Six-berth glamping pods opening at Holme Pierrepont Country Park this spring following £680,000 investment The country park is home of the National Water Sports Centre Birmingham Post · Mar 14, 2023
Caledonian Sleeper service set to be nationalised An arms-length government body will take over the train service from the end of June Insider UK · Mar 3, 2023
Caledonian Sleeper rail service to be nationalised by Scottish ministers Highlands-London service will be run by state-owned company after operator Serco loses contract seven years early The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023
Caledonian Sleeper to be taken into public ownership by Scottish Government The contract for the overnight London to Scotland service will be removed from Serco in June. The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023
Caledonian Sleeper service to be taken into public ownership THE Caledonian Sleeper service will be brought into public hands this summer, the Scottish Government has announced. The National (Scotland) · Mar 2, 2023
HMP Lowdham Grange management changes hands in £264m deal It had been run by Serco since it was opened in 1998 Nottingham Post · Feb 14, 2023
Egyptian challenging Australia’s indefinite detention warned he faces forced removal within month Tony Sami, held for 10 years, is fighting to stay with his two children and had been preparing for landmark high court case The Guardian - AU · Feb 13, 2023
The hotel near Manchester Airport where 'guests stay less than a week and then vanish' A former employee spoke exclusively to the M.E.N. Manchester Evening News · Feb 12, 2023
Protesters against asylum seekers in Mansfield hotel must stay on 'right side of line', MP says 'People do have the right to have their voices heard, but it has got to stay on the right side of the line' Nottingham Post · Feb 8, 2023
Magistrates court fire probed over suspected security breach Investigations are underway after a defendant managed to set himself on fire in the cells of a magistrates court after being remanded in custody. Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2023
Adelaide Remand Centre manager who stole $100,000 from inmates spent $1m at casino, court told A former general manager of the Adelaide Remand Centre who stole more than $100,000 in cash from prisoners gambled away $1 million about the same time as the theft, an Adelaide court is told. ABC News · Jan 25, 2023
Immigration detainee not given new food because maggots ‘just on the vegetables’, report finds Advocates say ombudsman’s findings lay bare ‘inhumane’ treatment in Australia’s detention centres The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2023
Excitement as new 4G football pitch opens at Nottinghamshire leisure centre The pitch is now open to the public and is already taking bookings for football sessions, most recently Mansfield Town Football Club Nottingham Post · Jan 2, 2023
Serco to be sentenced next year over failures that led to custody officer death Lorraine Barwell was attacked as she tried to escort a mentally ill prisoner from his cell in Blackfriars Crown Court in 2015. The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022
The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022 Serco to be sentenced over safety failures that led to custody officer’s death Mentally-ill Humphrey Burke fatally attacked Lorraine Barwell as she tried to escort him from his cell in Blackfriars Crown Court in June 2015.
Daily Record · Dec 12, 2022 Lanarkshire politician calls on Scottish Government to take Caledonian Sleeper rail service into public ownership Richard Leonard MSP's plea comes amid news the SNP and Scottish Greens are planning to hand service back to Serco.
The National (Scotland) · Dec 12, 2022 Call for Caledonian Sleeper service to be taken into permanent public ownership THERE are calls for the Scottish Government to take the Caledonian Sleeper service into public ownership.
The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022 Serco’s ‘systemic failures’ led to fatal attack on custody officer, court hears Lorraine Barwell was not aware of a prisoner’s previous violent outbursts despite Serco having access to this information.
Nottingham Post · Nov 29, 2022 People removed from Mansfield hotel for asylum seekers were not homeless A new council report says that those removed did not meet the criteria to be classed as homeless
Nottingham Post · Nov 20, 2022 MP Ben Bradley says homeless residents removed from Mansfield hotel to make way for asylum seekers "They have turfed out residents who were already in there for temporary accommodation"
Wales Online · Nov 18, 2022 Hotel boss being offered 'obscene money' refuses to house asylum seekers Owner claims that government representatives have been offering her £10,000 a week to close to the public and accommodate only refugees
Nottingham Post · Nov 17, 2022 Skegness hotel boss says she rejected 'obscene money' to house asylum seekers She says it's having a huge impact on the community
Nottingham Post · Nov 15, 2022 5 hotels in Skegness being used to 'house asylum seekers' Asylum seekers have been thought to have been housed in three hotels in Skegness for around 10 months
ABC News · Oct 26, 2022 Clarence Correctional Centre denies prisoners face lockdown as officers strike for third time in four weeks A union had said prisoners at Australia's largest jail faced being confined to the cells as prison officers walk off the job after rejecting an 11th-hour offer from private operator Serco.
AAP · Oct 25, 2022 NSW prison locked down during strike Officers at Australia's largest jail in northern NSW are striking for 48 hours, with 1000 prisoners likely to be locked down for the duration of the action.