From 2004 to 2005, a significant criminal investigation into child sexual exploitation was conducted in Manchester. Recently, a report on this investigation has been released. As is often the case in such investigations, the outcome is damning for both the police and local government, who were complicit in this horrific betrayal. This report will be […]
The BBC reported that a boy 16 has been charged in court with the murder of Harry Pitman. He remains in custody and will appear at the Old Bailey. The Met Police said three other teenage boys – aged 15, 16 and 18 – who were arrested in connection with Harry’s death would not face
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It has been rumoured that former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is mulling over a move to start a new political party in the next few weeks. The 74-year-old, if he did start a new party, could poach voters who are dissatisfied with the current direction of the Labour Party. There would certainly be space
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Humza Yousaf has defended his stance on not following the UK government ban on XL Bully dogs. The first minister believes that Scotland has strict enough laws on dogs that a ban would be unnecessary. New legislation known as the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act came into force in Scotland in 2010. It sets out
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One of our Glasgow based activists distributed 150 leaflets today. Finding himself with a spare hour or so he took to the streets around Newlands in Glasgow’s south side. This wasn’t a planned activity, just one of our guys putting his time to good use . If you can spare an hour here or there
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Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has issued a warning to Sir Keir Starmer that failure to deliver in his first tenure as Prime minister could see a dramatic shift to populist “far right” parties. Mr McDonnell, in an opinion piece he wrote in the Guardian, stated that Starmer’s election strategy seems to be that he
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A few years ago, the British media were full of reports about the “boom years” of British education in China. Elite British schools had seized the commercial opportunity of opening campuses to cater for children of ex-pats and wealthy Chinese families, opening new branches rapidly. However, all this may end as China introduces a new “patriotic” law
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The national archive has released official papers which suggested Tony Blair was considering sending asylum seekers to the Isle of Mull to help drive down the numbers entering the UK. The papers released under the 20-year rule said that a top aide to the former prime minister considered this a “nuclear option” for tackling the
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As 2023 draws to a close, we’re pleased to end the year with some positive news, which bodes well for 2024. A hotel housing asylum seekers in Standish has closed three months earlier than planned. Kiley Court Hotel in Wigan was only designated as a spot to house migrants in August, but uproar from local
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Completing the dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness has been delayed by over ten years until 2035. Scottish Transport Secretary Mairi McAllan said a new rolling programme of improvements was “achievable” and there would be “no let up” in the work. However, opposition MSPs said communities had been waiting since SNP manifesto commitments
