2025 News

The widow of a former South Yorkshire miner says people who worked alongside her husband could have “key information” following his death from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma.

The campaign group Oil Change International (OCI) has written to the UK government calling for an immediate reversal of its decision to finance a controversial fossil fuel project in Mozambique mired in allegations of human rights violations.

A woman has received a six-figure settlement following the death of her husband, Michael, just two months after a fatal mesothelioma diagnosis.

Trade Union Blues have urged Manchester City Football Club to rethink a recently introduced minimum-game season policy, which they believe is the first of its kind in the country and unlawfully penalises fans unable to attend matches.

An inquest into the death of 16-year-old Rhianan Rudd, the youngest female ever to be charged with terror offences in the UK, has found there were missed opportunities by Counter Terrorism Police, Prevent, Derbyshire County Council and a number of mental health bodies in the period leading up to her death

The government’s decision to cut dedicated funding to walking and cycling schemes (active travel) by two-thirds was unlawful, Appeal Court judges have ruled.

Broadcaster and environmental campaigner Chris Packham CBE has launched legal action alongside fellow environmentalist Gaie Delap, challenging the legality of the UK Government’s application of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (PCSCA) in what they describe as an “attack” on the right to peacefully protest.

Four former pupils who say they were abused by staff at Lower Lee School in Woolton, Liverpool in the 1970s and 1980s are taking legal action against Liverpool City Council, with a trial expected to take place in May 2026.

Campaign group Stop Uyghur Genocide (SUG) has welcomed reports that fashion retailer Shein’s bid to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has stalled.

Campaign group Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) has filed a legal claim over plans for additional coastal flood defences at Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station, which were omitted from the original planning application and which the group says could negatively impact local wildlife.

Personal injury lawyers at law firm Leigh Day have warned consumers with devices containing lithium-ion batteries following reports that fires linked to the batteries have seen a sharp increase.

The second inquest into the death of Jodey Whiting, who took her own life on 21 February 2017, has found that the DWP stopping her benefits was the trigger that led to her death.