MP calls for criminal record checks for parliamentarians
Labour’s Jo White says MPs are given access to vulnerable people in their work, and calls for DBS checks....
Month : December 2024
Minister tested Ask for Angela scheme undercover
The Labour MP says she conducted her own undercover tests before she became “too well known”....
Veterans get social housing priority in rule change
Councils will now have to put veterans at the top of the list for social housing and waive rules requiring a local connection....
Japanese city to name and shame people who break trash rules
Fukushima plans to go through trash that is not properly sorted, and publicly identify offenders....
Exceptional natural disaster declared in Mayotte after cyclone
Rescuers race to find missing people and survivors in the French territory devastated by Cyclone Chido....
Hundreds of driving examiners to be recruited to cut wait times
The government says there is a “huge” backlog for tests, with instructors branding the system a “nightmare”....
Man admits running secret Chinese ‘police station’ in NYC
The site in Manhattan was used to help China identify pro-democracy activists, prosecutors say....
Social media given ‘last chance’ to tackle illegal posts
Platforms have three months to take action or they could be fined up to 10% of global turnover....
France’s ex-President Sarkozy loses corruption case appeal
Nicolas Sarkozy – who now must wear an electronic tag – says he will challenge the ruling in Europe’s court....
Rare accounts of life for women inside notorious Iranian prison
Interrogations, beatings, cramped quarters and the tight bonds women forge inside Tehran’s Evin prison....