Day: 14 July 2025

‘A new scheme to detect people who are obsessed with violence before they kill, such as the Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana, should be considered by the government, an official report will say.’

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The Guardian, 14th July 2025

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‘Will Orr-Ewing and Pete Montgomery wrote to the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, on Friday warning that they would seek a judicial review. They argue that current guidance, which allows headteachers to decide how smartphones are used, is unlawful and unsafe for children.’

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The Guardian, 13th July 2025

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‘After years of campaigning and political debate, tech platforms will – within weeks – be legally obliged to stop kids seeing harmful content online, including pornography and material encouraging self-harm. They’ll be expected to check users’ ages, and if they don’t, they could be punished with heavy fines.’

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BBC News, 12th July 2025

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‘More than 2,500 inmates are still trapped under the outlawed jail terms, which have been described by the UN as “psychological torture”. They were abolished in 2012, but not retrospectively, leaving those already jailed incarcerated indefinitely.’

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The Independent, 13th July 2025

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‘The legal challenge argues there was an overreach by the commissioners, in breach of the Local Government Act, when they refused to allow three separate applications by elected council members to “call in” a cabinet decision to close four day centres for further scrutiny.’

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The Guardian, 12th July 2025

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‘A former NHS mental health nurse and priest has been jailed for raping a woman he met on a dating app, and is being investigated over further alleged sexual offending.’

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The Independent, 12th July 2025

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