11 h. ago Starmer’s predecessor as Director for Public Prosecutions to lead major review of protest laws

Exclusive: Home secretary commissions review into laws amid ‘growing concern about protests and hate crime in this country’

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15 h. ago Bondi assigns prosecutor to lead investigation into Trump adversaries over Epstein ties – live updates

As he faces scrutiny amid latest Epstein email release, US president uses Department of Justice to investigate opponents including Bill ClintonThe US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, said that the US has “essentially reached a deal with Switzerland”, after the country was hit with a 39% tariff on Swiss exports to the US.“We’re really excited about that deal and what it means for American manufacturing,” Greer told CNBC today in an interview. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Lucie Jones says ‘I feel zero shame’ as she opens up about loving her new relationship with ‘smart and funny’ boyfriend

STAGE star Lucie Jones says she feels "zero shame" about finding love with boyfriend George Hersey following her divorce from ex-husband Ethan Boroian. The Welsh performer, 32, went public with hospitality director George this summer when they were seen together at Glastonbury Festival ahead of her debut performance on the site. Though their relationship was...

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3 d. ago Outgoing BBC boss Tim Davie suggests BBC’s future will be ‘thriving’

Tim Davie has said that the BBC’s future will be “thriving” in his first public remarks since he resigned from his position of director-general on Sunday (9 November).

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8 d. ago Man who threw sandwich at US federal agent found not guilty of assault

Former justice department employee’s lawyers argued it was a ‘harmless gesture’ during an act of protest A former Department of Justice employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington DC was found not guilty of assault by a DC jury on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention.Sean Charles Dunn, a former justice department paralegal, became a symbol of the resistance to Trump’s occupation in the nation’s capital when video of him, clad in a pink polo shirt and shorts, throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent, wearing a bulletproof vest, went viral. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Disabled people who want to work say they can’t due to ‘chronically underfunded’ welfare system and accessibility issues

Author of major review on how to keep people in work warns UK is ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’ amid ‘enormous’ cost to employers from ill health among workers

Economics

1 week ago Action to combat UK’s £85 billion sick leave bill urged by ex

UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns

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1 week ago UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns

The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024

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1 week ago Report on how paedophile headteacher was able to abuse girls set to be released

A major review into child safeguarding was launched after the head was jailed last year

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1 week ago More than 50 missed opportunities to stop paedophile headteacher

A major review into child safeguarding was launched after the head was jailed last year

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1 week ago Fresh lead in Meredith Kercher murder as Italian prosecutors ‘search for mystery woman’

The British student was killed in Perugia, Italy in 2007, in a murder case that attracted world-wide attention

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1 week ago Mary Earps: ‘I had used my voice – I took on a global sports giant and won’

In her new book the former England star describes how she triggered a campaign against Nike over their refusal to sell replica Lionesses goalkeeper shirtsThere were three huge talking points from the 2023 World Cup. One was the unspeakable kiss that Spain’s football federation president Luis Rubiales planted on Jenni Hermoso as she collected her gold medal, which would later lead to his resignation and prosecution.The other two talking points both related to me. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Hotel Chocolat velvetiser gets a major switch up – here’s my honest review

The chocolatier has added cold drinking chocolate to its repertoire

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2 w. ago DWP announces major PIP review update that will 'shape benefits system'

Labour had previously proposed changing the PIP scoring system - however, this was scrapped by following backlash from MPs, disability charities and campaigners

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2 w. ago Major DWP PIP update with 'first ever full review' into eligibility

The Timms Review was launched after elements of the Government's flagship welfare Bill, which would restrict eligibility to PIP, were scrapped in the summer

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2 w. ago Two disability experts appointed to help lead Government review of major benefit

Sir Stephen Timms suggested disabled people would be placed ‘at the heart’ of the review he is undertaking into personal independent payments.

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2 w. ago Refusal to dub China a threat was ‘total roadblock’ to spying case, says lead barrister

The director of public prosecutions said the failure to describe China as an active threat to national security was ‘fatal’ to the case

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2 w. ago China spy case evidence was not strong enough for trial, says chief prosecutor

Stephen Parkinson, the Director of Public Prosecutions, insisted the failure of the case was not ‘a question of blame’.

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2 w. ago Prosecution chief to be quizzed in Parliament over collapse of China spying case

Director of public prosecutions Stephen Parkinson and securocrat Matt Collins will be questioned by MPs and peers.

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2 w. ago Nine prescription drugs that could affect your driving and lead to prosecution

A variety of prescription drugs could land you in trouble if you're behind the wheel

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