“Public inquiries are failing to restore public confidence and have ‘little impact’ on reforms, according to the former chairman of the Soham inquiry.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ofcom receives complaints that scene featuring hypnotised man chained to train tracks was dangerous.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A rogue trader has been jailed for more than five years in what is thought to be the longest term handed out for a trading standards prosecution.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed for eight months after admitting stealing lead from the roof of Stoke Minster.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Parents of children at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, west London, have secured a temporary injunction to stop the Roman Catholic church parachuting in new governors.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A hospital has admitted giving a patient with pneumonia and breathing difficulties a combination of drugs that led to his death.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A driver has been jailed after admitting causing the death of a 12-year-old Sunderland boy who had overcome cancer.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice is set to consult with UK companies about the new UK Bribery Act, which will come into force in April 2011”
Ministry of Justice, 14th September 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A ruthless conman who tricked women out of tens of thousands of pounds has been jailed for six years and 10 months.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An ice cream company banned from using an advert displaying a pregnant nun has vowed to position similar posters in London in time for the Pope’s visit.”
BBCNews, 15th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The former Harlequins physiotherapist Steph Brennan was today struck off by the Health Professions Council for misconduct after a two-day hearing into his part in last year’s Bloodgate affair.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An Iranian gang who tried to sell young female virgins to wealthy Arabs charging up to £150,000 a girl, was jailed for sex trafficking and prostitution today.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The £441,000 audit was launched last year after a series of major blunders by detectives investigating rape cases. But the decision to shelve it was taken after Theresa May, the Home Secretary, was asked to identify budget savings.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A mother who brought men into the country to work as ‘slaves’ in her award-winning Indian restaurant has been jailed for three years.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Boxing TV host Jim Rosenthal lost a legal bout with chef Heston Blumenthal today as a judge ruled he should not be refunded for a £1,300 meal which left him ‘disastrously’ sick.”
The Independent, 14th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Mr Justice Eady, whose rulings form much of the backbone of UK privacy law, is to hand over responsibility for defamation and privacy cases. From the beginning of October, his role as the senior media judge in England and Wales will be inherited by Mr Justice Tugendhat.”
The Independent, 15th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“MPs are assessing whether UK gun laws are ‘fit for purpose’ after recent killings in Cumbria and on Tyneside.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A BBC presenter who admitted wasting police time after claiming on air that he smothered his dying lover has been given a suspended prison sentence.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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