Rishi Sunak has backed author JK Rowling in her criticism of Scotland’s controversial new hate crime laws. The Harry Potter author, who has become a fierce critic of the Scottish Government’s stance on transgender rights, has been one of the highest-profile critics
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly facing a rebellion over a plan to criminalise homelessness, it emerged last night. Ministers are looking at offering police the powers to fine – up to £2,500 – or jail “nuisance” rough sleepers. The bid is
An episode of violence linked to a biker gang roaming in the beautiful area in southern Majorca has left locals and tourists shaken and terrified. In mid-March, two members of the Hells Angels gang were arrested after a businessman in the s’Arenal
Casemiro staying or going will reportedly determine whether Manchester United pursue a new midfield partner for Kobbie Mainoo this summer. Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich has been touted as a high-profile target for the Red Devils, and the thought of him partnering
More than 10,000 sex offences and rapes are yet to go to trial in huge Crown Court backlogs, new figures have revealed. According to the Ministry of Justice, there are now more than 67,500 crimes across England and Wales that are waiting
Campaigner Richard Taylor, whose son Damilola Taylor was murdered at the age of just 10, has died, his family have announced. The former Nigerian civil servant dedicated years to improving the lives of disadvantaged children in the wake of his son’s tragic death in November 2000,
JK Rowling vowed to defy Scotland’s “ludicrous” new hate crime laws in a transgender row. Activists have been attempting to have the Harry Potter author arrested for calling trans broadcaster India Willoughby a man on social media. Rajan Barot, a former fraud
Plans to ban MPs from Parliament if they are accused of wrongdoing have been condemned as “a terrible mistake” by Tories who say it would encourage “vexatious” accusations. Tough measures are designed to “safeguard” people who work at Westminster by banning MPs
The Home Office is waiting for suspected organised crime bosses to leave the country before stripping them of their British citizenships. The tactic is being used in cases where police have been unable to prosecute certain foreign nationals, who have obtained British
Japanese Yakuza leader Takeshi Ebisawa has been charged with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Burma to other countries, federal prosecutors in New York said on Wednesday. Ebisawa “and his confederates showed samples of nuclear materials in Thailand” to an undercover US