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Post Office settles IT ‘fraud’ case for £58m

December 11, 2019 World Justice News 0

The Post Office is to pay almost £58m to settle a long-running dispute with sub-postmasters and postmistresses. It brings an end to a mammoth series of court cases over the IT system used to manage […]

Basingstoke man and partner jailed for ‘appalling’ child sex abuse

August 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

A “prolific” sex offender has been jailed for 16 years for “appalling” sexual abuse inflicted by him and his partner on a young boy. James Hedges, 36, from Basingstoke, and Lauren O’Hanlon, 28, committed the […]

Bestival drugs death: Boyfriend guilty of manslaughter

February 28, 2019 World Justice News 0

A man who gave his girlfriend drugs at a festival and filmed her as she died has been found guilty of manslaughter. Louella Fletcher-Michie was found dead in woodland near the Bestival site in Dorset […]

Cheeki Rafiki boss sentenced over death yacht safety

May 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

A company boss who failed to safely operate a yacht on which four sailors were killed has been given a suspended prison sentence. The crew of the Cheeki Rafiki died after the 40ft vessel lost […]

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Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

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UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

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Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]