General Comments Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have today issued a report following their inspection of CPS Wessex.

This table provides an overview of work we have delivered and work underway against each of the CPS themes. Of the 26 actions we committed to in RASSO 2025 for 2020/21, we have completed 17. On each of the remaining actions, work is underway and progress has been made against each. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has meant we have all had to adapt to unprecedented circumstances. We have adapted our delivery of certain actions, focusing on the same outcome, against the context of the pandemic.

Part 2, Chapter 1 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 ("the Act") confers on the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions and the Lord Advocate [Note: These offices are collectively termed "investigating authority" in the Act and are defined at s.60(5)] similar powers currently conferred on the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) by section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 to compel individuals to co-operate with investigations by producing documents and answering questions.

Two men who cut down the famous ‘Sycamore Gap’ tree and damaged a section of Hadrian’s Wall, have today been found guilty of criminal damage at Newcastle Crown Court.

A Darlington man who caused fatal injuries to his partner’s infant son has been convicted of his murder at Teesside Crown Court today.

Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have today issued a report following their inspection of CPS South West.

An offender who attacked and sexually assaulted a woman in her own home has been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court.

Convicted child murderer Lucy Letby has been found guilty of trying to kill another baby in the neonatal unit where she worked.