With heavy hearts, we share that Gabby Marshall will be retiring from Netball
Thank you Gabby for your incredible dedication- once a Panther, always a Panther
Full statement available on our website: https://t.co/CgfhCd1Mq9
Today my daughter and I were in the car. Behind us, a man in a big Porsche. He seemed to take umbrage when I stopped to let a pedestrian cross (the lights ahead were red anyway). He tried to undertake me, but failed. He then tailgated me for about half a mile, gesticulating like a demented ape, before eventually ramming his car into the back of mine. My daughter was very scared, so I just moved off, having decided he was too out of control to confront. He then fell back, and turned off onto a side road. But I took down the registration: BK08 WKW. The incident took place near Parson's Green, in London. I also have a picture of him. I have reported him to the police, but if you are unfortunate enough to know this preposterous individual, you might like to inform him that he picked the wrong bitch to bully today.
“The problem we must solve is simple... We are sending too many women to prison. We are sending the wrong women to prison. And the harm this causes is passing down generations, hurting children as much as their mothers”
https://t.co/rSsRKa3oam
With his #R4Today guest edit, @DwayneFields wants to highlight the topic of homelessness.
He visits Light Project Peterborough, which supports homeless people, and speaks to guest Peter about his experiences of sleeping rough.
A London A&E department celebrating the very rare event of not having patients on trolleys in a f***ing corridor.
That’s what 14yrs of the Tories has done to the NHS.
It’s going to be a long journey back, but I hope it’s starting soon…
“We are concerned that most of the money announced in the Budget will be used to expand the prison estate. Instead, the government should invest in improving the prisons we already have and ensuring the safe running of our overstretched probation service”
https://t.co/44polYfWtB
Five still in jail 16 years after being given IPP sentences of below six months
Story on continuing injustices of #IPP ahead of today's Westminster Hall debate https://t.co/TEEJ0nioT2 @syalrajeev & @DannyShawNews in @guardian
Monitors say the prison was aware that organised crime groups were recruiting people to get jobs in prisons. When a member of staff is arrested and charged, the deterrent impact is slow due to time taken to get a case to court. 3/3
Despite positives such as a neurodiverse wing providing extra support to vulnerable prisoners, "the decrepit state" of Pentonville remains a serious concern
The Basic level of the incentive scheme restricts the number of showers a prisoner can take, undermining decency 2/3
Pentonville prison kitchen shut for 3 months over summer after rat droppings, rat vomit and other excrement caused a serious health and safety hazard. Watchdog reported the jail to Environmental Health after managers failed to deal with the problem. 1/3
https://t.co/1ydBLuwTdE
“Probation should be taken out of the Prison Service and locally embedded instead – with stronger links to councils, housing providers and charities” : so too should local and resettlement prisons. https://t.co/hRxhPbLQBd
EXCL: How gang warfare in prisons is fuelled by overcrowding. We spoke to a murderer inside who told us he was forced to “chop & stab” inmates & staff by a gang … https://t.co/kOgmGCrhEm