Some children will open toys at christmas. others are forced to work in the factories that make them

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FRED SCULTHORP

As Emma Bridgewater’s eponymous pottery turns 40, the Country Living team travels to Stoke-on-Trent to meet the people behind the brand that shares our birthday

Nobody wants a brothel on their doorstep, but recognising prostitution as work could protect women, says Michelle Hather

DONNA LLEWELYN, 40 I am called the Queen of Cardiff and I am very famous! I picked that nickname up from the public because I used to sell friendship bracelets. I love it! It was a joke from my friend

UK charity Women in Sport has released new research which reveals that, despite twice as many black girls dreaming of becoming elite athletes compared to white girls, in reality just one in seven are