19 h. ago Violent criminals to be 'reassured' by prison officers in case Taser trial behind bars triggers them

Guidance issued to officers at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London instructs staff to explain the rollout of the devices and 'provide reassurance' to convicts unsettled by the scheme.

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1 week ago Supporting freedom of expression is not wrong, Jimmy Lai’s lawyer tells court

Closing arguments made in Hong Kong media mogul’s national security trial, which has lasted more than 140 daysA lawyer for Jimmy Lai has argued that it is not wrong to support freedom of expression, as he began his final argument in the prominent Hong Kong democracy activist and newspaper founder’s landmark national security trial.The barrister Robert Pang is representing Lai in his fight against charges of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring with others to issue seditious publications. Lai, 77, faces up to life in prison if convicted under a national security law imposed by Beijing after anti-government protests in 2019. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Cooper says Palestine Action ‘more than a regular protest group’

The Home Secretary wrote in The Observer that ‘lawful protest is a fundamental right but violent criminality is not’.

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3 w. ago Trump says crime in Washington DC is ‘out of control’. The stats suggest otherwise

President insists capital in need of ‘liberation’ from ‘violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people’ but data says no such problem exists

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3 w. ago Musk’s Grok calls Trump the ‘most notorious’ criminal in DC when asked about violent crime in the city

The tech tycoon’s attempt to build a reliably right-wing AI chatbot continues to go off the rails

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3 w. ago Barking up the wrong trees: RHS visitors left howling over trial that lets in dogs to garden

Visitors of RHS Rosemoor in Torrington, Devon, are now able to walk their pet on short leads three days a week.

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