Britain must wake up Follow rigorous reporting on the threats to our democracy One year for £29 | | Will Bolton Crime Correspondent | The public has a duty to stand up to shoplifters rather than relying solely on police officers, a policing chief has said.
Matthew Barber, the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley, said it was wrong to think that tackling thieves was just a job for police.
He said: “If you’re not even going to challenge people, you’re not going to try to stop them, then people will get away with it. That’s not just about policing. That’s a bigger problem with society, people who [don’t do anything] – you’re part of the problem.”
It comes amid growing pressure on the police to tackle the shoplifting epidemic, with a record high of nearly three thefts carried out every minute in the year to March. It has emerged that the Information Commissioner’s Office has advised retailers that putting up images of thieves in a local area “may not be appropriate” because it could violate suspects’ data rights.
Yet, Mr Barber insisted the public and retailers had a vital role to play in tackling the shoplifting epidemic alongside police.
Speaking at a meeting of the Thames Valley police and crime panel in June, he said he “wouldn’t for a moment” want to suggest that everyone should feel “obliged to take it upon themselves to rugby tackle every perceived criminal to the ground”. However, he added: “We should all be responsible citizens in our community.”
Read the full story here ➤ | | Lucy Letby was convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of seven babies |  | Sarah Knapton Science Editor | The Lucy Letby case is getting harder to ignore, and the murmur of voices questioning the verdict is growing into a cacophony of doubt.
It might seem unusual for a science editor to wade into potential miscarriages of justice but since Letby was convicted in August 2023, I have been troubled by the deep scientific flaws in the evidence.
The Telegraph published an in-depth investigation as soon as UK reporting restrictions were lifted in July 2024, and we have gone on to write dozens of articles delving into the statistics, science and medical concerns.
I often worked closely with freelance journalist Anouk Curry, and together we revealed troubling details about deadly bugs on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, hidden documents never shown to the jury, and discrepancies in the medical evidence.
Anouk has also been recording the case on film, and last week ITV aired her documentary Lucy Letby: Beyond Reasonable Doubt? to rave reviews. It is well worth a watch.
This week she has written for The Telegraph about her thoughts on the case and it makes for fascinating reading.
Anouk has spent years picking over the transcripts and legal arguments as well as interviewing scores of experts and acquaintances of Letby. It has left her troubled. “It was never going to be an easy film to make,” she writes. “We had to balance the huge sensitivities around the case and the immense pain and suffering of the families who have lost babies, with the public interest of hearing very serious and credible concerns being raised about the evidence heard at the trial.”
At the heart of the case, she believes, is a neonatal unit that was not fit for purpose, in which babies may have survived with better care.
“This is a picture that was not painted in court and one that I believe the public has a right to hear,” she writes.
In April, The Telegraph was the first paper to call for the Criminal Cases Review Commission to refer Letby’s case back to the Court of Appeal. A decision is expected before Christmas.
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| .png) | Younger workers are bearing the brunt of the “jobs recession”, as opportunities for school leavers and graduates dry up as a result of Labour’s tax rises, with many turning to state funding to keep afloat. Not all young people are doing so, though.
At just 20 years old, Ella Coombs works full time across two retail roles and earns an additional £10,000 (pre-tax) from her side hustle selling second-hand clothing online. However, unlike others her age, she isn’t looking to buy her own property. Instead, Ms Coombs wants to be a business owner, turning her skill for selling into high-street bricks and mortar. Furthermore, living rent-free with her parents means she has more financial flexibility than others.
Yet, with only £100 put aside into savings every month as she enjoys her current level of disposable income, it isn’t clear how Coombs moves forward. While her boyfriend has advocated trusting the markets with her money, she isn’t so sure investing is the right course of action and asked Telegraph Money for help. The team has sought the advice of two experts on where she should put her earnings in order to shield them from tax and get the best returns, while still investing in and growing her business. Read the advice in full here ➤ | Jars in a jam Every weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal Reader Correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
In Telegraph households across the country, the great preservation is under way. Time-honoured jam recipes have been dusted off; heavy pots of sticky-sweet puree simmer on the hob. There was something bothering Robert Ward, though, as he busily pickled onions for chutney: “The labels on the jars I want to use refuse to be removed. What glues are being used to keep them on in perpetuity?”
He was not the only reader to have encountered this problem. Mary Collins, however, had a solution: “I recommend placing jam jars in the dishwasher overnight. In the morning, scrape off the paper with a teaspoon and then use nail varnish remover on the sticky residue. I have six jars of cherry plum jam and six jars of cherry plum chutney already done.”
Roy Bailey added: “Stubborn labels can be removed easily by the use of lighter fuel. I keep a can of this handy to take the labels off Jiffy bags for reuse. It will also remove self-adhesive postage stamps that have been accidentally stuck on the wrong envelope.”
Fiona Wild took a more laissez-faire approach: “Why waste time and effort removing labels from the jars when making a new batch of jam? We just stick new ones over the top.” What’s your trick? Let me know here, or head to our Your Say page, exclusively on the Telegraph app.
PS – Thanks for all your entertaining responses to Tuesday’s newsletter on learning foreign languages (or not). “In 1971,” wrote Debbie Somers, “my mother, father and I travelled to Yugoslavia, which was really opening up to tourism. We took with us a Yugoslav phrase book; flicking through on the outward plane journey, I found, in the shopping section, the phrase: ‘Do you have the same in dove grey?’ We struggled to think of an instance where this might be useful.”
Anthony Rich, meanwhile, recalled: “When I went for a holiday in Greece, I learnt a few phrases to show some courtesy to my host country. Unfortunately, I never had an opportunity to use one of the first in the book: ‘My glass is on the mantelpiece’.” | Plan your day with the telegraph | Set your alarm to catch up with journalists on the Your Say page and listen to their analysis on our latest podcasts.
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