Search Result for 'crime'

To mark the release of sensational new satirical novel Howul: A Life’s Journey, we spoke with its author, David Shannon, about the long and twisting road to publication.

A total of 112,490 criminal convictions not sent to the appropriate EU capitals over an eight-year spell due to a massive computer error, which some fear has put lives at risk.

"I worry for people like my hijab-wearing mum who (pre-lockdown) deals with abuse at work from racist customers almost every single day but refuses to stop working. Hate crime is very very real."

A lesson in what not to do during a pandemic that has crippled the hospitality industry:

"The Conservatives talk tough on law and order, but their record is one of lawlessness and disorder."

Data found black people were about 5.7 times more likely to have force used on them than white people, with figures showing they were more than nine times as likely to have Tasers drawn on them.

UK Foreign Office minister, James Cleverly, said British arms sales licences were issued with great care to ensure they did not lead to any breach of humanitarian law.

“You can’t have a situation where killers are saying it was down to Covid, or they were depressed. The homicide rate has gone up during the restrictions, so we need to learn more.”

Simon Bowes-Lyon, 34, the Earl of Strathmore, pleaded guilty to attacking a woman at Glamis Castle, Angus, in February last year.