‘Russia is the rock’ the yellow vests and France’s far right
The anger is real. But is outside influence aggravating France's popular revolt?
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6 December 2018
Ural Properties: The company Arron Banks doesn’t want you to know about
Brexit backer sought to conceal details of flats overlooking Portsmouth Harbour
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13 November 2018
Muck for Brass
How agribusiness and opportunists are turning Northern Ireland's poo mountain to cash - and endangering the environment
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24 July 2018
Did the DUP accept “dark money” for Brexit?
Did the DUP accept "dark money" for Brexit?
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