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SFO shuts down investigation into which executives were responsible for paymentsAnti-corruption campaigners have criticised prosecutors for closing a long-running investigation into the payment of multimillion-pound bribes by Rolls-Royce.The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced on Friday that it...

Ammar al-Baluchi’s defense team said they were stunned to see portrayal of his torture, including beatings, in Zero Dark Thirty

Democrats have compared Trump’s fixation on the federal inquiry to Watergate, but legal experts say it’s worse than thatIt was yet another bombshell report for a president already ensnared in multiple investigations against his campaign, administration and family members.This time it had to do...

Naomi Wayne, Iain Forbes, Claire Tomalin, Sarah Eccleston and William Schabas give their views on the Isis recruit having her UK citizenship revokedThe basis for revoking Shamima Begum’s citizenship (...

Prisons are soul-destroying pits of human misery that can lead to atrophy, stasis and trauma, writes David Scott. Andy Stelman says there needs to be a rethink about recall as the default sanction for a failure to complyDavid Gauke was right to argue that there is “a very strong...

Lawyer for family of 19-year-old who joined Isis in Syria is to ask her consent for planThe family of Shamima Begum are exploring legal and practical options to bring her baby son to the UK without her while she embarks on the...

Deals containing clauses that threaten human rights are being debated in parliament – they must be defeatedThe government cancelled parliament’s recess at...

Not even high-profile murder trials, let alone lesser offences, receive proper coverage any more – and that is a threat to justiceIt is 25 years since the remains of the victims of Fred and Rose West were first discovered at their Gloucester home.

Locals express regret after home secretary revokes 19-year-old’s citizenship – but some have faith in state’s actionsResidents in Bethnal Green, east London, where Shamima Begum lived before going to Syria to join Islamic State, have expressed regret at the...

Until the press become more mature, children will continue to need to have their privacy protected, writes Sylvia RoseYour editorial (...