Brian Wheeler

3 days ago | bbc.com | Brian Wheeler

Police to reinvestigate child sexual exploitation casesBrian WheelerHouse of CommonsFresh investigations could be launched into 287 child sexual exploitation cases that had been dropped by local police forces, Yvette Cooper has told MPs.The home secretary said the cases had been handed to a national police taskforce which will look at whether to reopen them and "pursue any new lines of inquiry that have not been properly pursued".

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brian Wheeler

Sir Keir Starmer has told MPs suspected arson attacks on properties linked to him are "an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for". Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch condemned the attacks as "completely unacceptable" at the beginning of their weekly Prime Minister's Questions clash. Police are continuing their investigation into the fires at north London properties and a car linked to Sir Keir.

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Helen Catt |Brian Wheeler

The taxi driver had a row with Ms Green before driving off with their luggage to a police station, where he made a complaint. A member of the foreign secretary's office contacted the driver to get the luggage back, and it was allegedly deposited at a police station with a "considerable" sum of money missing from Ms Green's bag, prompting her to make a statement to officers. Bonneville prosecutor Boris Duffau told the BBC the taxi driver was now being charged with theft.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Brian Wheeler

Starmer condemns fires as 'attack on democracy'Brian WheelerHouse of CommonsSir Keir Starmer has told MPs suspected arson attacks on properties linked to him are "an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for". Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch condemned the attacks as "completely unacceptable" at the beginning of their weekly Prime Minister's Questions clash. Police are continuing their investigation into the fires at north London properties and a car linked to Sir Keir.

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Brian Wheeler

Counter-terrorism officers are working "at pace" to establish the cause of the fires and "any potential motivation", Scotland Yard said. At Prime Minister's Questions, Badenoch told the PM: "I think I speak for the whole house when I say that this wasn't just an attack on him, but on all of us and on our democracy."Sir Keir thanked the opposition leader for contacting him "pretty well straight away" to lend her support.