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Parents ‘vindicated’ after police admit unlawful arrest over WhatsApp row
Nov 17, 2025 - World 
Hertfordshire police agree to pay £20,000 to Rosalind Levine and Maxie Allen, who were held for 11 hours after complaining about daughter’s schoolTwo parents who were arrested after they complained about their daughter’s primary school on WhatsApp have said they felt “vindicated” by the police admitting the arrest was unlawful.Rosalind Levine and her partner, Maxie Allen, said they were held at a police station for 11 hours over their complaints about the school. Continue reading...
Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union
Nov 17, 2025 - World 
Understaffing driving workers to ill health and discouraging them for taking leave, says Royal College of Nursing CEONurses across the UK are working while unwell in understaffed hospitals, with stress as the leading cause of illness, according to research.A survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of more than 20,000 nursing staff found that 66% had worked when they should have been on sick leave, up from 49% in 2017. Continue reading...
Asking prices fall as UK housing market hit by budget speculation, Rightmove says
Nov 17, 2025 - World 
November drop of 1.8% is biggest for this time of year since 2012, with chancellor’s plans loomingBudget speculation has depressed the UK property market, figures from a leading property website have suggested, with asking prices slipping in the run-up to Rachel Reeves’s much anticipated fiscal set piece on 26 November.The average new seller asking price fell by 1.8%, or £6,589, month on month in November, the figures collated by the property website Rightmove set out, taking the average price tag on a British home put up for sale to £364,833. Continue reading...
Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration
Nov 16, 2025 - World 
There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rightsShabana Mahmood has warned Labour MPs that “dark forces are stirring up anger” over migration, amid growing alarm among senior party figures over the most sweeping overhaul of refugee rights in a generation.On Monday, Mahmood will announce controversial new laws to overhaul refugee status, which must be reassessed every two years, as well as curbing asylum appeals and toughening the approach to rights to family life.Restricting asylum seekers to one single appeal rather than different appeals on multiple grounds.Creating a new body for fast-tracking cases for dangerous criminals and those with little hope of success.Legislating to restrict last-minute modern slavery claimsJoining other countries in seeking reform of ECHR article 3 rights, to more narrowly define the risk of torture and degrading treatment.Changing the Home Office’s duty to provide support to asylum seekers to a discretionary power, enabling them to potentially be removed from accommodation. Continue reading...
Man held on suspicion of murder after woman, 21, found dead in Welsh boatyard
Nov 16, 2025 - World 
Man, 29, arrested after Corinna Baker found at Netpool Boat Yard on River Teifi in CardiganA man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 21-year-old woman was found dead in a boatyard in west Wales, police said.Corinna Baker was found shortly after noon on Saturday at Netpool Boat Yard, located on the River Teifi in Cardigan, Ceredigion. Continue reading...
