Helen Catt

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Helen Catt

Criminals could fill potholes and clean bins under government plansHelen CattPA MediaThe government is understood to be developing plans that could see convicted criminals filling potholes and cleaning bins. As first reported by the Sun on Sunday, the Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is said to want to expand unpaid work, which she believes to be too lenient. She is understood to want probation teams to work with councils, so that local authorities are able to assign jobs to offenders.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Helen Catt |Ruth Comerford

Image source, PA MediaThe government is understood to be developing plans that could see convicted criminals filling potholes and cleaning bins. She is understood to want probation teams to work with councils, so that local authorities are able to assign jobs to offenders. Private companies would also be able to employ those who are on community sentences. Offenders would not be paid wages, but the money earned would be paid into a fund for victim's groups.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Helen Catt

French taxi driver charged with theft after Lammy disputeHelen CattBrian WheelerReutersDavid Lammy and Nicola Green had been part of a state visit to RomeFrench police have charged a taxi driver with stealing luggage and cash from UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and his wife Nicola Green. The driver allegedly sped off with the couple's luggage after a row over a fare for the 360-mile journey from Forli, in Italy, to the French ski resort of Flaine, in Haute-Savoie.

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.

4 weeks ago | climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Helen Catt

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20znjejw1oBy Helen CattExcerpt:When the UK became the first major economy in the world to commit to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, there was so little disagreement among MPs it was simply ‘nodded through’ without a vote. Six years on, the political climate is very different, the consensus at Westminster has shattered and reaching net zero is fast becoming a political dividing line.