“The coroner due to preside over the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson was tonight under pressure to step down from the hearing because he was responsible for appointing the pathologist who conducted a controversial postmortem on Tomlinson.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MPs are due to vote on legislation which paves the way for a radical overhaul of England’s school system.”
BBC News, 26th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Jon Venables case raises thorny issues about media responsibility and the competing interests of open justice and the right not just to a fair trial, but to life.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The MP who is refusing to hold meetings with Muslim women wearing full Islamic dress faces legal action.”
The Independent, 25th July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government has abandoned plans to grant pre-charge anonymity to men accused of rape after an outcry from Labour and women Tory MPs.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Trials without juries in serious criminal cases must only be held as a ‘last resort’, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales has said.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of the killers of James Bulger has been jailed for two years after admitting downloading and distributing indecent images of children.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2010
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“A polo playing dotcom tycoon was ordered by a judge to pay his ex-wife half his £14 million fortune after being accused of ‘flagrant, persistent and consistent” attempts to hide his wealth.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A killer was jailed for at least 26 years today after he refused to reveal what he has done with the body of his victim.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An expectant father from Teesside who punched and kicked a two paramedics has been jailed for six months.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A financial adviser who defrauded vulnerable and elderly clients on Teesside out of more than £300,000 has been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2010
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“Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, announced today that no charges will be brought in relation to the death of Ian Tomlinson at the ‘G20 protests’ in London on 1 April 2009.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 22nd July 2010
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“The Government has postponed the implementation of a groundbreaking new anti-bribery law to allow for further consultation on how companies can prepare for its demands. Anti-corruption campaigners have condemned the move.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st July 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a father-of-two in Southport.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An NHS inquiry is to be held into how a former care home manager in Somerset was able to siphon off prescription drugs from the elderly people she nursed, the BBC can reveal.”
BBC News, 23rd July 2010
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“A Kent woman jailed for life for stabbing her boyfriend in 2006 has won her appeal against a murder conviction.”
BBC News, 21st July 2010
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“People living in rural communities will be able to give themselves the right to build on local green belt land without planning permission, under plans to be unveiled today.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The ex-wife of a business tycoon has returned to the divorce courts to ask for a bigger slice of his fortune after he sold his business for £180 million.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Crime gangs rake in up to £4 million a year by flogging ‘recycled’ stolen mobile phones overseas. Officials revealed crooks have been giving blocked mobile phones a second lease of life by exporting them. Police said the phones still work abroad and up to 100,000 handsets worth an average of £40 each are resold on the black market. The Government, police and mobile phone industry joined forces today to sign an agreement designed to close the loophole.”
The Independent, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An Iraqi refugee who is studying for his GCSEs has been told he will be made homeless and deported because social workers have decided that he is 20 years old.”
The Independent, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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