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An international drug trafficker who was once one of the UK’s most wanted men has today been jailed for 20 years. James Stevenson custody imageJames ‘Jamie’ Stevenson, 59, masterminded a plot to smuggle nearly a tonne of cocaine from Ecuador to Glasgow Fruit Market Ltd in the city’s Kennedy Street. The huge consignment had a […]
Three men have pleaded guilty to running a website enabling criminals to circumvent banking anti-fraud checks. A National Crime Agency investigation showed that www.OTP.Agency was run by Callum Picari, 22, from Hornchurch, Essex; Vijayasidhurshan Vijayanathan, 21, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire; and Aza Siddeeque, 19, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Criminals were charged a monthly subscription fee which […]
Government pushes ahead with reform agenda by scrapping single headline Ofsted judgements for schools with immediate effect Single headline grades for schools will be scrapped with immediate effect to boost school standards and increase transparency for parents, the government has announced today. Reductive single headline grades fail to provide a fair and accurate assessment of […]
Taxi and delivery driver claimed £100,000 of Bounce Back Loans and failed to spend the money on his businesses A taxi driver from Ilford in East London must abide by 11 years of tough bankruptcy restrictions after falsely claiming two Bounce Back Loans totalling £100,000 during the covid pandemic. Hafiz Saeed Ahmad, 47, from Meath […]
The UK immigration system is going digital, meaning physical documents will be replaced with an online immigration status Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs), vignette stickers in passports or ‘wet ink stamps’ are among some of the physical documents that will no longer needed. If you are granted a visa to stay in the UK for longer […]
Members of a people-smuggling ring have been jailed yesterday after being caught cramming 2 Afghan migrants into a tiny car boot. Images show the migrants wedged into the boot as the gang tried to transport them between France and the UK. British pensioner Rashida Ayub (69) and Afghan nationals Jumagaul Mohamadi (57) and Wshiar Sarteep […]
Child Benefit can be claimed for children after they turn 16 if they are staying on in approved education or training. Parents have less than 2 weeks to tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) their 16-19 year-old is continuing education or training or their Child Benefit payments will stop. Hundreds of thousands of teenagers will […]
Data released today (16 August 2024) confirms 460 people arrested in connection with the violent disorder earlier this month have faced their day in court and at least 99 have already been sentenced. This means over 300 more people have appeared in court since last week. The rapid action taken across the justice system by […]
From Tuesday 1 April 2025, door supervisors and security guards must undertake refresher training to renew their licence. The new ‘refresher’ qualifications will be available from 1 October 2024. The qualifications update safety-critical skills door supervisors and security guards use to keep the public safe. The SIA is encouraging affected licence holders to take the […]
A teenager who threw bricks at police officers has been jailed for 18 months. Cole Stewart threw multiple objects at officers who had been deployed to violent disorder in Darlington last Monday evening (August 5). The 18-year-old was caught on CCTV “celebrating” after repeatedly throwing bricks and other objects at the officers near North Lodge […]
