Month: December 2025

Experts warn this likely points to ‘regression to mean’ after recent spike in mass killings rather than continued declineA shooting last weekend at a children’s birthday party in California that left four dead was the 17th mass killing in the US this year – the lowest number recorded since 2006, according to a database that tracks them.The mass killings – defined as incidents in which four or more people are […]

Approval of legislation to ban Pfas would be major win for advocates pushing for safer gear alternatives across USA new bill proposed in the New York city council would ban the use of toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” in protective gear worn by the city’s 11,000 firefighters.The New York fire department is the nation’s largest firefighting force, and approval of the legislation would mark a major win for advocates who are […]

Defense secretary shares anecdote in The War on Warriors and rails against ‘rules and regulations’ governing warPete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement.The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he also repeatedly railed against the constraints placed on “American warfighters” […]

None of the former officers accused by the IOPC will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retiredHillsborough disaster report: latest updatesTimeline: decades seeking justice and changeTwelve police officers would have faced disciplinary cases of gross misconduct for a catalogue of professional failings relating to the Hillsborough disaster if they were still serving, the police watchdog has said.However, no former officer named by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) […]

The families of those killed at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final had a long fight for the truth27 March The South Yorkshire police chief constable, Peter Wright, replaces Ch Supt Brian Mole, the experienced commander of football matches at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough stadium. Wright promotes David Duckenfield in Mole’s place. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

IOPC says 12 police officers would have faced disciplinary cases of gross misconduct relating to the Hillsborough disaster if they were still servingFull report: 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct casesTimeline: decades seeking justice and changeThe watchdog has found that 12 officers, all men, would have faced disciplinary cases of gross misconduct.Ten were in the South Yorkshire force, including senior officers responsible for safety at Hillsborough.South Yorkshire’s Chief […]

Justice secretary expected to pull back from plans to reserve jury trials from only the most serious casesThe former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will lay an amendment on Wednesday to speed up the workers rights’ bill, after “considerable anger” that unelected Lords forced the watering down of day-one rights, Jessica Elgot and Pippa Crerar report.Twelve more prisoners have been mistakenly freed in the past month and two are still […]