The Home Secretary also told the House of Commons she also intends to make better use of technology in policing - including the "largest-ever rollout of facial recognition".
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 AM
The Home Secretary also told the House of Commons she also intends to make better use of technology in policing - including the "largest-ever rollout of facial recognition".
Court of Appeal in R v Webster ruled that jurors have no absolute legal right to acquit defendants according to personal conscience. Jurors must return verdicts based solely on evidence, as required by their oath. But "perverse acquittals" (ignoring the evidence) remain a historical de facto power.
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Court of Appeal in R v Webster ruled that jurors have no absolute legal right to acquit defendants according to personal conscience. Jurors must return verdicts based solely on evidence, as required by their oath. But "perverse acquittals" (ignoring the evidence) remain a historical de facto power.
Independent reviewer of terrorism legislation: There is a “risk” that IS fighters and families from UK could try to return to UK on small boats or by other smuggling routes.
@terrorwatchdog.bsky.social also suggested it was possible they could become involved in planning attacks on UK from abroad".
@terrorwatchdog.bsky.social also suggested it was possible they could become involved in planning attacks on UK from abroad".
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Independent reviewer of terrorism legislation: There is a “risk” that IS fighters and families from UK could try to return to UK on small boats or by other smuggling routes.
@terrorwatchdog.bsky.social also suggested it was possible they could become involved in planning attacks on UK from abroad".
@terrorwatchdog.bsky.social also suggested it was possible they could become involved in planning attacks on UK from abroad".
The spray causes searing pain in eyes for 40 minutes and burning sensation to skin. A govt report found black prisoners were twice as likely as white prisoners to experience spray and baton use.
409 of every 1,000 black inmates were subjected to use of force, compared with 208.6 per 1,000 white.
409 of every 1,000 black inmates were subjected to use of force, compared with 208.6 per 1,000 white.
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The spray causes searing pain in eyes for 40 minutes and burning sensation to skin. A govt report found black prisoners were twice as likely as white prisoners to experience spray and baton use.
409 of every 1,000 black inmates were subjected to use of force, compared with 208.6 per 1,000 white.
409 of every 1,000 black inmates were subjected to use of force, compared with 208.6 per 1,000 white.
“When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times": home secretary Shabana Mahmood.
Wow!
Wow!
January 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
“When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times": home secretary Shabana Mahmood.
Wow!
Wow!
President of tribunals: Media reports about immigration judgments ‘very regrettably led to a heightened level of unwarranted abuse of individual judges’. Some judges were subject to "unwarranted media commentary. Some judges have been subjected to abusive language and explicit discriminatory abuse".
January 19, 2026 at 2:28 PM
President of tribunals: Media reports about immigration judgments ‘very regrettably led to a heightened level of unwarranted abuse of individual judges’. Some judges were subject to "unwarranted media commentary. Some judges have been subjected to abusive language and explicit discriminatory abuse".
"President George W Bush personally publicised his capture in 2002, claiming he was a senior al-Qaeda operative who was "plotting and planning murder". These claims were later withdrawn by the US government, which no longer contends he was a member of al-Qaeda".
January 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
"President George W Bush personally publicised his capture in 2002, claiming he was a senior al-Qaeda operative who was "plotting and planning murder". These claims were later withdrawn by the US government, which no longer contends he was a member of al-Qaeda".
He brought a legal claim against the UK on the basis that its intelligence services were "complicit" in his torture.
His lawyer urged the UK and other governments that "share responsibility for his ongoing torture and unlawful detention" to ensure his release.
His lawyer urged the UK and other governments that "share responsibility for his ongoing torture and unlawful detention" to ensure his release.
January 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
He brought a legal claim against the UK on the basis that its intelligence services were "complicit" in his torture.
His lawyer urged the UK and other governments that "share responsibility for his ongoing torture and unlawful detention" to ensure his release.
His lawyer urged the UK and other governments that "share responsibility for his ongoing torture and unlawful detention" to ensure his release.