A prisoner serving 17 years for rape has had his sentence extended after he trapped a female guard in his cell and attacked her. Liam McCarthy, 28, grabbed the woman’s
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A greedy chip shop boss who exploited vulnerable tenants by making them work for free at his takeaways because they feared becoming homeless has been jailed for eight and a
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A convicted child killer dubbed the Beast of Wombwell died of natural causes days after he was found guilty of rape and before he could be charged with the murder
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A former deputy speaker of the House of Commons has called for a change to “arcane” procedures which allow MPs to block legislation with a single word. Nigel Evans (pictured)
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Legislation to ban upskirting is to be adopted as a Government Bill, Downing Street said. The move comes after a Tory MP who blocked the progress of a backbench Bill
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Bupa Care Homes has been fined £3 million over the death of an 86-year-old in Essex. Kenneth Ibbetson died after contracting Legionnaires’ disease while living at the Hutton Village Nursing
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Around 1,000 welfare claimants will be given more money after the Government dropped a legal challenge. An appeal against a decision that regulations were wrongly interpreted in a Personal Independence
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Government-backed plans to criminalise upskirting have been derailed after being opposed by a Conservative grandee. There were cries of “shame!” as Sir Christopher Chope (pictured) dealt a blow to campaigners
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Two teenage moped riders have each been jailed for more than 20 years after stabbing a charity youth worker to death during a violent robbery spree. Nathan Gilmaney, 19, and
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Two teenagers have been jailed over the fatal stabbing of a youth worker who confronted a group of drug dealers outside his home. Omid Saidy (pictured) was knifed in the
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