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Police appeal to find prisoner convicted of assault and burglary after he was released ‘by mistake’

Rayon Newby, 20, was released from HMP Thameside on Friday 17 March before completing his sentence for assault, harassment and burglary

The Independent UK

Woman couldn't sleep after phone call telling her to leave home

Protesters rallied to support her bid to stay

Liverpool Echo

Six-berth glamping pods opening at Holme Pierrepont Country Park this spring following £680,000 investment

The country park is home of the National Water Sports Centre

Birmingham Post

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Caledonian Sleeper service set to be nationalised

An arms-length government body will take over the train service from the end of June

Insider UK

Caledonian Sleeper rail service to be nationalised by Scottish ministers

Highlands-London service will be run by state-owned company after operator Serco loses contract seven years early

The Guardian - UK

Caledonian Sleeper to be taken into public ownership by Scottish Government

The contract for the overnight London to Scotland service will be removed from Serco in June.

The Independent UK

Caledonian Sleeper service to be taken into public ownership

THE Caledonian Sleeper service will be brought into public hands this summer, the Scottish Government has announced.

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HMP Lowdham Grange management changes hands in £264m deal

It had been run by Serco since it was opened in 1998

Nottingham Post

Egyptian challenging Australia’s indefinite detention warned he faces forced removal within month

Tony Sami, held for 10 years, is fighting to stay with his two children and had been preparing for landmark high court case

The Guardian - AU

The hotel near Manchester Airport where 'guests stay less than a week and then vanish'

A former employee spoke exclusively to the M.E.N.

Manchester Evening News

Protesters against asylum seekers in Mansfield hotel must stay on 'right side of line', MP says

'People do have the right to have their voices heard, but it has got to stay on the right side of the line'

Nottingham Post

Magistrates court fire probed over suspected security breach

Investigations are underway after a defendant managed to set himself on fire in the cells of a magistrates court after being remanded in custody.

Evening Standard

Adelaide Remand Centre manager who stole $100,000 from inmates spent $1m at casino, court told

A former general manager of the Adelaide Remand Centre who stole more than $100,000 in cash from prisoners gambled away $1 million about the same time as the theft, an Adelaide court is told.

ABC News

Immigration detainee not given new food because maggots ‘just on the vegetables’, report finds

Advocates say ombudsman’s findings lay bare ‘inhumane’ treatment in Australia’s detention centres

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Nottingham Post

Excitement as new 4G football pitch opens at Nottinghamshire leisure centre

The pitch is now open to the public and is already taking bookings for football sessions, most recently Mansfield Town Football Club

The Independent UK

Serco to be sentenced next year over failures that led to custody officer death

Lorraine Barwell was attacked as she tried to escort a mentally ill prisoner from his cell in Blackfriars Crown Court in 2015.

The Independent UK

Serco to be sentenced over safety failures that led to custody officer’s death

Mentally-ill Humphrey Burke fatally attacked Lorraine Barwell as she tried to escort him from his cell in Blackfriars Crown Court in June 2015.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire politician calls on Scottish Government to take Caledonian Sleeper rail service into public ownership

Richard Leonard MSP's plea comes amid news the SNP and Scottish Greens are planning to hand service back to Serco.

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The National (Scotland)

Call for Caledonian Sleeper service to be taken into permanent public ownership

THERE are calls for the Scottish Government to take the Caledonian Sleeper service into public ownership.

The Independent UK

Serco’s ‘systemic failures’ led to fatal attack on custody officer, court hears

Lorraine Barwell was not aware of a prisoner’s previous violent outbursts despite Serco having access to this information.

Nottingham Post

People removed from Mansfield hotel for asylum seekers were not homeless

A new council report says that those removed did not meet the criteria to be classed as homeless

Nottingham Post

MP Ben Bradley says homeless residents removed from Mansfield hotel to make way for asylum seekers

"They have turfed out residents who were already in there for temporary accommodation"

Wales Online

Hotel boss being offered 'obscene money' refuses to house asylum seekers

Owner claims that government representatives have been offering her £10,000 a week to close to the public and accommodate only refugees

Nottingham Post

Skegness hotel boss says she rejected 'obscene money' to house asylum seekers

She says it's having a huge impact on the community

Nottingham Post

5 hotels in Skegness being used to 'house asylum seekers'

Asylum seekers have been thought to have been housed in three hotels in Skegness for around 10 months

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