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  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
    Ex-Russian politician jailed for 40 months in UK sanctions case

    Former governor of Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea is first person prosecuted under recent sanctions laws

    Dmitrii Ovsiannikov
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    Fabric of UK at risk of ‘unravelling’ due to street crime, says attorney-general

    Unpunished offences one of country’s biggest law and order challenges, warns Lord Richard Hermer

    Lord Richard Hermer at parliament’s joint committee on human rights
  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    London mayor axes cyber crime victim support line

    Decision triggers backlash among campaigners as violence against women and girls rises in capital

    Sadiq Khan
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
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    Starmer briefed Trump about arrests over alleged vandalism at Scottish golf course

    US president describes three people accused of painting pro-Palestinian messages at Turnberry resort as ‘terrorists’

    An image released by protest group Palestine Action showing red paint splattered on the walls of a building at Turnberry golf course in Scotland
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
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    Sentencing Council to suspend guidelines at centre of ‘two-tier’ justice row

    UK government threatens to override independent body with fast-track legislation

    Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    Stephen Lawrence killer admits role in attack for first time

    Parole Board says David Norris accepts he was at the scene of 1993 murder

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  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
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    London expands CCTV network in ‘tech race against crime’

    Councils rush to tool up with AI cameras as police grapple with surge in street crime

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  • Friday, 7 March, 2025
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    Just Stop Oil activists’ sentences reduced in Court of Appeal

    Co-founder of climate protest group has five-year jail term cut by a year but appeals of 10 other protesters are dismissed

    Just Stop Oil co-founder Roger Hallam
  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    UK justice secretary to over-rule new sentencing advice over ‘double standards’

    Shabana Mahmood will recommend reversing guidelines that appear to favour offenders from ethnic minorities

    Shabana Mahmood
  • Friday, 28 February, 2025
    Claer Barrett
    Will the police really try to find your stolen iPhone?

    Even with the resources to chase after all our stolen handsets, let’s not kid ourselves it would solve the problem

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  • Thursday, 27 February, 2025
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    Jailed MP Mike Amesbury freed after sentence suspended

    By-election in Cheshire seat still likely under parliamentary rules

    Mike Amesbury
  • Tuesday, 25 February, 2025
    Police to crack down on theft with help from ‘find my phone’ apps

    New bill includes powers to tackle neighbourhood crime such as shoplifting and antisocial behaviour

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  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2025
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    UK anti-terror scheme criticised over handling of Southport child killer

    Axel Rudakubana should have been flagged to highest-risk strand of Prevent programme, report says

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  • Friday, 24 January, 2025
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    Southport murder trial triggers soul-searching over UK approach to terror and justice

    Axel Rudakubana’s actions prompt questions about contempt of court and why disinformation spread online

  • Friday, 24 January, 2025
    Terrorism in UK
    X refuses to remove stabbing video watched by Southport killer

    Axel Rudakubana was able to view Australian clip before murdering three young children despite pleas from authorities

    Axel Rudakubana entering the Hart Space where the Taylor Swift-themed dance class was taking place
  • Thursday, 23 January, 2025
    News in-depthTerrorism in UK
    Southport killer sentenced to at least 52 years in prison

    Judge says ‘highly likely’ 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana will ‘never be released’

    Axel Rudakubana
  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2025
    UK faces terror risk from radicalised ‘loners and misfits’, warns Starmer

    PM vows to introduce tougher laws if necessary after Southport killer pleaded guilty

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a press conference at Downing Street on Tuesday about last July’s killings in Southport
  • Monday, 20 January, 2025
    Teenager pleads guilty to murder of 3 girls in Southport stabbing attack

    Axel Rudakubana, 18, also pleads guilty to 10 charges of attempted murder

    Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar
  • Thursday, 16 January, 2025
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    MP Mike Amesbury pleads guilty to assault

    Suspended Labour MP admits punching man to the ground in incident captured on CCTV in his Cheshire constituency

    Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury outside court on Thursday
  • Sunday, 12 January, 2025
    Private security groups to work alongside police in UK crime crackdown

    Mitie director says talks under way to help bridge ‘significant gap’ in front-line needs

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  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    ‘Anybody can be a victim’: what do UK grooming gangs look like today?

    New data shows the shape of child sexual abuse after Elon Musk highlights decades-old scandal

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  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    MPs reject calls by Tories for national inquiry into UK grooming gangs

    Government uses its Commons majority to dismiss Conservatives’ demand backed by Elon Musk

    Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, with safeguarding minister Jess Phillips far right
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    Whitehall estimates child sexual abuse compensation could hit £10bn

    Keir Starmer has criticised previous Conservative government for failing to implement 2022 Jay review recommendations

  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    UK minister accuses Musk of endangering her life

    Jess Phillips hits back at tech billionaire after he attacks her handling of grooming scandal

    Jess Phillips MP
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    News in-depth
    Grooming gangs scandal: what has the UK government done so far?

    The 2022 Jay Review made 20 recommendations to crack down on sexual abuse yet almost none have been carried out

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