7 h. ago Watch live: Lammy addresses Parliament after more prisoners mistakenly freed

Watch live as David Lammy addresses the House of Commons on Tuesday (2 December) after confirming that 12 more prisoners have been released in error over the last three weeks.

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8 h. ago Labour slammed as 12 more prisoners 'accidentally released' early as two 'still at large'

Justice Secretary David Lammy has admitted another 12 UK prisoners have been accidentally released from incarceration, with two of the former inmates still currently at large

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8 h. ago Two prisoners released by mistake are are still at large, David Lammy tells BBC

The Justice Secretary, David Lammy, said he didn't want to give a 'running commentary' on the hunt for the two prisoners

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8 h. ago Government issues update as two mistakenly released prisoners still at large

The two mistakenly freed prisoners are understood to not be violent or sexual offenders

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10 h. ago Twelve more prisoners in England and Wales released in error in last month

Justice secretary David Lammy says two are still at large and overall ‘trend is downwards’Prisoners continue to be released mistakenly with a further 12 inmates let out of jail in error since November, the UK justice secretary has revealed.David Lammy told BBC Breakfast that despite the latest figures the “trend is downwards” after improvements to the system were put in place. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Labour's prisons shame as Calamity Lammy reveals 12 more inmates have been mistakenly released in the last month

There have been 12 further accidental releases of prisoners since November, the Justice Secretary confirmed today.

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11 h. ago Jails chaos: 12 more prisoners released by mistake in weeks and two still on the run, says David Lammy

The blunders take the total freed by error to more than 100 since April

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11 h. ago David Lammy says 12 more prisoners have been mistakenly released

Two accidentally released prisoners remain at large, the justice secretary confirmed

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11 h. ago David Lammy says two more prisoners have been mistakenly released

It comes after a string of high-profile accidental releases

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11 h. ago BREAKING: Two prisoners remain at large after being released in error, David Lammy admits

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11 h. ago Two prisoners remain at large after being released in error, David Lammy admits

The Justice Secretary confirmed there have been two more accidental releases of 'violent offenders or sex offenders', and a total of 12 further accidental releases since November

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34 h. ago The US love of football is reaching new levels. Just look at Arsenal super

The New York mayor-elect’s devotion to a north London club shows how the global game is winning hearts across the USBryan Armen Graham is the deputy sport editor of Guardian USWhen Zohran Mamdani made an appearance on The Adam Friedland Show last week, the newly elected mayor of New York was expecting the typical nimble rundown of politics, jokes and conversational detours. What he wasn’t expecting was Ian Wright suddenly filling a phone screen with a congratulatory video. The former England and Arsenal striker saluted him on “what you’ve achieved”, urged him to channel that “winning energy” into the job ahead before signing off with a nod to the Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta. Mamdani cheesed guilelessly as it played before finally blurting out: “I love this man.”For a moment, the incoming mayor of the most powerful city in the United States was simply another geeked-out Arsenal obsessive left weak by one of his childhood heroes. And in that moment lies something revealing about how...

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55 h. ago Netanyahu asks Israeli president for pardon to end corruption case

Isaac Herzog’s office says it will consider the ‘extraordinary request’, which is expected to have significant political and legal implications

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3 d. ago Killer with "psychopath" and "chaos" tattooed on his head has release blocked at eleventh hour

Reginald Wilson was due to be released from prison this week after spending 34 years behind bars for the brutal murder of Dr David Birkett

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3 d. ago 'Psychopathic' murderer who bludgeoned doctor to death has release blocked by Justice Secretary

Reginald Wilson, who has changed his surname to Zenshen, was set to be released from prison this week having served 34 years behind bars

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3 d. ago Global ‘Free Marwan’ campaign calls for Palestinian political leader’s release

Locked away in prison for decades, Marwan Barghouti is a longstanding advocate for a two-state solutionA global campaign is being launched to secure the release of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian prisoner seen by many as the best hope of leading a future Palestinian state, as negotiations continue in the context of the current Gaza ceasefire.The campaign, being led by Barghouti’s West Bank-based family with UK civil society support, is seeking to put the 66-year-old’s fate at the centre of the next stage of the ceasefire. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago BREAKING Mum who led cops on 70mph chase before smashing into van dies after prison release

Emma Tuff, 36, a mother-of-five from Tameside, died in October after being released from HMP Styal in Cheshire. An investigation has been launched into her death

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4 d. ago Mum who led cops on 70mph chase before smashing into van dies after prison release

Emma Tuff, 36, a mother-of-five from Tameside, died in October after being released from HMP Styal in Cheshire. An investigation has been launched into her death

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4 d. ago Canada minister resigns from cabinet over Carney’s controversial oil pipeline deal

Minister Steven Guilbeault says Indigenous nations were not consulted and the pipeline would have ‘major environmental impacts’Mark Carney has agreed an energy deal with Alberta centred on plans for a new heavy oil pipeline reaching from the province’s oil sands to the Pacific coast, a politically volatile project that is expected to face stiff opposition.The move proved politically damaging within hours, with the minister of Canadian culture, Steven Guilbeault, who is the former environment minister, announcing he would leave cabinet. Guilbault, a former activist and lifelong environmental advocate, said he strongly opposed the plan. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Mark Carney reaches deal with Alberta for oil pipeline opposed by First Nations

Prime minister says deal ‘sets the state for an industrial transformation’, but project is likely to face wide oppositionMark Carney has agreed an energy deal with Alberta centred on plans for a new heavy oil pipeline reaching from the province’s oil sands to the Pacific coast – a politically volatile project that is expected to face stiff opposition.“It’s a great day for Alberta and a great day for Canada,” the prime minister said on Thursday as he met the beaming Alberta premier, Danielle Smith. He said the agreement “sets the state for an industrial transformation” and involved not just a pipeline, but also nuclear power and datacentres. “This is Canada working,” he said. Continue reading...

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