Search results for ‘Home Secretary Theresa May’
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Yarl’s Wood: the drugs inside the notorious detention centre
Yesterday’s revelations about Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre prompted angry debate among MPs. In part two, we reveal the presence of banned substances in the UK’s infamous detention unit.
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Families urge missing girls not to go to ‘dangerous Syria’
The families of Shamima Begum and Kadiza Sultana, who police fear is travelling to Syria with two other girls, say they are “extremely worried” and “completely distressed”.
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New law puts onus on universities to tackle extremism
The new counter-terrorism and security act forces academics to prevent students being radicalised, but many think that the powers go too far.
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Police fear three UK schoolgirls ‘gone to join IS’
Scotland Yard is appealing for help to find three schoolgirls it fears are travelling to Syria, possibly to join Islamic State militants.
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Obama: is US ‘at war’ with Islamic extremism?
President Obama calls on Muslims around the world to fight the misconception that groups like the Islamic State speak for them.
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British Muslims turn to US embassy for radicalisation advice
A lack of genuine engagement means some British Muslim community groups would rather talk to US embassy officials than the Home Office about efforts to counter extremism, they tell Channel 4 News.
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Alexander Litvinenko death: five key questions
As a public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko gets underway, what do we know about the man and the circumstances surrounding his death?
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‘Third world’ bail system slammed by former Murdoch lawyer
Police will lose the power to bail people indefinitely under plans announced by the home secretary, lawyer Tom Crone says the system is “grotesque”.
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Stop and search figures suggest officer bias in the Met
Exclusive: Figures obtained by Channel 4 News show a small number of Metropolitan police officers carrying out most stops and searches, with only a small proportion of stops leading to arrest.
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Mass surveillance by GCHQ ‘is lawful’, tribunal finds
Privacy campaigners vow to take their case to the European court after a secret tribunal rules that GCHQ mass surveillance techniques are lawful and not in breach of human rights.
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Who are the modern slaves in Britain?
Britain could have four times as many slaves as previously thought, according to a new estimate from the Home Office.
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Why is net migration rising?
New figures show 260,000 more people came into the UK than left in the year up to June 2014, shattering David Cameron’s pledge to reduce the numbers to under 100,000. So what is the problem?
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FactCheck: how tough are we getting with the jihadis?
David Cameron wants to cancel the passports of people suspected of fighting for groups like Islamic State. Is he going far enough?
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Should Cameron ban Britons fighting in Syria from the UK?
British jihadists who fight for Isis in Syria or in Iraq could be prevented from returning to the UK, David Cameron announces.
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Confused by all those child sexual abuse inquiries?
The Wanless review of the Home Office’s handling of child sex abuse allegations is one of many such inquiries. Here are the others, from Savile and Cyril Smith to Rochdale and Rotherham.
