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Driver who fatally hit cyclist at twice the speed limit gets four-year jail term

A speeding motorist, Syed Minhaz Ahmed, 32, from Newham in northeast London has been sentenced to four years in prison for causing the death...

Oxfam calls for valuing women’s domestic work as it calls GDP ‘colonial and anti-feminist’

A leading charity has branded the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as ‘colonial and anti-feminist’ and called to value women’s domestic as an economic metric. The...

Smart move in switching to law from medicine pays off for judge

AYESHA SMART, the youngest-ever ethnic minority crown court judge in the UK, hopes the story of her career – from being a pathologist in...

Met Police faces criticism for ignoring racism accusation

A group of 26 racial justice organisations has expressed disapproval of the Metropolitan police for their refusal to acknowledge the central conclusion of the...

Watchdog shuts down legal firms involved in false asylum claims scandal

Three law firms facing accusations of misconduct in handling asylum applications have been closed down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The affected firms are...

Portland united in anger over asylum seeker barge

IF there’s one thing that unites the people of Portland, south-west England, it is opposition to the UK government’s plan to house 500 asylum...

Margaret Ferrier’s removal triggers electoral test for Labour in Scotland

A Scottish lawmaker has been stripped of her seat in Britain’s parliament for breaking Covid rules, triggering a by-election that will indicate whether the...
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