12 h. ago Prince Andrew's grim 'catch up' email to paedo Jeffrey Epstein months after prison release

A newly released email reveals Andrew telling Jeffrey Epstein that it would be "good to catch up in person" months after the sex offender was released from prison for child prostitution

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15 h. ago Photos of Prince Andrew's royal life before his fall from grace

From favorite son to tabloid fodder, Prince Andrew this week was stripped of his remaining titles and evicted from his royal residence after weeks of pressure to act over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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15 h. ago The Guardian view on Andrew’s downfall: Britain’s relationship with the royals needs a reset | Editorial

The former prince’s retirement from public life is welcome. Problems around royal secrecy and entitlement remain to be tackledPrince Andrew is no more. Henceforth the king’s younger brother will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. With the Thursday night announcement, and the news that Mr Mountbatten Windsor will quit his 30-room home in Windsor, the monarch hopes to draw a line under the shame of the former prince’s friendship with the dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and alleged sexual assault of Virginia Giuffre when she was 17, which he has always denied.These “censures” – as Buckingham Palace termed them – were made necessary by Mr Mountbatten Windsor’s poor judgment and deceit, including the lie that he had broken off contact with Epstein in 2010. But the real damage was done by his grotesquely entitled behaviour and appalling choice of friends. It should not have taken the painful details in Ms Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, an extract of which was pub...

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19 h. ago Sarah Ferguson faces fresh pressure to act on Epstein scandal as daughters dragged in

Sarah Ferguson is under increasing pressure to take firm action as the scandal surrounding her connection with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues to gain momentum

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38 h. ago A look at Prince Andrew's antics and scandals that have tried royal patience for decades

Prince Andrew is losing the title he’s had since birth and being evicted from his U.K. royal residence following recent revelations about his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Politics

46 h. ago Labour frees 38,000 criminals early under controversial soft justice scheme

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show 38,042 offenders were let out of prison under the scheme between its launch in September 2024 and the end of June.

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48 h. ago £500 paid to migrant sex offender ‘galling’ but right thing to do, says minister

Sarah Jones said removing Hadush Kebatu from the flight and taking him back into custody would have cost thousands of pounds.

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50 h. ago Migrant sex offender claims he tried to hand himself in to police before arrest in London

Migrant sex offender claims he tried to hand himself in to police before arrest in London  MyLondon

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60 h. ago Prisons minister defends £500 payoff to migrant sex offender with golf analogy

Lord Timpson tells Parliament ‘if someone wants to give you a putt, you take it’ as he faces questions over a ‘slush fund’.

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62 h. ago Migrant sex offender claims he tried to hand himself in to police before arrest

The Metropolitan Police has said it is ‘not aware of any evidence’ to support Kebatu’s claim.

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62 h. ago Epping sex offender given £500 after threatening to challenge deportation

Hadush Kebatu claims he tried to hand himself in to police, but was ignored, after being released from prison in errorUK politics live –latest updatesA convicted child sex offender mistakenly released from prison after arriving in the UK in a small boat was given £500 of public money as he was deported back to Ethiopia.Hadush Kebatu was flown back to his home country on Tuesday night with the discretionary payment after raising the possibility of challenging his removal shortly before he was due to be placed on a plane. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Wrongly released migrant sex offender claims he tried to hand himself in to police

A migrant sex offender who was mistakenly released from prison claims that he tried to hand himself in to police.

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68 h. ago Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu was given £500 to 'stop him disrupting flight to avoid deportation'

Hadush Kebatu was deported on Tuesday evening after being arrested following a huge manhunt when he was wrongly freed from prison

Economics

69 h. ago Deported Epping migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu was given £500 to leave UK

Hadush Kebatu was deported on Tuesday evening after being arrested following a huge manhunt when he was wrongly freed from prison

Economics

2 d. ago Deported migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu given £500 to leave the UK

Sex offender Hadush Kebatu was given a £500 payment after threatening to disrupt his removal to Ethiopia, it has emerged

Economics

2 d. ago The prison crisis that led to mistaken release of migrant sex offender

The incident exposes the staffing pressures at the heart of Britain’s prison crisis

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3 d. ago Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu deported to Ethiopia, Home Office confirms

Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from Essex prison, was put on a flight to Ethiopia and arrived on WednesdayA convicted child sex offender who arrived in the UK in a small boat and was mistakenly released from prison has been deported, the Home Office says.Hadush Kebatu arrived in Ethiopia in the early hours after being removed from the UK on a flight with no right to return, a statement said. Continue reading...

Society

3 d. ago Hadush Kebatu, Epping sex offender, deported to Ethiopia, Home Office confirms

The Home Office said Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from prison on Friday, was put on a flight to Ethiopia on Tuesday night and arrived on Wednesday Hadush Kebatu has arrived in Ethiopia after being deported from the UK with no right to return, the Home Office has confirmed.The Ethiopian national was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Epping migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu mistakenly released from prison deported to Ethiopia

A huge manhunt was carried out for Hadush Kebatu who was wrongly freed from prison instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

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3 d. ago Sex attack migrant deported 'with no right to return' after UK

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she 'pulled every lever' to deport Kebatu, and added that she was 'pleased to confirm this vile child sex offender has been deported. Our streets are safer because of it'

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