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Criminal Cases Review Commission told to urgently improve after Malkinson failings
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The Guardian · World

Criminal Cases Review Commission told to urgently improve after Malkinson failings

Watchdog criticises ‘lack of proactive, effective casework quality assurance’ but says CCRC ultimately fit for purposeThe Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) must urgently improve its investigations to avoid a repeat of failings such as those in the Andrew Malkinson scandal, a watchdog has found...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
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Student drowns in River Wye while on Duke of Edinburgh’s Award trip to Wales
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The Guardian · World

Student drowns in River Wye while on Duke of Edinburgh’s Award trip to Wales

Body of eighteen-year-old man located after search involving Mountain Rescue, police and the fire serviceA student has drowned while on a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) trip in Wales, police have said.Emergency services were called to the River Wye in Glasbury, Powys on Tuesday evening after it wa...

Nadeem Badshah
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US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests
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The Guardian · World

US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests

Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exportsThe NHS will have to divert £45bn from essential services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the UK-US trade deal agreed last December, leading to more than 200,000 avoidable deaths of p...

Andrew Gregory Health editor
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Ohio authorities rescue 16 children confined to one room for four years
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The Guardian · World

Ohio authorities rescue 16 children confined to one room for four years

Parents and grandparents charged as police say case in Hamden not human trafficking but ‘intra-family situation’ Sixteen children were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio after being confined to just one room in “deplorable conditions” for much of the past four years, authorities said on W...

Lucy Campbell
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Teenager seriously injured in shooting near Birmingham mosque
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The Guardian · World

Teenager seriously injured in shooting near Birmingham mosque

Boy, 16, in hospital with gunshot wounds after incident in Alum Rock areaA teenager has sustained “potentially life-threatening” gunshot wounds after a shooting near a mosque in Birmingham, police have said.Officers were called to reports of an incident on Bowyer Road, near St Saviours Road in the A...

Nadeem Badshah
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