Editor's note

The aftermath of the 2016 EU referendum was painful for many Remain-supporting Britons living in continental Europe. Results of a survey, done a year after the vote, reveal how many were left ashamed of their country, struggling with an identity crisis. Katie Higgins says the intensity of their responses shows their ongoing investment in Britain.

It’s been more than two years since the new offence of coercive control in intimate relationships was introduced in England and Wales. New statistics show the number of cases has doubled, but Charlotte Barlow and her colleagues say the police are still missing the patterns of repeated victimisation that constitute this crime. Meanwhile, Nathan Birdsall and Scott Cleay warn that Love Island and other reality TV shows are helping to normalise domestic abuse.​

More than a million animals a year are tested on in Europe alone, including more than 600 rodents which are exposed to chemicals and monitored for cancer growth. In addition to serious ethical concerns, relying on rodents to predict human carcinogenicity is flawed. But researchers have now created a a way of using human cell models to test for cancer-causing substances. Gareth Jenkins and Shareen Doak explain how they hope their test will put an end to animal testing once and for all.

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British Remainers across continental Europe left with feelings of shame and loss after Brexit

Katie Higgins, University of Sheffield

A survey of British Remain supporters living elsewhere in the EU after the referendum found feelings of shame and loss about what they felt their country had become.

Evidence of long term coercive control can be hard for the police to collect. from www.shutterstock.com

Coercive control cases have doubled – but police still miss patterns of this domestic abuse

Charlotte Barlow, Lancaster University; Kelly Johnson, Durham University; Sandra Walklate, University of Liverpool

It's still rare for cases of coercive control to reach prosecution.

The 2018 cast of Love Island. www.itv.com

Love Island and other reality TV shows are helping to normalise domestic abuse

Nathan Birdsall, University of Central Lancashire; Scott Keay, University of Central Lancashire

Reality TV shows depicting relationships are popular, but a tolerance of abusive behaviour is also being exposed to a wide audience – including younger viewers.

Lab mouse. Unol/Shutterstock

Breakthrough could end animal testing in carcinogen research

Gareth Jenkins, Swansea University; Shareen Doak, Swansea University

Humans are not big mice so why are we still testing on these animals?

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