5 d. ago Police consider corporate manslaughter charges in Post Office scandal probe

Police are considering corporate manslaughter charges as part of their probe into the Post Office Horizon scandal, which is believed to have led to 13 people taking their own lives

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9 d. ago ‘A constant fear’: Myanmar nationals face imprisonment back home as US ends protected status

Thousands of Myanmar diaspora are at risk of deportation, after the US said they no longer required Temporary Protective StatusAung* was finishing his studies in New York when Myanmar’s junta tried to conscript him into the civil war raging in his homeland.Terrified by the idea, Aung applied for Temporary Protective Status (TPS) in the United States, hoping that by the time he finished his degree the conflict might have calmed. Instead, the war has only escalated. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Number of young people not in work, education or training ‘a scandal’ – minister

Skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith said it is ‘a waste of young lives’ when young people are not in education, employment or training.

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2 w. ago Human rights commission calls on El Salvador to protect 3 deported men it imprisoned

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is calling on El Salvador to protect the rights of three Salvadoran men deported by the United States

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3 w. ago Turkish authorities arrest eight people and suspend 1,024 players in betting scandal

Turkish football rocked by investigations into alleged widespread betting by referees and players on games

Sport

3 w. ago Lammy urged to end ‘scandal’ of people imprisoned for own protection

Exclusive: Removing courts’ power would help vulnerable adults and children and ‘free up jail spaces’, experts say, in wake of recent manhunts to find missing prisoners released by mistake

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