Theatre and hotels to be transformed into Nightingale courts
(World News UK)

A theatre and two hotels will be transformed into makeshift courts to help clear the backlog of cases exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. The Lowry in Salford, the Hilton Hotel in York and Jury’s Inn in Middlesbrough are the latest buildings to become Nightingale courts, opening on September 28, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said. A further five are earmarked for Chester, Liverpool, Bristol, Winchester and Cirencester and could open next month but the sites are yet to be confirmed. It comes as the director of public prosecutions Max Hill warned delays in cases coming to court are “corrosive” as...