World news | The Guardian4d ago
Swearing banned by one in five councils in England and Wales, finds report on ‘busybody’ fines https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/29/swearing-banned-councils-england-wales-pspo-busybody-fines #LocalGovernment #Law #Society #UkNews #UkCivilLiberties #Politics #England #Wales #UkCriminalJustice
Swearing banned by one in five councils in England and Wales, report on ‘busybody’ fines shows

Campaigners saying public spaces protection orders also being used to criminalise wide range of everyday activities

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian6d ago
First teenage suicide linked to domestic abuse recorded in England and Wales https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/28/first-teenage-suicide-domestic-abuse-england-and-wales #DomesticViolence #DomesticAbuseSuicide #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #UkCriminalJustice #Crime #UkNews #Police #England #Wales #Women #SocialMedia #Men #YoungPeople
First teenage suicide linked to domestic abuse recorded in England and Wales

Police warn of violent pornography and ‘toxic’ influencers as suicides outstrip homicides for third year running

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 23
Police and ombudsman investigate death of boy, 16, at young offender institution https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/23/police-investigate-death-boy-feltham-young-offender-institution #PrisonsAndProbation #Police #UkCriminalJustice #Law #Society #UkNews
Police and ombudsman investigate death of boy, 16, at young offender institution

Teenager found unresponsive at Feltham YOI, the first such death in England or Wales since 2019

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 17
Man found guilty of rape that led to Andrew Malkinson’s wrongful imprisonment https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/17/man-found-guilty-of-that-led-to-andrew-malkinsons-wrongful-imprisonment #Crime #RapeAndSexualAssault #UkCriminalJustice #Police #GreaterManchester #UkNews #Manchester #England #Society #Law
Man found guilty of rape that led to Andrew Malkinson’s wrongful imprisonment

Paul Quinn convicted in light of DNA evidence from 2003 attack that led to notorious miscarriage of justice

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 17
Law to pardon women convicted of illegal abortions passes final hurdle in UK parliament https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-women-convicted-abortions-passes-uk-parliament #Abortion #ReproductiveRights #Women #Law #UkCriminalJustice #UkNews
MPs and peers approve law to pardon women convicted over abortions as far back as 1800s

Law will also expunge police records for women arrested in England and Wales, and stop future prosecutions

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 13
Founder of Starmer’s legal chambers condemns Labour plans to cut jury trials https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/13/founder-of-starmer-legal-chambers-geoffrey-robertson-condemns-labour-plans-to-cut-jury-trials #UkCriminalJustice #UkNews #Labour #Law #Politics
Founder of Starmer’s legal chambers condemns Labour plans to cut jury trials

Geoffrey Robertson says proposals to reduce backlog are betrayal of party’s values and a ‘cure worse than the disease’

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 13
Government shift on intelligence evidence could revive delayed Hillsborough law https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/13/government-shift-on-intelligence-evidence-could-revive-delayed-hillsborough-law #UkCriminalJustice #UkNews #Labour #HillsboroughDisaster #Liverpool #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism
Government shift on intelligence evidence could revive delayed Hillsborough law

No 10 understood to be ready to drop block on Security Service being covered after concerns from families and Labour MPs

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 10
Labour MPs propose specialist sexual offences courts to help trials backlog https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/10/labour-mps-propose-specialist-sexual-offences-courts-to-help-trials-backlog #UkCriminalJustice #StellaCreasy #RapeAndSexualAssault #DomesticViolence #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #England #Wales #Politics #Law #Society #UkNews #CharlotteNichols
Labour MPs propose specialist sexual offences courts to help trials backlog

Rebels put forward amendments to courts bill in attempt to stop government plans to cut back on jury trials

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 8
Victims and bereaved families to get more time to challenge ‘unduly lenient’ sentences https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/08/victims-and-bereaved-families-to-get-more-time-to-challenge-unduly-lenient-sentences #Sentencing #UkCriminalJustice #Law #UkNews #DavidLammy #CourtOfAppeal
Victims and bereaved families to get more time to challenge ‘unduly lenient’ sentences

David Lammy says those affected by a heinous crime cannot be expected to engage with the justice system within the existing 28-day limit

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 8
Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/08/isolate-jailed-drug-dealers-charlie-taylor-inspector-prisons #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Crime #DrugsTrade #Drugs #Society #UkNews #Politics
Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog

Charlie Taylor, inspector of prisons for England and Wales, says dealers should be isolated and ‘assertively managed’

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