Prisoners freed early are returning to jail at rapid rate, governors tell BBC
Prisoners freed early are returning to cells at a pace that has alarmed the people running England and Wales' custodial estate. Facilities across both
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Man Utd pay tribute to ‘proud Red’ officer who died in A66 crash
On a Sunday afternoon at Old Trafford, two young boys walked onto the pitch ahead of Manchester United's Premier League clash with…
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Police release one of two fatal fire suspects
Cleveland Police have freed a 31-year-old man who had been detained on suspicion of murder following a devastating house fire in Grangetown,…
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Australia usually hosts the world’s biggest cuttlefish mating event – not this year
The shallow waters off South Australia's southern coast, where hundreds of thousands of giant cuttlefish have historically converged each winter to mate
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Trump hails ‘historic’ deal for US to control 65bn barrels of Venezuela’s oil
In a late-night Saturday announcement, the president declared that Washington now holds direct operational authority over more than 65 billion barrels of
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Former Ecuadorian president imprisoned for corruption
A court in Quito has handed former president Lenín Moreno a five-year prison term after convicting him and nineteen co-defendants of corruption…
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Dementia patient’s deportation delayed
George Mason, a 74-year-old man with vascular dementia and vascular parkinsonism, will not be forced out of Sweden immediately after authorities granted…
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Boat carrying some 270 people capsizes off northern Cyprus
A passenger ferry loaded with approximately 270 people overturned in the waters off the northern coast of Cyprus, prompting an urgent multi-agency…
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Norway’s new king remembers ‘my dear father’ in first speech
Seated behind a desk in the Oslo royal palace, flanked by a framed portrait of his late father, two burning candles, and…
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Zambian opposition leader charged with treason
The formal accusation of treason against Brian Mundubile, the leading opposition figure in Zambia, marks one of the most consequential moments in…
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