Journalist Carole Cadwalladr gives evidence as she defends her reporting on multimillionaire Brexit backerThe Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr has told a court she believes the multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks may have been …
‘No alternative’ to new walkouts in legal aid dispute, says QC
Barrister who led 2014 strike in England and Wales says further industrial action looks likelyA former barrister who led the first strike at the England and Wales bar has said he “can’t see any alternative” to fresh industrial action in a dispute over …
Two-fifths of police forces in England and Wales lack rape units
Exclusive: campaigners concerned after FoI revelation that 17 forces do not have specialist Rasso unitsAt least two-fifths of police forces in England and Wales do not have specialist rape and serious sexual offence (Rasso) units, the Guardian can reve…
Met police drops investigation into Prince Andrew in Virginia Giuffre case
Officers made decision after reportedly talking to Giuffre and a review of documentsThe Metropolitan police are taking no further action after a review prompted by Virginia Giuffre, who is taking legal action against Prince Andrew.Met officers made the…
Dubai ruler hacked ex-wife using NSO Pegasus spyware, high court judge finds
Sheikh Mohammed used spyware on Princess Haya and five associates in unlawful abuse of power, judge rules‘The walls are closing in on me’: the hacking of Princess HayaRuling in Princess Haya case raises fresh questions for Cherie Blair The ruler of Dub…
Short jail terms fail to prevent reoffending, says former England and Wales magistrate
Short custodial sentences handed out ‘by default’ fail to achieve objectives, says John BacheCriminals in England and Wales are being jailed for short terms that fail to prevent reoffending because of a lack of awareness and availability of community-…
Norman Fowler: contaminated blood compensation was doomed to failure
Former health secretary said ministers were worried if they paid compensation to haemophiliacs it might set a precedentA push in the 1980s for compensation for haemophiliacs infected with Aids through contaminated blood was “doomed to failure” because …
Third Russian national charged over Salisbury poisonings
Man using the name Sergey Fedotov alleged to have been working with Alexander Petrov and Ruslan BoshirovA third Russian national has been charged over the 2018 novichok poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, British police have said.A man …
Britain’s equality watchdog ‘colluding in denial of institutional racism’
Exclusive: Former employee accuses Equality and Human Rights Commission of ‘racial gaslighting’ in letter sent to colleaguesA former employee of Britain’s equality watchdog has accused it of failing to support the human rights of ethnic minorities and …
Arrested Biafra separatist’s family accuse Raab of ‘unlawful failure’
Exclusive: Nnamdi Kanu’s relatives threaten judicial review against UK foreign secretary, saying his life is at risk in NigeriaThe family of a British national said to have been arrested in Kenya and taken to Nigeria in an act of extraordinary renditio…