“Britain’s private prisons are performing worse than those run by the state, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.”
The Independent, 29th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Defence, security and intelligence grandees will next week launch a critique of the government’s strategy for dealing with terror, including a demand that ministers should show that Britain has ‘unambiguously’ renounced the use of torture.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 15-year-old boy has been convicted of murdering a two-year-old girl who was left in his care for 90 minutes.”
BBC News, 26th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Debbie Purdy and Michael Wenham, both living with terminal illnesses, put their opposing views ahead of this week’s Lords debate.”
The Independent, 28th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The sentence of a serial sex attacker who preyed on women in south-west London for more than two decades is to be reviewed by the Attorney General.”
BBC News, 28th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Senior prosecutors are calling for the laws on race hate crimes to be strengthened to counter the threat posed by the British National party.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The report on the controversial death of the anti-racist campaigner Blair Peach should finally be published more than 30 years after he died in a demonstration in west London. The commissioner of the Metropolitan police, Sir Paul Stephenson, agreed today that it should be made public after an unanimous call to do so by the Metropolitan Police Authority.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A parliamentary inquiry into allegations of British collusion in torture is set to investigate whether counter-terrorism chiefs ordered the repeated torture and rendition of a former British resident.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will still pursue bank overdraft charges as unfair, even if it loses the current legal appeal in the House of Lords.”
BBC News, 25th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A law firm manager was at the heart of a lucrative plot to con the Home Office into allowing ‘hundreds’ of foreign nationals to settle in Britain, a court heard today.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Reformed computer hackers are being recruited by the Government to defend Britain from international crime gangs and terrorists plotting cyber attacks on the country.”
The Independent, 26th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A twice convicted murderer who kidnapped and killed his wife on Teesside has failed to have his whole life sentence cut on appeal.”
BBC News, 25th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Offences of treachery must be met with severe deterrent prison sentences to provide protection for members of the armed forces who risk their lives for the country, the Lord Chief Justice said today.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who murdered his partner’s lover has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 25th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Thousands of men may have to wait for equal pay awards after a local authority said it was to challenge a landmark legal ruling.”
BBC News, 25th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A secret report into the suspected police killing of an anti-racism campaigner 30 years ago must be published, Sir Paul Stephenson said today.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Concerns that Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs still poses a risk are laughable, his lawyer said today. A Parole Board panel which recommended the 79-year-old’s early release said he had not undertaken risk-related work and did not regret his offending.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co,uk
“Coroner records verdict of accidental death in case of three-month-old Joseph Mack, mauled while grandmother slept.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jewish school’s refusal to admit boy whose mother converted to Judaism ruled unlawful.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A divorced wife who tried to claim for more money from her former husband after his shares quadrupled in value was blocked by senior judges today.”
The Times, 25th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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