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The government has temporarily blocked an Anglo-Saxon mount from being taken out of the UK permanently The UK Government has blocked an exceptionally rare Anglo-Saxon animal depiction from being taken out of the country permanently, in the hope that a UK gallery or institution can save it for the nation. Believed to be over 1,400 years old, the delicately crafted metal object depicts a four-legged animal.

A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court for stabbing a teacher in the head. The pupil, then aged 15, went into a classroom at Milford Haven Comprehensive School on 5 February 2026 where the female teacher was and asked her to check some of his work. He then took a kitchen knife out of his bag and stabbed the teacher causing a wound to the top of her head.

Ofcom has today fined an online porn provider £700,000 for not having age checks in place, and a further £30,000 for failing to respond to a legally binding information request. The UK’s independent online safety watchdog has also today confirmed it has secured better protections from an online file-sharing service to tackle child sexual abuse material. Porn site fined introduces age checks and blocks UK Robust age checks are a cornerstone of the UK’s Online Safety Act.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) must work more closely with households, communities and industry to ensure the food supply chain can withstand increasingly likely and severe shocks including extreme weather events, cyber-attacks and disease outbreaks, according to a new National Audit Office (NAO) report.1,2,3 Defra believes it may have to intervene more in future to help businesses manage and respond to increasingly likely and severe food supply chain...

The Environment Agency is investigating three North East illegal waste dumps amounting to almost 3,500 tonnes of waste. The three sites – at Peterlee and Hartlepool in County Durham, and Callerton in Newcastle – were reported over recent weeks. Environment Agency officers were quick to respond and, working with landowners, all three sites were shut down and concrete blocks put in place to block access.

The government should carry out a review of the arrangements for public safety at events, a new report from the policing inspectorate has found.

The Charity Commission has concluded its case into Coventry City of Culture Trust. The Charity Commission found that the former trustees’ failure to maintain effective oversight of the charity’s finances amounted to misconduct and / or mismanagement.

The City of London Police has published its first Report Fraud Annual Assessment today, revealing how fraud continues to impact victims across England, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as highlighting the growing threats communities face from increasingly sophisticated criminal tactics.

The government has launched a call for evidence on gamebird shooting The Government has today (4 September) launched a new call for evidence to better understand the impacts of rearing, releasing and shooting gamebirds on wildlife, the environment and animal welfare. Gamebird shooting is a long established part of rural life, supporting many jobs, businesses and communities across England.

Two men who created fraudulent Covid 19 vaccination records during the pandemic, and sold them online, have been sentenced. Waqas Hanif, 28, and Touqir Nasir, 31, both from Luton in Bedfordshire, were charged as part of a joint National Crime Agency and NHS England investigation. Touqir Nasar (L); Waqas Hanif (R) Hanif was arrested by NCA officers in January 2022, while Nasir attended a voluntary interview in March 2023.