Nine women have been paid compensation following claims a police force failed to investigate serving and former officers for domestic abuse and sexual violence.

The women say they were not taken seriously when they reported alleged cases of rape, assault and coercive control by male officers employed by Devon and Cornwall Police.

One woman described the force as a “big boys’ club” which had “protected” the man who she claims assaulted her.

The force has apologised to the women and agreed an out-of-court settlement to pay compensation without admitting legal liability.

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Pride in the UK, and it all started in the basement of a London university.

The Gay Liberation Front was making itself heard in protests across the capital throughout the early 70s when gay people were being arrested and same sex attraction was still considered to be a mental illness.

But by July 1972, Pride was born with 150 people taking part and a revolution was under way.

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The world’s changed a lot since Seán McLoughlin, better known to 31 million subscribers as Jacksepticeye, began making YouTube videos.

He started uploading content in 2012, in what many people consider to be the platform’s “golden age” when vlogging, video game playthroughs and comedy escapism were all the rage.

Like many in the content creation space, he’s been branching out in recent years, taking more acting jobs and getting involved in film production.

BBC Newsbeat’s Andrew Rogers caught up with McLoughlin to talk about his new role in Hitman, his work on bringing one of his favourite video games, Bloodborne, to the big screen and why he misses the “whimsical” days of the internet.

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Up to 750 Ukrainians living in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have been given the opportunity to evacuate as part of a …

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Remarkable footage has been released showing the defection of a North Korea soldier across the border at the Panmunjom truce …

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