The recording of non-crime hate incidents should be scrapped in their current form, a police chief has said. Donna Jones, Hampshire’s police and crime commissioner, said the practice should be subject to a “lock, stock and barrel” review. The former chairman of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) said police should not be … Read more
Even to the close family of Reeva Steenkamp, the resemblance is uncanny. Photographs show the same long blonde hair, the same smile, and the same model looks. Moreover, the two women with successful careers reportedly share the same love of animals. Steenkamp’s sister at the weekend remarked on the unsettling likeness, saying: “I am just … Read more
The US Bureau of Prisons (BoP) has agreed to pay $115m to more than 100 survivors of a major sexual abuse scandal, a historic settlement of a class-action lawsuit that exposed widespread misconduct of officers at a federal prison. The payout settles 103 claims of sexual abuse and retaliation for reporting misconduct by people who … Read more
The mother of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a British-Russian anti-Putin activist, has been taken to hospital in Berlin after a suspected poisoning. Elena Gordon was brought to an isolation ward at the Charité hospital in Berlin on Tuesday evening after telling police she believed she had been poisoned, German media reported. Police said they were investigating on … Read more
After a tribunal ruled that two investigative journalists, Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, were unlawfully spied upon in order to find out their sources, the pair were at pains to stress that they consider what was uncovered to be just the tip of the iceberg. They believe the case highlights an endemic problem in the … Read more
-Credit:Huw Evans Picture Agency Toby Booth’s fifth and final season with the Ospreys didn’t end with a flourish or a victory lap, but with four abrupt paragraphs. Just months ago, the Welsh club had gone out of their way to break the news that Booth would leave at the end of the current season as … Read more
Joey Barton has been charged with two counts of malicious communications against Jeremy Vine and former England footballer Lucy Ward. The ex-Manchester City footballer, well known for his outspoken views on social media, has been summoned to appear in court following a police investigation. Charges relate to reports of alleged online abuse of broadcaster Vine … Read more
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 LIVE! One of the landmark annual events of the British sporting calendar is upon us again this evening with several awards recognising sporting greatness, culminating in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Team GB’s women’s 800m Olympic gold medalist Keely Hodgkinson is the overwhelming favourite to scoop … Read more
A Welsh Tory has deleted a social media post in which he said it was time to “get rid” of the Senedd. Joel James, a regional MS for South Wales Central, reposted a BBC news story on X which detailed how new proposed Senedd seats would have Welsh-only names. He reposted the story with the … Read more
-Credit:Kym Illman/Getty Images Darts sensation Luke Littler is one of the favourites to be named BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2024, with the teenager enjoying a whirlwind year like no other. This time last year, the-then 16-year-old was an unknown but shot to fame in a matter of weeks as he powered his … Read more