Russia is moving towards the forced chemical castration of paedophiles, a system already operating in neighbouring Kazakhstan. A pro-Putin political party in Moscow has produced new legislation, which is under review by the government. The law would impose forcible chemical injections on convicted paedophiles in the months before they are released from prison. This comes as opposition […]
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A video showing Conservative Party workers at a Christmas party during lockdown in 2020 is “terrible” and “completely out of order”, Michael Gove has said. The Levelling Up Secretary was reacting to a video which showed people dancing and drinking at a gathering – ignoring strict social distancing rules imposed by the government at the height
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Afghans fleeing the Taliban are being kidnapped and tortured by gangs as they try to cross the border between Iran and Turkey on their way to Europe, a BBC investigation has found. The gangs then send videos of the abuse to the families of migrants being held hostage, demanding a ransom for their release. Recently,
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A deal to create the UK’s biggest mobile phone operator has been struck by Vodafone and the owner of Three UK. The firms plan to merge their UK-based operations, giving them around 27 million customers and making it the biggest mobile network in the UK. Virgin Media O2 has around 24 million mobile customers while
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Humza Yousaf has said the SNP could make life “very difficult” for Labour in a hung parliament if it refused to give Scotland the power to call a referendum. Whilst admitting that independence is not the “consistent settled will of the Scottish people” the first minister indicated that a no deal on independence would be
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Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the SNP. Police confirmed a 52-year-old woman was taken into custody as a suspect and is being questioned by detectives. It follows the arrest and subsequent release of her husband, ex-SNP chief executive Peter Murrell,
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Glasgow City Council is having to hire vehicles because some of its own fleet does not meet new rules on emissions. More than a third of its vehicles are not allowed inside the city’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ) introduced last week. A spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council said: “New LEZ compliant vehicles are expected to
Time is running out if the police and the government are to restore public trust in policing, the Chief Inspector of Constabulary has warned. In his annual report, Andy Cooke said police forces were experiencing “one of their biggest crises in living memory”. Cooke, the former chief constable of Merseyside Police – who interestingly has
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Black Tunisian women say they are experiencing more instances of racism after the country’s president criticised sub-Saharan migrants. This comes after Tunisian President Kais Saied ordered “urgent measures” against sub-Saharan migrants, accusing them of a “criminal plot” to change the country’s demographics and cultural identity. He went on to say that immigration came from “a
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The recruitment of nurses by western countries from poorer nations is “out of control”, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest nursing groups. Howard Catton from the International Council of Nurses (ICN) is concerned about the scale of the numbers leaving countries like Ghana. “My sense is that the situation currently is
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