Crime

Our prisons are so broken that we can’t carry on – we must seize the opportunity to fix them
Andrea Coomber

Our prisons are so broken that we can’t carry on – we must seize the opportunity to fix them

Politicians may disagree on how we fix the penal system, but everyone can agree that reform is needed

Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others
Rehabilitation

Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others

When Mick Howes became a Community Payback supervisor, he soon realised that it was the rewarding job he’d been looking for

My son mysteriously vanished 17 years ago – Christmas is just another reminder he’s gone
Missing people

My son mysteriously vanished 17 years ago – Christmas is just another reminder he’s gone

People are more likely to go missing over the festive season. Missing People’s helpline is there to help people if they need it. Kevin Gosden, whose son disappeared 17 years ago, says he does not know if he would be here without it

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: ‘I lost everything’
Criminal justice

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: ‘I lost everything’

From the NHS to ‘spreading opportunity’: Here’s what should be in Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’
Plan for change

From the NHS to ‘spreading opportunity’: Here’s what should be in Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’

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I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK
Modern slavery

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK

Cuts on our children’s faces from knife crime are undeniably caused by cuts to youth services
Bruce Houlder

Cuts on our children’s faces from knife crime are undeniably caused by cuts to youth services

‘No two prisoners are the same’: 6 ways we can break the UK prison system’s cycle of failure
Sid Madge

‘No two prisoners are the same’: 6 ways we can break the UK prison system’s cycle of failure

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens
Crime

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens

Trans Brits feel like a ‘constant target’ in wake of Brianna Ghey’s murder: ‘Trans kids deserve better’
LGBTQ+ rights

Trans Brits feel like a ‘constant target’ in wake of Brianna Ghey’s murder: ‘Trans kids deserve better’

No Grenfell Tower criminal charges for ‘at least’ 12-18 months, Met Police say
Grenfell Tower

No Grenfell Tower criminal charges for ‘at least’ 12-18 months, Met Police say

‘A little bit of paradise’: Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire
Housing

‘A little bit of paradise’: Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire

Would banning the EDL actually work? Here’s how to tackle the far-right ideology behind UK riots
UK riots

Would banning the EDL actually work? Here’s how to tackle the far-right ideology behind UK riots

Back to Black actor Eddie Marsan: ‘There aren’t any no-go areas in Tower Hamlets’
London

Back to Black actor Eddie Marsan: ‘There aren’t any no-go areas in Tower Hamlets’

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say
Benefit fraud

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say

‘We are heartbroken’: Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives
Community

‘We are heartbroken’: Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives

Sarah Everard: How many more women will be killed before crimes are taken seriously?
Amy Bowdrey

Sarah Everard: How many more women will be killed before crimes are taken seriously?

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs
Community activism

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs

Social media and closure of youth ‘safe spaces’ could lead to surge in violent crime, research warns
Youth centres

Social media and closure of youth ‘safe spaces’ could lead to surge in violent crime, research warns

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I’m lucky to have made it out alive
Modern slavery

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I’m lucky to have made it out alive

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was ‘going to end up dead’
Justice system

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was ‘going to end up dead’

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Dougray Scott: ‘Working-class anger comes in waves’
interview

Dougray Scott: ‘Working-class anger comes in waves’

Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett
recommended

Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett

Thousands of people across the UK attend vigils to honour Brianna Ghey
Brianna Ghey

Thousands of people across the UK attend vigils to honour Brianna Ghey

The reality is to change things, you need to get involved
Opinion

The reality is to change things, you need to get involved