After 'Thought Police' called on grandmother over online criticism of Labour councillors at heart of WhatsApp scandal... Imagine the police response if Helen had reported a burglary, writes LEO MCKINSTRY

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The flag of liberty is flying low in modern Britain. The country that introduced Magna Carta, pioneered parliamentary democracy and defeated Nazi tyranny has seen an alarming erosion in free speech.

Knock knock, it's the Thought Police: As thousands of criminals go uninvestigated, detectives call on a grandmother. Her crime? She went on Facebook to criticise Labour councillors at the centre of the 'Hope you Die' WhatsApp scandal exposed by the MoS

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Detectives were last night accused of acting like East Germany 's feared Stasi secret police for quizzing Helen Jones over her calls for the resignation of local councillors embroiled in the WhatsApp…

Polish woman, 23, 'stalked Madeleine McCann's brother and sister by turning up at the family home, leaving voicemails and sending WhatsApp messages'

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Julia Wandel, 23, from Lubin, Poland, has been remanded into custody after appearing at Leicestershire Magistrates' Court this morning.

Minister sacked over WhatsApp messages faces standards probe

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Andrew Gwynne is investigated over "actions causing significant damage to the reputation of the House".

Police dropped probe into soldier who 'relentlessly' hounded teen colleague who killed herself with thousands of WhatsApp messages as it 'was not considered criminal' harassment, inquest told

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Police dropped harassment claims against a soldier who 'relentlessly' hounded a teenage colleague who is thought to have killed herself as a result, an inquest heard today.

Offshore worker Robbie Robson was bludgeoned to death on an oil rig. Was it a random attack or does the industry have questions to answer?

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When the contractor started a two-month job in the Persian Gulf, he said it was his final lengthy posting. Six weeks later, he was dead, and a co-worker charged with his murder. Now his partner is st…

‘Disruptive, unfair and cruel’: jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care in Zimbabwe

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Clinics have been forced to close as halt in funding impacts country’s donor-dependent health sector

Chiedza Makura only learned she had been dismissed from her nursing job when a WhatsApp message cam…

Digested week: Labour politicians’ loose talk part of longstanding tradition | Emma Brockes

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Awkward WhatsApp revelations, binned bitcoin, musical heart, Godfather nostalgia and the happy over-50s

Career death via “offensive WhatsApp group” is a modern iteration of a longstanding tradition of…

Sobbing boss of teen soldier who took her own life after 'he bombarded her with thousands of WhatsApp messages' denies trying to 'manipulate' her, inquest hears

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Jaysley Beck was found hanging in her room at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire in 2021, and an inquest heard Ryan Mason sent thousands of Whatsapp messages to her in the months before her death.

Labour under fire over ANOTHER vile WhatsApp chat: Minister ran group which branded veterans and pensioners 'nazis' and featured AI photo of Rishi Sunak being deported to Rwanda

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Education Minister Stephen Morgan was allegedly the administrator of the 'Portsmouth Labour' group, which featured 143 other members, including Labour councillors and local activists.