On average, almost 200 rapes were recorded by the police every single day in the year up to June 2025, which the government say is likely to be an underestimate of how many took place.
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Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
The enclosure is designed to store stormwater for up to a day and then to release it, slowly, once the pipes clear.
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