47 minutes ago | The Guardian

Concerns are growing that a service to help people follow court proceedings in England and Wales is to be privatised and deregulated At Highbury youth court in north London...
Read more ...

Spitting Image creator speaks out after series is pulled from US TV broadcast

2 hours ago | The Independent

‘In America there's a superficial politeness to this country of people who've all got guns,' said Roger Law
Read more ...

Poland abortion law: Nationwide strike launched in revolt over court ruling

2 hours ago | The Independent | 2 articles

People across Poland are vowing to stay off their jobs as part of a nationwide strike called to protest a top court ruling that bans abortions in cases of congenitally damaged...
Read more ...

Mobility scooter-riding OAP stabbed brother-in-law in middle of Kirkcaldy street

2 hours ago | The Courier

A pensioner got off his mobility scooter and stabbed his brother-in-law in the middle of a Fife street as part of a long-running family feud.
Read more ...

10 things in tech you need to know today

2 hours ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Summary List Placement Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday. Sign up here to get this email in your inbox every morning. Have an Amazon Alexa...
Read more ...

The EU's €140M ‘zombie committee' faces pressure to reform

7 hours ago | Politico

It costs upwards of €140 million a year to run, produces views on EU laws that few policymakers actually read, and has failed to deal with claims of “psychological harassment”...
Read more ...

Prisoner who was sexually assaulted in jail launches bid to ban trans inmates from women's prisons

10 hours ago | Daily Mail

A landmark case is set to argue that the government is breaching equality law by housing trans inmates who identify as female in women's prisons after a trans prisoner sexually...
Read more ...

Mum accused of staging a break-in and killing her mother-in-law is caught out by Apple Watch

11 hours ago | Daily Mail

Caroline Dela Rose Nilsson, 29, is accused of murdering Myrna Nilsson, 57, in the laundry of the Adelaide home they shared in September 2016.
Read more ...

Democrats urge voters to hand deliver ballots to beat court deadline

12 hours ago | The Guardian

Scramble to get votes in after supreme court sides with Wisconsin Republicans to bar late ballots despite postal delay Democratic campaigners were scrambling to convince...
Read more ...

Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey warn that stripping tech firms of Section 230 protections would harm free expression on the internet

14 hours ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Summary List Placement Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plan to warn the Senate that stripping back Section 230 could harm free expression on the...
Read more ...

South Yorkshire in Tier 3: latest local lockdown rules for Sheffield, Leeds...

Health chiefs call for urgent action as Covid death toll at highest level...

THE daily coronavirus death toll has soared by more than half in a week, with 367 deaths reported across the UK yesterday. Read more ...

Brian O'Driscoll: Why I now regret my 'basket case' jibe at Ulster

Ireland legend Brian O'Driscoll has admitted he regrets the phrasing of his infamous 'basket case' assessment of Ulster Rugby back in 2018. Read more ...

Man, 24, dies after being attacked near train station in Crawley as police...

BREAKING: A 24-year-old man has died after he was attacked in Crawley on Tuesday evening. Sussex Police say they are searching for a suspect who is 'known to the victim'. Read more ...

Chief curator of Historic Royal Palaces launches review into residences'...

Coronavirus horror: Boris Johnson warned second winter wave ‘to be DEADLIER...

BORIS JOHNSON'S Government is preparing for the UK's second wave of the virus to be even deadlier than the first amid warnings from chief scientists over virus figures. Read more ...

Youth unemployment is set to hit the highest level in four decades

Youth unemployment is set to hit the highest level in four decades after the furlough scheme ends this weekend, a report by the Resolution Foundation has warned. Read more ...

EuroMilllions results October 27 live: What are tonight's winning lottery...

A LUCKY ticket-holder has won Tuesday's £79million EuroMillions jackpot, so what are tonight's winning lottery numbers? Read more ...

BBC show slammed after guest described Rishi Sunak as looking like 'Prince...

Hitting back at the comments made by Comedian Leila Navabi Sunak's predecessor Sajid Javid said: 'It's the kind of thing I expect to hear from trolls on Twitter, not the BBC.' Read more ...

News > Law

‘Justice must be for all': why court intermediaries are vital for vulnerable people