50 h. ago Lucy Letby's legal team publishes report giving alternative causes of death for the 17 babies

The 14-strong panel concluded that no criminal offences had been committed by the convicted baby-killer

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53 h. ago Lucy Letby medical experts publish bombshell report claiming nurse killed NO babies

The 14-strong panel concluded that no criminal offences had been committed by Lucy Letby at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015 and 2016 and instead provided alternative causes of deterioration

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4 d. ago FA lobbies UK government to make ‘tailgating’ at turnstiles a criminal offence

Governing body hopes law will be in place for Euro 2028FA: ‘Enforcing entry points is a huge drain on resources’The Football Association has stepped up its lobbying of the government to make forced entry into football stadiums, so-called “tailgating”, a criminal offence before the United Kingdom and Ireland host the 2028 men’s European Championship.The policing minister Dame Diana Johnson was a guest of the FA at Wembley for last month’s Carabao Cup final, where 68 of the 91 arrests made were for attempting to enter the ground without a ticket. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ryanair, Jet2, TUI and easyJet rules on drinking on flights this Easter holiday

It is a criminal offence to enter an aircraft when drunk and airlines have varying rules on bringing booze onboard and when you can consume it.

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3 w. ago Major new law will target violent loners who plot mass killings after Southport review

Dan Jarvis announced a new criminal offence will be created to deal with a gap in the law to target violent loners who plot mass killings following a review of the UK's terror laws

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3 w. ago New law needed for loners who plot mass killings like Southport murderer, watchdog warns

Jonathan Hall KC warned against expanding the definition of terrorism, instead calling for a new criminal offence targeting loners who plot mass killings like Axel Rudakubana and Nicholas Prosper

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3 w. ago Scots MP calls for legal crackdown on 'pimping websites' which profit from prostitution

Tracy Gilbert urged her own party's government to "make profiting from the prostitution of another person a criminal offence."

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3 w. ago Tories announce policy to deport all foreign nationals with criminal convictions

Policy would apply to those seeking asylum as well as anyone who had been charged with or convicted of immigration offencesAll foreign nationals in the UK who receive a criminal conviction would be deported under a new Conservative party policy. The Tory plan would introduce an amendment to the government’s borders bill that would remove the current threshold, in which foreign criminals are only removed after being handed a prison sentence of one year.The party hopes this amendment, which would need support from Labour MPs, would also make it easier for the government to deport foreign offenders by ending exceptions that had been granted by the European court of human rights. Continue reading...

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last month Can you match five photos of suspected criminals to their offences?

The Daily Star's lunchtime quiz is back again this Thursday, offering up five mugshots of suspected criminals. Your task is simply to guess which crime they were accused of

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