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  1. Investigation finds the ‘silence of many’ allowed widespread physical and sexual abuse to continue at Medomsley Detention Centre for decades – as watchdog says victims deserve public apology

  2. As The Independentlaunches its campaign with Missing People, we hear from Tim Widden, a forensic artist who has spent the last 10 years making age progression images to help bring missing people home

  3. BBC staff and leading political figures are calling for Robbie Gibb to step down from the BBC board. So, who is the Tory ‘agent’ at the centre of a tangled web of politics and media interests, asks Katie Rosseinsky

  4. The government could reopen as soon as Wednesday, potentially ending the longest shutdown on record

  5. Weather warnings have been issued across the UK as unsettled weather is expected to continue

  6. It was used thousands of years ago both to ward against evil and as a diuretic