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RUC officer referred for 1976 murder of brothers in County Armagh
Referral to prosecutors comes as UK told plan to end Troubles prosecutions ‘could breach international law’A former police officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) has been referred to public prosecutors in Northern Ireland in relation to a serie…
Woman with Down’s syndrome loses UK abortion law case
Heidi Crowter argued that allowing pregnancy terminations up to birth if the foetus has Down’s syndrome is discriminatoryA woman with Down’s syndrome who took Sajid Javid to court over the UK’s abortion law has lost her case in the high court.Heidi Cro…
UK warns Hong Kong security law critics of extradition risk posed by China
Activist Bill Browder warns of global reach of controversial law after being contacted by Foreign OfficeBritain has warned some Hong Kong critics in the UK about travelling abroad, according to high-profile human rights advocate Bill Browder, highlight…
Sabina Nessa thought to have been killed on way to meet friend, say police
Officers believe teacher, 28, was murdered walking through London park en route to pub last FridaySabina Nessa is thought to have been murdered as she walked through a park on her way to meet a friend at a pub, police have said.Officers investigating t…
Tesco warns of Christmas panic buying if driver shortage persists
Supermarket fears pictures of empty food shelves will get ‘10 times worse’Tesco has warned government officials that empty supermarket shelves caused by a national shortage of HGV drivers could lead to panic buying across the UK in the lead up to Chris…
If Labour wants to win, it needs to promise the change Conservatives won’t deliver | Ellie Mae O’Hagan
Tories splash just enough cash to preserve power; Labour could actually empower othersAfter the government announced a tax rise to pay for social care last week, the political scientist Matthew Goodwin called it “a new era in British politics”. The alr…
Starmer can’t pin his hopes for success on Johnson’s incompetence | Peter Mandelson
There are no shortcuts to victory at the next election – here are the three things Labour has to doPeter Mandelson was the Labour MP for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004Keir Starmer faces a formidable challenge to overcome the structural reasons for Labour…
Forced from home: the humans and animals under threat – in pictures
Nick Brandt visited five animal sanctuaries in Africa to portray the people displaced by droughts and the creatures whose very existence is under threat Continue reading…
Black girls in England ‘twice as likely to be excluded from schools as white girls’
Data also shows that school exclusions for girls are growing at higher rate than for boysBlack and minority ethnic girls in England are more than twice as likely to be excluded from school as their white counterparts, according to a report.Equality cam…