‘Fat Leonard’ gets 15 years for plotting one of the US military’s biggest scandals
Leonard Francis also ordered to pay $20m restitution to the navy, after pleading guilty to bribery and fraud
Wrangling with Abba, risking jail for the Stone Roses … the lawyer behind pop’s big spats
John Kennedy sparred with the Swedes over Mamma Mia! and took on the Rolling Stones for Richard Ashcroft – he tells us why he’s still arguing with Bob Geldof after 40 years
Swearing at work is particularly common in north of England, judge says
Tribunal rules employee was unfairly sacked despite verbally abusing a fellow worker during office discussion
Letters: The UK government risks being in breach of the genocide convention over Gaza, warns Martin Shaw. Plus a letter from Roger Haydon
The IPP sentencing scandal has left hundreds locked up without hope. When will Labour free them?
Francisco Garcia
England and Wales abolished these draconian sentences in 2012 – but our crumbling prisons still hold offenders trapped in horrifying stasis , says journalist Francisco Garcia
Mothers to take DWP to court over ‘inhumane’ benefit rules on non-consensual conception
High court approves judicial review of rules denying some women exception to two-child limit on universal credit
