Watchdog to examine Big Fat Gypsy Weddings adverts – BBC News

Posted May 29th, 2012 in advertising, complaints, media, news by tracey

“The advertising watchdog is to probe adverts for Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, reversing an earlier ruling.”

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BBC News, 28th May 2012

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Laura Wilson murder: Rotherham children’s board reports – BBC News

Posted May 29th, 2012 in murder, news, reports, social services by tracey

“The murder of a teenage mother who was stabbed and left to die in a canal by her 17-year-old boyfriend could not have been prevented, a report has said.”

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BBC News, 29th May 2012

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Baby died after ‘gross failure of basic medical attention’, coroner rules – The Guardian

Posted May 29th, 2012 in birth, inquests, medical treatment, midwives, negligence, news by tracey

“A baby died after suffering brain damage when he and his mother were exposed to a ‘gross failure of basic medical attention’, a coroner has ruled. Noah Tyler died 10 months after a midwife overseeing his birth at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff failed to take action though the baby’s heart rate was worryingly high. He was deprived of oxygen and his mother, Colleen Tyler, 31, could also have died during the birth, the hearing was told.”

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The Guardian, 28th May 2012

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Heathcliff actor who racially harassed partner given conditional discharge – The Guardian

Posted May 29th, 2012 in conditional discharge, costs, harassment, mental health, news, racism by tracey

“A young film actor chosen from a jobcentre to play the role of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights has been given a conditional discharge for the racially aggravated harassment of his partner and mother of their young daughter.”

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The Guardian, 28th May 2012

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Qatada refused bail as he fights appeal – The Independent

Posted May 29th, 2012 in appeals, bail, deportation, immigration, news, terrorism by tracey

” Abu Qatada will remain in Britain for at least another five months while he launches a further appeal against deportation, but he will spend it behind bars, a court ruled yesterday.”

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The Independent, 29th May 2012

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Dentists ‘mislead’ patients over free NHS care – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 29th, 2012 in consumer protection, dentists, health, news, reports by tracey

“Half a million patients a year may have unnecessarily paid to receive private dental treatment after receiving inaccurate information from their dentist about health service entitlements, an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) study found.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2012

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Civil cases to hear secret evidence but not inquests – Daily Telegraph

“Evidence deemed sensitive to national security by judges will be heard behind closed doors in a controversial move that will make legal history. The Justice Secretary will make a ‘substantial’ climbdown, however, by excluding inquests from the new powers following widespread concerns about secret justice.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2012

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