Anahita Hossein-Pour
Environment
Thousands to face water supply issues over weekend
South East Water continued to ask customers to use water for essential uses only such as drinking, washing and cooking.
29 May 2026
UK
Dozens of suspects still wanted by police over 2024 disorder
Details of around 40 suspected rioters across five police forces have been published as a police chief issues warning to troublemakers.
4 Aug 2025
Politics
Plans for new offence to crack down on promoting Channel crossings online
Anyone advertising crossings or illegal working could face up to five years in prison and a large fine.
2 Aug 2025
Politics
Fear has ‘never left’ asylum seekers after last summer’s disorder, warns charity
Conversation Over Borders said many are ‘still stuck in the same unsafe hotel system that became sitting targets for racist violence’.
1 Aug 2025
Politics
Conditions that led to disorder ‘still there and could escalate again’
Last year disorder spread in the wake of the Southport murders on July 29.
1 Aug 2025
Crime
Highest number of prisons found to be of ‘serious concern’
Figures show 22 jails – 18.5% – were given the lowest ranking in the year to March.
31 Jul 2025
Crime
Number of drones seen around jails rises to record high, figures show
Figures published for the first time reveal drone incidents in prisons rose to 1,712 in the year to March.
31 Jul 2025
Politics
Channel-crossing migrants brought to shore by Border Force and lifeboats
The crossings continue as the number of people arriving this year so far nears 25,000.
30 Jul 2025
Crime
About one in 10 people victims of domestic abuse, stalking or sexual assault
It is the first time an estimate has been made of the combined prevalence of the crime types.
24 Jul 2025
UK
Record number of police officers sacked amid drop in force numbers
Latest Home Office data reveals 426 officers were dismissed or had their contracts terminated in the year to March.
23 Jul 2025
Politics
Artificial intelligence to be trialled for disputes over asylum seekers’ ages
Ministers hope to roll out facial age estimation for migrants arriving by small boats and lorries over 2026 after trialling of the technology.
22 Jul 2025
Politics22 Jul 2025
Sanctions to be introduced to target people-smuggling gangs
The first wave of sanctions to be imposed on Wednesday will target those involved in supplying small boats for Channel crossings.
Politics
‘Dysfunctional’ county courts need urgent review – MPs
County courts were described as the ‘Cinderella service’ of the justice system, gaining little attention compared with the criminal justice system.
21 Jul 2025
Politics18 Jul 2025
French riot police clash with migrants as record numbers head to UK
Footage from Gravelines shows a group throwing rocks from afar in the direction of officers, who are equipped with shields, helmets and tear gas
UK18 Jul 2025
Cockroach-infested London prison held inmates illegally
The chief inspector of prisons also said the backlog in sentencing calculations at HMP Pentonville has seen some prisoners freed early.
Politics
Migrants run across beach to board dinghy in the Channel
French authorities in an inflatable boat passed life jackets to those on board the overcrowded dingy, which was leaving the coast across the Channel.
17 Jul 2025
Politics
Prevent programme should continue referrals for no ideology – review
The review looking at lessons learned from the cases of MP Sir David Amess’s murderer Ali Harbi Ali and Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana.
16 Jul 2025
Politics
Early handling of rape cases by Crown Prosecution Service ‘not good enough’
An inspection of the prosecuting body found that while the number of rape cases being charged is increasing, urgent improvements are needed.
15 Jul 2025
Politics
What is the new UK-France deal to tackle Channel crossings?
Here is a closer look at the fresh plan and what the issue is.
10 Jul 2025
Politics
Jury trials ‘always important’ part of justice system amid court reform shake-up
Plans to reduce the number of jury trials and create a new type of crown court where trials are heard by judges were unveiled on Wednesday.
9 Jul 2025
Politics
Overwhelming levels of drugs destabilising prisons, watchdog warns
The chief inspector of prisons revealed ‘frightening’ blades including a zombie knife was also suspected of being dropped into prison by a drone.
8 Jul 2025