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Death of the salesman: Are smartphones enabling scammers?

According to recent figures, you are 20 times more likely to be robbed while online by a criminal based overseas, than by a robber in the street. There were an estimated 3.6 million cases of fraud and 2 million computer misuse offences last year alone, and fraud is now the ...

800 years of additional imprisonment imposed on prisoners in a YEAR

Almost 800 years of additional imprisonment were imposed on prisoners found to have broken prison rules last year, as jails across England and Wales descended further into chaos. Research by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveals today (Monday 4 September) that prisons are routinely and increasingly resorting to draconian ...

Watch – 30 youths brutally attack man with special needs

A shocking video shows a group of 30 youths launch a vicious attack on a special needs victim that witnesses feared could have killed him. The disturbing footage, which was widely shared on social media, appears to show a teenager initially shoving the defenceless man to the floor. Several members ...

Forgotten Film Friday: The Steel Helmet

By Michael McNulty Released in 1951, Samuel Fuller’s The Steel Helmet was the first Korean War film ever made. Fuller’s third feature, made on a budget of roughly $ 100,000, was a smash hit with audiences and grossed over $ 2 million at the box office. Many a great war ...

MPs reporting their own constituents to immigration enforcement

MPs are reporting their own constituents to immigration enforcement using a new Home Office hotline and webpage. A Freedom of Information request submitted by Politics.co.uk has revealed that the Home Office has received 482 tip-offs from MPs between 2014 and 2016, raising the possibility that MPs are reporting their own constituents to the ...

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