The invisible people - Modern Slavery – in pictures Modern-day slavery in focus is supported by About this content Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Modern slavery is a crime where the most vulnerable men, women and children are abused for criminal profit, with many victims forced to live and work in squalid conditions for little or no money.

Children's booksChildren's booksThe Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness - review‘Ness seems to be one of the few contemporary YA authors who really ‘gets’ being a 21st century Western teenager, and crucially accepts it without judgement’ Devastatingly sad, laugh-out- loud funny and effortlessly clever – but this is a Patrick Ness novel, so you know that, right? What’s new, then? It will certainly be harder to read any blockbuster YA novel (especially if it’s soon to be “a major film”) in the same way again after completing The Rest of Us Just Live Here.

Turks and Caicos Islands This article is more than 3 months oldTurks and Caicos corruption trial reaches mixed verdicts for four menThis article is more than 3 months oldFormer deputy premier found guilty of bribery but acquitted of other charges in long-running case that saw islands taken under UK rule in 2009 A nearly decade-long corruption case involving top government officials and attorneys in the Turks and Caicos Islands has ended with a mixed verdict for those accused of bribery, money laundering and other charges.

A young woman vanishes. The police can't help. Her desperate family won't give up Not invisible A young woman vanishes. The police can't help. Her desperate family won't give up Ashley Heavyrunner Loring disappeared from the Blackfeet reservation in Montana – a one and a half million acres expanse of land. To find her, family and allies are deploying everything they can think of – including drones by Kate Hodal, video by Tom Silverstone

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