10 h. ago Police sergeant destroyed cancer sufferer's wigs in attack 'to maximise psychological harm', disciplinary told

James Evans vandalised a number of items in an act which a disciplinary hearing was told was cruelly designed to maximise the intended psychological harm' on his victim.

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28 h. ago 'Cruel' police sergeant who destroyed victim's cancer wigs resigns from GMP in disgrace

James Evans demonstrated a 'catastrophic lapse of judgment', GMP's chief constable has concluded

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3 d. ago School issues statement after three pupils fall from double decker bus window

Three boys suffered serious injuries following the incident in Wigan

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5 d. ago ‘One in, one out’ asylum seekers say scheme has caused them severe psychological harm

Detainees at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre say they are being ‘isolated and punished’

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6 d. ago Detained migrants waiting to be deported under Labour's 'one in, one out' scheme accuse the Home Office of 'severe psychological harm'

Around 80 migrants have compiled a document about their experiences in the Harmondsworth immigration removal centre, accusing the Home Office of unjust treatment.

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6 d. ago Eighty ‘one in, one out’ asylum seekers accuse UK of degrading treatment

Detainees being held under controversial scheme say Home Office has caused them ‘severe psychological harm’UK politics live – latest updatesEighty asylum seekers detained in preparation for being returned to France under the UK government’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme have called on UN bodies to investigate their treatment. claiming they have suffered “fear, humiliation, and psychological distress” at the hands of the Home Office since arriving in the UK in small boats.The detainees have compiled a document, “Report on conditions and treatment at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre”, which claims they have been treated unjustly by the Home Office since arriving in the UK on small boats. Harmondsworth is one of two detention centres close to Heathrow airport in London. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago What happened next: how a shocking rape and murder case was solved – 58 years later

In Portishead, a dusty box of forgotten files led Jo Smith and her team to a criminal who had escaped justice for more than half a century. This was the longest-running cold case to be solved in the UK, and possibly the worldIn June 2023, Jo Smith, a major crime review officer for Avon and Somerset police, was asked by her sergeant to “take a look at the Louisa Dunne case”. Louisa Dunne was a 75-year-old woman who had been raped and murdered in her Bristol home in June 1967. She was a mother of two, a grandmother, a woman whose first husband had been a leading trade unionist, and whose home had once been a hub of political activity. By 1967, she was living alone, twice widowed but still a well-known figure in her Easton neighbourhood.There were no witnesses to her murder, and the police investigation unearthed little to go on apart from a palm print on a rear window. Police knocked on 8,000 doors and took 19,000 palm prints, but no match was found. The case stayed unsolved. Continue...

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3 w. ago Met Police sergeant dismissed for gross misconduct after sexual assault

Sergeant Leo Boateng subjected his victim to a serious sexual assault in 2022 but was acquitted in court

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