Flora Thompson
Crime
Police record almost half a million shoplifting offences in England and Wales
The Office for National Statistics published the latest crime figures on Thursday.
30 Jan 2025
UK
Riot police on standby for ‘foreseeable future’ – police chief
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Williams said officers will continue to be deployed until ‘the end of the disgusting scenes that we’re seeing’.
7 Aug 2024
Tech
‘Repost hateful messages about disorder online and you could end up in court’
Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson urged people to think before reposting or sharing messages online about the disorder.
7 Aug 2024
UK
Declaring unrest as terrorism not ruled out – police chief
Director of public prosecutions Stephen Parkinson suggested terrorism charges could be considered.
7 Aug 2024
Crime
How would overnight courts handling influx of riot cases work?
Justice minister Heidi Alexander suggested courts could begin sitting ‘through the evening, the night, at weekends’.
6 Aug 2024
Politics
Migrant Channel crossings edge closer to 17,000 for year so far
Crossings resumed on Friday, marking the first for August after no arrivals were recorded on Thursday.
2 Aug 2024
Crime
Starmer launches violent disorder programme to clamp down on rioters
The Prime Minister said he would like to see greater use of criminal behaviour orders.
1 Aug 2024
Crime
Why can the suspect in the Southport stabbings now be named?
Questions were raised after the teenager’s arrest about why his identity had not been made public.
1 Aug 2024
Crime
Choudary faces being held in ‘jail within a jail’ as he embarks on life sentence
As he was sentenced, the judge told Anjem Choudary he must serve every day of the minimum term he set behind bars before he can apply for parole.
30 Jul 2024
UK30 Jul 2024
Southport knife attack latest in string of stabbing sprees
The attack is considered the worst in seven years.
Politics
Scale of prisons crisis exposed in performance ratings, Government says
Just over four in 10 adult prisons in England and Wales have been rated as of ‘concern’.
25 Jul 2024
UK24 Jul 2024
Record numbers of England and Wales police officers sacked or quitting – figures
It is the highest number since comparable records began 17 years ago, according to PA news agency analysis of Home Office data.
Crime
Police-recorded shoplifting offences in England and Wales hit new 20-year high
A total of 443,995 incidents were logged in the year to March.
24 Jul 2024
Crime18 Jul 2024
Wrongly jailed Andrew Malkinson ‘could have been freed decade earlier’
Justice secretary says chair of Criminal Cases Review Commission ‘unfit for duty’ following critical review on wrongful rape conviction
Crime
Wrongly jailed Andrew Malkinson ‘could have been freed 10 years earlier’
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Helen Pitcher was ‘unfit to fulfil her duties’ following the review into Mr Malkinson’s wrongful conviction.
18 Jul 2024
Politics
New Border Security Bill announced in bid to tackle migrant Channel crossings
The proposed new law would ensure ‘secure and stronger borders and a properly controlled and managed asylum system’, the new Government said.
17 Jul 2024
Politics
‘High time’ Martyn’s Law on statute books – campaigners
The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill was announced in the King’s Speech to Parliament.
17 Jul 2024
Politics16 Jul 2024
'Difficult summer ahead' of migrant Channel crossings, warns Cooper
The total number of crossings for 2024 to date is 14,759 - 12 percent higher than the number recorded this time last year
Politics16 Jul 2024
Visas for seasonal workers for the UK 'should be more flexible'
Agriculture’s reliance on migrant seasonal workers is ‘unlike any other in the UK’
London16 Jul 2024
West London children's jail 'is most violent prison in the country'
Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said he was ‘very concerned’ at how much Feltham A YOI had deteriorated in the past two years