69 minutes ago Enhanced seizure powers will help courts target crypto criminals’ assets

Sally Clark says the change will significantly assist law enforcement authorities

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3 hours ago More prisoners to leave jail early in next phase of bid to free up cell space

Around 1,100 more inmates will leave prisons on Tuesday.

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3 hours ago Jurors hearing the most distressing criminal trials like Lucy Letby and Logan Mwangi to receive round

In a pilot project launched this month, members of juries who must listen to detailed evidence of murders and rapes can now self-refer themselves for sessions with specially trained counsellors.

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4 hours ago The asbestos time bomb in our schools: Thousands of institutions are crumbling and shedding toxic fibres

Once a year, primary school headteacher Roger Tweed used to take his board of governors on a tour of asbestos hot spots in the buildings where he taught, reassuring them that they were all safe.

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6 hours ago Countries gather for UN biodiversity summit to negotiate halting nature crisis

Countries are gathering to negotiate on how to halt and reverse the global declines in nature for the UN biodiversity summit Cop16 in Colombia.

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6 hours ago Middle East crisis live: explosions in Beirut after Israeli warning of imminent strikes

The IDF said it would focus on buildings belonging to a Hezbollah-run banking systemAt least 42,603 Palestinian people have been killed and 99,795 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Sunday.Of those, 84 Palestinians were killed in the latest 24-hour reporting period, according to the ministry, which has said in the past that thousands of other dead people are most likely lost in the rubble of the territory. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick demands whole life sentences for grooming gang leaders

Robert Jenrick said 'disgusting predators' found guilty of sexually exploiting and raping children should never be released from prison.

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11 hours ago Liam Payne's devoted dad refuses to leave his side ahead of battle to get his body home

Officials in Buenos Aires are yet to release the singer's body until final pathology tests have been completed - but authorities expect the results to be finalised this week

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11 hours ago Premier League release statement as Liverpool denied second penalty vs Chelsea

Robert Sanchez was first judged to have fouled Liverpool star Curtis Jones but an intervention from VAR at Anfield ensured that the Chelsea goalkeeper was spared as the penalty was overturned

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