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Radio 4,11 Nov 2025,30 mins

The Justice Secretary reveals 91 prisoners have been freed in error since April

Six O'Clock News

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The Justice Secretary, David Lammy, has revealed that 91 prisoners have been released by mistake over the last seven months. Also: Epping Council loses a High Court case to block The Bell Hotel from housing asylum seekers. And another name change for Andrew as Mountbatten-Windsor belatedly gets a hyphen.

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