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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Mental health services must not be allowed to shut themselves off from patients’ families. It is too late to secure justice for young people like Ruth Szymankiewicz, but it can never be too late to learn lessons from hospital failures

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While it is high time that men had their chops busted for being caught so awkwardly outside their comfort zones, at a time when gender equality has once again become contentious and precarious in America, is such a pile-on really necessary – or helpful? asks Mike Bedigan

Cutting off grants for international collaborators, punishing universities and freezing their money has all created a situation of uncertainty. One researcher tells Eric Garcia ‘makes you feel like you're losing your mind’

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A wild transfer window has come to an end with the Premier League breaking spending records

In an exclusive interview with The Independent and Sky News, former Huntercombe staff members give health correspondent Rebecca Thomas an insight into what it was like to work at the hospital where 14-year-old Ruth Szymankiewicz spent her tragic final days

SPECIAL REPORT: The bereaved parents of Ruth Szymankiewicz call for change after legal ‘loophole’ means hospital where their teenage daughter died could not be prosecuted over its failings, as health correspondent Rebecca Thomas reports

ON THE GROUND: When a bride in a remote Himalayan village wed two brothers last month, pictures from the ceremony went viral and their relationship made national headlines. Namita Singh reports from the Hatti communities of Himachal Pradesh, where supporters say the practice is rooted in Hindu mythology