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Margaret Thatcher was a British politician who, alongside Ronald Reagan, helped usher in the era of neoliberalism.

Combative and determined to get her way, Margaret Thatcher divided opinion down the middle in life — and in death. Many leaders lauded Thatcher for her steely determination to modernize Britain ...

Central reporter Alison Mackenzie reflects on a time when Margaret Thatcher was in power, the miners’ strike came to an end, and a Nottinghamshire school welcomed Take That.