Patrick Sawer

London, Rome

Senior News Reporter at The Telegraph

Senior news reporter on The Telegraph. Call me. Or not.

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Dangerous prisoners 'should not have right to kettles in cells'

4 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Patrick Sawer |Charles Hymas

Dangerous prisoners should not be given the right to keep kettles in their cells, campaigners have said in the wake of a reported attack by the Southport killer on a prison officer. Axel Rudakubana is believed to have thrown boiling water over an officer at HMP Belmarsh on Thursday in an alleged attack that is being investigated by police.
Navy chief set up task force on better behaviour in high command

4 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Patrick Sawer

Sir Ben, a veteran of the Iraq war who also oversaw the retreat from Afghanistan, had been due to stand down in the summer, when Royal Marine Gen Gwyn Jenkins is set to take over his command. But the Sun newspaper, which first reported that Sir Ben had had an affair with a female subordinate, said it understood he was prevented from resigning early to allow the MoD investigation into his behaviour to run its course.
BBC fails to call Hamas terrorists nine in 10 times, report finds

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Patrick Sawer

A spokesman for Camera UK told The Telegraph: "In October 2023 both the BBC director-general and the CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs publicly committed to describing Hamas as being 'proscribed as a terror organisation by the UK Government and others'.
My husband was jailed for murdering his first wife but I have no regrets about marrying him

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Patrick Sawer |Martin Evans

Mrs Griggs regularly makes the four-hour round trip from her home near the New Forest village of St Leonards to visit her husband at HMP Albany on the Isle of WightHe continues to refuse to accept the verdict of guilt brought against him, still insisting by way of explanation that he buried Debbie's body only after finding her dead in the garden and panicking. "Andrew has told me what actually happened with the whole thing, He's maintaining his innocence.
George Galloway visits Moscow after picking up Hamas award

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Robert Mendick |Patrick Sawer

George Galloway has appeared in Moscow for Vladimir Putin's Victory Day celebrations, days after flying to Iran to collect an award named after a dead Hamas leader. The leader of the hard-Left Workers Party of Britain travelled to Tehran this week to collect an award in honour of Ismail Haniyeh, the assassinated political leader of Hamas, whom the former MP praised as a "martyr". He boasted during the visit that his most "treasured" possession was Haniyeh's passport.
Imperial War Museum U-turns on decision to axe Victoria Cross display

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Patrick Sawer |Max Stephens

The Imperial War Museum has backed down over plans to shut its gallery housing the world's largest collection of Victoria Crosses. Lord Ashcroft had threatened to sue the trustees of the Imperial War Museum (IWM) over plans to close down his namesake gallery, which displays his £70 million collection of 230 Victoria Cross and George Cross medals.
Taxi racism row forces youngest Labour councillor to quit

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Patrick Sawer

Daisy Blakemore-Creedon (right), pictured with Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, was accused of being ‘on the payroll’ of Benjamin Netanyahu - LinkedInOne of Britain’s youngest councillors has resigned from Labour after claiming she was branded a racist for calling for CCTV to be installed in minicabs. Daisy Blakemore-Creedon, 19, left Peterborough city council’s Labour group after allegedly being bullied and subjected to anti-Semitic abuse.
Taxi racism row forces youngest Labour councillor to quit

1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Patrick Sawer

One of Britain’s youngest councillors has resigned from Labour after claiming she was branded a racist for calling for CCTV to be installed in minicabs. Daisy Blakemore-Creedon, 19, left Peterborough city council’s Labour group after allegedly being bullied and subjected to anti-Semitic abuse. She claimed she was falsely accused of racism after raising concerns about the safety of both passengers and drivers in the city’s council-licensed minicabs, many of which are operated by Asian men.
The untold story of the RAF’s wartime female propaganda unit

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Patrick Sawer

They were a small but dedicated group of women who played a key role in boosting the nation’s morale. The weapons wielded by Sergeant Dorothy ‘Knicky’ Chapman and her colleagues against the Nazis and their allies may have been film cameras and tripods rather than guns and shells, but they were vital in explaining to besieged Britons how the war effort was being waged.
'I was Labour's youngest councillor but they bullied me into resigning'

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Patrick Sawer

The councillor, whose mother is Jewish, told The Telegraph she had subsequently been subjected to anti-Semitic comments. The remarks appeared on the account of one prominent Labour supporter in Peterborough accusing her of being "on the payroll" of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister - despite her never having commented on Israeli affairs. Ms Blakemore-Creedon said: "This person used the cab safety issue to make an anti-Semitic comment based on my Jewish heritage. It was horrible.

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