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Also people who just ‘stand.’ There should be a separate room for the ‘stand there-erers’

Woman says she was followed off a bus & sexually assaulted

Three-and-a-half years later, suspect is charged

Trial in Nov 2025

Judge: "It's especially horrendous as allegation is so old.
I regret the trial is so far off but counsel know the score - the woeful state of all crown court listings"

Cover of Thursday’s issue which I wrote the cover story for about Gisèle Pelicot as person of the year 2024

On Thursday the 2024 issue of @theneweuropean.bsky.social comes out and they have given me the platform to explain why Gisèle Pelicot is my hero and how she radically changed the conversation about shame and sexual assault
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...

Will get this framed. Thrilled that my piece honouring Madame Pelicot is the cover.

I think one day I’ll probably just bump into too much furniture and that’s how I’ll die

“The law is failing people - and we have a duty to fix it”

Kim Leadbeater kicking off today’s #AssistedDying debate with both clarity and compassion - as has typified her approach throughout her campaign

England’s top judge hits out at government’s refusal to boost court funding Sue Carr says preventing full operating capacity at crown courts has had a ‘drastic effect’ in worsening backlogs

“Carr, in post since October last year, said the ministry of justice was “one of the most underfunded departments across government” and that “we have courtrooms and some entire courts being stopped running for significant periods”.

www.ft.com/content/edb7...

Final asylum seekers have now left the Bibby Stockholm Most claims from 400 men on vessel moored in Portland, Dorset have been processed, with majority accepted

NEW - Final asylum seekers have now left the Bibby Stockholm

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Dr Fatou Bensouda at Gray's Inn at the Bar Council's international rule of law lecture 2024

Dr Fatou Bensouda in closing our international #RuleOfLaw lecture tonight at Gray's Inn said: "Humanity’s quest for a more just world has travelled a long path but it is yet to arrive at its destination. Let’s keep those legs moving, ever faster."

a brown and white dog is sitting on the floor next to a couch and a chair . ALT: a brown and white dog is sitting on the floor next to a couch and a chair .

Me seeing that accounts I love from Twitter have made it over.

Creating your own holiday traditions is so important! For instance, every Christmas my husband and I watch the entire extended edition of the LOTR trilogy, which is great because they’re amazing films, but also because it’s 12 hours of stfu for the whole family. Follow me for more holiday tips.

It’s Betty’s world and we’re all just living in it

We have had a press briefing with senior police officers and commissioners about the ongoing investigations into the riots that followed the Southport attack

Here are the key updates:
🚨1,590 arrests, 1,015 charges
👮‍♂️17% of those arrested were children, 46% were 18-35 years old

This is great! Thank you