Top stories in the latest issue:

TOXIC SHOCK
A cowboy demolition crew smashed up asbestos-ridden garages in Merseyside without due precautions, but the Health and Safety Executive wasn’t interested.

DRILL INSTRUCTORS
Petrochemical giants are applying pressure on the energy secretary to approve new North Sea drilling, with reports from tame researchers to help their case.

SOFTENED POWER
Purportedly a bastion of cultural values overseas, the British Council is slashing jobs across Europe, leading to a slew of strikes and unfair dismissal cases.

BLEAK HOUSE
How a private provider moving into the lucrative children’s home care market left a vulnerable child suffering harm from poor supervision in filthy conditions.

DEVIL IN THE DETAILS
Is the notorious “satanic abuse” conspiracy theory of the 1980s resurfacing? The author of a report used to brief investigators seems to buy into the myth.

SCREWS LOOSE
The overcrowded prison system is rife with violence – including attacks by officers on inmates, which are at record levels.

BEAT, SURRENDER
The College of Policing tries to keep a lid on its dealings with dodgy regimes, but the Eye has discovered it has supplied training courses to Saudi police.