22 h. ago Clare Balding says friendships ‘went out of the window’ while filming for Celebrity Traitors

‘It’s brutal,’ broadcaster said

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25 h. ago Scottish Government 'considering' chemical castration of sex offenders

The report recommends a range of measures to try and reduce the prison population.

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29 h. ago I wish I'd been castrated years ago: Shocking words of a rapist who's had it done as TOM LEONARD reveals truth of Labour's plans for paedophiles

Even Labour governments nowadays want to pretend to be 'tough on crime' - when the opposite is true - but the Starmer administration will have its work cut out.

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41 h. ago Watch: Justice secretary update on prisons review as chemical castration considered for sex offenders

The justice secretary has said that many sentencing reforms aimed at easing prison overcrowding have been accepted by the government, including chemical castration for sex offenders.

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41 h. ago ‘Tough on crime’ politics has not made us safer – the prisons crisis has forced a rethink

As justice secretary Shabana Mahmood agrees to the biggest overhaul to sentencing in a generation, Amy-Clare Martin considers whether the new approach – to refocus the system on rehabilitation and reducing reoffending – will be effective

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41 h. ago Dancing with the Stars season 34: Here’s who’s joining Robert Irwin in the ballroom

Australian TV star leads the new celebrity lineup of the ABC dancing competition

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42 h. ago Chemical castration for paedophiles and other sex offenders will be piloted in 20 prisons and could be made mandatory, Justice Secretary announces

Shabana Mahmood announced the move in the Commons after a sentencing review found the measure was 'worthwhile' as a way to reduce reoffending.

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42 h. ago Watch live: Justice secretary update on prisons review as chemical castration considered for sex offenders

Watch live as the justice secretary delivers an update on UK prisons reform, in what is the biggest shakeup of sentencing in more than 30 years, in Parliament on Thursday (22 May).

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43 h. ago What is chemical castration? Lord Chancellor considers procedure for serious sex offenders

Could chemical castration help ease overcrowding in UK prisons? What does it really entail?

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45 h. ago Exactly how chemical castration works and who would be forced to do it

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is exploring plans to make chemical castration mandatory for paedophiles and rapists under plans to curb sex offenders' vile urges

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45 h. ago UK politics live: Net migration to UK plummets by more than 400,000 in a year

Difference between the number of people moving to the UK and leaving the country has fallen to the lowest level since the pandemic

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45 h. ago Mandatory chemical castration 'considered' for paedophiles and rapists in UK

A voluntary scheme will see sex offenders chemically castrated in two regions in England, covering 20 prisons, as a first step to rolling out a potential mandatory programme nationwide

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46 h. ago What does the sentencing review mean for prisons as chemical castration considered for sex offenders

Former Tory justice secretary David Gauke has called for overhaul of justice system in major sentencing review

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46 h. ago UK politics live: Chemical castration considered for sex offenders as review reveals prison capacity crisis

An independent review has recommended that prisoners be released for good behaviour and shorter sentences of less than 12 months to be scrapped

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46 h. ago Sex offenders could face mandatory chemical castration as blueprint to ease jails crisis unveiled

Voluntary chemical castration to suppress the sexual drive of sex offenders will also be rolled out to prisons across England

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47 h. ago Paedophiles to be 'castrated' in Government's new prison plan that could be mandatory

Sex offenders could be forced to undergo chemical castration in a bid to curb their sexual urges and prevent reoffending, under plans being considered by ministers

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48 h. ago Worst sex offenders could face mandatory chemical castration as blueprint to ease jails crisis unveiled

Voluntary chemical castration to suppress the sexual drive of sex offenders will be rolled out to prisons across England

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52 h. ago Paedophiles and other sex criminals 'will be CASTRATED' under new Government plans

Now Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is said to be looking at plans to roll the treatment out across 20 prisons in England and Wales, ahead of a nationwide programme.

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55 h. ago Paedophiles and other sex criminals will be castrated in brutal new crackdown

Sources say Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood's anticipated new measure will help "protect the public" because there is said to be evidence in the US chemical castration dulls twisted sexual urges

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69 h. ago Trainspotting cast now and one actor who no one would recognise now in huge role

Trainspotting was a ground-breaking film that came out of Scotland and made a huge impact on the film scene when it was released in 1996, and the stars have gone on to enjoy huge success

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