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Justice Secretary says new ‘smart’ prison is not a ‘soft touch’

The Justice Secretary has defended a new “smart” prison designed to drive down crime after being asked if it is a “soft-touch” jail. On a visit to HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Dominic Raab said inmates at the category C prison ...

04 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Rape trial accused murdered his girlfriend in Moldova in 2002, jury told

A Moldovan national accused of raping and trying to kill a stranger in Northamptonshire was jailed in 2009 for murdering his girlfriend in his home country, a court has heard. Jurors were told Sergiu Boianjiu was granted early release from a ...

24 Aug 2022 at 17:49

Moldovan killer convicted of ‘evil and depraved’ rape and attempted murder

A convicted killer from Moldova is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of the “evil and depraved” rape and attempted murder of a stranger who he left for dead in an alleyway. Sergiu Boianjiu, who came to Britain after serving ...

26 Aug 2022 at 18:21

Murder victim named as police continue to hunt bogus border agency officials

Police have named a murder victim attacked in his home by intruders posing as border agency officials. Martin Graham Truett, 63, died in hospital two weeks after being beaten at his property in Highfield Road, Wellingborough, on Friday ...

22 Dec 2022 at 14:51

Ban on staff calling prisoners ‘residents’ or ‘clients’

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) staff have been banned from calling prisoners “residents” or describing cells as “rooms” after it faced questions over whether it had opened a “soft-touch” jail. A style guide has been issued to all MoJ, ...

28 Apr 2022 at 19:25

Sunak warned against ‘playing footsie’ with Farage and Reform UK

Rishi Sunak has been warned against “playing footsie” with Reform UK following two bruising by-election defeats. The Prime Minister has been urged by some in his party to shift further to the right to see off the threat of the ...

18 Feb 2024 at 20:30

Rishi Sunak defended after by-election defeats set against ‘difficult backdrop’

A Conservative minister has defended Rishi Sunak and the party after two by-election defeats, saying they were set against a “very difficult backdrop”. The losses to Labour in Wellingborough and Kingswood, as well as ...

18 Feb 2024 at 10:47

‘Come together’ Sunak tells Conservatives after twin by-election blow

Rishi Sunak has called on British conservatives to “come together” after a bruising set of by-election defeats in Wellingborough and Kingswood. The losses to Labour and an emboldened Reform UK party came as a twin ...

16 Feb 2024 at 23:13

Starmer urges focus and discipline as he welcomes new Labour MPs to Parliament

Sir Keir Starmer joked that Labour would need “a bigger hall” as he welcomed his party’s two newest MPs to Parliament on Monday. The Labour leader praised Gen Kitchen and Damien Egan for their victories in ...

19 Feb 2024 at 17:06

Tories accused of ‘caving’ by picking partner of disgraced ex-MP for by-election

Labour has accused the Conservatives of “caving” to the reported demands of a disgraced ex-MP to pick his partner to stand in his former seat during a by-election. Former Tory Peter Bone was ousted from ...

07 Jan 2024 at 18:37

Recall petition opens against suspended MP Peter Bone

A recall petition that could trigger a by-election has opened against suspended MP Peter Bone. The Wellingborough MP was last month suspended from the Commons for six weeks after an inquiry found he ...

08 Nov 2023 at 14:23

Minister pictured campaigning with suspended former Tory MP Peter Bone

A minister has been photographed campaigning with a former Conservative MP who was suspended from the Commons after a probe found he had engaged in bullying and sexual misconduct. Tom Pursglove, a ...

28 Oct 2023 at 23:33

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