“The Government has ditched proposals for a ‘dog tax’ that would force owners to insure against their pets attacking people barely a week after the idea was first floated.”
The Independent, 17th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“We tend to assume that our unwritten constitution is fundamentally sound and could weather any crisis. But like the levees in New Orleans and Lehman Brothers in New York, we generally fail to take the risk of low-probability, high-impact events into consideration. As Daniel Finkelstein, the Times writer, has recently argued in a different context, we should not ask if our constitution can withstand day-to-day life – the test is whether it could survive Katrina, or a credit crunch. The lesson of the last few years is that, in Donald Rumsfeld’s words, ‘Stuff happens’ – even unlikely events do occur.”
The Times, 18th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A 17-year-old boy has been convicted of killing his baby daughter in Lancashire by shaking her during a momentary loss of temper.”
BBC News, 17th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Why are we asking this now?
Two teenagers from Scunthorpe, Louis Wainwright, 18, and Nicholas Smith, 19, died on Monday, apparently after taking mephedrone. Police are investigating whether they were taking other drugs. Their deaths have focused attention on the perils of so called ‘legal highs’, chemical and herbal preparations sold on the high street and over the web which are claimed to have effects similar to illegal drugs of abuse but have not been specifically banned.”
The Independent, 18th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The role of ministers in sanctioning activities by security and intelligence officers abroad which could be unlawful if carried out in Britain will be highlighted in guidelines published for the first time tomorrow, according to Whitehall officials.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“On Monday the doors of the newly rebranded Supreme Court will open to the latest big-money divorce appeal; the fourth in under ten years.”
The Times, 18th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Mobile firm O2 has stepped into the row over thousands of controversial letters that are being sent to alleged illegal file-sharers in the UK.”
BBC News, 17th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Devon man who stabbed a neighbour’s friend in the back and threatened him with a baseball bat in a row over noise has been jailed for 30 months.”
BBC News, 17th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of the defendants in the trial into the death of a man whose headless body was found in a Bedfordshire lake has been acquitted of familial homicide.”
BBC News, 17th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The advertising watchdog has banned a TV commercial for a gambling website for portraying black people as less intelligent than white people and presenting a negative racial stereotype.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Department stands by climate change campaign as ASA bans press adverts that ‘should have been phrased more tentatively’.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The widow of a British man who died after contracting Legionnaires’ disease during a Fred Olsen cruise has been awarded a £70,000 financial settlement.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The 12-year-old, who has always lived with his mother, will leave school this afternoon and be picked up by his foster parents. He will stay with them until the Easter holidays when he will be taken from the West Midlands to live with his father near London, whom he has not seen for four years. The enforced move was ordered by the High Court after a judge ruled that the boy, known only as Child C, would suffer ’emotional harm’ if kept from his father.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The former hospital executive at the centre of Britain’s worst ever superbug outbreak has launched an appeal at the High Court to claim £175,000 for the loss of her job.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A court today ordered a 60-year-old woman to leave the home of the 92-year-old mother she has not spoken to for eight years.”
The Independent, 17th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Fresh package of funding and reform unveiled as the government’s independent child safety adviser warns the children’s secretary of a rise in demand on frontline services.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The animal rights activist Bryan Griffiths was today cleared of the manslaughter of Warwickshire hunt member Trevor Morse, who was killed when he was struck by the blade of a gyrocopter.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 12-year-old boy who committed a catalogue of crimes has become one of the country’s youngest prisoners after being given a 10-month custodial term.”
The Times, 17th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Catholic adoption society has won a High Court battle which could allow it to go against legislation forcing it to consider gay couples as adoptive parents.”
The Times, 17th March 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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