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A predator jailed for abusing young children died after contracting Covid. Convicted sex offender Ian Smith was serving a 21-year jail term at HMP Stafford when he caught the virus.
The disease that spreads from men to women is Human Papilloma Virus, so it can be serious for both. Let's know about this- ...
But while a governor at HMP Kirkham, she allegedly became too close to Saunderson, signing off his temporary release without proper authority, it is alleged. After Saunderson had served his ...
A prisoner has won £7,500 in damages after suing a jail for forcing him to have X-ray body scans to check for contraband. Vincent Horsfall, 32, launched the legal action after he was ordered to ...
Category C prison HMP Millsike, at Full Sutton, sprawls across an area equivalent to 39 football pitches and represents a significant step towards the government's ambition of adding 14,000 extra ...
But while a governor at HMP Kirkham, in Lancashire, she allegedly became too close to Saunderson, signing off his temporary release without proper authority, it is alleged. After Saunderson had ...
The virus has been changing a lot recently, which has some health experts worried. It was detected in a sheep for the first time ever in a Yorkshire farm. Routine testing revealed the infection ...
For many Scots, the service provided by their local GP is the most important part of the NHS. But too often those who need it most are finding it difficult to get appointments. Simply phoning the ...
But Pegg, 42, "didn't play by the rules" and while governor at HMP Kirkham in Lancashire began a relationship with an inmate Anthony Saunderson, who gave her the coupe car bought with drugs ...
Kerri Pegg, 42, was seen as a "rising star" in the Prison Service, quickly climbing the career ladder from graduate entrant to HMP Kirkham governor in six years, Preston Crown Court heard.
HMP Inspectorate of Prisons described the figure as "shocking" in its report into HMP Deerbolt in Barnard Castle. It said at the time of its investigation in December, some staff had been ...
It added: "No further infection with avian influenza virus was detected in the remaining flock and this remains a single case in a mammal detected on the premises. While this is the first time ...