The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has today been given prescribed person status under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA), following the commencement of a Statutory Instrument that was laid before Parliament on 1 May 2026. The change means that workers who report wrongdoing in the private security industry to the SIA have greater legal […]

Youth and Civil Society Minister Stephanie Peacock has signed ‘The Power of Youth Charter’, meaning young people will continue their direct role in shaping the £500 million investment in National Youth Strategy ‘Youth Matters’, from sitting on recruitment panels to influencing how youth programmes are designed and evaluated. Developed by the #iWill movement and backed by […]

Mr Chair, I will begin by repeating the remarks made by my Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary in response to this incident, in which a Russian drone struck a residential building in Galați, injuring civilians. The United Kingdom stands in full solidarity with Romania, with Ukraine, and with all those impacted by Russia’s latest attacks, which we unreservedly condemn. This incident represents a dangerous violation of Romania’s sovereignty and a serious violation of NATO […]

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement announcing that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an illegal alien sex offender in Texas who had been previously deported. On May 24, the Randall County Sheriff’s Office arrested Rufino Varela-Flores, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, for public intoxication. After it was determined that he was […]

Yesterday a federal jury in Los Angeles convicted an activist short seller of securities fraud for a long-running market manipulation scheme reaping profits of more than $21 million. “Andrew Left used his expertise to profit at the expense of retail investors, ordinary people who owned the stocks he targeted. He callously boasted that it was […]

A federal jury in the Middle District of Tennessee convicted a Tennessee woman yesterday for illegally distributing controlled substances. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Heather Marks, 43, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner who was licensed by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to distribute controlled substances. Marks prescribed […]

Today, the United States is sanctioning Iran’s largest digital asset exchanges and their leadership for supporting the Iranian regime’s terrorist activities and sanctions evasion efforts. These exchanges have enabled the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to conduct illicit transactions, helped the Iranian regime access international financial systems, and allowed regime insiders to move wealth across […]

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Jun 2, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it will approve the decision of the Bermuda-based Butterfield Bank to acquire CIBC Caribbean, hinting also that it intends to make representation for local banks to participate in the process. Prime Minister Gaston Browne said that ACB Caribbean has shown interest in […]

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jun 2, CMC – The Guadeloupe-based OHADAC Regional Arbitration Centre (CARO Centre) will on next week launch a training programme intended to contribute to a more predictable, accessible and secure legal environment for businesses, investors, institutions and economic stakeholders operating across the Eastern Caribbean. The ”OHADAC–CARO training Programmes – Capacity Building on […]

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jun 2, CMC – The Haitian National Police (PNH) Tuesday said it had recovered the bodies of four people, including three police officers, killed during a police operation against criminal gangs last Friday. The PNH said that the bodies were recovered by its specialized units deployed in Artibonite and that the […]