A children’s social worker who had a double life running a large-scale drug and weapons enterprise had her sentence increased following intervention by the Solicitor General Social Worker Running Drugs and Weapons Network Has Sentence Increased Chloe Scott (27) from Lewisham, London, had her sentence increased by three years and three months after the Solicitor General referred her case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme. The court heard tha

by Ram ben Ze'ev When Companies Flee Delaware to Escape Accountability For decades, Delaware has been the global centre of corporate law. Companies incorporate there because its legal framework is predictable, its courts are sophisticated, and its governance standards are trusted by both institutional and retail investors. The Delaware Court of Chancery, in particular, has built its reputation on transparency, expertise, and investor protection. That stability is a feature ,

New regulations following consultation mark a further step towards a qualification that could connect communities Ofqual Announces Rules for Unique British Sign Language GCSE Ofqual has today set out the rules for the assessment of a groundbreaking new GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL). The regulations have been set following a second consultation and detailed collaborative working with organisations and people across deaf and hearing communities.  Catherine Large, Executiv

£50 million of taxpayer funding available to research novel blood products to improve treatment in emergency and trauma care Armed Forces Set to Benefit from £50 Million Taxpayer Funded Novel Blood Products Research A £50 million taxpayer funding opportunity is available for the development of a novel blood products research centre, set to benefit armed forces on the frontline over the next 14 years.  Novel blood products research aims to improve treatment in emergency and tr

Why Serious Investors Choose the Right Bullion Sizes — And Why MAYAURUM Recommends UMICORE When investors turn to physical bullion, most focus on purity, brand, and storage. Yet one of the most overlooked factors is size — the specific unit weight of each bar. At MAYAURUM , a division of Kestrel Assets Limited, buyers have always emphasised that bullion must not only hold intrinsic value but also maintain maximum liquidity. The ability to sell quickly, cleanly, and at or near

U.S. Support for Hurricane Melissa Recovery The United States continues to provide disaster assistance throughout the Caribbean to help recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. As of November 12, this includes:    Travel  by Senior Official for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs, and Religious Freedom Jeremy Lewin to Jamaica to meet with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, the State Department Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), and the Fairfax Count

Disrupting Iran’s Transnational Ballistic Missile and UAV Procurement Networks in Support of UN Sanctions on Iran The United States is today sanctioning 32 entities and individuals based in Iran, China,  Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Türkiye, India, and other jurisdictions that operate multiple procurement networks supporting Iran’s ballistic missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) production, including on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Sanctioning Burma Armed Group and Firms Linked to Organized Crime Scamming Americans Today, the United States sanctioned five individuals and three entities, located in Burma and Thailand, for their involvement in forced labor compounds that carry out fraudulent investment scams online. According to a U.S. government estimate, Americans lost at least $10 billion in 2024 to Southeast Asia-based online scam operations, a 66 percent increase from the prior year.  Criminal syndic

Investigation into the derailment of a passenger train at Shap, Cumbria, 3 November 2025 Derailment of a Passenger Train at Shap At around 06:10 on 3 November 2025, a passenger train travelling from Glasgow Central to London Euston derailed after striking a landslip around 3 miles (5 km) south of Shap, Cumbria. The train was travelling at around 83 mph (134 km/h) when it struck debris that had been washed onto the track. This lifted the first bogie off the rails and to the ri