Fears over stop and search powers – BBC News
“Metropolitan Police officers are stopping and searching too many innocent people using powers designed for fighting terrorism, it is claimed.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 23 January 2009
Woman who let son, three, smoke is sentenced – The Guardian
“A mother who let her three-year-old son smoke a cigarette butt while she talked on the telephone was given a suspended sentence yesterday.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Straw and Hain censured over donations – The Independent
“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, and the former cabinet minister Peter Hain received embarrassing rebukes from anti-sleaze watchdogs yesterday over their failure to register donations.”
The Independent, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Steven Gerrard to appear in court following alleged nightclub attack – Daily Telegraph
“England star Gerrard, 28, is due to appear at North Sefton Magistrates’ Court, in Southport after part-time disc jockey Marcus McGee was allegedly left with bruises and a missing tooth after a fight in the town’s Lounge Club on December 29.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd Janaury 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gypsies on greenbelt site face eviction after court ruling – The Guardian
“More than 100 Gypsy families living illegally on greenbelt land in Essex were yesterday told they would be evicted after a senior judge ruled that allowing them to stay would encourage others to follow their lead.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
Soure: www.guardian.co.uk
Asylum system not coping with backlog of cases, says watchdog – The Guardian
“The asylum system is developing a backlog of new cases that threaten to undermine efforts to clear an existing bank of more than 200,000 ‘legacy cases’, some dating back more than 10 years, a Whitehall spending watchdog warns today.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Superhead’ is banned after giving twin sister £80,000 school post – The Times
“A headmistress made a dame after transforming a sink-estate school and then sacked amid accusations of nepotism and financial mismanagement, was yesterday banned from running another school.”
The Times, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
