Francis inquiry into Stafford Hospital cost government £6m – BBC News

Posted July 19th, 2013 in costs, hospitals, inquiries, news by sally

“The government spent £6m on submitting evidence to the Francis inquiry into Stafford Hospital failings, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed.”

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BBC News, 18th July 2013

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Chris Huhne loses complaint against five newspapers over prison photos – The Guardian

Posted July 19th, 2013 in complaints, media, news, photography, privacy, public interest by sally

“The Press Complaints Commission has dismissed complaints from Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne and his partner Carina Trimingham levelled against five national newspapers over photographs of the pair at Leyhill prison.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2013

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Man facing prosecution for ‘tombstoning’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 19th, 2013 in byelaws, fines, health & safety, news, prosecutions by sally

“The first prosecution for ‘tombstoning’ could be brought against a man accused of jumping from a 30ft bridge.”

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Daily Telegraph, 18th July 2013

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Press regulation: Ipso would have ‘no independence from industry’ – The Guardian

Posted July 19th, 2013 in complaints, fines, media, news by sally

“The new press watchdog proposed by the country’s largest newspaper and magazine publishers has “a profound lack of any functional or meaningful independence from the industry”, a trust associated with Hacked Off claims.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2013

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Inquiry launched after man is jailed for triple murder in house fire – The Guardian

“An inquiry has been launched into the contact the authorities had with a vulnerable family after a violent alcoholic man was jailed for at least 30 years for murdering his baby daughter, his girlfriend and her mother.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2013

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Alan Greaves killing: Ashley Foster guilty of manslaughter – BBC News

Posted July 19th, 2013 in homicide, murder, news by sally

“A 22-year-old man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of organist Alan Greaves on Christmas Eve in Sheffield.”

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BBC News, 18th July 2013

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Most porn-on-demand services are beyond UK regulation, warns watchdog – The Independent

Posted July 19th, 2013 in foreign companies, internet, media, news, pornography, reports by sally

“Most porn on demand services available to British internet users are operated from outside the UK putting them beyond UK regulation, a regulator has warned.”

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The Independent, 19th July 2013

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Six people falsely accused of crimes after errors in internet data disclosure – The Guardian

“Six people have been wrongly detained and falsely accused of crimes in the past year as a result of mistakes made in the official disclosure of confidential data on their internet use to the police and security services.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2013

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Scientology case has judges debating the meaning of religion – The Guardian

“Five supreme court justices have spent a day wrestling with notions of God, nirvana and what constitutes worship in an attempt to decide whether Scientologists may conduct weddings.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2013

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