“A prop designer who made the original Stormtrooper helmets for Star Wars has won his battle with director George Lucas over his right to sell replicas.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Telegraph Media Group, the publisher of the Daily Telegraph, has been ordered to pay £65,000 in damages after losing a high court case for libel and malicious falsehood over a Lynn Barber book review.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former miner who stabbed his wife during a row over a cup of tea has been jailed for a minimum of 11 years.”
BBC News, 26th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A train company has been ordered to remove a ‘misleading’ claim about its services between Gatwick and London from its website.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A couple who repeatedly deceived health professionals by swapping their twin babies to cover up unexplained injuries that led to one daughter’s death have been convicted of child cruelty.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“L’Oréal has been forced to pull ad campaigns featuring Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts and supermodel Christy Turlington, after the advertising watchdog upheld complaints by Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson that the images were overly airbrushed.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Broadband speeds in the UK now average 6.8Mbps (megabits per second) but there is still a huge gap between advertised and actual speeds, according to Ofcom.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“British Gas has been fined £2.5m by the regulator Ofgem for the way in which it deals with customer complaints.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A new immigration rule requiring people to be able to speak English to move to the UK to be with their spouse is a breach of human rights, a court heard yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner ruled that they were in the public interest, amid claims by some victims’ families that the former Conservative prime minister tried to protect the police’s reputation.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Campaigners against library cuts have had their High Court challenge blocked. A judge ruled they had delayed too long in seeking judicial review of Isle of Wight proposals to stop funding five libraries on the island.”
The Independent, 26th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Tracie Andrews, who killed her fiancé in one of Britain’s most notorious murders, will walk free from prison this week as unrepentant as the day she was jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Celebrities encourage intrusion, and we have a right to know about anything that affects politicians’ ability to do their jobs.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The mayor of London has warned that the majority of women who have suffered domestic violence will find it ‘impossible’ to get legal aid to help divorce their abusive partners, because of the ‘restrictive’ evidence required to prove it.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The high court has extended a gagging order obtained by a leading actor to prevent reporting of his ‘sexual relationship’ with a former escort girl.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Government health watchdog has launched an investigation into allegations that children undergoing heart surgery at a leading hospital received inadequate treatment.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The founder of the English Defence League has been convicted of leading a street brawl with 100 football fans.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The General Medical Council, which regulates doctors, is putting the public at risk by being too lenient with some of those who come before it accused of poor practice or wrongdoing, according to a committee of MPs.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The DNA of more than one million innocent people will not be wiped from police records, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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