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New habitat management course woefully inadequate, says sector

The removal of gamekeeping and wildlife management courses from the education syllabus by 2023 has been described by the rural sector as “deeply concerning” in an open letter to the Secretary of State for Education, Nadhim Zahawi. The letter states the removal of the Land & Wildlife course within the new T Level system will… Read more »

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John Reid faces more foreign prisoner allegations
Foreign prisoners ‘released from hospitals’

The Home Office faces more foreign prisoner allegations today as claims emerged that offenders were released from secure hospitals without its knowledge. Up to 500 foreign prisoners with mental health problems were not considered for deportation before being released, The Sun has claimed. Freed inmates from three hospitals in Berkshire, Nottinghamshire and Merseyside are at… Read more »

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Foreign prisoners were absconding from open prison, government admits
Foreign prisoners moved after open prison escapes

Foreign prisoners held at an open prison are being moved to a more secure place after a number of them walked off, it has emerged. The Prison Service said the inmates had been moved from Ford prison in Sussex after an internal review revealed a “high abscond level at Ford among this group of prisoners”…. Read more »