1 hour ago Tory leadership contender Robert Jenrick unveils new 'five strikes and you're out' policy with automatic jail terms for repeat offenders

Robert Jenrick said crooks convicted of five or more offences would be jailed for at least a year under his new 'five strikes and you're out' policy.

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2 hours ago Inquests into deaths of 62 patients treated by rogue breast surgeon to begin

Ian Paterson, 66, is serving a 20-year custodial sentence after being convicted of multiple counts of wounding in 2017.

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2 hours ago Giovanni Pernice reveals how he felt over his Strictly fate amid investigation

Former Strictly Come Dancing pro Giovanni Pernice spoke about the BBC show in a new interview following the conclusion of a review into allegations made against him

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3 hours ago Behave yourselves! Prison bosses attempt to curb sickening scenes of celebration outside jails as next set of prisoners set to be let out under Labour's early release scheme

Labour's emergency scheme to ease overcrowding led to jubilant criminals dancing in the street and being sprayed with bottles of bubbly.

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3 hours ago Tories warn of ‘existential crisis’ as Employment Bill to cost firms billions

Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake called for small businesses to be spared from some of the changes in the Employment Rights Bill.

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3 hours ago Mr Loverman review: You will ache for everyone in this bittersweet tale of forbidden love, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

Mr Loverman, what an arch and clever title. Barrington's domineering wife, Carmel, is convinced he's 'putting his thing about with trampy cows'.

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3 hours ago The Franchise review – Armando Iannucci’s superhero satire is saved only by a standout star

This spoof from a team of comedy greats ends up a bit of a mess – largely due to the lack of great jokes. But one actor comes up with the goodsIt is a strange truth that to satirise something effectively, you have to love it – at least a little. You have to see it in the round and understand not just where it fails but where it succeeds, and why some people like it while others loathe it. Good satire doesn’t come from indifference: it comes from disappointment, rage and the desire to show not just how things fail but how they could be better.Jonathan Swift wrote about people eating babies because he was furious. Jane Austen looked at Georgian women’s lot and laid bare all its miseries through laughter. Leaping over a few centuries, the likes of Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister an...

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4 hours ago Criminals could serve sentences at home in virtual prisons using new technology

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is announcing a major review of sentencing to find new ways to punish offenders outside of jail to deal with overflowing prisons

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4 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrike hits front of hospital in south Beirut, spokesperson says

Attack hit entrance of Rafic Hariri university hospital – the largest public hospital in LebanonIsraeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people on Monday as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said.They also rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp, they said. Continue reading...

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