Legal aid cash for PC Andrew Harper’s killers balloons to £720k as lawyers fight series of appeals

Legal aid cash for PC Andrew Harper’s smirking killers balloons to £720k as lawyers fight a series of appeals Henry Long, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole were found guilty of manslaughter over the death of PC Andrew Harper The young men dragged the policeman behind a car for more than a mile They are now … Read more

Mother of British backpacker, 20, who disappeared in Canada 31 years ago appeals for information

The mother of a British backpacker who vanished in Canada 31 years ago has made a fresh appeal for information on a new podcast highlighting missing persons cold cases. Charles Horvath-Allan, then aged 20, was last seen in May 1989 at a campsite in Kelowna, British Columbia, where he had been staying while doing odd jobs in … Read more

Tate Pusher Jonty Bravery, 19, appeals to be moved from jail to hospital

Tate Pusher Jonty Bravery, 19, who shoved six-year-old boy off 100ft gallery balcony launches appeal to be moved from jail to hospital Bravery appeared by video at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday He is facing trial for allegedly attacking nurses Sarah Edwards and Maxwell King  Allegedly attacked them at Broadmoor Hospital on January 29  By … Read more

Donald Trump appeals after federal judge dismissed his Pennsylvania election lawsuit

President Donald Trump is appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of his campaign’s effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania. The president and other plaintiffs filed notice of appeal to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday, a day after the judge issued a scathing order shooting down claims of widespread irregularities … Read more

Exam grades are in chaos, teachers are in despair, appeals are set for meltdown

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson issued a humiliating apology to millions of pupils last night – as fears grew of chaos in the A-level appeals process. A quarter of a million sixth-formers will get their results this morning after an 11th-hour change to the way grades are awarded. In an attempt to head off a rebellion … Read more

University chiefs are told to keep places open until pupils can complete appeals

University chiefs are told to keep places open until pupils can complete appeals against their A-level exam grades Minister Michelle Donelan wrote to vice-chancellors urging them to be flexible Pupils should not have to ‘put their future on hold’ because of a sluggish process Miss Sturgeon promised teenagers would ‘get the grades they feel they … Read more

Thousands of A-level pupils face race against time to win appeals

A-level pupils whose marks are downgraded by computer face missing out on university places while exam boards sift through a flood of appeals, experts warned last night. This year’s exams were cancelled because of coronavirus so marks will be based on teachers’ estimates of what entrants would have achieved. But exam boards are expected to … Read more

Denying exam grade appeals is like a ‘life sentence with no right of appeal’

Not allowing pupils the right to appeal GCSE or A-Level exam grades they think are unfair has been likened to imposing a ‘life sentence’. Students in England will receive their grades next week. They will be assessed using a statistical model after the pandemic halted the exam season. Ofqual, the exam regulator, is only allowing … Read more