8 h. ago Now council launches legal action to shut THREE migrant hotels: After saga over Bell hotel in Epping, Reform

West Northamptonshire Council said that by accommodating asylum seekers, the three sites may have breached planning rules.

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16 h. ago Man who shared images of young girls being raped avoids prison because of 'shocking' police delay

Paedophile Gethin Samuel admitted he had been sexually attracted to children for 25 years

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40 h. ago Yvette Cooper ordered to end detention of asylum seeker with schizophrenia

Home secretary could face legal action over decision to keep 25-year-old man from Nigeria in prisonYvette Cooper could face legal action over the decision to keep an asylum seeker with schizophrenia in prison.The high court has ordered the home secretary to release the 25-year-old man by 8 September, and the Home Office may have to pay him damages for breaching his human rights. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago The good news is, you’re owed a tax refund. The bad news? It’s a scam

170,000 fraudulent phone calls, texts and messages offering a refund, or threatening legal action over tax owed, were reported to HMRC up to July Tax calculations can be, well, taxing, so a message from HMRC saying that there’s been a mistake may not ring too many alarm bells. Some bring good news: you have overpaid and are owed a refund, but others claim you owe money. In both cases there’s an imminent deadline to act – sometimes with the threat of legal action, or penalties if you don’t.Scammers are taking advantage of people’s fears over bills to steal personal and banking information. Automated phone calls, and messages sent by text and email, typically tell you that you need to click on a link and log in to make a payment or claim a refund. Continue reading...

Economics

52 h. ago Sheku Bayoh inquiry hit with legal action by police over judge impartiality row

The Scottish Police Federation has launched a judicial review of Lord Bracadale's chairmanship of the inquiry after he held private meetings with Mr Bayoh's family.

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63 h. ago Migrant hotels fightback grows: Now 19 councils vow to take legal action to kick asylum seekers out of accommodation as furious protests spread across country

On Saturday, the number of councils promising to fight back against the Court of Appeal's decision surrounding The Bell Hotel in Epping continued to grow.

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3 d. ago Migrant hotel fightback: Defiant councils 'still planning to take legal action against Government' despite Home Office winning crucial Epping appeal

More than a dozen defiant councils are still planning on taking legal action against the Government despite the Home Office winning an appeal against the closure of an asylum seeker hotel in Epping. 

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3 d. ago Government accused of ‘cynical media campaign’ in Palestine Action legal battle

Hundreds of arrests have been made since a ban on the group came into force in July, with nearly 70 people charged.

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4 d. ago Politicians given warning from voters over Lucy Connolly after vile asylum tweet

A More in Common poll found fewer than one in five people (18%) think politicians should cosy up to Lucy Connolly, while more than half (51%) think they should keep their distance

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5 d. ago Disgraced Metropolitan Police detective 'killed himself in prison' weeks after his wife was found dead in Barbados hotel room, inquest hears

Former Detective Inspector Warren Arter, 54, tried to kill himself in the Caribbean but was arrested and brought back to the UK on 'non homicide charges.'

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5 d. ago ChatGPT under scrutiny as family of teen who killed himself sue Open AI

Lawyers for parents of Adam Raine say 16-year-old took his own life after ‘months of encouragement from ChatGPT’The makers of ChatGPT are changing the way it responds to users who show mental and emotional distress after it was hit by a legal action from the family of 16-year-old Adam Raine who killed himself after months of conversations with the popular chatbot.Open AI admitted its systems could “fall short” and said it would install “stronger guardrails around sensitive content and risky behaviors” for users who were under 18. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Teen killed himself after ‘months of encouragement from ChatGPT’, lawsuit claims

Open AI to change way it responds to users in mental distress as parents of Adam Raine allege bot not safeThe makers of ChatGPT are changing the way it responds to users who show mental and emotional distress after legal action from the family of 16-year-old Adam Raine, who killed himself after months of conversations with the chatbot.Open AI admitted its systems could “fall short” and said it would install “stronger guardrails around sensitive content and risky behaviors” for users under 18. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Lil Nas X wears blue prison jumpsuit while leaving LA court as it's revealed police used Taser to subdue him

Lil Nas X was charged with multiple felonies, leaving him exposed to five years in state prison if convicted of the charges he's accused of.

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7 d. ago Emmanuel Haro’s father, clad in prison jumpsuit, seen helping police search for baby’s body in California badlands

Jake Haro, 32, and Rebecca Haro, 23, were arrested Friday on suspicion of murdering their baby

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7 d. ago The puppet masters and narcissists are feasting on racist Lucy Connolly

She delivered on the xenophobic checklist on her tour of the right wing and extremist media

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8 d. ago Lucy Connolly's jailing over social media post to be discussed in US Congress during Nigel Farage testimony

The mother was behind bars for more than a year after admitting making the inflammatory post on X in the wake of the Southport attacks in July last year.

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9 d. ago Nigel Farage must not be allowed to slander Britain as broken

Editorial: The failures of asylum policy do not mean that this country is descending into violent disorder – or that Lucy Connolly is a martyr. Truth, justice and fairness must remain cornerstones for the UK

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9 d. ago Lucy Connolly claims she was Starmer’s ‘political prisoner’ after release from jail for race hate post

Connolly said Donald Trump’s lawyers are ‘keen to speak’ after she was released from prison on Thursday

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1 week ago Lucy Connolly says she will meet Trump officials for talks on free speech

The wife of a Tory councillor – who was was jailed for stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers – was released from prison on Thursday.

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1 week ago Lucy Connolly considering legal action against police after prison release

The 42-year-old was jailed for stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers online in the aftermath of the Southport murders last year.

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