Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including day two of the supreme court hearing to decide if Boris Johnson’s Read More
Sep 18, 2019
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Sep 18, 2019
Brexit: Juncker says risk of no deal ‘palpable’ as MEPs debate UK’s departure from EU – live news
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including day two of the supreme court hearing to decide if Boris Johnson’s Read More
Sep 18, 2019
Documentary follows Pastafarians as they strain for recognition
Film-maker has spent three years showing how the colander-wearing religion is more than a jokeSome time next year, the European court of human rights Read More
Sep 18, 2019
Documentary follows Pastafarians as they strain for recognition
Film-maker has spent three years showing how the colander-wearing religion is more than a jokeSome time next year, the European court of human rights Read More
Sep 17, 2019
Brexit: government declines to rule out fresh prorogation if it loses case
Supreme court told PM will ‘abide’ by any ruling but minister declines to say if MPs could be sent away again immediatelySupreme court grapples with Read More
Sep 17, 2019
Defending the Guilty review – a cross between The Thick of It and This Life
Legal shows tend to be either unbearably earnest or wretchedly cynical, but this sitcom embraces the silliness of a serious world – and really steps Read More
Sep 17, 2019
US government files civil lawsuit against Snowden over publication of memoir
Suit contends whistleblower published Permanent Record ‘in violation of non-disclosure agreements’ with both CIA and NSAThe US government on Tuesday Read More
Sep 17, 2019
Supreme court grapples with dilemma of politics versus the law
Even the finest legal minds at times seemed baffled by ‘justiciability’ of prorogationGovernment declines to rule out fresh prorogation if it loses Read More
Sep 17, 2019
Lord Pannick stays calm and Keen lacks interest at supreme court | John Crace
A bad day for nominative determinism at legal hearing over suspension of parliamentNot all the 11 supreme court judges looked entirely pleased to be Read More
Sep 17, 2019
Child victims of human trafficking prosecuted despite CPS rules
Lawyers say system is failing young people caught up in county lines drug operationsYoung British victims of human trafficking who have been forced to Read More
Sep 17, 2019
‘I thought I was guilty’: how the law can fail county lines victims
Charlie was accepted as a victim of modern slavery - but first he was prosecuted and sentenced to 18 monthsVicky drove through a blizzard to pick up Read More
Sep 17, 2019
Supreme court prorogation hearing: who are the judges?
Eleven justices are tasked with deciding if PM acted lawfully in suspending parliamentFollow the day’s political (and legal) developments - liveEleven Read More