1 hour ago Trump officials ask supreme court to allow firing of top copyright official

White House’s latest appeal comes after ruling that Shira Perlmutter cannot be unilaterally firedThe Trump administration on Monday asked the supreme court to allow it to fire the director of the US Copyright Office.The administration’s newest emergency appeal to the high court was filed a month and a half after a federal appeals court in Washington held that the official, Shira Perlmutter, could not be unilaterally fired. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Female prison officer, 23, 'had sex with convicted robber in prison prayer room', court hears

Isabelle Dale, 23, allegedly slept with Shahid Sharif in the prayer room at HMP Coldingley in Surrey while two inmates acted as lookouts.

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3 d. ago Grim details of Ian Watkins murder revealed by coroner – including exactly how he died

Ian Watkins was murdered at HMP Wakefield earlier this month and now the inquest into what happened has officially begun by Coroner Oliver Longstaff Wakefield Coroners' Court.

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4 d. ago Female prison officer charged accused of having illicit relationship with male inmate is set to appear in court

Sarah Barnett, 31, who has since left the Prison Service to start working as a beauty therapist is expected to deny the charges when she faces a plea hearing next month.

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4 d. ago Met Police officer accused of sharing images of rapes cleared of misconduct

Pc Adam Aspinall Da Encarnacao remains suspended from duty.

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5 d. ago Appeals court says London, KY mayor can remain in office while litigation continues

Appeals court says London, KY mayor can remain in office while litigation continues  Lexington Herald Leader

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7 d. ago Oregon governor urges Trump national guard ruling to be overturned

Tina Kotek calls for ‘en banc’ review after three-judge panel permits US president to send federal troops to PortlandOregon governor Tina Kotek, has called on a federal appeals court to review and overturn a decision made by a three-judge panel on Monday that would permit Donald Trump to deploy federalized national guard troops to the streets of Portland against the wishes of state and local officials.Kotek said that she hopes the full ninth circuit court of appeals vacates the panel’s 2-1 decision, as the dissenting judge, Portland-based Susan Graber, urged her colleagues to do. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Prison officer and inmate appear in court over alleged sexual relationship

Alicia Novas, 19, is charged with committing misconduct while working at HMP Five Wells with the encouragement of 30-year-old Declan Winkless.

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9 d. ago Trump officials ask supreme court to permit national guard in Illinois

Justice department submits emergency filing as Trump pushes to expand use of military in Democratic-led citiesThe Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to permit the deployment of national guard troops to Illinois, as the president pushes to expand the domestic use of the military in a growing number of Democratic-led cities.In an emergency filing, the justice department urged the court to overturn a lower court ruling that halted the deployment of several hundred national guard troops to the Chicago area. The district judge had raised doubts about the administration’s justification for sending troops, questioning its explanation in light of local conditions. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Council faces wait to discover outcome of asylum seeker hotel injunction bid

Epping Forest District Council is taking legal action against Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping.

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1 week ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter cried 'Allahu akbar' as he tried to kill prison officers with hot cooking oil and DIY weapons, court hears

Abedi, 28, who appeared in court flanked by four security guards in full riot gear, denied the attempted murder of three prison officers with 'five makeshift knives' and oil at HMP Frankland in April.

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1 week ago Palestine Action given green light to challenge ban as Home Office loses court bid

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1 week ago Asylum seeker who ‘murdered hotel worker’ was seen ‘having good time’ with pals hours after attack, court hears

AN asylum seeker accused of murdering a worker at a migrant hotel was seen “having a good time” with pals hours after the attack, a court heard yesterday. Housing officer Tyler English said Sudan-born Deng Chol Majek had “seemed sad” and “in a trance” beforehand, apparently staring at where Rhiannon Skye Whyte, 27, was working...

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1 week ago Judge orders federal immigration officers in Chicago area to wear body cameras

Agents also appear to have violated order banning them from using riot-control, such as tear gas, without warningFederal immigration officers in the Chicago area have been ordered by a court to wear body cameras after they repeatedly deployed pepper balls, smoke grenades and tear gas against protesters and local police, seemingly in violation of a federal judge’s ruling from last week.Sara Ellis, a US district judge, who had previously required immigration agents to wear badges and banned them from using riot-control techniques such as tear gas without warning, railed on Thursday against the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) continued aggressive tactics, many of which have been caught on camera, and which appear to violate her order. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Woman, 33, 'raped on Brighton beach' by three men including failed asylum seeker and 'immigration offender' living at Home Office asylum hotel, court hears

Magistrates were told three men - Abdulla Ahmadi, 25, an Iranian national from Crewe; and Egyptian nationals Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, and Ibrahim Alshafe, 25 - were arrested soon after.

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1 week ago First convictions linked to Post Office Capture software referred for appeal

The case of Patricia Owen was lined up to be referred to the Court of Appeal in July.

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1 week ago Met Police officer 'shared CCTV footage with his girlfriend' of homeless man raping NHS worker as she lay unconscious on a park bench, court hears

PC Adam Aspinall Da Encarnacao, 33, allegedly showed a video of Mohamed Iidow, 35, killing mother-of-three Natalie Shotter, 37, to his then partner Maria Niebla.

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1 week ago Essex asylum seeker hotel in ‘flagrant’ breach of planning laws, court told

Epping Forest District Council is taking legal action against Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping.

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1 week ago Former Premier League referee David Coote admits making indecent image of child

The ex-official appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday in connection with an allegation relating to a category A video, the most serious kind.

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2 w. ago Domestic abuse commissioner criticises antiquated views in family court hearings

Research found evidence of abuse within 73% of hearings and in 87% of the case files they reviewed.

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