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How the state tried to ‘safeguard’ Axel Rudakubana

How the state tried to ‘safeguard’ Axel Rudakubana
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Jim Gamble is the right man to lead the grooming gang inquiry

Jim Gamble is the right man to lead the grooming gang inquiry
20.10.2025 1

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Reparo / Only Harry Potter can charm Devon’s drivers

Reparo /					 													 						Only Harry Potter can charm Devon’s drivers
19.10.2025 8

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Reparo / Only Harry Potter can save Devon’s drivers

Reparo /					 													 						Only Harry Potter can save Devon’s drivers
19.10.2025 10

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Only Harry Potter can save Devon’s drivers

Only Harry Potter can save Devon’s drivers
19.10.2025 10

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How was Ian Watkins killed in prison?

How was Ian Watkins killed in prison?
12.10.2025 9

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Should Stephen Lawrence’s killer be freed?

08.10.2025 8

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The ghost of October 7 haunts one Israeli kibbutz

The ghost of October 7 haunts one Israeli kibbutz
07.10.2025 4

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Britain can’t pin Manchester’s attack on ‘assailants alone’

03.10.2025 2

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Does tagging prison leavers really stop them reoffending?

01.09.2025 4

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Facial recognition will save lives at Notting Hill Carnival

23.08.2025 4

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Law and order / How to solve Britain’s shoplifting epidemic

18.08.2025 8

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Police chiefs must learn to use their common sense

13.08.2025 6

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The Met Police dealt with the Palestine Action protest admirably

11.08.2025 4

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Are Britain’s prisons ready for this summer’s protests?

06.08.2025 8

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How police chiefs can win back Britain’s trust

05.08.2025 4

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Farage is right: our police must be tougher

22.07.2025 4

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Must we forgive the 7/7 bombers?

07.07.2025 3

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Terrorist prisoners should be kept on a military base

04.06.2025 10

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Labour’s prison reforms will flop without more police funding

28.05.2025 10

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The police have questions to answer after the Liverpool car incident

27.05.2025 10

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The good and the bad of the sentencing reforms

14.05.2025 10

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Is the era of cowardly criminals hiding from court over?

07.05.2025 10

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The HMP Frankland attack should never have happened

13.04.2025 4

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Are our jails unfixable?

14.03.2025 10

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Britain is not prepared for car ramming terrorist attacks

04.03.2025 5

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Gentler stop and search tactics won’t keep Britain safe

01.03.2025 10

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Cracking down on Facebook won’t stop teenagers being radicalised

06.02.2025 10

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Why do Home Office staff think talk of two-tier policing is ‘extremist’?

28.01.2025 10

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Prevent is not solely to blame for Southport failings

21.01.2025 6

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Empty pledges won’t solve the knife crime epidemic

17.01.2025 4

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How front-line police were failed in the summer riots

The police establishment has delivered its initial verdict on this summer’s rioting, following the massacre of children at Southport. Andy Cooke,...

19.12.2024 4

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Why Labour’s policing targets won’t work

This week, the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to announce new police performance targets. Perhaps the government has been stung by the growing...

18.11.2024 4

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Home from home / Is Airbnb to blame for rising crime in London?

Does Airbnb drive up crime in London? That’s the question posed of the world’s most successful short-term rental service in new research by the...

25.10.2024 4

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Mass prisoner releases aren’t working

Today, over a thousand offenders will walk out of jail early as part of the government’s ongoing emergency scheme to ease the pressure on our...

22.10.2024 7

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Texas-style reforms won’t save our prisons

Texas. Big country, big ideas. The new Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has become enamoured with an intriguing idea from the...

26.09.2024 1

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Labour’s early prison release scheme can’t afford to fail

Are you ready for SDS40? You might need to be if you’re unlucky enough to live in a high crime area. This is the anodyne descriptor for the...

05.09.2024 4

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How long can our prison system carry on like this?

Can the Ministry of Justice carry on without our failing prison system seizing up altogether? Today we learned that Magistrates are being urged by...

23.08.2024 3

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Why the police has lost the public’s trust

The Home Secretary has admitted a thing that has long been know to those of us without close protection officers: that in many communities, people...

12.08.2024 5

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