“The rules of evidence in the British courts need to be modernised after the airline bomb plot trial, a former Director of Public Prosecutions says.”
The Times, 9th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A teenager kept a video recording entitled The Torture House on his mobile phone showing a horrific attack he carried out on two younger boys, a court heard yesterday.”
The Times, 9th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Eleven anti-hunt protesters have been given a total of £38,300 in damages from Derbyshire Police.”
BBC News, 8th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Barclays has been fined £2.45m by the Financial Services Authority for failures related to the reporting of trades in its investment banking arm, Barclays Capital.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A neo-Nazi who was about to launch a racist terror campaign on the streets of Britain was today jailed indefinitely.”
The Times, 8th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A mother was jailed for six years today for killing her 20-month-old son by doping him to make him sleep.”
The Times, 8th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The UK Supreme Court is replacing the House of Lords as the highest court in the land. Yet hardly anyone knows who its justices are, why the reform has been made and how it will change our lives. Joshua Rozenberg goes behind the scenes to talk to the judges and to visit their new court, and discovers from leading politicians how the new court was created. He also asks if Parliament will find the new judicial top dogs to be dangerous rivals for power.”
BBC Radio 4, 8th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Please note this programme will only be available for 7 days after the broadcast date.
“A former sporting agent with a ‘liking for the fine life’ has been jailed for a finance scam totalling £481,000.”
BBC News, 7th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Vietnamese man has been jailed for 38 months for helping to convert five properties in Gloucestershire into cannabis ‘factories’.”
BBC News, 7th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A businessman who admitted driving into a cyclist and leaving him for dead has been jailed for seven and a half years.”
BBC News, 7th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government’s new anti-paedophile database will take into account lifestyles, relationships and beliefs when assessing the backgrounds of more than 11million people, rather than just whether they have a criminal record. The Independent Safeguarding Authority can consider unproven allegations made in newspaper reports or tip-offs from members of the public, as well as trawling internet chatrooms and websites such as Facebook for evidence to use against applicants.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Former Law Lord Lord Neuberger, who declined to move to the Supreme Court and has instead been appointed Master of the Rolls, said the far-reaching change to the legal system appeared to have been dreamt up ‘over a glass of whisky’ by former Prime Minister Tony Blair.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Regulators have delayed publication of the results of a controversial review of the UK advertising code, which includes proposals that could allow abortion clinics to run TV commercials, until next year after receiving around 4,000 submissions.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s most dangerous terrorist suspects are likely to be released from detention to avoid the disclosure of secret intelligence evidence, lawyers said.”
The Times, 8th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A driver who was nearly five times over the legal drink-drive limit when she crashed her car has escaped prison.”
BBC News, 7th September 2009
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“Three men have been found guilty of plotting to kill thousands of people by blowing up planes over the Atlantic with home-made liquid bombs.”
BBC News, 7th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two businessmen who masterminded one of Britain’s largest DVD porn empires were jailed today.”
The Independent, 7th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two men were told today that they face jail after admitting their part in a dog-fighting ring exposed after an investigation by the RSPCA.”
The Independent, 7th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Firms will have to advertise jobs in Britain for at least a month before they can offer them to workers from outside Europe.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A wealthy British playboy has been convicted of murdering an innocent caretaker who was holding up a £2 million property deal.”
The Times, 7th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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