George Lithgow

Political and Home Affairs Correspondent, Press Association

[George Lithgow @GeoLithgow]

Defendants with previous convictions will be more likely to get a jury trial than those with a clean record if the Government’s court reforms go ahead.

Shadow justice secretary @NJ_Timothy said it was "not right".

@JUSTICEhq said it is "deeply unfair".

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Universities could be banned from recruiting international students if they fail to crack down on the use of study visas as a backdoor route to claiming asylum. For @PA
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Attacks by protesters on police near where teenager Henry Nowak was stabbed to death were “disgraceful”, Sir Keir Starmer has said
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The UK will not have to pay Rwanda millions of pounds over the failed migrant deportation deal after winning an international court case. https://t.co/HLkaXMNXsi

[Andy Gibson @AndyGibsonTV]

"CRACKDOWN ON HONOUR CRIME"
@GeoLithgow for @MetroUK (South)

A crackdown on #HonourCrimes is to be launched by the Government to combat growing abuse of women including #murder, #ForcedMarriages and #FemaleGenitalMutilation (#FGM).

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#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS

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🇬🇧 Starmer: Farage Not Interested In Wales

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#frontpagestoday #UK @WalesOnline

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Comedian and actor Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault

✍️: @JoshPaynePA and @GeoLithgow

https://t.co/3L9daogEvG

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@GeoLithgow A former Britain’s Got Talent finalist said he has “lost everything” and will be “slowly rebuilding” his life after being cleared of raping two women

✍️: @GeoLithgow and @RosieShead

https://t.co/9K0TXBaZcl

[PA Media @PA]

A convicted killer who “terrified” Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy by repeatedly turning up to her home has been jailed

✍️: @GeoLithgow

https://t.co/HG6KTqN3IS

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The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said the Government must act “more promptly” than it did to help free his wife after Iran detained a British couple on a motorcycle journey around the world

✍️: @GeoLithgow
https://t.co/LziCCzUNW5

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“Dangerous fool” Daniel Khalife has been sentenced to 14 years and three months after spying for Iran and escaping from prison

✍️: @MargaretDavisPA and @GeoLithgow

https://t.co/uU6rmPV35Q

[PA Media @PA]

A sacked hospital porter who refused to wear a face mask during the Covid pandemic because of his “anxiety and depression” has lost his employment tribunal case

✍️: @GeoLithgow

https://t.co/mWf8NuwCiq

[PA Media @PA]

Daniel Abed Khalife was brought up with his twin sister in Kingston, south-west London, by his mother, who came from Iran

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Former soldier Daniel Khalife has been found guilty of breaching the Official Secrets and Terrorism Acts by collecting sensitive information and passing it to agents of Iran

https://t.co/XQVdTF9GEg

[STV News @STVNews]

Daniel Khalife tells court: I escaped prison to be kept in high security unit. https://t.co/Ri0m7N4s7a

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The remains of a British mountaineer are believed to have been found on Everest, after 100 years of speculation surrounding his disappearance

✍️: @GeoLithgow

https://t.co/L7Bq30u9iS

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Former Met Pcs Jonathan Clapham and Sam Franks were dismissed after a disciplinary panel found they lied about smelling the drug when they pulled over Olympic sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos and his partner Williams on July 4 2020

✍️: @GeoLithgow

https://t.co/DY7YwSpu5f

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A police force at the centre of a race discrimination row is “carefully considering next steps” after losing an employment tribunal case

✍️: @GeoLithgow

https://t.co/PL9Lwb3dlJ

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

👮 Three white police officers have won a discrimination case after an employment judge ruled that they were passed over for promotion because of their race.

https://t.co/MhYO7ibVFU

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Downing Street is expected to hold a Cobra emergency response meeting on Monday after “thugs” tried to storm hotels housing asylum seekers on the sixth day of escalating disorder

✍️: @GeoLithgow

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