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Relatives of Dorset teenager call for ‘Gaia Principle’ so officers must check if rape suspects are facing other allegations The man accused of raping the Dorset teenager Gaia Pope the year before she disappeared in 2017 was under investigation before she went to police and should have been more closely monitored, the teenager’s family said on Wednesday. Following a long-running inquest into the teenager’s death, which found that multiple agencies including the police and health trusts missed chances to help her when it concluded in July, her family vowed to keep fighting for structural change in the services they say…

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PM accused of ‘trashing’ Conservative values and a PMQs performance that was ‘just appalling’ Liz Truss’ leadership was in fresh peril on Wednesday with calls growing among senior Conservatives to reverse more proposed tax cuts and MPs accusing her of “trashing” Conservative values. As the cost of government borrowing soared further, Truss used her second PMQs appearance to “absolutely” rule out further spending cuts, instead allowing borrowing to rise over the next few years. Continue reading… ​PM accused of ‘trashing’ Conservative values and a PMQs performance that was ‘just appalling’Liz Truss’ leadership was in fresh peril on Wednesday with calls…

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​  More and more of us are now taking to the internet and doing our Christmas shopping from the comfort of our desks or sofas, although as the big day gets closer the high street will still be getting busy as shoppers scour the stores for that perfect present. More and more of us are now taking to the internet and doing our Christmas shopping from the comfort of our desks or sofas, although as the big day gets closer the high street will still be getting busy as shoppers scour the stores for that perfect present. 

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