32 h. ago More than 10,000 attacks on prison staff last year in grim new record

Number of assaults on prison staff last year up 15 per cent on the year before

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33 h. ago Attacks on prison staff rise to new high as tensions in overcrowded jails reach breaking point

Number of assaults on prison staff last year up 15 per cent on the year before

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3 d. ago Use of tasers in prisons to be trialled after Manchester bomb plotter attack

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said actions were being taken to better protect prison staff and the public.

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4 d. ago Prison staff to demand use of stun guns in jails after HMP Frankland attack

Prison officers are demanding the ‘tactical use of taser’ after officers at HMP Frankland were attacked

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4 d. ago Prison officers 'very close' to being murdered in UK jails, experts warn as union demands stun guns for staff after Hashem Abedi attack

Prison Officers will meet the justice secretary on Wednesday to demand staff are provided with Tasers following an attack from Hashem Abedi on three officers.

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9 d. ago Schoolgirl dragged unconscious through park after 'gang attack' has £2,000 raised by sickened locals

Hope Lyden, 13, was allegedly attacked by a group of teenagers at a local park in Glasgow who dragged her while unconscious, as Police Scotland charged two girls, aged 12 and 13

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1 week ago NHS told to start prescribing statins 'add on' drug which could prevent 5,000 heart attacks

Imperial College London research reveals the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe could slash risk of heart attack patients suffering another one

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1 week ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter attack saw prison officers 'cleaning up colleagues' blood'

Prison staff were left 'traumatised' after three of their colleagues were allegedly attacked by the Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi

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2 w. ago My message from prison: Just Stop Oil may be ending civil disruption, but the struggle must go on | Indigo Rumbelow

We forced the government to take some action, but still it closes it eyes to the impending climate collapse. A new method of confrontation is neededIndigo Rumbelow is co-founder of Just Stop Oil. She is currently on remand in HMP StyalAfter three years, Just Stop Oil is ending its campaign of non-violent civil disruption: we are hanging up the high-vis. But this does not mean the resistance is over. Sitting here in a prison cell in HMP Styal, I am still demanding an end to oil and gas. Every prison key that rattles, every door that is bolted shut, every letter that is read by the prison staff – it all reminds me that 15 Just Stop Oil supporters are currently locked up for refusing to obey governments whose climate inaction is frankly murderous.There has been some progress. The Labour government was elected last year on a manifesto including the pledge that they will “not issue new licences to explore new [oil and gas] fields”. This is a victory for civil resistance and the climate m...

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3 w. ago Leaked messages show prison staff joking about violence towards inmates

Several members of staff at HMP Parc have previously been arrested but no charges have been brought.

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3 w. ago New York to release some prison inmates early over shortage of guard staff

New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks after the state fired more than 2,000 guards who went on strike over poor working conditions

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3 w. ago Musk’s Doge gains access to federal payroll system despite staff warnings

Officials said accessing system that processes 276,000 employees’ salaries could put unit at risk of cyber-attacksMembers of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) reportedly gained access to a payroll system over the weekend that processes salaries for about 276,000 federal employees across various government agencies, despite warnings from senior staff about the potential risks.According to two people familiar with the situation who spoke with the New York Times, Doge employees had spent about two weeks trying to obtain administrative access to the program, known as the Federal Personnel and Payroll System. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sex attacker seeking asylum in the UK is flown 5,000 miles by private jet flight for emergency medical treatment at the taxpayers' expense

The clandestine operation to save the Sri Lankan came after he made an apparent suicide attempt on the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean.

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3 w. ago XL Bully owner savaged in garden by dog hits out at breed ban after more than 20,000 attacks last year

Exclusive: Figures obtained show more than 23,000 dog attacks across England and Wales despite the ban on XL Bully dogs last year

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4 w. ago Kelly Sotherton slams online trolls who targeted Team GB athletics star Eilish McColgan

McColgan, the 10,000m European record holder was recently the subject of grim online comments about her body after posting a video of her London Marathon training on Instagram

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4 w. ago The shocking rise of violent crime in Britain's classrooms: New report reveals nearly 100,000 incidents in three years with seven

Police forces across Britain including in London, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire have reported nearly 100,000 violent pupil-on-pupil attacks in the last three years.

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