F ewer than a quarter of car thefts were attended by police forces across England and Wales last year, figures show. The statistics were revealed through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to police forces submitted by the Liberal Democrats. The forces who responded reported 47,228 incidents of car theft inContinue Reading
US president Joe Biden has said “everything between Ireland and America runs deep” as he concluded his historic tour of the island. Mr Biden made a public speech in the town of Ballina in Co Mayo on Friday where he spoke throughout of his fondness for the relationship between the USContinue Reading
Following a number of comments made by the Home Secretary – including singling out British-Pakistani men over concerns about grooming gangs – a Tory former senior minister accused her of being a “real racist bigot”, The anonymous ex-minister, who formed part of Boris Johnson’s government, told the Guardian they believeContinue Reading
M embers of Unison have voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer aimed at resolving the long-running NHS dispute. The union announced that 74% of those who voted backed the deal of a 5% pay rise this year and a cash payment for last year. The turnout was 52% amongContinue Reading
R ishi Sunak and Volodymyr Zelensky discussed ramping up military support to Ukraine in a phone call on Friday, Downing Street said. The Prime Minister told the Ukrainian president that Britain and its allies “needed to continue to ensure Ukraine was in the strongest possible position to build on itsContinue Reading
A report by the Work and Pensions Committee has found a “profound lack of trust” in the system of health assessments for benefits, with the committee recommending some “quick and easy changes” to restore confidence. The system is in place to help those with disability or ill-health access benefits, butContinue Reading
A nursing union is set to announce the result of a ballot over a Government pay offer on Friday, as around 47,000 junior doctors stage a fourth day of strike action in England. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Unison, which represents nurses and other health workers,Continue Reading
A junior doctors union leader has insisted he is “still working” while on holiday during four days of NHS strikes. But the British Medical Association (BMA) junior doctors committee co-chairman Dr Robert Laurenson also said he is “sorry” if striking colleagues feel his absence, to attend a wedding, has underminedContinue Reading
Security researchers are jailbreaking large language models to get around safety rules. Things could get much worse.Continue Reading
Police officers will not record “frivolous” allegations of offensive speech in a shake-up of how crimes are logged by forces. Policing minister Chris Philp said officers are “not the thought police” and being rude or insulting is not a “police matter” as he announced the Government plans, which will comeContinue Reading
