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Number of prisoners developing drug problem doubles in five years – report
A study reviewed the results of surveys with inmates carried out by prison inspectors between 2013/14 and 2018/19.
What challenges will the new Director-General face at the BBC?
Lord Tony Hall will step down from the role this summer.
Harry brands the media ‘a powerful force’ in emotional speech
Harry’s relationship with the press has been a complicated and difficult one.
ILFORD STABBINGS – Three people stabbed to death in street brawl were Sikhs, police have revealed
Two men are now in custody.
22 men are richer than 325 million women in Africa – Oxfam report
The news comes as Boris Johnson hosts the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London.
New respiratory virus spreads across China and Asia as countries start screening at airports
At least six countries in Asia and three US airports have started screening incoming airline passengers from central China as millions of Chinese travel for Lunar New Year holidays. The UK has not started screening.
Arrests after three stabbed to death in east London knife brawl
90 people died in fatal stabbings in London last year. Nationwide, the number of knife crimes being dealt with by the police and courts are the highest in a decade.
HS2 may cost £106 billion, reveals leaked review, with full high-speed service only in the South
An inquiry found there is ‘considerable risk’ that the project’s cost will rise up to 20% beyond the £81bn-£88bn set out in a report four months ago.
Wetherspoons to cut price of 10 drinks to mark Brexit
The pub giant’s ‘Let’s stay friends’ move will offer customers around 60p off drinks which originate in a number of European countries.