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Surge in number of foreign criminals sees cost of court translators reach £152,000 a day - amid concern over scams and poor quality services
Last year, the 10 languages which required the highest spending on translators were Romanian, Polish, Arabic, Albanian, Urdu, Kurdish, Punjabi, Portuguese, Bengali and Lithuanian.
Cases collapsed in chaos at Basildon and Southend courts
A flooded courthouse, a collapsed interpreter and a runaway defendant granted bail.
Man charged after Churchill statue vandalism has hearing adjourned for an interpreter to attend
The case was adjourned to Monday at the same court so a Dutch interpreter can be provided.
Failed asylum seeker’s sex assault trial abandoned after no interpreter found
The judge said that The Big Word, the firm responsible for supplying interpreters to the courts, was unable to source an interpreter because “one is ill and one is not answering his phone”.
