Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from CPS

CPS teams up with NASCAR for design competition, race car-themed curriculum

The competition will challenge 22,000 K-12 students in 43 STEM schools to design a driving helmet. CPS will also integrate a NASCAR-themed science unit into its 8th-grade curriculum next year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Environmental activists on trial barred from citing climate crisis in their defence

Four Insulate Britain activists recently stood trial at Inner London crown court on a public nuisance charge for blocking a busy London junction in October 2021. Like Just Stop Oil, Insulate Britain is waging a civil disobedience campaign to force the government to implement policies to tackle climate change and…

The Conversation

Cops who arrested man just hours before his death could face criminal charges

Gareth Roper died in the first hours of 2022

Manchester Evening News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Chicagoans respond to property tax hikes, R. Kelly’s new trial request denied and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Priest accuses Government of censoring ‘silent prayers’ near abortion clinic

Fr Sean Gough and charity volunteer Isabel Vaughan-Spruce both spoke out against ‘censorship zones’ after criminal charges against them were dropped.

The Independent UK

Convictions under ‘racist’ gang law to be monitored by CPS for first time

Nearly 60 per cent of young men serving 15 years or more in prison for joint enterprise convictions are Black, Asian or from minority ethnic backgrounds

The Independent UK

Texas should tell parents their rights when it investigates child abuse claims, lawmaker proposes

Most reports of child abuse or neglect turn out to be unfounded. But while under investigation, parents with little understanding of their rights or the process often make decisions that could impact the fate of their families.

The Texas Tribune

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Joint enterprise prosecutions to be monitored for racial bias

CPS agrees, following legal challenge, to record age and race data after studies show young men and black boys suffer most

The Guardian - UK

New clues in search for dad who mysteriously vanished on Valentine's Day 16 years ago

Sajid Saddique has not been seen since he left his home in Bradford, Yorkshire, in 2007, leaving wife Asma and three daughters fighting for justice and answers 16 years after he disappeared

Daily Mirror

Man 'randomly selected' homeless person to stab to death while he slept in doorway

Egidijus Kotovas "randomly selected" a homeless person who had been sleeping in a doorway to try and stab to death in a vicious attack that nearly took their life, a court heard

Daily Mirror

Lightfoot steps up attacks on Johnson, hoping to purge his surge: ‘Brandon’s not better. Brandon is bad for Chicago’

With money pouring into his $3.1 million campaign fund, Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson has been blanketing the airwaves with commercials touting his plan to “invest in people.” The mayor counters that his tax-the-rich plan will drive business from the city.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mason Greenwood set to be frustrated by Man Utd as details of investigation revealed

Mason Greenwood will have to wait several more months to find out his future at Manchester United after the timeline of the club’s internal investigation emerged

Daily Mirror

Met police apologise to Caroline Flack’s family over record-keeping

A review found the force did not record why it appealed against CPS advice to caution the TV presenter

The Guardian - UK

Caroline Flack family given police apology over assault charge records

The former Love Island presenter took her own life after learning the Metropolitan Police was charging her with assault rather than proceeding with a caution

Wales Online

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Met Police apologises to Caroline Flack’s mother after complaints

An IOPC review recommended the force apologise to the TV presenter’s family over its lack of record keeping relating to the decision to charge her with assault

Chicago Sun-Times

Victims, families and school leaders seek answers after increase in after-school shootings

A WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times analysis shows that 2022 brought a spike in fatal shootings among teens in the after-school hours in Chicago.

The Independent UK

Metropolitan Police apologise to Caroline Flack’s family over lack of records

Flack was found dead in February 2020 at the age of 40.

Daily Mirror

Caroline Flack cops 'deeply sorry' after assault charge blunder as mum slams Met

Caroline Flack's mum, Christine, had complained to the Metropolitan Police for pursuing a charge of assault for the ex-Love Island host, before she tragically took her own life in 2020

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Seniors, people with disabilities, CPS students should ride CTA free, mayoral challenger Brandon Johnson says

Johnson already had proposed free CTA rides for CPS students. Friday, he unveiled a transportation plan that extends free rides to the elderly and people with disabilities — and offers deep discounts to the working poor.

Manchester Evening News

BREAKING: Sadistic gang who kidnapped dad they wrongly suspected of rape and hacked him to death jailed for 235 years

Christopher Hughes was viciously slaughtered by the gang

Chicago Sun-Times

Johnson’s education plan includes free CTA rides, City Colleges tuition for CPS students

“Why are we making children pay for a ride to get to a school that’s not in their neighborhood?” Johnson asked. “Children should be able to focus on learning and not trying to figure out how they’re gonna get a ride to school.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Vallas focus of attacks at WBEZ/Sun-Times mayoral forum

Former CPS CEO Paul Vallas has blanketed airwaves with commercials on the crime issue, and recent internal and external polls show him leading the pack or near the top.

Daily Record

Prosecutors' statement on Premier League footballer arrested on suspicion of child sex offences

Officers referred the case to prosecutors last week, more than 18 months after the player was arrested.

The Independent UK

Crown Prosecution Service considers charging professional footballer with multiple child sex offences

Greater Manchester Police has referred the case to prosecutors

Chicago Sun-Times

POLL: Bleak numbers spell trouble for Mayor Lightfoot’s reelection bid

With the election less than three weeks away, three out of five voters disapprove of the job the mayor has done in her first term and 71% think the city is on the wrong track, according to a Sun-Times/WBEZ/Telemundo Chicago/NBC5 poll of Chicago voters.

1 … 52 53 54 55

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Greater Manchester Police

West Yorkshire Police

Chicago Public Schools

296 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.