21 h. ago Keir Starmer bows to pressure to launch new grooming gangs investigation

New probe and statutory public inquiry will be a means to get ‘truth and justice’, home secretary saysKeir Starmer has launched a sweeping national operation to investigate grooming gangs and a statutory inquiry into institutional failure, marking a significant reversal after months of pressure on Labour to act.The National Crime Agency (NCA), the UK’s top investigative body, has been tasked with leading a coordinated national push to reopen historic group-based child sexual abuse cases and identify offenders who slipped through the cracks of previous police efforts. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Met pays damages to woman for failing to investigate rape claim against ex

Officers questioned woman but not the alleged rapist, bringing force into disrepute, rules watchdogScotland Yard has paid a five-figure sum to a woman after officers “brought the service into disrepute” for failing to investigate her report of rape by her ex-husband, the Guardian has learned.The Metropolitan police’s directorate of professional standards – known as the “Line of Duty unit” – criticised officers involved in the woman’s case, saying they had damaged the reputation of the force “at a time when we are working hard to build bridges with the public and re-build the trust we have lost”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Student, 19, killed and dismembered by man she met on first date as mum pays tribute

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Maxwell Anderson has been jailed for killing 19-year-old student Sade Robinson and then dismembering her and scattrering her body parts in the local area

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2 w. ago Jay Slater family search for truth and quiz people who saw him last to solve mystery

Jay went missing in Tenerife on June 17 in 2024, sparking a major manhunt but a police investigation and an inquest have failed to fully answer his family's burning questions

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2 w. ago RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies

Failures uncovered as US health secretary touted ‘gold-standard’ science in health report ordered by Trump teamUS politics live – latest updatesRobert F Kennedy Jr’s flagship health commission report contains citations to studies that do not exist, according to an investigation by the US publication Notus.The report exposes glaring scientific failures from a health secretary who earlier this week threatened to ban government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Dishonest' nurse is struck off after catalogue of failings across two Ayrshire care homes

Ramani Sreekumar was subject to a disciplinary investigation at Fullarton Care Home in Irvine - but she failed to disclose this when she applied for a post at Kilmarnock-based Crossgate Care Home.

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2 w. ago Pornhub and three other adult websites face EU child safety investigation

European Commission alleges the verification systems are ineffective to prevent under-18s from watchingThe EU executive has launched an investigation into four pornographic websites over alleged failure to prevent children from seeing adult content.After analysis of company policies, the European Commission accused Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos of failing to have effective age verification measures to stop minors accessing their content. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jay Slater detective reveals the bombshell evidence he says Spanish police are refusing to look at that could shed light on British 19

Mark Williams-Thomas has accused Spanish authorities of failing to investigate an audio recording he offered to share which may have shed light on the British teenager's disappearance.

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3 w. ago Jay Slater detective says Spanish police ignored bombshell audio evidence that could shed light on British 19

Mark Williams-Thomas has accused Spanish authorities of failing to investigate an audio recording he offered to share which may have shed light on the British teenager's disappearance.

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3 w. ago Pope Leo accused of failing to ‘properly investigate’ clerical abuse by Chicago victims group

A survivors group questioned if Pope Leo “prioritized protecting children at all”

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