Officials in New South Wales have announced that thousands of people who were wrongfully fined during covid lockdowns will be refunded. According to SKY News: Australia’s largest state has said it will withdraw or refund tens of thousands of fines issued during the COVID pandemic after lawyers found some fines were invalid in a test … Read more
The NHS is claiming that as many as one quarter of all 17 to 19 year-olds in England had a mental disorder in 2022. It was one in six in 2021. According to the BBC: Rates among teenage boys and girls were similar – but twice as high in female 17- to 24-year-olds compared with … Read more
The proportion of people in England and Wales who describe themselves as Christian has fallen below 50 per cent for the first time. According to The Telegraph: The Archbishop of York said the country had “left behind the era when many people almost automatically identified as Christian” after Census data showed the proportion of the … Read more
The UK government has amended its Online Safety Bill and removed a section which would have forced big tech firms to remove legal but harmful material. Critics had claimed that the section posed a serious risk to free speech. According to the BBC: Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan denied weakening laws protecting social media users and … Read more
A solicitor who specialises in discrimination cases is warning bosses that world cup banter between staff shouldn’t “cross the line into racial discrimination. Peter Nicholson, of Nelsons solicitors, which specialises in discrimination cases, was speaking ahead of this evenings World Cup game between England and Wales. According to The Times: Employers have been warned to … Read more
Scotland Yard has launched a hotline for the public and police officers themselves to anonymously report corrupt or racist officers. According to The Telegraph: From Tuesday anyone with concerns about a Metropolitan Police officer can call a confidential number manned by trained staff from Crimestoppers, an independent charity. Information will then be passed to detectives … Read more
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