49 m. ago Mortgage fraud indictment against Letitia James rejected by grand jury

James denied any wrongdoing and accused the Trump administration of using the justice system to seek revenge on political opponents

Economics

98 m. ago Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James

The Justice Department has failed to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump

Economics

3 h. ago Activist gets jail time for posing as poultry worker and stealing chickens from plant

The activist with a Berkeley-based animal rights group has said she does not regret what she did

Events

3 h. ago Activist get jail time for posing as poultry worker and stealing chickens from plant

A California animal welfare activist who took four chickens from a major Perdue Farms poultry plant has been sentenced to 90 days in jail

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4 h. ago Prison officer has fling with inmate and faces jail after 'performing sex act'

Rebecca Pinckard, 46, embarked on a fling with a prisoner

Events

4 h. ago Russia blocks Snapchat and restricts Apple’s FaceTime, state officials say

Latest effort to control communications comes as regulator claims apps being used to ‘conduct terrorist activities’Russian authorities blocked access to Snapchat and imposed restrictions on Apple’s video calling service, FaceTime, the latest step in an effort to tighten control over the internet and communications online, according to state-run news agencies and the country’s communications regulator.The state internet regulator Roskomnadzor alleged in a statement that both apps were being “used to organize and conduct terrorist activities on the territory of the country, to recruit perpetrators [and] commit fraud and other crimes against our citizens”. Apple did not respond to an emailed request for comment, nor did Snap Inc. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago California activist gets jail time for taking chickens from Perdue Farms plant

A California animal welfare activist who took four chickens from a major Perdue Farms poultry plant has been sentenced to 90 days in jail

Events

7 h. ago Prison officer faces jail for secret relationship after 'performing sex act' on inmate

Prison officer Rebecca Pinckard, 46, embarked on a fling with an inmate at HMP Highpoint in Stradishall, Suffolk, and was said to have “[performed] oral sex on that prisoner”

Events

8 h. ago Paedo teacher Rebecca Joynes to be banned from classroom after grooming pupils

Rebecca Joynes, 31, was jailed for six-and-a-half years in July after having sex with two pupils she groomed while working as a maths teacher

Events

8 h. ago Paedophile teacher who fell pregnant with pupil's child faces classroom ban

Rebecca Joynes, 31, was jailed in July after having sex with two pupils - she groomed one 15-year-old boy with a trip to the Trafford Centre and fell pregnant with another pupil's child

Society

8 h. ago Teacher Rebecca Joynes, jailed for having sex with pupils, to be barred from returning to classroom

The 31-year-old has been found guilty of 'unacceptable conduct'

Events

9 h. ago Scammers pretending to be police officers conned elderly man out of thousands

Nawaf Abdullahi, 20, was part of an "elaborate fraud" which saw him travel from his home in London to Cardiff to take packages of cash from the victims

Events

10 h. ago Moment van driver asks 'have I hit him' as dangerous driving leaves cyclist dead

Matthew Marston, 41, has been jailed for nine years after being convicted of causing death by dangerous driving

Events

10 h. ago Teacher jailed for having sex with two schoolboys and becoming pregnant while on bail is found guilty of misconduct

Rebecca Joynes, 30, groomed her first 15-year-old pupil victim by buying him designer clothes before twice having sex with him at her upmarket flat, in Salford Quays, Manchester.

Events

12 h. ago Former EU foreign policy chief facing fraud probe resigns as head of the College of Europe

The European Union's former foreign policy chief has resigned from her role as head of a prestigious European studies institute

Events

12 h. ago Paedo teacher who fell pregnant to student caused 'enormous damage' to teens

Jailed teacher Rebecca Joynes, 31, was described as causing 'enormous damage' to two pupils at a professional conduct hearing.

Society

12 h. ago Paedo teacher Rebecca Joynes who fell pregnant to pupil 'caused enormous damage'

Rebecca Joynes, 31, was jailed for for having sex with two pupils at a school where she worked - the teen father of her baby said 'I will forever be Rebecca's victim'

Events

12 h. ago Moment handcuffed suspect leaps on police van before breaking his back by jumping over wall in escape attempt

Dylan Harrison, 33, shouted 'I'm not going back to jail as officers tried to detain him when he sprinted out the back of a police van at Ystrad Mynach police station in South Wales.

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12 h. ago ‘Defending the indefensible’: Government ‘will have blood on their hands’ over indefinite jail terms

More prisoners will take their own lives without action to help those trapped on IPP jail terms, a former top judge has warned, after The Independent called for sentences to be reviewed

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13 h. ago "I will be forever her victim": Teacher jailed for having sex with teen pupils caused 'enormous damage', conduct hearing is told

A teaching profession conduct panel was considering the case of Rebecca Joynes

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