Alesha MacPhail’s father ‘sold cannabis to murder accused’
Craig TaylorRobert MacPhail admits doing deals with the boy who is charged with killing his six-year-old daughter. BBC News – UK
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Libby Squire: search continues
bethkent ✅Police are continuing to search an area close to where missing student Libby Squire was last seen. Libby, 21, has not been seen since January 31st. The University of Hull student went missing after a night out in the city. Police are searching a variety of locations including the Oak Road Playing Fields in Hull. On Tuesday…
Too many elderly people are given ‘antidepressants instead of therapy’
GPs are giving too many older people antidepressants when they are struggling with depression and should be prescribing talking therapies more than they are. Family doctors too often avoid talking to patients over the age of 65 about depression and do not have time to explore and treat the condition properly. Almost one in ten…
Taxi and private hire drivers to face enhanced checks
Taxi and private hire drivers could have to pass an intensive criminal record checks under government proposals. The Department of Transport has launched a consultation on new rules to better protect vulnerable passengers. Last year a government report found the laws regulating drivers were not “fit for the modern world”. The consultations for England and Wales…
Knife crime offenders to be tagged with tracking devices in London
Knife crime offenders in London will be tagged with tracking devices upon their release from prison in an attempt to reduce violence in London. People who have served sentences for knife-related crimes such as possession, robbery, wounding, GBH and aggravated burglary will be ordered to wear GPS tagging under a year-long pilot. This will begin…
Thirty years since a Pan Am flight from London to New York exploded over Lockerbie.
It has been 30 years since the Lockerbie bombing. December 21st, 1988 all 259 passengers and crew members on board the plane were killed as well as 11 people on the ground. It is the biggest terrorist attack ever to take place in Britain. At 19.02 a loud sound was recorded on the cockpit voice recorder;…