Dominic Casciani
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How the new prison release scheme will work - and how many inmates will be set free (opens the original)
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About 700 eligible offenders will leave jails in England and Wales on 1 October while some 2,550 are due to be released by the end of the year, under the government's early prison release plan. So why are so many people being let out of jail earlier than expected and how have they been chosen? Quite simply, prisons are almost full - and not for the first time. As of last Friday, there were 87,499 people in 120 jails across England and Wales - with around 1,500 available beds. At this rate, there
China funding UK research and sending it to Beijing's spies, MI5 warns (opens the original)
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More than 100 academics linked to British institutions have unwittingly assisted China's espionage operations against the UK via a front company working for its intelligence and security services, MI5 has warned. In the highly unusual public alert, the UK's internal security service warned universities and academics that continuing ties with China General Technology Research Institute (CGTRI) could ultimately lead to criminal charges for aiding a foreign state. Security minister Dan Jarvis said
UK research funded by China front company being sent to Beijing's spies, MI5 warns (opens the original)
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More than 100 academics linked to British institutions have unwittingly assisted China's espionage operations against the UK via a front company working for its intelligence and security services, MI5 has warned. In the highly unusual public alert, the UK's internal security service warned universities and academics that continuing ties with China General Technology Research Institute (CGTRI) could ultimately lead to criminal charges for aiding a foreign state. Security minister Dan Jarvis said
Tory ex-ministers face serious questions over migrant centre chaos, inquiry hears (opens the original)
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An overcrowded migrant reception centre, where a man died, raises "very serious questions" for ministers in the former Conservative government, including two home secretaries and former prime ministers, an inquiry has heard. The Manston centre in Kent became overwhelmed in November 2022 at the height of the small boats crisis, with around 4,000 people held there. Home Office officials knew conditions were unlawful and children were at risk of harm, but had no alternative plan for where to accomm
Juvenile murder sentence rule doesn't breach human rights, says Supreme Court (opens the original)
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Scrapping a law that could have shortened a man's prison sentence because he committed murder as a child was not a breach of human rights, the Supreme Court has ruled. Jesse Quaye, then 17, and Ayomindy Bile, then 15, murdered Connor Barrett in Hemsby, Norfolk in 2014 - leading to both being jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years. But a later change in the law meant Quaye could not ask for a review of that minimum term, because he had turned 18 before he was sentenced. The Supreme Court
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