Courts – THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO

Four Storeys. Thirty Seconds. One Hero

Mamoudou Gassama — a 22‑year‑old undocumented Malian migrant — scaled four storeys of a Paris building in roughly 30 seconds to save a dangling four‑year‑old child, an act that turned him overnight from an invisible migrant into a national hero. On 26 May 2018, crowds in the 18th arrondissement watched a child hanging from aContinue reading “Four Storeys. Thirty Seconds. One Hero”

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Wales Just Went Full “Tell The Truth… Or Take The Walk”

Wales is genuinely on track to become the first country in the world where politicians can lose their jobs, or even face criminal consequences, for knowingly lying during election campaigns. This isn’t a rumour or a symbolic gesture: the Senedd passed the Member Accountability and Elections Bill in March 2026, which includes a legal dutyContinue reading “Wales Just Went Full “Tell The Truth… Or Take The Walk””

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Don’t Chain Someone To Their Past — Give Them A Future Worth Walking Toward

A man with addiction, trauma and no stable home has been pushed through a maze of disconnected services for over a decade, punished instead of supported, until the system itself became the thing keeping him homeless. Fragmented services mean Paul is passed from police to courts to hostels, with no one ever responsible for helpingContinue reading “Don’t Chain Someone To Their Past — Give Them A Future Worth Walking Toward”

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A Family Forced To Job‑Hunt For A Blind, Non‑Verbal, Wheelchair‑Bound Teenager — Proof The DWP Will Grind You Down Even When You Can’t Stand Up

The parents of a severely disabled teenager say they have been forced to spend hours hunting for jobs he can’t do in a “nightmare” battle with the DWP. Connor Donnelly, from Mauchline, East Ayrshire, is wheelchair bound, blind, non-verbal and barely able to sit up after being starved of oxygen at birth. But since he turned 18 andContinue reading “A Family Forced To Job‑Hunt For A Blind, Non‑Verbal, Wheelchair‑Bound Teenager — Proof The DWP Will Grind You Down Even When You Can’t Stand Up”

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‘Bonkers’ Court Ruling Gives Squatters Right To Stay In 140-Year-Old Pub

Shameless squatters are smirking after moving into a historic 140-year-old pub and winning the right to stay thanks to a ‘bonkers’ court ruling—and now claim locals are bullying them. A legal mishap has allowed intruders to remain inside the Baring Hall Hotel pub in Grove Park, Lewisham, in south-east London, which has been closed forContinue reading “‘Bonkers’ Court Ruling Gives Squatters Right To Stay In 140-Year-Old Pub”

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A 19-Year-Old Woman Who Fought Doctors Who Wanted To Withdraw Life-Saving Treatment Has Died – But Can’t Be Identified

A courageous teenager who was locked in a legal battle with doctors who wanted to withdraw her life-preserving treatment has tragically died, but still can’t be named. The 19-year-old woman, anonymised by the courts as ‘ST’, can’t be identified because of Draconian reporting rules which have shrouded her heartbreaking case in secrecy. Her distraught familyContinue reading “A 19-Year-Old Woman Who Fought Doctors Who Wanted To Withdraw Life-Saving Treatment Has Died – But Can’t Be Identified”