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Masks are staying in Chicago Public Schools, but some parents demand to know ‘where is the COVID-19 off-ramp?’

CHICAGO — The mask mandate in Chicago Public Schools was the first order of business at Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting, which President Miguel del Valle opened by restating that masks are staying on in schools, despite the imminent end of the city’s requirement.

Chicago Tribune

CPS board affirms mask mandate, but CEO hopes they can be optional before end of school year

"I do predict there’ll be a day we can go mask optional," CPS CEO Pedro Martinez told the Board of Education at its meeting Wednesday. "And I would love that to happen before the end of the school year."

Chicago Sun-Times

CPS reaches settlements in 3 special ed students’ sex assault lawsuits

The Board of Education approved a $1 million payment in a case involving an alleged attack by another student in a bathroom at a Rogers Park school.

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Afternoon Edition: Feb. 22, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Thousands of Chicago college students — and some parents — to get full college scholarships: ‘This is life changing'

Hope Chicago stunned families at Benito Juarez H.S. with the announcement Tuesday, and officials say more schools benefitting from the program will be revealed soon. Eventually 24,000 students and 6,000 parents will get scholarships.

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Chicago lifting mask and vaccine mandates on Feb. 28 but will keep masks in schools for now

Rather than risk yet another confrontation with the Chicago Teachers Union, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Pedro Martinez will follow the agreement they struck with CTU to end a dispute that canceled classes for five days last month.

Chicago Sun-Times

CPS head Max Hill severely criticised over record low in rape convictions

Vera Baird, victims’ commissioner, says DPP has overseen ‘catastrophic’ period in CPS’s history

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CPS boss Max Hill QC accused of presiding over ‘most catastrophic period in ...history for prosecuting rape’

The Director of Public Prosecutions was on Tuesday accused of presiding over the “most catastrophic period in .. history for prosecuting rape” in an extraordinary dressing down from the Victims’ Commissioner.

Evening Standard

'Crisis of public trust' in how criminal justice system deals with rape

Figures released earlier this year showed that in the 12 months to September 2021, only 1.3 per cent of the 63,136 rape offences recorded by police resulted in a suspect being charged

Wales Online

Met officers charged over Wayne Couzens WhatsApp group named

Jonathan Cobban, William Neville and former officer Joel Borders charged over alleged racist and misogynistic messages

The Guardian - UK

Named: Two Met police officers and ex-cop charged over ‘grossly offensive’ messages in Wayne Couzens WhatsApp group

The three were named by the CPS on Tuesday as Pc Jonathon Cobban, Pc William Neville and ex-constable Joel Borders

Evening Standard

Police officers charged with sharing offensive messages with Wayne Couzens named

Pc Jonathon Cobban, 35, Pc William Neville, 33, and former officer Joel Borders, 45, are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on March 16.

The Independent UK

Pritzker to take school mask case to Illinois Supreme Court after ruling leaves masking up to local districts

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he will ask the Illinois Supreme Court to step in after his administration lost an attempt to keep statewide masking and other COVID-19 mitigation measures at schools in place, as more than 500 Illinois districts pivot to mask optional policies.

Chicago Tribune

Grooming gang jailed for systematic and repeated rape of teenager

The CPS said eight men were found guilty of 23 counts of rape and two of conspiracy to rape in two separate trials at Bradford Crown Court last year.

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Met officers charged with sharing 'racist and misogynistic' messages with killer Wayne Couzens

It follows a nine month Independent Office for Police Conduct (IPOC) investigation into WhatsApps between April and August 2019.

Wales Online

Three police officers charged over messages sent to Wayne Couzens

Two serving Metropolitan Police officers and one former officer have been charged with sending grossly offensive messages

The Independent UK

Met officers charged over alleged offensive messages to killer cop Wayne Couzens

Two serving Metropolitan Police officers and one former officer have been charged with sending grossly offensive messages on WhatsApp.

Evening Standard

Three Met officers charged over Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens’ WhatsApp group

The alleged offences took place on a WhatsApp group chat

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CPS could face another union at the bargaining table if principals get law changed

A bill allowing Chicago Public Schools principals to unionize passed an Illinois House committee Wednesday.

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Feds allege another scam at North Side elementary school, charge 3 former administrators

An indictment said the administrators helped cheat the Chicago Public Schools out of $250,000 by submitting bogus orders and invoices for school supplies that really concealed the receipt of iPhones, iPads and $30,000 in gift cards for a former principal.

Daily Mirror

Leicester fan hit with £369 fine after admitting homophobic abuse at Aston Villa star

A Leicester supporter has pleaded guilty to shouting homophobic slurs during a game at Aston Villa, with the Crown Prosecution Service classing such abuse as a hate crime

The Guardian - UK

Euston tunnellers’ court victory at risk as CPS seeks to overturn verdict

Six protesters walked free after spending a month underground in front of London station

ABC News

Victorian coronial inquest examines deaths of children involved with Child Protection Service

The Coroners Court will examine the services provided to the families, their involvement with the Victorian Child Protection Service as well as systemic issues with child protection in the state.

Evening Standard

Attorney General’s office raised concern about wrongful prosecution of lockdown breakers

The Attorney General knew members of the public would be wrongly prosecuted by police when she agreed to closed-door court sessions to deal with lockdown-breakers, it has been revealed.

The Independent UK

Home Office refuses to apologise to 12 innocent asylum seekers wrongly jailed for steering Channel dinghies

Men were falsely labelled as ‘people smugglers’ after being prosecuted for crimes they did not commit

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