Prisoners who were freed under the government's last early release scheme are returning to jail at a rapid rate, prison governors have told the BBC. They say they are seeing the same inmates, who were let out as part of the 2024 early release scheme to ease overcrowding, coming back after reoffendin
Read more: Early-release prisoners cycling back into jail, governors warnTwelve people have been arrested as part of the investigation into the A66 crash that killed seven people, including two police officers. Nine men and three women, aged between 19 and 61, have been arrested across Teesside on suspicion of a range of offences including possession of a firearm and bei
Read more: 12 Arrested in Probe of A66 Crash That Killed SevenPolice abandoned the pursuit of a car seconds before it crashed going the wrong way down a dual carriageway, killing all five men aboard and two officers, investigators have said. Michael Robert Cahill, 23, Jacob Matusiak, 23, Theo Rae, 17, Makai Saddington, 18, and Cole Robert Worthy, 17, died when
Read more: Pursuit Abandoned Seconds Before Fatal A66 CrashSecurity camera footage appears to show several police vehicles chasing a car just minutes before a fatal crash that killed seven people, including two police officers, near Middlesbrough. The clip is thought to have been filmed on Lime Road at 03:36 BST on Saturday morning, around three minutes bef
Read more: Footage shows police pursuit minutes before fatal A66 crashPrince Harry and six other public figures face paying up to £34.5m to the publisher of the Daily Mail after a High Court judge imposed an exceptional order for legal costs over their failed privacy case. The seven claimants, also including Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley, must pay an initial £9.54m by
Read more: Prince Harry and six face up to £34.5m legal billFigure caption, Watch footage from a Levy sexual assault victim that was passed to police Police have urged more victims of Simon Levy to come forward, as London's victims' commissioner said a "litany of failures" had allowed him to kill two women and rape a third. Andrea Simon called for a review o
Read more: Victims urged to come forward after Levy case failuresWarning: Contains graphic details of sexual offences A convicted sex offender murdered two women, raped a third, and sexually assaulted others on public transport, after police, prosecutors and courts made a series of disastrous decisions that left him free to roam the streets. A jury at the Old Bai
Read more: How police failures let a sex offender kill womenThe widow of PC Andrew Harper has described the possible early release of prisoners as "deplorable", following reports that two of his killers could be freed early. Lissie Harper said politicians were "making decisions from behind a desk that will have real and lasting consequences" for the families
Read more: Widow of PC Harper Condemns Early Release; PM to ReviewAnn Widdecombe was hit on the head with a hammer 21 times at her home as she ate lunch in an attack that was caught on camera, prosecutors have told Westminster Magistrates' Court. Prosecutor Kashif Malik said the man charged with her murder, Joshua Kerry, arrived at her house on 8 July in a red
Read more: Ann Widdecombe killed in hammer attack, court hearsHer death sparked a manhunt resulting in the suspect's arrest at about 21:00 on Saturday. Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) said new information "has come to light during what has been a dynamic and complex investigation". Taylor said the new arrest builds on "the progress made by our co
Read more: Counter-terror police take over Ann Widdecombe probeThere has been an outpouring of shock and grief from across the political divide following the news of her death. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer paid tribute to Widdecombe, describing her death as a "significant loss" as he called on people to "rise above" political differences. "My heart is breaki
Read more: No Political Motive Suggested in Widdecombe Killing, Police SayImage source, Reuters Police have launched a murder investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe and a manhunt is underway. Devon and Cornwall Police say the 78-year-old former Conservative minister turned Reform UK spokeswoman was found dead at her home on Dartmoor in Devon on Thursday morning wi
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