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8 April 2019

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A Balinese woman casts her ballots at a polling station in Kuta on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on December 9, 2015

A short guide to Indonesia's election

The vast country will choose between 245,000 candidates in a vote leaning heavily on identity politics.

The Myst

'Boys don’t wear make-up in this town’

Luke Harvey performs as The Myst in his local pub in a Nottinghamshire ex-mining town.

Ed Catmull

'My mind's eye is blind' - ex-Pixar chief

Ed Catmull has aphantasia, as do some of the world's best animators at Pixar.

Wilder and his mum

'My baby was born totally white and silent'

Wilder's brain was injured due to a lack of oxygen at birth, now researchers want to find out the long-term impact.

James Paget University Hospital

McDonald's date offer nurse sacked

"Sexually motivated" Eugene Zuniga asked the patient who was "sexiest" out of her and her siblings.

Inside TV Lowdham Grange prison

TV channel run by prisoners praised

Inside TV aims to rehabilitate inmates and has featured a drama showing crime's impact on victims.

Line of Duty and Victoria

Victoria writer regrets Line of Duty battle

Daisy Goodwin, creator of the ITV drama, says the "dark art" of TV scheduling can be "demoralising".

Pictures of workers in different professions in India

The controversy over counting India's jobless

As the election approaches, a controversy rages over unemployment figures in India

male models

The rise of male 'modest' fashion

Meet the community of designers and models trying to inspire a new fashion genre.

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