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Tens of thousands of offenders in England and Wales, including sex offenders, shoplifters, drug dealers and violent criminals, will avoid prison under sweeping sentencing reforms to be put before Parliament next month. The Sentencing Bill will require judges to presume against custodial sentences of

Health experts have called for new regulations after a family-friendly restaurant accidentally served cannabis-infused pizza to nearly 100 customers. A "mass intoxication event" took place at Famous Yeti's Pizza in Wisconsin in October 2024, according to a paper recently published in a US health jou

Yesterday marked four years since the Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Act 2021 came into force. The legislation, brought forward by Labour MSP Daniel Johnson and backed by the SRC, Trades Union, and retailers, aimed to start tackling the abuse many sho

The United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls has called for all member states to ban surrogacy. Reem Alsalem has published a new report calling for states to move towards the total prohibition of surrogacy in all forms, while also raising significant concerns about the p

A federal judge has ordered the closure of Donald Trump’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention camp in Florida, ruling that the facility is causing severe and irreparable damage to the Everglades. US district judge Kathleen Williams issued an 82-page ruling banning new detain

The UK government is planning a major shake-up of the asylum appeals system in a bid to reduce the number of migrants being housed in hotels while they await rulings. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said she would establish a new body staffed by independent adjudicators to address what she called &ldqu