A woman accused of being involved in a suspected acid attack in Plymouth has appeared in court. Paris Wilson, 34, of The Quay, Plymouth, spoke only to confirm her name, age and address during a hearing at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. She has been charged with conspiracy to murder and kidnap Daniel Cahalane, as...
A woman has been charged in connection to a suspected acid attack in which a man in his 30s was injured and remains in a serious condition in hospital, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said Paris Wilson, 34, of The Quay in Plymouth was due to appear at the city’s Magistrates’ Court on...
Originally published by Capital B. Reginald Hall traveled nearly six hours from the quiet of his home in Sapelo Island to Atlanta to hear a landmark case that could shape the future of his historic community in Georgia. Last year, Sapelo Island residents sued county officials for blocking them from holding a crucial vote that...
Reuters Venezuelans who the Trump administration says are gang members have been deported to the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador The US Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to pause the deportation of accused Venezuelan gang members under an 18th-century wartime law. A civil liberties group is suing the administration over planned deportations...
Alison Holt Social affairs editor BBC “A victory for common sense” or “devastating” – the contrasting reactions to the statement by five Supreme Court judges that legally the term “woman” means a biological woman. Behind the different responses lie many of the often bitter and vitriolic arguments that set the country on a long, tricky...
Joint Statement from the Political Committee of the Communist Party, the Central Committee of the Young Communist League, the CP & YCL Women’s Commissions on the UK Supreme Court ruling that “sex” means biological sex in the Equality Act 2010. We welcome the Supreme Court’s clarification that “sex” means biological sex in the Equality...
Paul O’Hare BBC Scotland News BBC Kerrie Meyer had gender reassignment surgery at the age of 72 Campaigners have warned the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman could have “dire consequences” for the safety of trans people. Scottish Greens MSP Maggie Chapman told BBC Scotland News the trans community is now...
Alison Holt Social affairs editor Getty Images After years of argument and dispute about the meaning of gender, the watchword of Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling has to be clarity. Equality law has been made clear with the unambiguous statement that the term “woman” refers to a biological woman and does not include biological men who...
“The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders,” Judge James Boasberg said in his order. On Wednesday, United States District Judge James Boasberg issued an opinion finding that the Trump administration likely acted in contempt of court when they refused to abide by one of his rulings relating to the deportation of Venezuelan...
Alison Holt Social affairs editor Getty Images The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex. So as the dust settles on the ruling, what can we take away from it? Clear ruling Firstly, it provides much greater clarity than many expected. The judges ruled...
The ruling does not lead to any immediate change regarding eligibility in elite sport. Governing bodies are not now compelled to amend or reconsider their rules. The weight of the ruling is likely to influence policy-making over time, and may lead to more sports banning transgender women from competing in women’s categories. “There are still...
No doubt there will be weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth in elite circles in the United Kingdom. But the UK Supreme Court has ruled, against all expectations, that modern courts rarely get it right, that sex is binary. ???? BREAKING: Transgender women should not be legally defined as women, the Supreme Court has ruled....
Bedfordshire Police Nicholas Prosper was jailed for life and must serve a minimum term of 49 years The Court of Appeal has been asked to review the sentence of a teenager who killed three members of his family and planned a school shooting. Nicholas Prosper, 19, has been jailed for life with a minimum term...
Phil Sim BBC Scotland political correspondent PA Media Women’s campaigners open a bottle of champagne outside the Supreme Court The UK Supreme Court has unanimously and unambiguously backed the argument that the definition of a woman in the Equality Act should be based on biological sex. Reading out the ruling, Lord Hodge cautioned that it...
Jim Reed BBC News Reporting fromSupreme Court, London Pamela Tickell BBC News, North East and Cumbria BBC Parents of the deceased children heard doctors involved in their care could be named Doctors in two end-of-life cases can be named, the Supreme Court has ruled, after the parents of two children said they wanted to “tell...