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Top school principal calls for young people’s whistleblowing officer

The principal of one of Scotland’s top private schools has called for a whistleblowing officer to be appointed to protect the wellbeing of children and young people. Melvyn Roffe, who has been head of George Watson’s College in Edinburgh since 2014, ...

06 Jan 2022 at 13:55

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Former head of security at Twitter accuses the platform of putting personal user data at risk

Twitter has substantial security problems that place personal user data and potentially national security at risk according to a former company executive turned whistleblower, it has been reported. According to a disclosure sent to the US Congress ...

23 Aug 2022 at 21:33

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Former head of security at Twitter accuses the platform of putting personal user data at risk

23 Aug 2022 at 21:33

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Former head of security at Twitter accuses the platform of putting personal user data at risk

23 Aug 2022 at 21:33

NHS managers ‘should be held to account’ say doctors involved with Letby case

NHS managers should be held accountable for failings, according to doctors who repeatedly sounded the alarm about killer nurse Lucy Letby. Concerns about the serial killer were not addressed for months before she was finally taken off ...

22 Aug 2023 at 11:26

Kabul whistleblower accuses Government of ‘devastating failings’, judge told

A whistleblower who was dismissed by the Foreign Office after helping to expose the Government’s much-criticised response to the fall of Kabul has claimed she “witnessed the biggest foreign policy failure of our time” and ...

21 Sept 2023 at 17:35

World

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton wins temporary reprieve from lawsuit

The Texas supreme court has agreed to temporarily halt state attorney general Ken Paxton’s scheduled testimony in a whistleblower lawsuit, a case that lies at the heart of the impeachment charges brought against him in ...

31 Jan 2024 at 02:18

NHS whistleblowing: Health workers ask to join Lucy Letby inquiry

A group representing hundreds of health workers has asked to contribute to the Lucy Letby inquiry, saying there is a need to challenge NHS culture around whistleblowing. NHS Whistleblowers, a support group made up of ...

21 Mar 2024 at 07:56

NHS staff must be able to blow whistle, Health Secretary says

NHS staff must be able to blow the whistle and the health service must listen and act, Health Secretary Victoria Atkins has said. “It cannot be right that NHS management spends millions of pounds fighting doctors ...

18 May 2024 at 07:37

BMA chairman condemns ‘terrible way’ whistleblowing is regarded in NHS

The chairman of the British Medical Association has hit out at the “terrible way” whistleblowing is regarded in the NHS. Professor Phil Banfield, chairman of British Medical Association (BMA) council, spoke of ...

15 May 2024 at 23:28

Scotland

NHS Scotland needs culture change on whistleblowing, says senior doctor

Scotland’s NHS needs a “complete culture change” to encourage whistleblowing, a senior medical figure has said. The call came as a survey indicated nearly half of doctors who responded are not comfortable or ...

04 Jul 2023 at 00:01

New protest planned to call for release of Julian Assange

A protest outside Parliament is being organised to call for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Campaigners and supporters will march through central London on June 24 as Assange faces ...

15 Jun 2023 at 13:00

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