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Abu Qatada Case 'Cannot Go To Supreme Court'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK

The Government has been refused permission to take to the Supreme Court its fight to remove preacher Abu Qatada from the UK, the Judicial Office has s...

Felicity A Morse

Abu Qatada V Theresa May

HuffingtonPost.com | Felicity A Morse | Posted 11.03.2013 | UK Politics

Theresa May is going head-to-head with Abu Qatada once again in a bid to deport the radical cleric to Jordan, where he is wanted on terror charges. ...

May's Appeal Over Abu Qatada Deportation Starts

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.03.2013 | UK

Home Secretary Theresa May's appeal against the decision to allow Abu Qatada to stay in the UK has begun three days after the radical preacher was arr...

Labour To Call For End To Student Visa Loopholes

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education

Labour is to call for an end to loopholes in student visas, arguing their abuse means international students are being blocked from studying in the Un...

Vaz Accused Of Sexism After Home Secretary 'Diet' Remark

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK Politics

A senior Labour backbencher has been accused of sexism after suggesting Cabinet minister Theresa May was "looking a bit thin". Keith Vaz, chairman ...

A Foreign Legion For London?

PA | Posted 08.02.2013 | UK

Britain's biggest police force is to forge a unit of foreign officers in a bid to tackle the growing threat from overseas offenders. The Metropolit...

Abu Qatada 'Will Not Get Fair Trial In Jordan'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.10.2012 | UK

It is unlikely that terror suspect Abu Qatada would receive a fair trial in Jordan if deported, a tribunal has heard. Professor Beverley Milton-Edw...

Felicity A Morse

'Abu Qatada Will Not Get A Fair Trial In Jordan'

HuffingtonPost.com | Felicity A Morse | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK

Torture in Jordan is practised "with impunity" and there is no guarantee Abu Qatada will get a fair trial, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch h...

Evidence Against Abu Qatada 'Extremely Thin'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK

The evidence against terror suspect Abu Qatada is "extremely thin", a senior immigration judge has said. Mr Justice Mitting made the comment as he ...

Abu Hamza Pleads Not Guilty To Terrorism Charges In New York Court

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.10.2012 | UK

Radical preacher Abu Hamza has entered a plea of not guilty to terrorism charges in a New York court. He told District Judge Katherine Forrest that...

Hamza Lands In US

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.12.2012 | UK

UPDATE: Abu Hamza appeared in a New York court on Saturday facing terror charges following his extradition from the UK, but the radical cleric did not...

Hamza Set To Land In US

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.10.2012 | UK

Radical cleric Abu Hamza is due to arrive in the United States on Saturday to face terror charges after he was extradited from Britain along with four...

An Asylum Seeker's Fight

James Mahon | Posted 11.10.2012 | UK Politics
James Mahon

The photo-journalist from Cameroon who grabbed national headlines has come back to his wife, Sharon in Sheffield and told the Huffington Post that...

Plane HIjacker Wins Latest Extradition Battle

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.07.2012 | UK

An Iraqi man arrested at Stansted Airport after taking part in the hijack of an airliner today won the latest round of a 16-year fight to stay in the ...

Answers Demanded After Terror Suspect 'Found Near Olympic Park'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.07.2012 | UK

Weakened security laws allowed a suspected terrorist to get close to the venue for the Olympic Games five times in recent months, Labour claimed on Su...

'You've Only Got Yourself To Blame'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.07.2012 | UK

A young terrorism suspect who says the Government's new security service monitoring powers are preventing him from finding a wife and starting a famil...

Theresa May In Contempt Of Court

The Daily Telegraph | Posted 22.06.2012 | UK

Theresa May has been accused of “unacceptable and regrettable behaviour” by a judge as she became only the second Home Secretary in history to be ...

May 'Not Picking Fight' With Police Over Windsor Appointment

Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.08.2012 | UK

Theresa May has denied she is "picking a fight" by nominating Tom Winsor as the government's preferred candidate for the Chief Inspector of Constabula...

MPs 'To Block Appointment Of Tom Winsor As Police Watchdog'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 09.06.2012 | UK Politics

MPs are expected to block the appointment of a controversial lawyer Tom Winsor as Chief Inspector of Constabulary. The cross-party Home Affairs Se...

Forced Marriage 'Little More Than Slavery'

PA | Posted 08.06.2012 | UK

Forced marriage is "little more than slavery", David Cameron said as the government announced plans to make it a criminal offence. Parents who forc...

Choice Of Tom Winsor For Top Police Job 'Simply Beggars Belief'

PA | Posted 08.06.2012 | UK

The government's choice for the next Chief Inspector of Constabulary has provoked an angry reaction from rank-and-file officers. Lawyer Tom Winsor,...

The UK's Missing Children Conundrum

Louise Halford | Posted 27.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Louise Halford

The distress when a single child goes missing is enormous for the families involved. Imagine the scale of upset, then, given the suggestion by one charity that more than 130,000 children go missing in the UK each year. The figures quoted by Parents and Abducted Children Together (PACT) are staggering, beyond many people's comprehension.

Greek Entry: Eurozone Collapse Could Lead To Migrants Flocking To UK

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.05.2012 | UK

The Home Office is planning for a possible large increase in immigration from Greece and other European Union nations in response to the crisis in the...

Theresa May Introduces Dumbos For Stupid Crimes

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Comedy

The Home Office's desire to end every new civil order scheme with the letter 'o' has resulted in the issuing of 'Dumbos' for particularly stupid crime...

Asbo To CRIMBO: Twitter Reacts To Name Change

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK

The Home Office is rebranding the Asbo, a notorious restrictive behavioural order that almost became a running joke for its ineffectiveness. It wil...