“The Prime Minister has accepted that he will have to sacrifice a measure on parenthood in order to save legislation to allow new embryo research and treatments.”
The Times, 19th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Scotland Yard’s anti-terror unit has been stripped of its control over covert surveillance teams in an attempt to ward off further criticism over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 19th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Laws need to be tightened to ensure homeowners are not out of pocket when builders go bankrupt, the housing minister for Wales has said.”
BBC News, 19th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Reginald Wilson, currently serving life for slaughtering Teesside skin specialist, David Birkett, can ask the Parole Board to free him next month after a top judge overturned his ‘whole life’ jail tariff yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Dawn Primarolo, the Public Health minister, has accused MPs campaigning for a stricter law on abortion of having a hidden agenda which aims ultimately to prevent all terminations.”
The Independent, 19th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two police forces are fighting attempts to hold them legally liable for failing to protect the victims of death threats in an important human rights hearing which starts today in the Lords.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Children’s author Anthony Horowitz spends a day in a juvenile court looking for some good news behind the recent horror stories.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gay campaigners criticised the Conservative Party last night after its health spokesmen attempted to force women to give the name of their sperm donor before being allowed IVF treatment.”
The Independent, 18th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The QC appointments process for 2008 has got off to a rocky start after it was revealed this week that applications for the elite kitemark have fallen by more than a quarter from last year’s figure.”
Legal Week, 16th May 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A man who helped set up a Government database of violent sex offenders has been jailed on child pornography charges.”
BBC News, 16th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A registrar is taking her employer to a tribunal this week to determine whether she can refuse to officiate at homosexual ‘weddings’ because of her religious beliefs.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Guardian yesterday made a formal offer of amends to the supermarket chain Tesco over reports which had claimed that the company had set up an elaborate complex of offshore companies to avoid paying up to £1bn of corporation tax on a series of property deals. But the newspaper made it clear that it would strenuously defend a malicious falsehood claim by the company.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Nigerian woman has been jailed for 26 months for bringing a child illegally into the UK.”
BBC News, 16th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Most children believe that playing violent computer games does lead to aggressive behaviour, according to a survey by the broadcasting regulator.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Media organisations will clash with Greater Manchester Police in court this week over moves to force them to hand over ‘evidence’”.
The Times, 19th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“One in three young people living in cities thinks it is acceptable to carry a knife in self-defence because violence is so rife, according to research revealed today. Teenagers and twenty-somethings have lost faith in politicians, the police or schools to protect them and increasingly believe they need to be armed to defend themselves against people of their own age. Nearly half said they knew someone who had been a victim of knife crime.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A family has vowed to sue the ‘filthy’ hospital where their teenage daughter died after contracting the ‘superbug’ MRSA.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The number of anti-Semitic attacks in Britain has reached its second-highest level ever, MPs have been told. Figures from a charity show 547 such incidents were recorded last year, of which a record 114 were violent assaults.”
The Independent, 17th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Conservationists have started legal proceedings in a bid to halt proposals for a commercial airport in Snowdonia.”
BBC News, 17th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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