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Flora Thompson

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Aug 12, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Independent
Top 5K sites
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Jul 16, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Flora Thompson

    Sex offenders released on bail ‘day in, day out’ claims police chief (opens the original)

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    The head of the Metropolitan Police has called on the criminal justice system "to do its job better", warning that dangerous offenders are being granted bail "day in, day out". Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley criticised the courts for repeatedly releasing serial sex attacker Simon Levy on bail, while also conceding there were “things we could have done better”. Speaking to broadcasters on Wednesday after the 40-year-old received a whole-life order for murder and rape, Sir Mark said: "He was rep

  2. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Flora Thompson

    UK returned 1,100 migrants to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal (opens the original)

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    The UK’s "one in, one out" migrant agreement with France has seen more asylum seekers arrive than depart in its initial 11 months, official figures reveal. Home Office data, released on Thursday, shows 1,117 individuals travelled to Britain from France between August 2025 and June 2026, while 1,087 were deported. The deal, intended to curb Channel crossings, permits the return of UK arrivals to France in exchange for an equivalent number of asylum seekers using safe and legal routes. These are

  3. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Flora Thompson

    MI5 slammed after ‘serious failings’ led to courts receiving false evidence (opens the original)

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    The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced her intention to take “urgent action” to hold MI5 to account after a report found “serious failings” by its officers led to courts being given false evidence. Mahmood made the vow following the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, Sir Brian Leveson, publishing a report on Thursday which identified “systemic failures” in the security service’s conduct in the so-called Agent X case. The report comes after MI5 apologised earlier this year

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