BBC Lord Timpson is the former CEO of the Timpson Group, which provides key cutting and shoe repair services Prisons minister James Timpson has told the BBC more criminals could be tagged in future instead of being sent to prison – but insists he’s not “soft on crime”. More than 30 companies, including Microsoft and...
Asylum seekers will be denied the right to stay in the UK if they have been convicted of sexual offences, the government has announced. Terrorists, war criminals and any other criminals whose offences carry a sentence of one year or more can already be refused asylum under the Refugee Convention. Under the changes, this will...
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty recently gained notoriety for not prosecuting a Minnesota government employee for committing a series of felonies for keying Teslas. It was a travesty, one made even more blatant by the fact that her office is prosecuting a woman for causing much less damage, vandalizing one car instead of six Teslas....
Joshua Nevett Political reporter Getty Images Fish is the main good exported by the Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands was surprised to be hit by one of the most punishing tariff rates on US President Donald Trump’s “worst offenders” list, a member of the Falklands parliament has told the BBC. The British overseas territory is...
President Donald Trump has unveiled plans for sweeping new import taxes on all goods entering the US, in a watershed moment for global trade. The plan sets a baseline tariff on all imports of at least 10%, consistent with a proposal Trump made on the campaign last year. Items from countries that the White House...