Early release scheme puts public at risk of serious crimes, chief probation inspector warns
The 5,000 people expected to be released early under sentencing changes will need to be managed by probation staff The chief probation inspector has warned that the early release of…
Military still risks failing victims, leaked report says
A leaked internal Ministry of Defence (MoD) report, obtained by the BBC, has highlighted serious failings in a new military command set up to investigate the most severe crimes, including…
UK weather latest: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting as Britain braces for 33C heat
Southern Water pushes for rare drought order banning filling of non-domestic swimming pools Prime minister Andy Burnham will chair a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee this afternoon in…
Eerie silence and ‘still surviving’: what happened next after steel town’s last blast furnace shut down
Margaret Heggett, 95, does not remember a time when Port Talbot was ever quiet. Born and raised in the shadow of the steelworks, with a father, brother and husband who…
Paid police paternity leave to double after fathers reported being ‘ostracised’
Paid paternity leave for police in England and Wales is to double, after the Guardian revealed last year that officers were “mocked and ostracised” for taking time off to spend…
UK extreme heat prompts Cobra emergency meeting
The prime minister will chair a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee on Wednesday in response to extreme heat, which has caused wildfires and plunged many parts of Britain into…
Disabled man ‘locked up’ in care for nearly nine years
David Cording was supposed to be housed in a temporary assessment centre for a few short weeks but, nearly nine years later, he was still in the place he refers…
All-British chocolate bar made by scientists using Reading-grown cocoa
The late queen was the only person in history to have ever eaten a chocolate bar made with 100% British ingredients, after she was given one as a six-year-old in…
Don’t use too much electricity during solar eclipse, urges Britain’s biggest energy supplier
A shutdown in solar energy generation will coincide with a usual surge in electricity demand in the UK Britain’s largest energy supplier is asking households not use electrical appliances during…
Interview: Count Binface has some advice for Nigel Farage if he loses in Clacton
Two days before an historic by-election in Clacton, the ‘independent space warrior’ sits down with the hosts of In The Room to talk Farage, ice creams, and the royal family.…