16 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Should Britain have gone into Covid lockdown?

UK coronavirus lockdowns could have been avoided altogether if the Government had approached the pandemic differently, a public inquiry has concluded.

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17 h. ago Major breakthrough for bereaved families of Chinook helicopter tragedy victims as they battle for public inquiry

Families of the Chinook helicopter tragedy victims have made a major breakthrough in their campaign for a public inquiry after UK Government ministers agreed to a meeting.

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21 h. ago Covid inquiry latest: Boris Johnson put his reputation above public safety, say bereaved families

Damning report finds more than 20,000 lives could have been spared over spring and summer 2020 had restrictions started just seven days earlier

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35 h. ago I haven’t been able to grieve my son properly for 32 years – Doreen Lawrence

The peer told a public inquiry she had to constantly battle for justice and her family had been punished despite her son having done nothing wrong.

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35 h. ago 'Too little, too late:' Former UK government slammed for its initial COVID

A public inquiry has criticized the U_K_'s initial COVID-19 response in early 2020 as “too little, too late.”

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35 h. ago Divided Stormont led to ‘chaotic’ Covid response, public inquiry finds

The report published on Thursday focuses on the core political and administrative decision-making across the UK in response to the pandemic.

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36 h. ago Police ‘tried to pit grieving parents of Stephen Lawrence against each other’

Baroness Lawrence told the public inquiry into undercover policing that officers tried to manipulate her relationship with her ex-husband Neville.

Society

37 h. ago Covid Inquiry report LIVE as Baroness Hallett set to announce findings

The second part of the UK Covid inquiry will be made public this afternoon.

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37 h. ago Covid Inquiry report LIVE as Boris Johnson slammed over handling of pandemic

The second part of the UK Covid inquiry will be made public this afternoon.

Politics

47 h. ago ‘Possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history’: the inside story of the Medomsley scandal

At a youth detention centre in north-east England, the paedophile Neville Husband raped and assaulted countless boys. Why was his reign of terror allowed to go on – and why hasn’t there been a public inquiry?When I met Kevin Young in 2012 he was in his early 50s, handsome, charismatic, smart – and utterly broken. The moment he started talking about Medomsley detention centre he was in tears.Young was born in Newcastle, in 1959. At two, he was taken into care, and his parents were convicted of wilful neglect. At eight, at a school in Devon, he was sexually abused by the gardener. At 14, at St Camillus, a Catholic residential school in Yorkshire, he was sexually assaulted by the headteacher, James Bernard Littlewood. But none of this compared with his experience at Medomsley, a youth detention centre in north-east England. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Calls for public inquiry into 'catastrophic failure in border security' which allowed a failed asylum seeker to murder an innocent restaurant owner

Somalian national Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur, 47, plunged a knife into the chest of Gurvinder Singh Johal, 37, four months after his asylum application was rejected.

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4 d. ago Outrage as Netanyahu announces October 7 inquiry will be led by Israel’s government

Nearly three-quarters of the public support a fully independent commission of inquiry

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8 d. ago Sheku Bayoh’s sister vows to continue ‘fight for justice’ after meeting Swinney

Mr Bayoh’s family said that John Swinney had told them the public inquiry into his death was of ‘paramount importance’.

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8 d. ago Sheku Bayoh family meets John Swinney and demands public inquiry into dad's death is restarted

The First Minister reiterated to Bayoh's sister Kadi Johnson his Government’s commitment to establishing the relevant facts surrounding her brother's death.

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9 d. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's parents could face criminal charges after testifying

Merseyside Police have confirmed they will be "obtaining full transcripts" from the testimony Alphonse Rudakubana and Laetitia Muzayire gave to the public inquiry last week

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9 d. ago John Swinney to meet with family of Sheku Bayoh after public inquiry 'collapses'

Sheku Bayoh died after being restrained by police in Kirkcaldy in May 2015.

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1 week ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's parents could yet face criminal charges

Evidence given by Axel Rudakubana's parents at the Southport public inquiry, which got underway in April, will be examined by Merseyside Police, the force has confirmed

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1 week ago Southport killer's parents could yet face criminal charges as police confirm they are examining evidence given at Rudakubana public inquiry

Merseyside police said they would be 'obtaining full transcripts' of the hearings from last week, when Axel Rudakubana's parents spent two days in the witness box.

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1 week ago Police officer who restrained Sheku Bayoh before death drops out of public inquiry

Retired Pc Alan Paton was one of at least six police officers who held the 31-year-old on a street in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in May 2015.

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2 w. ago Southport killer's parents 'desperately sorry' as they make tearful apology to victims' families

Axel Rudakubana's father said he was 'so ashamed' as he addressed bereaved families at the public inquiry into the attack

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