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A court in London today found British radical imam Anjem Choudary guilty of terrorist offences, Reuters reported, citing the PA Media agency. No information was available on the details of the verdict.more

Car washes and parts of the beauty sector will be targeted by immigration officers as they step up enforcement action over the summer, the home secretary has announced.more

The Department of Health (DoH) has secured a derogation from the EU's new mercury regulations. Northern Ireland dentists can continue to use dental amalgam until 31 December 2034, or until the date agreed by the global Minamata Convention, to which the UK is a signatory, whichever is earlier.more

Sandra Hemme was 20 years old when she was found guilty in November 1980 of killing library employee Patricia Jeschke of St. Joseph, Missouri. She was sentenced to life imprisonment. On Friday, she was released after 43 years in prison - reports the BBC.more

Twice as many foreign convicts are currently in Polish prisons than in 2020. The reason is not only the war on the eastern border, "Rzeczpospolita" reported.more

EU plans for more stringent post-Brexit checks on holidaymakers entering Europe from the UK have been delayed again – with final plans also watered down over fears of long queues at borders.more

The government is set to introduce a new law to make spiking a specific criminal offence. Spiking is already a crime, covered by other pieces of legislation including the 1861 Offences against the Person Act.more

The right to privacy and dignity is still not respected in many hospitals. This can be seen during medical rounds. Some patients are not aware that irregularities occur. In addition, some hospitalized people are afraid to react. The Office of the Patient Ombudsman receives reports in this area.more

A troubled children’s jail has been branded the most violent prison in the country by a watchdog.more

Keir Starmer must take quick steps to fix the “broken” Home Office settlement scheme for EU citizens who were in the country before Brexit to avoid a repeat of the Windrush scandal, campaigners have said.more

The Austrian authorities are making work compulsory for migrants and those who refuse to work will receive lower financial support. A pilot programme to transfer benefits to a special payment card is also being launched.more

Labour’s plans for boosting workers’ rights are backed by voters across the political spectrum, including a majority of Conservative and Reform supporters, new polling commissioned by the TUC shows.more

Free drink refills could be banned at restaurants and cafés as part of new proposals by the Welsh government. Health Secretary Eluned Morgan has launched a consultation to restrict "promotions of food products high in fat, sugar and salt". more

With the arrival of the holiday season in Sardinia, the phenomenon of taking sand, shells and pebbles from the beach is increasing. This is forbidden on the Italian island and severely punished as theft, with airport and port services confiscating these 'souvenirs'.more

Due to a shortage of prison places in England and Wales, prisoners - excluding those convicted of serious crimes and sexual offences - will be automatically released after serving 40 per cent of their sentence, rather than 50 per cent. - New Labour Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced yesterday.more

A retired shopkeeper who was told he was not British despite living in the UK for nearly 50 years can stay for good, the Home Office has decided. Nelson Shardey, from Wallasey in Wirral, has lived in Britain since arriving as a student in 1977, but in 2019 he was told he had no right to live in the UK. more

Conditions at an immigration detention centre in west London were "the worst" in the country - and so bad the chief inspector of prisons says he raised concerns with the then home secretary.more

A court in Moscow yesterday issued an arrest warrant in absentia for two months for Yulia Navalny, the widow of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony. Navalny was accused of participating in an extremist organisation.more

Landlords have come under fire for banning prospective tenants from working from home, resulting in calls for new legislation to protect renters.more

Labour is considering plans to release offenders after they serve just 40% of their sentence in a bid to tackle prison overcrowding, the Guardian has been told.more

Keir Starmer's government, in order to avoid the threat of populists in the future, should focus on tackling illegal immigration, maintaining law and order and avoiding "any vulnerability to wokeism", according to former Labour UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.more

An average of 11 cyclists a day are fined for running red lights in London and hit with £50 fines, figures released today reveal. Metropolitan Police official statistics show 4,067 cyclists were fined by officers for failing to obey traffic light signals in 2023.more

“More and more tenants” are asking their landlords to serve them Section 21 notices so they can access council housing, a law firm has claimed. Landlord Action, a solicitor firm which specialises in evictions and housing law, said tenants “regularly” ask their landlord clients to serve them eviction notices, rather than the other way round.more

An Afghan activist is being blackmailed over a recording of a gang rape she was subjected to in a Taliban prison, 'The Guardian' reported yesterday. The woman, who managed to leave the country, was sent the recording with the threat that it would be published if she "continued to speak ill of the Islamic emirate".more

Dozens of airports across Europe are unprepared for new post-Brexit fingerprinting rules scheduled to be introduced in months, threatening chaos for British tourists unless the timeline is delayed.more