27 h. ago Prison staff fake checks on suicidal inmates as deaths soar, watchdog warns

A watchdog found prison staff had falsified records over checks on an inmate who died

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28 h. ago Fact check: ‘Channel migrants’ in prison and fake ‘Amazon’ deals

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33 h. ago Threat of Iranian attacks on UK now comparable to Russia, watchdog warns

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee said the threat from Iran has increased "significantly" since 2022

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33 h. ago Iran's nuclear threat to UK mainland revealed in bombshell new report

The threat of physical attacks by Iran on people living in the UK has increased 'significantly' since 2022, Parliament’s intelligence watchdog has warned in a bombshell report

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34 h. ago Iran has tried to kill or kidnap 15 people in Britain including 'prominent' Jews as watchdog warns physical threat posed by regime has increased 'significantly'

Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee stated in a new report that the threat from Iran as 'persistent' and 'unpredictable'.

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34 h. ago Physical threat of attacks from Iran on people living in UK has ‘increased significantly’, watchdog warns

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee said the threat from Iran was ‘unpredictable’

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68 h. ago Floods death toll set to soar FAR higher than feared as sheer terror of victim who couldn't be saved emerges

At least 173 people remain missing five days after a '30-foot tsunami wall of water' wiped out cabins along the Guadalupe River and destroyed everything in its path.

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3 d. ago Treasury watchdog sounds alarm on wealth taxes: OBR warns Labour not to rely on milking a few thousand 'mobile' rich people

The OBR highlighted the 'risks' of trying to milk too much from 'high net worth' individuals as it painted a grim picture of the government's long-term finances.

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3 d. ago Britain's jails are being overrun by drugs: Prison watchdog warns of 'uncontrollable levels of criminality' behind bars as inmates spend 22 hours a day in cells 'high and watching daytime TV'

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said inmates were able to order from a 'menu' of illicit substances while sitting in their cells for 22 hours a day.

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3 d. ago UK public finances on ‘unsustainable’ path amid growing climate, debt and pension costs

Office for Budget Responsibility warns national debt on course to hit 270% of GDP by 2070 amid volatilityBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s public finances are on an unsustainable long-term trajectory, given the growing costs of state pensions and the mounting climate emergency, the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned.Richard Hughes, who chairs the budget watchdog, said government debt would rise to 270% of GDP by 2070 – up from less than 100% today – if current policies were left unchanged. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Drones could carry escaping prisoners over jail walls, watchdog chief inspector warns

The Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, admitted the technology was progressing at such a pace that there was a 'theoretical risk' of it being used to help inmates break out of prison.

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3 d. ago Strangeways prison staff 'manipulated' by inmates amid threat to national security

A scathing new report has revealed how drones are regularly making deliveries of drugs into HMP Manchester with 'inexperienced staff' struggling to cope

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3 d. ago Drone drug drops fuelling 'uncontrollable levels of criminality' in prisons

Organised crime gangs are flying illegal drugs into jails causing increased violence and a threat that needs to be taken seriously at the highest levels of Government, watchdog warns

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3 d. ago Overwhelming levels of drugs destabilising prisons, watchdog warns

The chief inspector of prisons revealed ‘frightening’ blades including a zombie knife was also suspected of being dropped into prison by a drone.

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6 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: power to Zaporizhzhia plant cut off as UN watchdog warns nuclear safety ‘extremely precarious’

IAEA chief says electricity restored after 3½ hours as Ukraine blames Russian shelling for outage; Kyiv accuses Putin of ‘humiliating’ Trump with attack on capital. What we know on day 1,228Read all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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7 d. ago UNAids chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by US cuts that will mean millions more deaths

Winnie Byanyima tells the Guardian she considered resigning when Donald Trump cancelled Pepfar fundingThe head of the global agency tackling Aids says she expects HIV rates to soar and deaths to multiply in the next four years as a direct impact of the “seismic” US cuts to aid spending.Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of UNAids, said that if the funding permanently disappeared, the world faced an additional 6 million HIV infections and 4 million Aids-related deaths by 2029. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Horrifying moment woman was forced to give birth on jail floor as staff took photos

Ashley Caswell was left to give birth on the floor of an Alabama jail shower while prison staff posed for pictures with the newborn, who was still attached to the umbilical cord

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8 d. ago West London prison staff failed to spot epilepsy risk before man, 32, found dead in cell

Darren Boamah was found dead in his cell in HMP Wormwood Scrubs last January

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8 d. ago Schools watchdog warns too many children get 'life lessons from AI and influencers' and classrooms must focus on 'human interaction'

Sir Martyn Oliver, chief inspector of schools, believes many pupils' world views are now being shaped by shadowy figures on the internet.

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1 week ago Iran could restart enriching uranium again in a 'matter of months', UN's nuclear weapons watchdog chief warns

Rafael Grossi (pictured), head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said US air strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities had caused severe but 'not total' damage.

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