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The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Why will no one stop it?

Under Arnolds Field, tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been burning for years, spewing pollution over the area. Locals fear for their health – and despair that no one seems willing to help By William Ralston. Read by Sam Swainsbury. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  From the archive: What lies beneath: the truth about France’s top serial k…

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  ‘Why would he take such a risk?’ How a famous Chinese author befriended hi…

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  The mystery of the nameless girl found dead in a Spanish border town

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  From the archive: Food fraud and counterfeit cotton: the detectives untang…

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  From acid house to ancient rites: Jeremy Deller’s enormous, collaborative,…

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  What happens when the US declares war on your parents? The Black Panther C…

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  From the archive: The last phone boxes: broken glass, cider cans and – ama…

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  Many life-saving drugs fail for lack of funding. But there’s a solution: d…

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  In search of the South Pacific fugitive who crowned himself king

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  From the archive: ‘I pleaded for help. No one wrote back’: the pain of wat…

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  The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denma…

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  Kahane’s ghost: how a long-dead extremist rabbi continues to haunt Israel’…

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  From the archive: The great betrayal: how the Hillsborough families were f…

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  My mother, the racist

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  The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war – and its a…

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  From the archive: Votes for children! Why we should lower the voting age t…