How missing person investigations are prioritised
Every missing person report in the UK is graded no-apparent, low, medium or high risk within hours, and that grade, reviewed by an…
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What an inquest can decide, and what it never will
Inquests answer four narrow questions about a death and are barred from assigning criminal or civil blame, which families often learn…
Sarah Mitchell
Hung juries and majority verdicts: what happens when twelve people cannot agree
When a Crown Court jury deadlocks, the Juries Act 1974 permits 10-2 majority verdicts after two hours, a Watson direction may follow, and a…
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What reporters can and cannot tell you about a criminal trial
Contempt law, automatic anonymity rules and reporting restrictions shape every court story you read, and explain the strange gaps that…
Sarah Mitchell
What a police caution actually means for your record
A caution requires an admission of guilt, sits on the Police National Computer until your hundredth birthday, and can surface on enhanced…
Sarah Mitchell
Court and tribunal fee changes arrive in July 2026
The Ministry of Justice says a package of HMCTS fee changes includes 170 inflation-linked increases, 27 larger catch-up increases and four…
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NHS Waiting Times Crisis: 7.6 Million People Waiting for Treatment — Why It's Broken and How to Fix It
NHS waiting lists hit 7.6 million in 2024 — here's why waits are so long, what the government is doing, and how to get treatment faster.
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Upper East Side Legionnaires' Cluster Climbs to 28 Cases, 21 in Hospital
City health officials say a widening cluster of Legionnaires' disease on Manhattan's Upper East Side now stands at 28 confirmed infections…
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Telstra Blames Software Defect After Nationwide Outage Hits Triple-Zero Calls and Trains
Telstra has had to run hundreds of welfare checks on customers after an hours-long national outage on Wednesday knocked out services…
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