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Teen who killed grandfather carried out vicious stabbing weeks earlier

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By Holly Bancroft Verified
| MSN UK Verified
A criminal who was left free to murder a beloved grandfather stabbed a complete stranger in the back only months before, The Independent can reveal. Rasheed Rahman, who was found guilty earlier this year of murdering Mark Carroll in a random attack in April 2024, stabbed Iulian Cavaliuc in the back and attacked him with a wooden bat during a vicious assault in east London just two months before.
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Calls for probe into watchdog's lack of action over eVisa failings

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By Holly Bancroft Verified
| MSN UK Verified
Human rights campaigners have called for a probe over a watchdog's failure to investigate the Home Office's digital visa problems that saw people's data wrongly shared with others and some struggling to prove their right to work or study. Millions of people have registered to access an eVisa after physical documents were phased out for foreign nationals at the end of 2024.
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Home Office says new-build homes should never house asylum seekers

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By Ian Jones Verified, Holly Bancroft Verified
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The Home Office has said new-build properties "should never house asylum seekers", despite plans to house up to 83 migrants in a rural Shropshire village development. These Stoke Heath plans, highlighted by Conservative MP Mark Pritchard in June, face strong local opposition from residents arguing the homes should be for locals. A Home Office spokesperson stated "robust processes" are now in place to ensure new-build sites like Stoke Heath "can never be considered again".
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