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Prison governors in crisis talks as hunt continues for wrongly released inmates

Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said she was furious about the situation.

Evening Standard

‘Dangerous and sexist’ strangulation in online pornography to be banned

Non-fatal strangulation is already an offence in its own right, but it is not currently illegal to show it online.

Evening Standard

‘Dangerous’ online pornography featuring choking to be banned

Conservative peer Baroness Bertin warned that there has been a ‘total absence of government scrutiny’ of the pornography industry

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Government’s justice reforms aim to restore public trust in system – minister

Reforms include further prison time for criminals who refused to turn up to their sentencing, and restricting parental rights for rapists.

Evening Standard

Migrant deportations yet to begin as Downing Street denies ‘shambles’

A second Air France flight departed from Heathrow on Tuesday without any migrants on board, according to reports.

Evening Standard

Minister says ‘one in, one out’ deportations will happen despite setback

It was reported that a group of migrants were removed from an Air France flight due to travel from Heathrow to Paris after a legal challenge.

Evening Standard

Mandelson ‘did not have national security vetting’ before he was appointed US ambassador: UK politics live

Parliament is holding a three-hour emergency debate on Tuesday to grill the government on the hiring of Lord Peter Mandelson

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Palestine Action ban ‘could become Starmer’s poll tax moment’ as freedom of speech row deepens

Baroness Chakrabarti said the proscription of the group risks exacerbating community tensions, and campaigners warned the ban was a threat to freedom of speech

The Independent UK

Palestine Action is a ‘violent organisation’, Downing Street says after mass arrests over the weekend – as it happened

Anyone showing support for Palestine Action ‘will feel full force of the law’, justice minister says as government defends decision to proscribe protest group

The Guardian - UK

Government vows Palestine Action supporters 'will feel the full force of the law' after 532 arrests at protest

It comes after the Met said policing the protest at the weekend posed ‘unrealistic’ challenges

Evening Standard

Harvey Willgoose mother says son’s murderer needs to be ‘made an example of’

Caroline Willgoose says she feels sorry for the 15-year-old boy who stabbed her son to death at their Sheffield school.

Evening Standard

Harvey Willgoose’s mother says murderer should be publicly named

Caroline Willgoose says the 15-year-old who stabbed her son to death should be ‘made an example of’

The Independent UK

Restriction zones will ‘unduly influence’ release of offenders, warns PCC

Ministers are seeking to introduce restriction zones that will limit where abusers can go.

Evening Standard

Restriction zones for domestic abusers ‘a long time coming’ – survivor

Ministers will seek to introduce ‘restriction zones’ that will limit where abusers can go so survivors can go about their daily lives feeling safe.

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The Independent UK

Restriction zones for domestic abusers ‘a long time coming’, survivor says

Sexual and violent offenders could be restricted to certain locations and tracked with technology

The Independent UK

Voices: My niece, Zara Aleena, was murdered – now Starmer’s told me how he’ll halve violence against women and girls

COMMENT: Three years after the devastation of her niece’s murder, Farah Naz had a face-to-face with the prime minister to urge him to take concrete action. What he told her gave her hope of real change – for the first time

Evening Standard

Women in UK ‘still not safe’ as mourners gather to remember murdered Zara Aleena

The 35-year-old was walking home from a night out when she was stalked, assaulted and killed by a sexual predator on 26 June 2022 in Ilford.

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Is It 'Harassment' To Heckle Your Local Politician? A British Court Thinks So.

Two protesters in Wales were convicted for handing out pamphlets and filming an argument with their member of Parliament.

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Evening Standard

Two activists convicted of harassing justice minister over Israel-Hamas conflict

Ayeshah Behit, 31, and Hiba Ahmed, 26, denied harassing Labour MP Alex Davies-Jones.

Evening Standard

Justice minister ‘terrified’ by actions of pro-Palestinian activists, court told

Ayeshah Behit and Hiba Ahmed are on trial at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court.

The Guardian - UK

Victims’ minister accused of ‘factual inaccuracies’ over use of video evidence in UK trials

Top justice expert criticises use of MoJ study to back up claims by Alex Davies-Jones that there is no impact on conviction rates when video evidence is used

Evening Standard

Need for domestic abuse offence is ‘national emergency’, says MP in Commons call

Domestic abusers might be able to ‘explain away’ past violence as pub brawls under the current system, Josh Babarinde warned.

Evening Standard

MP says she received rape threats and describes herself as ‘survivor of abuse’

Sorcha Eastwood said a member of the public ‘came up and said they wanted to rape me’.

The Independent UK

‘No hard evidence against Lucy Letby’ senior Tory claims as he calls for retrial

Sir David Davis said there was no ‘hard evidence’ implicating Letby and the case against her was ‘built on a poor understanding of probabilities’.

Evening Standard

Senior Tory calls for retrial for child serial killer Lucy Letby

Sir David Davis said there was no ‘hard evidence’ implicating Letby and the case against her was ‘built on a poor understanding of probabilities’.

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