Anahita Hossein-Pour
UK
Protective gear review for prison guards after Manchester bomb plotter attack
The Justice Secretary announced a snap review by the Prison Service to report back in the coming months.
17 Apr 2025
Politics
Sentencing Council warns against guidance being ‘dictated’ by ministers
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has written to the independent body to make clear her ‘displeasure’ and call for changes to be reconsidered.
10 Mar 2025
Politics10 Mar 2025
Arrest following reports of Palestinian man illegally entering UK
It is understood immigration enforcement arrested a man on the evening of March 9, and he remains in police custody.
Politics
Justice Secretary calls for sentencing guideline to be reversed over ethnicity
The Sentencing Council published new principles for judges to follow when imposing community and custodial sentences on Wednesday.
6 Mar 2025
Politics
Justice Secretary calls for sentencing guideline on ethnicity to be reversed
Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said she will be writing to the Sentencing Council to ‘register my displeasure’.
5 Mar 2025
Politics
Failure to give basic facts on Southport killer led to ‘dangerous fictions’
Terror watchdog Jonathan Hall KC said the disinformation could have been ‘far more’ prejudicial to Axel Rudakubana’s trial than the true facts.
5 Mar 2025
Politics
More than 1,000 migrants cross Channel in first four days of month, figures show
Some 1,168 people made the journey between March 1 and 4, bringing the total number of arrivals for the year so far to 3,224.
5 Mar 2025
Politics5 Mar 2025
Minister says courts backlog will go up despite record sitting days
The major review led by Sir Brian Leveson is expected to report on reforms to the court system in the spring.
Politics
Crown court judges to sit at record level to tackle delays – Justice Secretary
The Government also confirmed funding for repairs and maintenance for courts will rise from £120 million last year to £148.5 million this year.
5 Mar 2025
Crime
‘More people would be alive if rescue came quickly’ – Channel crossing survivor
Issa Mohamed Omar told the Cranston Inquiry how he wants justice, and is a voice for his fellow passengers who died.
4 Mar 2025
Politics
Government adverts launched to warn of misinformation from people smugglers
The digital content shared by the Home Office comes as part of an international campaign to warn those considering coming to the UK.
4 Mar 2025
Crime
Deadliest Channel crossing incident a ‘terrible human tragedy’ – inquiry
One of the questions raised is how passengers were left in the water more than 12 hours after distress calls were made to UK authorities.
3 Mar 2025
Politics27 Feb 2025
Asylum applications reach highest yearly figure since records began
The total of 108,138 for last year is up 18% from 91,811 in 2023, according to data from the Home Office.
UK25 Feb 2025
Six convicted after trafficked migrants made to work on cannabis farms
The National Crime Agency said illegal sites were run in the Midlands, London and the north of England
Politics
Police boss wanted to release Southport killer’s religion to stop disinformation
Merseyside Police chief constable Serena Kennedy said she was advised against publishing the detail by local CPS, while national CPS approved.
25 Feb 2025
Politics25 Feb 2025
New crime Bill will help ‘take back control of town centres’
The Government’s new Crime and Policing Bill will be introduced to Parliament on Tuesday.
Politics
Police could search for stolen phones without warrants under new crime Bill
The Crime and Policing Bill is set to be introduced to Parliament on Tuesday.
25 Feb 2025
Business News
Crime Bill ‘stops short of protecting delivery riders from abuse’
Pizza Express, Dishoom and Morrisons are among the businesses to call for delivery riders to be included under a new offence to protect retail workers
25 Feb 2025
Crime
Safeguarding referrals of trafficked teenagers at border ‘worrying’ – inspector
An inspection of the UK’s five short-term holding facilities in France in November 2024 found there were ‘too many shortcomings’ in safeguarding.
24 Feb 2025
Crime
Suspended sentences for blade possession hit decade high, figures show
Possession of a bladed article made up the highest proportion (68.5%) of all knife and offensive weapon offences recorded in latest Government data.
20 Feb 2025
Crime
Terrorist recalled to prison can be re-released from jail, Parole Board says
Shah Rahman, then aged 29, was one of four al Qaida-inspired British extremists jailed over a plot to bomb London Stock Exchange in 2012.
19 Feb 2025