Taylor Swift is extending The Eras Tour once again!
16.10.2023 - 07:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Government is set to announce plans to try and slash the number of prisoners amid fears the system is becoming overcrowded. More foreign prisoners could be removed under new proposals, as ministers face mounting pressure to act.
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk is expected to set out a range of reforms for England and Wales later today (October 16). Across the two nations, there are currently 88,225 people incarcerated in prisons.
Mr Chalk has already signalled plans to send fewer 'low-level offenders' to prison ahead of today's announcement. He is also expected to bring forward legislation to allow prisoners to be held overseas, in a move the Government insists follows steps taken by Belgium and Norway.
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The Ministry of Justice says more than 3,100 foreign criminals were removed in the year to March but 10,500 remain locked up in England and Wales. Under new plans, foreign offenders will be removed sooner into their sentences with more caseworkers deployed to speed up removals.
Currently, foreign criminals can be removed up to a year before the end of their sentence. Ministers want to now bring that forward six months, in a move is hoped will save £70,000 per prisoner.
Officials are also looking at what more can be done to remove foreign offenders convicted of less serious offences more quickly, with plans as well to introduce new conditions to ban those convicted from returning to the UK. “It’s right that foreign criminals are punished but it cannot be right that some are sat in prison costing taxpayers £47,000 a year when they could be
Taylor Swift is extending The Eras Tour once again!
Thania Garcia Taylor Swift will be taking her “Eras Tour” to Vancouver next December. The singer has added three dates at the BC Place in British Columbia on Dec. 6, 7, and 8, with Gracie Abrams standing as the opening act.
Assessing the full damage caused by Storm Babet has been made more difficult by ongoing rainfall, a Scottish Government minister has said.
Pirate, which sought to explore the impact that new artificial intelligence technologies are having on the music industry.In the study, over 1,000 musicians from across the UK, the US and Germany were asked about their openness to the use of AI in creating music, and the potential of them using the platforms as an aid to their own work.Overall, the study found that there was a growing acceptance of the concept, with 25 per cent of all those surveyed admitting to having already dabbled with the technologies in their own music production. Of the remaining three quarters who hadn’t yet experimented with AI, 46 per cent said that they would be willing to try using the tools in the future.More revealing, however, of the total number of people surveyed, only 48 per cent of artists confirmed that they would tell their listeners when AI was involved in their music, and 53 per cent admitted that they were concerned about how their audience would react if they knew the music they were listening to was aided by artificial intelligence.The report from Pirate also noted that 55 per cent of artists are actively acquiring new skills in response to ongoing advancements in AI.
Tickets are on sale now and can be found here.Jane’s Addiction are set to headline the event with a UK-exclusive performance. Also scheduled to appear are Future Islands, Amyl And The Sniffers, Sleaford Mods, Orbital, Dinosaur Jr (UK-exclusive) and Bob Vylan.Other confirmed acts include Wargasm, New Model Army, Gentleman’s Dub Club, Jane Weaver, Pip Blom, English Teacher, 808 State, Beans On Toast, Sonic Boom Six and many more across the weekend.According to organisers, “loads more” artists are to be announced across multiple stages in the coming months.
Rangers players wanted to do more in training under Philippe Clement's predecessors as the Belgian looks to resolve a brewing Ibrox "puzzle".
Sex and violence on British TV screens may have become more graphic but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, according to new Ofcom research.
Manchester United are one of three English sides to have sent scouts to watch Brøndby midfielder Nicolai Vallys, according to reports in Denmark.
a list of popular Halloween costumes called the ‘Frightgeist‘ released by Google Trends, Barbie came in at number one. Princess Peach made 13th on the list, while plenty of movie franchise characters also made the cut, with Marvel’s Spider-Man at number three and Netflix‘s Wednesday Addams at sixth place.Before the huge success of Barbie and Oppenheimer led to a sizeable uptick in UK box office numbers in July, The Super Mario Bros. Movie led the way with the most successful global opening ever for an animated film.It had less success with critics, who largely gave it low scores.
Marta Balaga DR Sales has been racking up sales for Danish drama series “Prisoner.” Starring Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik, Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt and Charlotte Fich, it has been picked up by BBC (UK and Ireland), Canal+ Group’s channel Polar+ (France), MHz Networks (U.S.), SBS (Australia), NPO (Netherlands) and BeTV (French-speaking Belgium). Revolving around four desperate prison guards, forced to deal with everything from rampant drug trade to their personal problems and imminent closure of the prison, the show was created by Kim Fupz Aakeson.
The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice that anyone travelling to Greece should know.
Hackney Diamonds,” Jagger appeared in a few “SNL” skits, while Gaga introduced the Puerto Rican rapper before he performed. In one sketch, Jagger plays “Sister Kevin,” who confesses to sleeping with the other nuns at their convent.
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The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Italy and the Vatican City over concerns surrounding political demonstrations.
Lay Zhang is opening up about his acting goals.
King Charles wanted a 'slimmed down' monarchy, but sources say it’s now so thin that there aren’t enough royals to go around.The situation has become so bad, OK! can exclusively reveal that Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are being considered for a number of engagements next year when the Royal Family embarks on a two-year tour of the Commonwealth. A source told us: “Emergency meetings have been held to come up with a solution to fulfil the growing number of royal engagements both here in the UK and abroad.
The UK Foreign Office has issued fresh travel guidance for Belgium after two Swedish football fans were fatally shot in the street in Brussels on Monday. Police have since shot dead a suspected Tunisuan extremist accused of killing the two Swedes.
The Government will pledge to send more foreign prisoners home, with ministers under pressure to act amid serious pressure on prison capacity. Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has already signalled plans to send fewer “low-level offenders” to prison, as he prepares to set out a range of reforms covering England and Wales later on Monday.
The UK Foreign Office has issued a warning to British travellers in France after a teacher was killed and two others were wounded in a stabbing at a high school in northern France. A man armed with a knife has been arrested by the police and the attack is being investigated as potential terrorism.