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BATTERED and bleeding after a savage beating, Ashleigh* tasted the cold metal of a gun in her mouth and prayed her attackers would pull the trigger and get it over with. The Kent teenager was just 17 when she was targeted by a kidnap gang, bundled into a car and driven to a remote spot where she was tortured, beaten between the legs with a baseball bat, and left for dead.4Livvy Haydock meets violent gang members in
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WE are celebrating the start of Black History Month this week by asking leading figures to tell us about their own heroes from the past.The annual event celebrates the contribution and achievements of black figures in British life.5Prof Dame Elizabeth Anionwu was first to recognise members of the black community were disproportionately suffering from blood disorder sickle cell anaemiaCredit:
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