Police commissioners – the latest hats in the ring
Over the past few months I’ve been keeping my eye on who might be interested in standing for election as police commissioners. Here are my very latest findings.
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Channel 4 News reveals evidence of failings inside Britain’s privatised court interpretation services. As Darshna Soni reports there are claims unqualified translators are covering criminal cases.
After British and Italian hostages die in Nigeria during an attempted rescue mission, the Italian president says his country should have been informed before the mission was carried out.
The Italian president lashes out at the UK for not informing his country before launching the operation to rescue an Italian and British hostage, which resulted in their deaths.
A government deal aimed at cutting the cost of court translation services, results in a boycott by interpreters and additional cost to the taxpayer, Channel 4 News has learned.
Over the past few months I’ve been keeping my eye on who might be interested in standing for election as police commissioners. Here are my very latest findings.
A group of men go on trial accused of plying five girls as young as 13 with drink and drugs and having sex with them.
A new survey identifies Carlisle residents as the happiest in the UK, and shows that people living in the north are happier than their southern counterparts.
Britain’s cold snap is set to take its toll on this weekend’s sporting fixtures with a number of matches already postponed due to the freezing weather.
Both the Conservatives and Labour are hoping to contest all 41 posts for elected police commissioners, though with little enthusiasm, writes Michael Crick.
Liverpool Football Club is embroiled in a new racism row as both the club and Merseyside Police investigate reports that an Oldham player was racially abused during Friday’s FA Cup tie.
Barclays Premier League top two Manchester City and Manchester United will meet in the FA Cup third-round.
A bad night in the local elections for the Lib Dems, but political analyst Lewis Baston finds a glimmer of hope for Nick Clegg and his party in the electoral mathematics.
David Cameron and Ed Miliband have clashed in the Commons for the last time ahead of elections across England, Wales and Scotland on Thursday.
Cathy Newman discovers that the Lib Dems can’t keep their promise on Sure Start children’s centres as the cuts start to bite.
Ahead of the Conservative party’s spring conference, David Cameron is increasingly worried about Tory backbench dissent – and about how much worse it could get after the AV referendum.