9 h. ago The full damning letter from senior consultants at Wales' top hospital

Exclusive: Almost 300 of Wales' most senior medics met to agree this letter raising concerns about the Cardiff and Vale university health board and the flagship University Hospital of Wales, Heath, Cardiff

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23 h. ago Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate

Supreme court ruled ‘rape shield’ laws to limit intrusive cross-examination may breach men’s right to fair trialScotland’s most senior law officer has moved to reassure victims of sexual abuse that they will be protected after a supreme court ruling warned that Scottish laws designed to limit intrusive cross-examination could be breaching men’s right to a fair trial.In a strongly worded statement, the lord advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, said: “I would like to make clear that I understand sexual abuse inflicted upon women and children to be the single greatest challenge our justice system faces. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Damning letter shows how much is going wrong at Wales' biggest hospital

Top doctors are seriously concerned over how the hospital is run

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5 d. ago Victims’ commissioner Baroness Helen Newlove dies after short illness

Her office paid tribute to a ‘committed and passionate advocate for victims’.

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5 d. ago ICE arrests Moldovan woman accused of fleeing to the US to escape charges in torture murder case

Sorocean was convicted of torturing and murdering a victim in her home country and was previously arrested by US officials in 2020

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6 d. ago 'Barbaric' blonde Moldovan woman who tortured and threw victim off balcony before fleeing to the US is finally arrested by ICE

Victoria Sorocean, an illegal immigrant from Moldova, was arrested after officials learned she tortured and threw a victim off a balcony in September 2013.

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6 d. ago It’s the BBC v Trump, Farage and co. Who in their right mind would want to be its new boss? | Marina Hyde

Public life is a minefield and the best and brightest just don’t want to know. How convenient for foes of the most trusted news organisation in the worldListen, I hate to ruin a yarn wall but I don’t think it’s at all helpful to start framing the current crisis at the BBC as a giant conspiracy or coup by dark rightwing forces, and get stuck in the weeds of that. The fact is, the three mistakes that form the bulk of Michael Prescott’s explosive leaked memo about impartiality – the Panorama edit, issues with coverage of the transgender issue and bias in the BBC Arabic service – happened and are bad. Given their spectacular fallout and the highest-level scalps that have been claimed, the opportunity to now deal with them might as well be taken by what is, let’s not forget, the most trusted news organisation in the world.There is no news organisation in the United States that reaches more than 25% of people in a week. BBC News reaches 74% of UK adults in a week. There is vastly more dis...

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8 d. ago Sir Alan Bates tells Mirror how Post Office victims fight for justice goes on

The ex-subpostmaster has labelled the redress schemes for victims of the Post Office computer system as "quasi-kangaroo courts". Around 1,000 people were wrongly prosecuted over Horizon

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1 week ago Heartbroken mum slams police failings as six officers face misconduct hearing for taking two days to find Cardiff car crash victims

The bodies Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, were discovered in the twisted wreckage of a VW Tiguan around 46 hours after they went missing during a night out.

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1 week ago New record high for modern slavery referrals as they rise by a third in a year

More than 6,400 potential victims were referred to the Home Office in the three months to September, up by more than a third in a year.

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1 week ago ‘Unjust’ grooming ‘child prostitution’ convictions to be pardoned

Home Office acknowledges victims were ‘criminalised for actions that occurred under duress, fear and coercion’

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1 week ago Explosion at Mississippi chemical plant causes ammonia leak, evacuations

Officials say an explosion at a hydrogen and nitrogen product manufacturer in Mississippi has caused an ammonia leak and forced nearby residents to evacuate

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1 week ago Oldest surviving victim of Post Office scandal, 92, FINALLY gets her payout

Betty Brown, 92, had proudly run the Annfield Plain Post Office in County Durham in the 1990s and early 2000s with her husband Oswall.

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1 week ago Post Office scandal victim shares emotional update after 'heartbreak'

The oldest victim of the scandal appeared on the latest instalment of BBC Breakfast

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1 week ago BBC Breakfast guest, 92, shares emotional update after 'heartbreak'

The Post office scandal's oldest victim appeared on BBC Breakfast

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2 w. ago David Beckham was stripped of knighthood chances after explosive emails leaked

Manchester United legend David Beckham reportedly lost out on his chance to be knighted after several controversial emails were leaked from years prior

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2 w. ago Compensation scheme opens for victims of Post Office Capture IT scandal

The Capture system pre-dated the now infamous Horizon software, which has been responsible for around 1,000 wrongful convictions.

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2 w. ago Hero Manchester synagogue attack victim was shot dead by armed police officer as he tried to stop terrorist from entering building, inquest hears

Melvin Cravitz, 66, died when Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, went on the rampage with a knife at the Heaton Park Synagogue, in Manchester, earlier this month.

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2 w. ago Manchester Synagogue terror attack victim died 'from single gunshot fired by armed police officer'

Heroic Adrian Daulby had held the doors shut for two minutes as knife nut terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie tried to get into the Synagogue and was tragically killed by a stray bullet from a police marksman

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3 w. ago Cause of Tennessee military supplier plant explosion could take months to determine, authorities say

Officials confirmed that the remains of two victims have yet to be identified

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