Laws tighten on paedophile travel – BBC News

Posted August 20th, 2008 in child abuse, immigration, news, sexual offences by sally

“Tighter controls on the movements of paedophiles have been announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.”

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BBC News, 19th August 2008

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Judge promises end to lenient sentences for knife crime – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 20th, 2008 in news, offensive weapons, sentencing by sally

“A judge has publicly promised a clamp down on knife crime, saying the ‘days of lenient sentences’ were over.”

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Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2008

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‘Growing violence’ at UK prison – BBC News

Posted August 20th, 2008 in news, prisons by sally

“An inspection of one of Britain’s high-security prisons has raised concern about levels of violence.”

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BBC News, 19th August 2008

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Fresh pressure on Met chief Blair as top Asian police officer sues force over alleged racial discrimination – The Guardian

Posted August 20th, 2008 in news, police, race discrimination by sally

“Britain’s biggest police force will this week be plunged into crisis after one of its own leaders sues, alleging he was the victim of racial discrimination. Assistant commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, third most senior officer at Scotland Yard, is expected to issue employment tribunal proceedings that heap fresh pressure on Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan police commissioner.”

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The Guardian, 20th August 2008

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Computer ‘villains’ are not geeks, just savvy children – The Times

Posted August 20th, 2008 in copyright, internet, special report by sally

“In the past 15 years, nothing has given entertainment publishers quite as many sleepless nights as internet piracy. Starting with the rise of Napster, the music-sharing service, in the 1990s, the rapidly increasing speed of broadband connections has allowed consumers to share and copy media files in vast quantities.”

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The Times, 20th August 2008

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Personal details of 4 million lost by Whitehall in just one year – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 20th, 2008 in data protection, government departments, news by sally

“Sensitive data for more than four million people was lost by Government departments in the past year, on top of the high profile loss of child benefit records.”

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Daily Telegraph,

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Computer games: Industry acts on illegal downloads – The Guardian

Posted August 20th, 2008 in copyright, internet, news, video games by sally

“The computer games industry is launching a crackdown on people who illegally download games from the internet by writing to 25,000 people in Britain suspected of illegally sharing files and asking them to pay £300 immediately to avoid any further legal action.”

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The Guardian, 20th August 2008

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Does disability hate crime exist? – BBC News Magazine

Posted August 20th, 2008 in crime, disabled persons, hate crime, special report, violence by sally

“A handful of violent and degrading attacks on disabled people have provoked outrage among the press and public. But are they isolated cases or one end of a spectrum of intimidation and violence that many disabled people encounter?”

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BBC News Magazine, 19th August 2008

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Sun website censured over video footage – Reuters

Posted August 20th, 2008 in internet, media, news, privacy by sally

“The Sun newspaper website has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) in a landmark ruling over the use of undercover video footage of a man convicted of child pornography offences.”

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Reuters, 19th August 2008

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