Category: news

Children’s database ContactPoint launched despite security fears – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 26th, 2009 in children, data protection, news, privacy by sally

“ContactPoint will include the names, ages and addresses of 11 million under-18s as well as information about their parents, GPs and schools. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have pledged to scrap the £224million online system – which will be accessed by at least 330,000 workers in the education, health, social care, youth justice and voluntary sectors – because they believe there is a danger that sensitive information will be mislaid or lost.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Threat to privacy under data law, campaigners warn – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 26th, 2009 in data protection, news, privacy by sally

“Data held by the police, the NHS, schools, the Inland Revenue, local councils and the DVLA could all end up in private hands, according to Privacy International.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Police will not target offenders against law on violent porn – The Guardian

Posted January 26th, 2009 in news, police, pornography by sally

“Officers will not actively target members of the public to track down those who own violent pornography banned under a new law, police chiefs admitted yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 26th January 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Music pirates will not be disconnected from the internet – The Times

Posted January 26th, 2009 in copyright, internet, news by sally

“Internet service providers will not be forced to disconnect users who repeatedly flout the law by illegally sharing music and video files, The Times has learnt.”

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The Times, 26th January 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Judges to review the secrecy of royal wills – The Times

Posted January 26th, 2009 in news, royal family, wills by sally

“The Royal Family’s 100-year-old convention that their wills may be kept secret is to be reexamined by senior judges..”

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The Times, 24th January 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Appeal over UKIP donation ruling – BBC News

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in elections, forfeiture, news, political parties by sally

“The High Court has granted an appeal against a ruling that UKIP should forfeit only a fraction of £367,697 it received in ‘impermissible donations’.”

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BBC News, 22nd January 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Daily Cause List, 26th January 2009

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in news by sally

Monday 23rd January 2009

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Pair not guilty of manslaughter – BBC News

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in health & safety, news by sally

“A farmer and his son have been found guilty of health and safety failings after a teenager died in a farm machinery accident near Bristol.”

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BBC News, 23rd January 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Council is fined over bath death – BBC News

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in care homes, health & safety, news by sally

“The death of a 50-year-old disabled man who drowned in a bath in council-run accommodation was preventable, health and safety officials have said.”

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BBC News, 23rd January 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Brothers jailed for arson killing – BBC News

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in arson, homicide, news, sentencing, young offenders by sally

“Two teenage brothers who started a fire at a derelict factory in which two homeless people died have been sentenced to six years in custody.”

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BBC News, 23rd January 2009

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British hacker wins right to challenge US extradition – The Guardian

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in computer crime, extradition, news by sally

“The British computer hacker Gary McKinnon has today won permission to launch a fresh high court challenge against attempts to extradite him to America.”

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The Guardian, 23rd January 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Father jailed for killing four children by dangerous driving – The Guardian

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in dangerous driving, news, sentencing by sally

“Nigel Gresham sentenced for two years after his unsafe Land Rover plunged into river Witham in Lincolnshire.”

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The Guardian, 23rd January 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Karen Matthews sentenced to eight years in jail for kidnapping daughter, Shannon – The Times

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in false imprisonment, kidnapping, news, sentencing by sally

“Karen Matthews has been sentenced today to eight years in jail for kidnapping and imprisoning her nine-year-old daughter.”

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The Times, 23rd January

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Hospital at fault over baby death – BBC News

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in compensation, hospitals, nationalisation, news by sally

“A couple from Worcestershire have received a five-figure pay out after hospital staff missed warning signs that led to their baby’s death.”

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BBC News, 22nd January 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Firm to pay price of trainee sacking – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in dismissal, news, Solicitors Regulation Authority, trainee solicitors by sally

“Firms that sack a trainee without the agreement of the Solicitors Regulation Authority could find themselves liable for hefty damages, a landmark employment tribunal decision suggests.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd January 2009

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Husband killer fights nursing ban – BBC News

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in domestic violence, homicide, news, nurses by sally

“A 61-year-old woman from Kent who admitted killing her estranged husband with an axe is fighting a decision to strike her off the nurses’ register.”

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BBC News, 23rd January 2009

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Fears over stop and search powers – BBC News

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in news, stop and search by sally

“Metropolitan Police officers are stopping and searching too many innocent people using powers designed for fighting terrorism, it is claimed.”

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BBC News, 23rd January 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Woman who let son, three, smoke is sentenced – The Guardian

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in child neglect, news by sally

“A mother who let her three-year-old son smoke a cigarette butt while she talked on the telephone was given a suspended sentence yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 23rd January 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Straw and Hain censured over donations – The Independent

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in news, political parties by sally

“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, and the former cabinet minister Peter Hain received embarrassing rebukes from anti-sleaze watchdogs yesterday over their failure to register donations.”

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The Independent, 23rd January 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Steven Gerrard to appear in court following alleged nightclub attack – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 23rd, 2009 in assault, news by sally

“England star Gerrard, 28, is due to appear at North Sefton Magistrates’ Court, in Southport after part-time disc jockey Marcus McGee was allegedly left with bruises and a missing tooth after a fight in the town’s Lounge Club on December 29.”

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd Janaury 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk