More evidence has emerged of unsafe practice at a private hospital where “unnecessary surgery” was performed.

Now only a one in four chance of action being taken.

London Housing Trust under investigation as founder resigns

NHS mental health trust failed to put measures in place to reduce suicide risk despite repeated warnings, CQC regulator says

Seven in-patients have died by hanging at the North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust since 2004.

Regulator refuses to “defend the indefensible” but says improvements are being made

Seven year quest for answers by immigration officer sacked by Home Office

The National Union of Teachers is concerned that some schools are misinterpreting the Government’s Prevent policy by singling out BME pupils for monitoring for signs of extremism.

But former Home Secretary says ban on encryption would be “meaningless”

Court found breach was “minor” and police actions were proportionate

Cambridge group says pen testing scheme allows GCHQ to learn “more than it needs to” about flaws in bank IT systems

Rule change may make it harder for people wrongly added to sanctions lists to clear their names

Michael Drury says very little attention was paid to Article 10 rights when RIPA was drafted.

IPT says failure to publish policies on access to data collected by NSA was unlawful

But Lord West says “dark spaces” on the web are too dangerous

Sir David Ormand also says agency reveals “large numbers” of software defects to companies.

Government must respond to argument that mass surveillance inhibits press freedom

UK goes furthest in practice that is potential threat to EU rule of law, study finds

The issues explained as government calls for more powers

GCHQ’s continued stonewalling labelled a ‘farce’ when official report confirms its powers of mass surveillance.