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MEMOIR THE BOY WITH TWO HEARTS by Hamed Amiri (Icon £16.99, 288pp) In 2001, when Hamed Amiri was ten years old, his mother made a speech declaring that women ‘have the same rights as men’. In Taliban-ruled Herat, Afghanistan, this was a radical statement, and a dangerous one: that night, the Mullah called for her … Read more
Three Afghan refugees who claim to have been locked in UK immigration removal centre ‘cells’ for 11 hours every night are suing the Home Office. The men believe they were detained in ‘unlawful’ conditions during their time at Brooke House IRC, West Sussex, which was then run by private security firm G4S. A ‘lock-in regime’, … Read more
Three Afghan refugees who claim to have been locked in UK immigration removal centre ‘cells’ for 11 hours every night are suing the Home Office. The men believe they were detained in ‘unlawful’ conditions during their time at Brooke House IRC, West Sussex, which was then run by private security firm G4S. A ‘lock-in regime’, … Read more
No more British troops will be prosecuted over Afghanistan war crimes, Veteran’s minister Johnny Mercer says after £10m probe was closed without bringing any charges Inquiry by Royal Military Police found no evidence with which to bring charges At peak, investigation looked into 675 criminal allegations from 159 people Comes as UK government proposes laws … Read more
Care home manager is jailed after fleecing her patients to send £23,000 to conman she fell in love with on Christian dating site Helen Hughes, 56, took money from residents of the Ashton Park Care Home She took £23,000 in total from five different residents in Newport, South Wales She gave the money to a … Read more
Senior officer at nuclear police force faces the sack after being accused of wearing fake Iraq and Afghanistan war medals to awards ceremony Supt Glenn McAleavey accused of wearing fake medals to awards ceremony He could be sacked from his position at the Civil Nuclear Constabulary McAleavey served in Royal Navy for 4 years before becoming … Read more
Senior officer at nuclear police force faces the sack after being accused of wearing fake Iraq and Afghanistan war medals to awards ceremony Supt Glenn McAleavey accused of wearing fake medals to awards ceremony He could be sacked from his position at the Civil Nuclear Constabulary McAleavey served in Royal Navy for 4 years before becoming … Read more
Serbia sends the army to its border with Croatia to ‘secure’ three camps holding 1,500 migrants trying to reach the EU amid claims of ‘harassment’ against local people Serbian Defence Ministry deployed army to a town near the border with Croatia Told to ‘secure’ three migrant camps housing some 1,500 people near Sid President Vucic … Read more
Serbia sends the army to its border with Croatia to ‘secure’ three camps holding 1,500 migrants trying to reach the EU amid claims of ‘harassment’ against local people Serbian Defence Ministry deployed army to a town near the border with Croatia Told to ‘secure’ three migrant camps housing some 1,500 people near Sid President Vucic … Read more
A man accused of abusing a BBC reporter as she prepared a live broadcast has today appeared in court. Russell Rawlingson, 50, is accused of causing racially aggravated alarm or distress to journalist Sima Kotecha following an incident in Leicester city centre. The BBC correspondent, 40, said she and her team were subjected to ‘racist … Read more