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Cradle of Industrial Revolution Lagging Behind in Restoration of Woodlands and Re-wilding
The Government’s ‘Clean Growth Strategy’ will not honour the Paris Accords, MPs are warned.
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Who’s the Money Man, Nigel?
As Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage dodges more questions about who is bankrolling his new ‘grassroots movement’, Otto English asks: why the need for secrecy?
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: No Forensics, No CCTV – 17 Years in Prison on the Evidence of an “Admitted Liar”
Omar Benguit is still trying to prove his innocence for the murder of a student he is adamant he had nothing to do with. Omar Benguit has spent almost 17 years in prison for the senseless killing of a Korean student in Bournemouth as she walked back from a nightclub in the early hours of…
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Missed Opportunities: Muslims are Counter Terrorism Assets
In the wake of the Sri Lankan terror attacks CJ Werleman reports on how Muslim communities have been at the forefront of combating extremist groups.
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Who’s Backing Boris Johnson for PM? And what’s in it for Lynton Crosby?
The former Mayor of London and Foreign Secretary is on manoeuvres this summer: James Hanning explores the possible pipelines of money fueling him.
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Sheriff Slams Former MP Natalie McGarry for Trying to Change Plea to Not-Guilty over Embezzlement
McGarry was sobbing throughout today’s hearing, with the court being told that she had suffered from “serious mental health issues”. Court 1 at Glasgow Sheriff Court isn’t the kind of courtroom you see on TV. It’s in a small windowless basement with no jury box – juries don’t sit there – and no witness box,…
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Criminal Inquiry Looms into Maltese Government Officials Named by Assassinated Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri – both named by the murdered Maltese investigative journalist fir their offshore ‘Panama Papers’ accounts – are now under fresh judicial scrutiny.
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The Global Terror Network – From the Christchurch Mosque to the San Diego Synagogue
CJ Werleman on the spreading ‘white genocide’ ideology and online radicalisation behind the rising tide of Far-right terror attacks.
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: ‘No Hope’ of Justice for Eddie Gilfoyle after 18 Years in Prison for his Wife’s Hanging
The Criminal Cases Review Commission provides no effective safety net for victims of a miscarriage of justice – Eddie Gilfoyle is a striking example.
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A Blood-Soaked Birth: the 25th Anniversary of a Democratic South Africa
Exactly a quarter-century ago South Africans went to the polls in elections that would bring Mandela to power and end almost 350 years of white domination. But it was tense and violent.
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At his BBQ Bonfire of the Vanities, Tommy Robinson Reinvents Himself – Yet Again
After predicting his run for the European Parliament, Louise Raw assesses Tommy Robinson’s rhetoric of betrayal at his ‘exclusive’ launch event.
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Kurdish Hunger Strikers Occupy Amnesty International HQ
Kurdish Hunger Strikers Occupy Amnesty International HQ to Demand Action on Turkish State Torture
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‘Hostile Environment’: 1 in 8 Prison Officers Referred with Mental Health Issues
The Government is warned that it must do more to prioritise the mental health of prison officers as new figures reveal thousands have been referred for mental health assessments.
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The New ‘Al-Qaeda’ – a Right-Wing Insurgency
C J Werleman documents the global threat of Far-right terrorism and argues that Trump might seek to benefit from it.
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The ‘Rising Star of Scottish Politics’ – in the Dock of the Sheriff’s Court
Byline Times’ court reporter James Doleman returns with the curious case of Natalie McGarry
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Government Shows More Disdain for Greta Thunberg and Climate Change
After the PM refused to meet Greta Thunberg yesterday, the Treasury shuns an important committee Inquiry about climate change this morning
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MUELLER REPORT: Trump and Campaign Officials Coordinated with WikiLeaks
The Trump campaign didn’t have to coordinate directly with the Russian government — because it had a middleman to do its dirty work.
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THE JUSTICE TRAP: Was a Police Officer Sacked and Jailed for a Violent Assault actually the Victim of a Cover-Up?
PC Danny Major spent four months in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit. Faced with an unhelpful and inactive miscarriages of justice watchdog, he is still fighting to clear his name.
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MUELLER REPORT – Attorney General Bill Barr’s Timeline of a Cover-Up
As the world awaits publication of the Mueller Report, Attorney General Bill Barr is readying himself for the final act of a slow-motion cover-up.
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Maltese Citizenship for Sale – The Gold Rush Continues
It has been 18 months since Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated and Malta is still no closer to an independent public inquiry, and the trade in passports she complained of continues to boom.
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Rebel Cities: Kurdish Hunger Strikes Report
As part of our Activist Hub, Ross Morris reports on how hundreds joined Kurdish Hunger-Strikers to protest against the Turkish State in Central London
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TV Comedian leads Polls in Ukraine Presidential Elections – but is Zelensky really offering a fresh start?
Marketing himself as a newcomer to politics, TV Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky is currently in the lead in the run-up to Ukraine’s presidential elections. But maybe he’s not as disconnected to the wheels of power as he appears.
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The Forgotten Killing Fields of Iraq
Cluster bombs, mines, ISIS IEDs: CJ Werleman reports on the ongoing casualties of 40 years of lethal ordnance littering the fields of Iraq.
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One Hundred Years On: Government Concerned about ‘Financial Implications’ of Apologising for 1919 Amritsar Massacre
100 years after the horrific expression of British brutality in India, the Government still appears unwilling to formally apologise for the killings in Jallianwala Bagh.
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Killed because She Mattered – the Murder of an Investigative Journalist
Nicola Driscoll-Davies returns from Malta with more chilling details on the financial and legal threats Daphne Caruana Galizia was dealing with in the weeks before her assassination
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The Justice Trap: Sacrificed to the System
Jon Robins on how even the intervention of an Appeal Court Judge has failed to help a family caught up in child sexual abuse conviction
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Losing Momentum – can Jeremy Corbyn Survive a Split from his Base?
The unprecedented, unpunished rebellion of shadow cabinet members against a three-line whip raises the question: is Jeremy Corbyn only the ‘spiritual leader’ of the Labour party?
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The Story of Brexit is the Story of Empire: Why Did Asian Immigrants Vote to Leave the EU?
The complicated love-hate relationship of immigrants from former colonies with the British Empire cannot be ignored if lessons are to be learned in post-Brexit Britain, says Hardeep Matharu
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Putin’s Ukrainian Refugee Crisis: the leaks Assange wouldn’t Touch
A hacked trove of documents shows Russia’s interior ministry struggling to cope with a refugee crisis caused by President Putin’s Ukrainian adventure
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Online Islamophobia: YouTube Still Aiding the Targeting of Muslims
Mike Stuchbery speaks to Parveen Ali who has experienced harrassment and abuse since appearing in a YouTube video by a well-known Far Right figure.
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The Kashmir Conundrum: the Background
Why was Kashmir in the headlines again recently? What are the causes of the problem? What can be done to resolve it?
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The Justice Trap: Joint Enterprise Part 2
Jon Robin’s second account of how the law of joint enterprise “exposes all that is wrong in our justice system”.
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News from the Brexit Cliff Edge
Byline Times regular update on all the news about Britain’s pending exit from the EU
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Blood Money: the Leaks Assange Tried to Stop
When hackers targeted Andrea Manafort’s mobile phone they uncovered messages that appear to implicate Paul Manafort in politically motivated killings – so why didn’t Wikileaks publish them?
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EXTINCTION REBELLION: Four Faces of Direct Action
Meet four very different hands-on activists behind the Direct Action Environmental Movement which wants to Save the World
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Blagged to Death? How Scotland Yard Missed Crucial Clues in the Tabloid Targeting of Jill Dando
The Metropolitan Police suspected a Daily Mirror journalist of illegally ‘blagging’ the TV presenter three months before her murder, but didn’t see the phone hacking connection.
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The Justice Trap: Joint Enterprise
Jon Robins from @JusticeGap with another fascinating case of injustice – this time around a law that presumes guilt for bystanders
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The Great Brexit Trade Takeover: Unilateral Powers Assigned to Liam Fox
This month DIT Minister George Hollingbery quietly assigned its entire ambit to Fox himself, on a ‘temporary’ basis, as part of Brexit ‘contingency’ measures, but with zero Parliamentary oversight.
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Sins of Omission, Sins of Commission: Alt-Right Reaction to Far Right Terrorism
Major right-wing celebrities on social media betrayed their ideological guilt and complicity after the murder of 50 attending Mosques in Christchurch
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ROBERT MERCER: Fuelling a Multi-million Dollar Anti-Muslim Propaganda Industry
Trump’s top donor, Robert Mercer, is at the centre of a multimillion-dollar anti-Muslim propaganda industry responsible for creating and spreading the same Islamophobic rhetoric found in the New Zealand shooter’s manifesto.
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Kick Back: Cost of Sports Money Laundering is £78bn a Year, EU Says
Shocking new Brussels report highlights the growing concern about sports corruption across Europe – including fears that the lucrative football market is now a major target for criminals.
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The Justice Trap: Murder by Numbers
Ben Geen was caught red-handed – a serial killer, or so it seemed. In the third of his series The Justice Trap, Jon Robins shows how a misreading of statistics led to a life sentence
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Government Committed to Privatisation of Probation – as Largest Provider Teeters on Collapse
As another provider of probation services teeters on the brink of collapse, the Government remains committed to a role for the private sector in supervising offenders.
