16 h. ago Probation Service performance worse since returning to public control – watchdog

The NAO also warned that the Government must fully understand the risks of work to ease workload pressures on the Probation Service.

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22 h. ago Arsonist hired by Wagner Group to torch UK warehouse storing kit for Ukraine was 'easy meat' for his Russian recruiters, court hears

Dylan Earl, 21, admitted planning the arson attack on industrial units in Leyton, east London, on March 20 last year. He was hired by the Wagner Group to carry out the attack

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27 h. ago Artificial intelligence can help rebuild trust in politics, David Lammy claims

The use of technology could help streamline the bloated state and improve outcomes, the Deputy Prime Minister said.

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27 h. ago PM denies small boat plans are ‘in tatters’ as ministers urge new French tactics

Sir Keir is expected to speak to French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday.

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28 h. ago Robert Jenrick 'should apologise' for attacks on judges, David Lammy says

David Lammy spoke out after warnings from the profession that they are facing death and rape threats amid an increasingly toxic atmosphere instigated by political attacks

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29 h. ago Identification of migrant who returned to UK from France shows progress – Lammy

The man was detained after entering the UK a second time on October 18, a month after he was returned to France.

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40 h. ago Plans to 'name and shame' people on community service savaged in letter to David Lammy

Plans to name and shame people on Community Payback schemes could do 'severe and long-lasting damage' to children with parents in the criminal justice system, experts warn today.

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40 h. ago OpenAI to store data on British soil for first time under Government deal

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy will set out plans to allow firms to host information on ‘sovereign servers’ run by the tech giant.

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45 h. ago СС Forum returns to London, UK with its XIII global edition on 19

СС Forum returns to London, UK with its XIII global edition on 19-21 March 2026  The National Law Review

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53 h. ago From furious hand gestures to a meek surrender: 90 minutes watching Diego Simeone

It took just six minutes for Simeone to lose his rag on Tuesday; yet Arsenal would have the last laugh

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58 h. ago Grandchildren of last woman to be hanged in Britain seek posthumous pardon

Ruth Ellis was executed on 13 July 1955 after being convicted of murdering her lover, David Blakely.

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3 d. ago DWP to look into stopping benefits for offenders in psychiatric hospitals

Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche’s mother and uncle met Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden in parliament on Monday.

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5 d. ago ‘Why are our black boys hurting each other?’ Letitia Wright on the deaths that inspired her directorial debut

The Black Panther star made her name with intense roles in indie films before Marvel came calling. Now she’s telling her own stories, starting with a cast of ‘young kings’Days before we meet, Letitia Wright found herself cheek-by-jowl with a far-right march in London. This is the year when St George’s flags have been displayed in suburban windows and tied to lamp-posts, and when thousands of people – some more intimidating than others, especially to people of colour – have marched on the centre of the capital and beyond. A friend of Wright’s was visiting the city, and they had moseyed down to the South Bank, unaware of what awaited them. “It was jam-packed,” she says, recalling their struggle to get out of the fray. “I  was in the middle of it, and then I was out of it. They were doing their thing – and I was doing mine.”The actor has played refugees twice: once in the BBC Three drama Glasgow Girls, where she portrayed a Somali teenager, Amal, and then in the 2022 film Aisha, w...

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5 d. ago Thousands of protesters march through London streets against digital ID plans

Thousands of protesters march through London streets against digital ID plans  Sky News

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5 d. ago Thousands march through London in protest against digital ID plans

Under strict police conditions, demonstrators chanted and waved banners along a route from Marble Arch to Whitehall on Saturday afternoon.

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5 d. ago Thousands say no to digital ID cards as they march through London as politicians queue up to criticise plan

Under tight police conditions, demonstrators chanted and waved banners as they walked from Marble Arch to Whitehall this afternoon in protest at the scheme.

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5 d. ago David Lammy says Vladimir Putin wants Nigel Farage to divide Europe

The deputy prime minister launched a scathing attack on Reform UK, pointing out their former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, was recently found guilty of taking money from the Kremlin

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8 d. ago Prince Andrew told Virginia Giuffre 'my daughters are a little younger than you' before having sex, she claims in autobiography

Ms Giuffre, who took her own life six months ago, said she felt 'like Cinderella' when she was introduced to the Duke of York at Ghislaine Maxwell's London townhouse in March 2001.

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8 d. ago Prince Andrew told Virginia Giuffre 'my daughters are a little younger than you' before having sex, she claims in  autobiography

Ms Giuffre, who took her own life six months ago, said she felt 'like Cinderella' when she was introduced to the Duke of York at Ghislaine Maxwell's London townhouse in March 2001.

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9 d. ago Oxford student who chanted ‘put the Zios in the ground’ arrested

The remarks were made at a central London march on Saturday.

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