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‘Short hair is dying out’: 30% rise in cost of UK haircuts, not fashion, is driving the change

‘We’re still in a cost of living crisis’ and men and women want longer-lasting styles, says salon owner Phil Smith

The Guardian - UK

What is the Casey report on UK ‘grooming gangs’, and why did Labour U-turn?

The report addressed the UK’s institutional failure to protect children and teenage girls from sexual exploitation.

Al Jazeera

Gary Glitter refused prison release by Parole Board

Glitter, 81, was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980.

Evening Standard

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Gary Glitter victim awarded more than £500,000 in damages for abuse at hands of disgraced rock star

The glam rock singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, caused his victim ‘profound pain’, the High Court heard

The Independent UK

Gary Glitter parole hearing to take place in private

An application for public access to the hearing has been rejected because of difficulties contacting all his victims.

The Independent UK

Ministers indicate support for statutory inquiry into Lucy Letby killings

Ministers initially ignored calls by victims’ families for inquiry that would be able to force witnesses to give evidence

The Guardian - UK

Parents of Lucy Letby victims accuse former hospital director of ‘total fob off’

Ian Harvey has been accused of a ‘shameful’ failure to address parental concerns.

The Independent UK

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Parents of baby killed by Lucy Letby say they got a ‘total fob off’ from hospital

Exclusive: after newborn son was murdered, family say repeated calls to Countess of Chester’s medical director were unanswered

The Guardian - UK

Bishop ignored and undermined safeguarding at diocese – official report

Robert Byrne, formerly of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, showed serious failures of leadership, says the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency.

The Independent UK

Abuse survivors’ ‘utter dismay’ at report’s findings into bishop’s resignation

Bishop Robert Byrne, who stepped down from the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle last year, was found to have made a series of ‘errors of judgment’.

The Independent UK

The Mancunian Way: Football's forgotten tragedy

Remembering the Burnden Park 33 PLUS £900k in bus lane fines

Manchester Evening News

Plans to name street after council leader who LIED to child sex abuse inquiry ditched after outcry

The move was fiercely criticised by Richard Scorer, the specialist lawyer who represented victims at the national child sex abuse inquiry

Manchester Evening News

Manchester Arena inquiry lacks crucial details but is still hard reading for MI5

Two pieces of pre-attack intelligence cannot be made public but it would be unwise to be overly critical of report

The Guardian - UK

'Significant opportunity' to prevent Manchester Arena bombing missed by MI5, inquiry finds

A damning report finds the UK's domestic security service failed to act on key pieces of intelligence that the Manchester Arena bomber was plotting the attack.

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The Independent UK

MI5 missed chance to prevent concert attack, UK inquiry says

An inquiry has found that Britain’s domestic intelligence agency didn't act swiftly enough on key information and missed a significant opportunity to prevent the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in northwest England

Manchester Evening News

'The failures exposed in this report are unacceptable'

'Those killed and injured in this murderous attack had every right to feel safe and protected, but as this Inquiry has demonstrated, they were failed at every level'

The Independent UK

Gary Glitter victim says prison release ‘not the justice she was promised’

The paedophile glam rock singer was released from HMP The Verne on Friday.

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