Domestic abuser among those freed from jail as part of plan to relieve overcrowding, watchdog revealsHigh-risk offenders including a domestic abuser who posed a risk to children have been freed from jail under the government’s early release scheme, a watchdog has revealed.
Charlie Taylor, the chief inspector of prisons, said the Ministry of Justice’s plan to relieve the pressure in overcrowded jails raised “serious concerns” and had undermined safety and risk management.T
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High-risk offenders included in early release scheme, prisons inspector says
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UK mulling Israel-style "Iron Dome" defence system
via express.co.ukBritain is examining the viability of an Israel-style "Iron Dome", Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin has revealed -
How the UK feared offending Germany during 40th D-Day anniversary
via express.co.ukEXCLUSIVE: Michael Heseltine and Geoffrey Howe feared that any anti-German rhetoric by the US would offend Berlin in 1984's D-Day 40 commemorations. -
Four people in hospital as fairground ride 'collapses' at Lambeth Country Show
via express.co.ukPolice have rushed to a ride 'collapse' at a fairground tonight with four now in hospital -
Britain's favourite budget-friendly holiday destination revealed with 'one clear winner'
via express.co.ukThe report found that nearly 80 percent of holidaymakers had created a budget averaging £334.47 per person, but only a third actually stuck to it. -
People only just realising what fridge dial numbers mean and it's not temperature
via express.co.ukThe dial inside your fridge works completely differently to how most people think and it could risk spoiling your food -
'Prisons not always using scanners' despite fears of fentanyl-laced spice epidemic
via express.co.ukPOA Chairman Mark Fairhurst said officers were being asked to carry and administer an injectable antidote called Naloxone, despite not being medically trained. -
'Emergency onboard' forces TUI flight to divert from UK to Majorca
via express.co.ukFlight tracking website Flight Radar revealed that the plane, a Boeing 737 MAX, eventually made it through the Mediterranean before landing in Majorca. -
The £17bn new rail line 'not like HS2' that may benefit one major city over another
via express.co.ukLeaders have vowed that this major rail project 'is going to happen' and is 'history' being made - but some locals think they're being short changed. -
Fears asylum seekers abusing Common Travel Area as only a third come by Channel boats
via express.co.ukThere are fears the common travel area has become a major new route for illegal immigration, after the Home Office refused to release details of how many asylum seekers have taken this route. -
‘Every parent’s nightmare’ as dad finds messages from paedophile to daughter
via express.co.ukThe sex offender was jailed after a sting operation caught him trying to snare yet another young victim. -
Gareth Southgate’s new England look worryingly free of energy and resistance | Barney Ronay
via theguardian.comEngland’s 1-0 defeat by Iceland in their final warm-up match before Euro 2024 left manager Gareth Southgate with more questions than answersBy the time the PA announcer had announced a “lap of appreciation”, with what seemed at the time to be viciously mocking levels of excitement, England’s players found themselves applauding a vast expanse of empty red plastic seats. One of the big fears with tournament football, among the better teams, is peaking too early. On that fro -
Six UK airports temporarily reintroduce 100ml liquid limit
via theguardian.comRestriction brought back to make improvements to checkpoint systems, according to Department for TransportSix regional airports in the UK will temporarily reintroduce restrictions on carrying liquids over 100ml, the Department for Transport has said.The change will come into effect from midnight on Sunday, and will affect passengers travelling from London City, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Leeds Bradford, Southend and Teesside airports. Continue reading... -
Taylor Swift review – as all-powerful as a pop star can be
via theguardian.comMurrayfield stadium, Edinburgh
The audience is overwhelmed by an astonishing, risk-taking, strangely intimate extravaganza – and Swift in turn is overwhelmed by themAs Cruel Summer fades away and she surveys the audience, Taylor Swift looks startled. She clasps her hand to her chest and shakes her head in disbelief. They cheer louder. “That went straight to my head!” she exclaims, apparently unable to take in the vociferousness of their reaction.Of course, this is hokum -
Multiparty debate shows an audience tiring of the Labour-Tory slugging match | Rafael Behr
via theguardian.comThere were no knock-out blows, but some refreshing arguments that don’t get aired when the two heavyweights dominate the ringIt is called a general election, but Friday night’s multiparty debate was a reminder that it is also a messy array of specific elections.Over on one side of the stage, Penny Mordaunt and Angela Rayner traded blows in the prize fight between incumbent power and the only challenger that can supply a replacement government. First on defence, then on tax and the co -
One hundred and thirty six candidates to run in NI
via bbc.comNominations for the general election closed on Friday but the voter registration deadline is 18 June. -
At least four people die crossing US-Mexico border amid brutal heatwave
via theguardian.comEl Paso, Texas, saw temperatures of 106F, with border patrol identifying ‘heatstroke and dehydration’ as cause of deathAt least four people have died crossing the US-Mexico border near El Paso, Texas, amid the searing heatwave gripping the south-west.Temperatures in El Paso peaked at 106F (41C) on Thursday, and some 34 million people – from the southern tip of Texas across Arizona and up into California and Nevada – were under heat alerts. Continue reading... -
Election debate review: everyone struggled to be heard in this seven-way brawl
via theguardian.comPM’s D-day disaster dominated discourse as Rayner and Mordaunt engaged in ‘undignified’ clashes‘Well that was dignified’: key takeaways of BBC general election debateEmerging as the winner of a seven-way brawl is never easy and, in the second of this election’s televised debates, nobody won. Either because of the strictures placed on them by their parties’ political situations or because they just didn’t cope very well with the format, every partic -
Call for specialist drug search of prison
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Wendell Pierce alleges he was denied rental apartment because he is Black
via theguardian.comThe Tony award winner says ‘Racism and bigots are real’ after being turned down by landlord in HarlemThe Tony award winner Wendell Pierce has alleged that he was denied a rental apartment in New York’s historically Black Harlem neighborhood because he is Black.“Racism and bigots are real,” the actor posted on X this week. “There are those who will do anything to destroy life’s journey for Black folks. When you deny our personal experiences, you are as vi -
Man who killed unhoused woman with pellet gun gets five years in prison: ‘Her life mattered’
via theguardian.comWilliam Innes, 19, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in 2023 death of Annette Pershal in San DiegoA 19-year-old who fatally shot an unhoused woman with a pellet gun in southern California was sentenced to five years and eight months in state prison on Thursday.William Innes pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the killing last May of Annette Pershal, 68, who was living on the streets of San Diego and nicknamed “Granny Annie”. The case sparked national outrage after -
Revealed: Trump ally Kari Lake gave speech in front of Confederate flag
via theguardian.comVideo shows Arizona Senate candidate repeating election-fraud claims at event with Confederate flag behind herThe Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake addressed supporters with a Confederate flag displayed behind her during a campaign event at a Trump merchandise store in Arizona last week, where she repeated false claims about election fraud.In footage obtained by the Guardian, Lake is seen speaking into a microphone, surrounded by a group of supporters, at the Trumped Store in Show Low, Arizo -
Johnson-Thompson pulls out of European Championships in blow to Olympic hopes
via theguardian.comCoach: Johnson-Thompson has ‘small niggle in right leg’Olympic champion Nafi Thiam leads heptathlon Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s dreams of winning Olympic heptathlon gold in Paris next month have been thrown into uncertainty after she pulled out of the European Athletics Championships three events in due to injury.At that point Johnson-Thompson, the reigning world champion, was struggling in ninth – 318 points behind the 2020 Olympic gold medallist Nafi Thiam. An -
Alcaraz edges out Sinner and Zverev beats Ruud to set up Roland Garros final
via theguardian.comAlcaraz recovers to defeat Sinner 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3Zverev beats Ruud and settles court case on same dayCarlos Alcaraz entered his first ATP challenger event in April 2019 aged just 15, still a long way from fulfilling his considerable talent. In the first round, Alcaraz, an unranked wildcard, was drawn against a 17-year-old named Jannik Sinner, ranked No 319. The pair battled across three intense sets before Alcaraz emerged with his first challenger win.That fateful first meeting, pla -
Man arrested after attacking Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen
via theguardian.comAttack took place in central Copenhagen on Friday but it is unclear whether Frederiksen was injuredA man has been arrested after attacking Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen in central Copenhagen on Friday.It was unclear whether Frederiksen was injured by the attacker. The prime minister’s office said in a statement that Frederiksen was “shocked by the incident”, but did not provide further details. Continue reading... -
England booed off after failing against Iceland once more in Euros warm-up
via theguardian.comIt was a long way from being the triumphant Euro 2024 send-off for Gareth Southgate and his England players at a sold-out and increasingly fretful Wembley. Never mind the result because it was not the main thing, however much it stirred memories of you-know-when against Iceland.It was the performance that raised the difficult questions, the worst one for quite some time and at exactly the wrong time. The home fans, thousands of whom made for the exits before the end, were forced to watch the sec -
US seizes $63m worth of cocaine after dramatic shootout on high seas
via theguardian.comPatrol boat off Venezuelan coast shoots and sinks vessel suspected of carrying drugs as three people go overboardA high-seas shootout pitting drug runners against the law ended with the smugglers’ boat at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea and the US Coast Guard seizing $63m worth of cocaine, authorities in Florida said on Friday.The dramatic encounter took place on Tuesday about 25 miles (40km) north of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, when the coast guard cutter Resolute – patrolling with t -
Slanging matches and soundbites: debate delivers seven ways to make time drag
via theguardian.comSecond TV outing manages to be simultaneously predictable, deadly dull and extremely bad-temperedLabour and Tories renew clashes in ill-tempered second election debateNot another one. We’ve only just recovered from the last election debate. A fairly tawdry head to head between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer in which all we learned was that the prime minister would tell any lie to try to stay in Downing Street. He’s even moved on to lying that he isn’t a liar. We’re now in B -
Labour and Tories renew clashes in ill-tempered second election debate
via theguardian.comAngela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt spar over taxes, defence and cost of living as others jostle for attentionLabour and the Conservatives renewed hostilities in the second TV debate of the campaign, with Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt clashing over taxes, defence and the cost of living in a series of bad-tempered exchanges.In an echo of Tuesday’s head-to-head debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, Mordaunt, the Commons leader, several times raised the much-criticised idea that Labour -
Antman completes Finland fightback as Scotland draw final Euro 2024 friendly
via theguardian.comThe sharing of four goals preceded Doris Day blaring from the Tannoy at Hampden Park. What will be, will be.Steve Clarke and Scotland must hope this flat ending to their Euro 2024 buildup counts for nothing. They need only glance towards Wembley for solace on that score. Continue reading...
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