The police will no longer be allowed to request “unnecessary and invasive” access to rape victims’ personal materials such as therapy notes, under legislation put forward by the government. Under an amendment to the government’s Victims and Prisoners Bill, police should only request material that is “absolutely necessary and proportionate” to ensure that vulnerable victims…
Home Office Under Pressure as Trial Highlights How Easy It Is to Get a Bogus Passport
The UK Passport Office has set up a new unit to tackle organised crime after a gang used a flaw in the system to obtain passports for several international fugitives, which allowed them to keep one step ahead of the law. Three men—Christopher Zietek, Anthony Beard, and Alan Thompson—were jailed at Reading Crown Court on…
3 Men Jailed for Supplying Fugitives With ‘Genuine’ Passports
Three men have been jailed for running a racket that supplied fugitive drug traffickers and murderers with “genuine” passports. Christopher Zietek, 67, and Alan Thompson, 72, were found guilty in March, after a nine-week trial, while Anthony Beard, 61, pleaded guilty on the eve of his trial. Jailing them at Reading Crown Court on Tuesday,…
Social Media Bosses Who Fail to Remove Misogynistic Content Should Face Jail, Say Peers
Bosses of social media companies could be jailed if they fail to remove “misogynistic” content, under an amendment to the Online Safety Bill. The amendment—backed by a cross-party group of lords led by former Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan—would mean companies that fail to remove abusive misogynistic content and ban repeat offenders would face fines, while…
Police Scotland Waited 2 Weeks for SNP Search Warrant Approval
Police had to wait two weeks from the moment they requested a search warrant for the house of the former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell, as well as the headquarters of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Edinburgh. The delay was revealed in a Freedom of Information request submitted by the…
UK Unemployment at 3.9 Percent as Job Vacancies Fall
The UK labour market has seen an unexpected rise in unemployment as well as a fall in inactivity, as more men in particular started looking for work. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) issued its latest employment and unemployment figures on May 16, reporting the main trends of the UK labour market. The unemployment rate…
60 Percent of UK’s Top Universities Struggle to Compete Globally
A university league table has revealed only two UK universities in its top 10, while the rest of the top spots were dominated by U.S. higher education institutions. The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), which published its global rankings on May 15, evaluated universities around the world on four measures: education, employability, faculty, and…
Leaders of Islamic Centre Stripped of Powers by Charity Chiefs
Leaders of a London Islamic centre described as a “cut-out” of one of Iran’s deadliest military forces, have been stripped of their powers by the Charity Commission. The regulator has appointed an interim manager to oversee running the Islamic Centre of England after its trustees “failed to comply with legal duties,” and to protect the…
English Scrap Metal Recycler Sentenced to 9 Months in Jail for Wall Collapse That Killed 5
BIRMINGHAM, England—The owner and a manager of an English scrap metal recycling plant were sentenced to nine months in jail Monday for safety lapses after a wall collapsed and killed five migrant workers in 2016, a government workplace safety agency said. Wayne Hawkeswood and Graham Woodhouse were convicted in Birmingham Crown Court of violating the…
Beijing Snares Top UK Physicist to Assist With Hypersonic Weapons Research
May 15, 2023
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Beijing has reportedly lured one of the United Kingdom’s (UK) top physicists and leading experts in the fields of multiscale gas, liquids, and solid systems—critically important for hypersonic research. Zhang Yonghao, who worked in the UK for more than 20 years in leading universities, also held the Weir Professor of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics chair…
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