All news on the topic: Public inquiry

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Canadian accused of aiding 112 UK deaths to face no justice in Britain
A Canadian man accused of selling lethal substances linked to the deaths of over 100 British people will not face justice in the UK, according to an announcement by the Crown Prosecution Service.
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Parents and agencies failed to stop Southport killer despite years of warning signs
The Southport attack could have been prevented if Axel Rudakubana’s parents and multiple agencies had acted, a public inquiry has found.
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Nadine Dorries rejects accusations of sexism in Johnson’s No.10, highlights pandemic leadership
Ally of Boris Johnson, Nadine Dorries, has dismissed claims that the former Prime Minister was sexist and ignored women, stating that he was "at his best" during the pandemic.
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“This is betrayal and disgrace”: Afghan special forces who worked with SAS abandoned after visa refusals
A senior general who did not report evidence of supposed SAS war crimes in Afghanistan later presided over the dismissal of numerous UK resettlement applications from Afghan commandos who served with the elite regiment, as revealed by BBC Panorama.
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Public inquiry announced into police handling of Emma Caldwell's murder case
Iain Packer was convicted of killing 27-year-old Emma Caldwell and dumping her body at Limefield Woods in Lanarkshire 19 years ago.
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Emma Caldwell cases sparks calls to review unsolved murders of other sex workers
Following the justice for Emma Caldwell, former detective Gerry Gallagher says the murders of the likes of Diane McInally, Karen McGregor, Leona McGovern and Jacqueline Gallagher could be investigated again
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Lawyer spied on by cops after he took on death in custody case
Police carried out a secret spying operation on lawyer Aamer Anwar after he began representing the family of Sheku Bayoh, cops also spied on the dead man’s distraught family
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James Bulger's mum over the moon as public inquiry into murder takes major step
Denise Fergus has long been calling for an inquiry into the 1993 killing of her two-year-old son by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, and how the murderers were sentenced
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Woman who built 4ft anti-climb paint barricade outside home must take it down
Solicitor Sine Garvie-Mcinally used wooden stakes to block off a 150m stretch of footpath popular with ramblers at her home near the Norfolk village of Newton by Castle Acre
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Grace O'Malley-Kumar family will fight forever to make sure killer not released
Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar's heartbroken parents appeared on Monday's Good Morning Britain after Valdo Calocane was sentenced for killing their children and school caretaker Ian Coates
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Drink driver filmed his own fatal car crash before body lay in field for days
The body of a man who was full of drugs and drink was found near to the car he crashed in after he was flung out of the window an inquest into his death has revealed
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'I was tricked into 6-year relationship by undercover cop sent to spy on me'
To his fellow activists, friends and partner Mark Stone was 'one of them' - a passionate environmental activist who was trying to change the world. Finding out he was in fact Mark Kennedy - an undercover cop - left their lives in tatters
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Attorney General orders review into CPS handling of Nottingham attacks
The Government's top lawyer ordered a probe into the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to accept Valdo Calocane's plea to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility
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'Hero' dad was given 'death sentence' by 'worst health scandal in history'
Brian Brierley's son Sean is still fighting to find out the truth about his dad's death in 1991 in Liverpool Around 30,000 people contracted HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood
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Special review of NHS Trust where Nottingham attacker was treated is ordered
The 32-year-old was convicted last week of stabbing to death 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, last June
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Keir Starmer backs inquiry into failings that led to Nottingham attacks
The families of the victims of knifeman Valdo Calocane say there were 'missed opportunities' to prevent the deaths Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates
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Valdo Calocane's sentence 'too lenient' as review sent to Attorney General
The families of the victims of Nottingham knifeman Valdo Calocane have gone to the Attorney General over the "lenient" sentence handed down on Thursday by the judge
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Nottingham attack victims were failed by the system meant to protect us all
Valdo Calocane – sentenced on Thursday to an indefinite hospital order – killed Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates - Barnaby's mum issued stark words to police on Thursday
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Horrific new footage of Battle of Orgreave emerges 40 years after Miners' Strike
Channel 4’s three-part series also includes miners speaking on camera for the first time after suffering physical and mental scars at the Battle of Orgreave during the 1984 Miners’ Strike
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'You're right to smell rat when Tories resist inquiry into Battle of Orgreave'
Margaret Thatcher’s truncheon-wielding army of police cracked heads and mass arrested pickets in infamous scenes outside the coking works in South Yorkshire
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Parents of murdered mum demand answers after killer was bailed to her home
Claire Inglis was murdered by her sadistic ex-boyfriend Christopher McGowan the High Court in Edinburgh found, just six weeks after he was released on bail to her address in Stirling, Scotland
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Compensating families of victims of morgue monster could cost taxpayer £25m
David Fuller is service life in prison for murdering two women and abusing more than 100 corpses during his time employed at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
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Fujitsu boss dubbed postmaster 'nasty chap' who wants 'to rubbish' firm in email
Fujitsu manager Peter Sewell made the remarks about subpostmaster Lee Castleton in a 2006 email ahead of his legal case with the Post Office over apparent shortfalls
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Postmistress accused of stealing £30k died alone in hostel and lost everything
Fiona McGowan was 47 when she died alone in a homeless hostel - having lost her job, children and health due to the Post Office Horizon Scandal, her family have said
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Post Office 'lied and threatened' BBC over Panorama whistleblower report
In a bombshell report the BBC said the Post Office 'failed' in its efforts to suppress key evidence that later helped to clear wrongly convicted postmasters