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Ashitha Nagesh

United Kingdom

Community Affairs correspondent at BBC

Award-winning (mum made me add this) @BBCnews reporter, senior fellow @jschofieldtrust, she/her. 👋🏽: [email protected] or ask for Signal

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  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jennifer McKiernan |Ashitha Nagesh |Sima Kotecha

    Prisoners in England and Wales, including some serious offenders, will be eligible for release after serving a third of their sentence under reforms. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood told the Commons she accepted most of the proposals from an independent sentencing review, but stopped short of allowing the most serious offenders from being released early.

  • 2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sima Kotecha |Ashitha Nagesh

    Violent criminals could be released early and chemical castration pilot expanded after reviewThe Independent Sentencing Review warns that "we cannot build our way out of" prison overcrowding [PA Media]Violent prisoners, including those convicted of sex offences and domestic abuse, could be released after serving just a third of their sentence in a bid to ease prison overcrowding, under new recommendations made in a landmark review.

  • 1 month ago | yahoo.com | Ashitha Nagesh

    A civil case brought by four women against Andrew Tate is believed to be a legal first, a barrister for his accusers has said. The women accuse Tate of rape, assault and coercive control between 2013 and 2015. One claims he threatened to kill her, another says he made clear he would kill anyone who spoke to her, and a third claims he convinced her he had killed others.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.com | Ashitha Nagesh

    A civil case brought by four women against Andrew Tate is believed to be a legal first, a barrister for his accusers has said. The women accuse Tate of rape, assault and coercive control between 2013 and 2015. One claims he threatened to kill her, another says he made clear he would kill anyone who spoke to her, and a third claims he convinced her he had killed others.

  • Jan 11, 2025 | yahoo.com | Ashitha Nagesh

    Intrusive interrogations, the shame of dishonourable discharge, criminal convictions that impacted their lives for years. This is what many LGBT people who served their country were subjected to. That is, until 12 January 2000 - exactly 25 years ago today - when a long-standing ban on LGBT people serving in the military was lifted. Now, a quarter of a century later, the final design for a monument being erected in these veterans' honour has been revealed.

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Ashitha Nagesh
Ashitha Nagesh @ashnagesh
5 May 25

I’m at the Mall today for the VE Day 80 parade 🎊 So what goes into a parade like this? The Brigade Major, Lt Col Charles Foinette told me they were rehearsing the route at 2am on Saturday! Follow for updates from my @BBCNews colleagues and me here: https://t.co/kNJPB19Np1

Ashitha Nagesh
Ashitha Nagesh @ashnagesh
10 Apr 25

Andrew Tate is accused of pointing a gun in a woman's face and saying "you're going to do as I say or there'll be hell to pay" in court docs from the UK civil action against him. Tate denies the claims. Was great to work with @lucymanning on this story: https://t.co/RrJXRZOMk1

Ashitha Nagesh
Ashitha Nagesh @ashnagesh
7 Apr 25

Gazan men have told the BBC they were subjected to chemical burns, beatings, sexual assaults, dog attacks and electric shocks while detained in Israel. Extremely disturbing testimonies, reported incredibly thoroughly by @alice_cuddy. https://t.co/K37xLbMJzC