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Who should be responsible for mental health care? | Letters

Letters: A lecturer says it would be dangerous for staff and students if university employees had to provide mental health care. Plus letters from Bob Holland and Marie Davis

06, Jun, 2023 @4:49 PM

Met police operation secretly monitors children online

Revelations about Project Alpha collection of ‘personal data’ from those as young as 13 raise concerns for minority ethnic children

Wil Crisp

06, Jun, 2023 @12:16 PM

Reading terrorist had assault charge dropped weeks before attack, court told

CPS and Home Office had ‘miscommunication’ over Khairi Saadallah, who went on to kill three, pre-inquest review hears

Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

05, Jun, 2023 @6:21 PM

Scottish Police Federation accused of failing women

Whistleblowers and lawyers criticise body for rank and file officers after survey called it an ‘old boys’ network’

Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

04, Jun, 2023 @3:44 PM

Search of Nicola Sturgeon’s home ‘proportionate and necessary’, says police chief

Sir Iain Livingstone says move was not politically motivated and defends use of forensic tent outside house

Severin Carrell Scotland editor

04, Jun, 2023 @3:18 PM

Met police dealing with at least one dangerous dog a day, figures show

MPs call for new laws as rise in number of out-of-control dog seizures is not matched by action against owners

Michael Goodier

04, Jun, 2023 @3:00 PM

Why was it so hard for our judiciary to admit they’d jailed an innocent man for 16 years? | Rowan Moore

The death last week of Birmingham Six victim Hugh Callaghan reminds us that unfettered power can lead to abuses

Rowan Moore

04, Jun, 2023 @8:32 AM

Met officers accused of not assisting in inquiry of man who drowned in Thames

The family of Oladeji Omishore, who died soon after being Tasered by an officer, launches legal action against police watchdog

Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor

03, Jun, 2023 @4:00 PM

Met officer who led VIP abuse claims inquiry is removed from senior UK role

Steve Rodhouse is being investigated over complaints his team failed to properly handle reports witnesses lied

Kevin Rawlinson

03, Jun, 2023 @12:58 PM

Moon the baby donkey missing for weeks is returned to Hampshire owners

The 12-week-old foal is back with its mother at Miller’s Ark Animals while police continue their investigation

Sammy Gecsoyler

01, Jun, 2023 @7:21 PM

Met police plan to stop attending most mental health calls prompts concern

Mental health leaders say among other issues strategy risks excluding people with protected characteristics

Helen Pidd North of England editor

01, Jun, 2023 @9:06 AM

‘One guy uses us like a larder’: the British shoplifting crisis – as seen from the tills

In Britain, shop thefts have more than doubled in the past six years, reaching 8m in 2022. We spent a day talking to shopkeepers in Manchester, where raids on the shelves are a regular occurrence