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Thousands of child-on-child sexual offences reported at schools in England and Wales

Thousands of child-on-child sexual offences reported at schools in England and Wales

The Guardian — Exclusive: Average of nearly five sexual crimes a day against under-13s were reported to police between 2021 and 2025

Dominic Cummings honed strategy in 2004 vote, video reveals

Dominic Cummings honed strategy in 2004 vote, video reveals

The Guardian — North-east campaign pitted people against politicians and pledged cash for NHS

Homelessness minister accused of racist remarks about rough sleepers

Homelessness minister accused of racist remarks about rough sleepers

The Guardian — Exclusive: Heather Wheeler urged to quit after she referred to 'old tinkers, knife-cutters'

Notorious serial killer Sergey Tkach who massacred over 100 people dies of broken heart in prison...

Notorious serial killer Sergey Tkach who massacred over 100 people dies of broken heart in prison...

The Sun — ONE of the world's most prolific serial killers Sergey Tkach has died in Ukraine. Prison officials suggested that he "died from a broken heart" after his young wife stopped visiting him. Convicted ...

Register lets doctors hide past errors from patients

Register lets doctors hide past errors from patients

The Times — Patients are being left in the dark about doctors' past blunders after the General Medical Council scrapped a plan to update the online medical register.The database allows the public to see records of fitness-to-practise hearings, but includes only disciplinary cases after 2005. The register is us

New Hitler youth is enemy at the gates

New Hitler youth is enemy at the gates

The Times — A jailed American neo-Nazi leader has boasted that he met the banned British fascist group National Action outside Buckingham Palace.Brandon Russell, who was jailed for five years after police found bomb-making materials in his flat, is a co-founder of Atomwaffen, an extremist network whose young fo

Online boasts of child abuser Richard Huckle were ignored for six years

Online boasts of child abuser Richard Huckle were ignored for six years

The Times — One of Britain's worst predatory paedophiles boasted online that he had inappropriate images of children six years before he was arrested.Richard Huckle was ja

Jaber Abdullah: how I set up a refugee football team in Barnsley | Johnny McDevitt

Jaber Abdullah: how I set up a refugee football team in Barnsley | Johnny McDevitt

The Guardian — The Sudanese asylum seeker has created a 50-strong squad to help men stuck in immigration limbo in a town that has faced anti-immigration marches

Mugshot tabloids: defamation as the price for profitable 'schadenfreude'

Mugshot tabloids: defamation as the price for profitable 'schadenfreude'

The Guardian — Magazines access mugshots from police departments and print them for locals to see - but when they get it wrong, there are often little to no consequences

Cabinet minister accepted donation from corporate spy

Cabinet minister accepted donation from corporate spy

The Guardian — Nicky Morgan received £3,220 from Paul Mercer, who has been paid by large firms including BAE to monitor political campaign groups

Lib Dems face funding inquiry over failure to name donor

Lib Dems face funding inquiry over failure to name donor

The Times — The Liberal Democrats face an investigation into their funding after failing to declare that a petrol magnate is one of their main financial backers. The party accepted £80,000 from Susan Tobbell, a

Barred from his own UK exhibition: Syrian artist denied visa

Barred from his own UK exhibition: Syrian artist denied visa

The Independent (UK) — Home Office officials informed Thaier Helal that they were 'not satisfied he [was] genuinely seeking entry to the United Kingdom as a business visitor'

The clandestine blues of Calais

The clandestine blues of Calais

The Guardian — When producer Johnny McDevitt was working on a recent documentary about the migrants in Calais, he met a group of Sudanese musicians living in the makeshift camps

New figures reveal dramatic increase in hate crimes against Polish people | Johnny McDevitt

New figures reveal dramatic increase in hate crimes against Polish people | Johnny McDevitt

The Guardian — Johnny McDevitt : Tenfold rise in attacks since 2004 blamed on the recession, benefit cuts and stereotyping by politicians

For sale in Britain: tribal brew blamed for backpacker's death

For sale in Britain: tribal brew blamed for backpacker's death

The Times — A PSYCHEDELIC brew from the Amazon blamed for the death of a gap-year student is being illegally offered at "spiritual" retreats in Britain for a few hundred pounds. Ayahuasca - a concoction of

The rogue GPs who fought a ban, only to be struck off again

The rogue GPs who fought a ban, only to be struck off again

The Telegraph — Fresh concerns over the system used to regulate doctors has been raised raised after new figures showed that 33 have been allowed to practise after appealing against a ruling by the General Medical Council (GMC) that they should be banned from doing so.

Prince Charles mineral water shipped 6,000 miles to Middle East

Prince Charles mineral water shipped 6,000 miles to Middle East

The Guardian — Environmentalists criticise 'insane' arrangement in which Duchy Originals water is sold in luxury Gulf supermarkets

Patients misled as database ignores doctors' offences

Patients misled as database ignores doctors' offences

The Times — PATIENTS are being kept in the dark about doctors who have been struck off for criminal convictions or botching operations yet are still practising. The General Medical Council (GMC) online database,

Syria internet access restored after two-day blackout

Syria internet access restored after two-day blackout

The Guardian — Damascus and Homs residents say communication lines are back up, amid signs that Assad's forces will launch new offensive

Iran sacks cyber police chief over blogger's death in custody

Iran sacks cyber police chief over blogger's death in custody

The Guardian — Sattar Beheshti was detained in Evin prison for criticising government and died days after complaining of being tortured

Congo rebels withdraw from Goma

Congo rebels withdraw from Goma

The Guardian — Move follows deal brokered by neighbouring countries and brings 10-day occupation by M23 fighters to an end

Freezing weekend predicted after snow falls on northern UK

Freezing weekend predicted after snow falls on northern UK

The Guardian — Snow fell on Cumbria, Teesside, County Durham and Scotland overnight, with more cold weather forecast

Leveson law would undermine Britain on world stage, says William Hague

Leveson law would undermine Britain on world stage, says William Hague

The Guardian — Foreign secretary says statutory underpinning of press regulation would damage UK's ability to promote free speech

Britain and US condemn Israel's Jewish settlement plan

Britain and US condemn Israel's Jewish settlement plan

The Guardian — Foreign secretary William Hague expresses 'extreme concern', while US state department says actions are counterproductive
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