Teacher admits child porn charges – BBC News

Posted July 10th, 2009 in children, internet, news, pornography, sentencing by sally

“A teacher has admitted having more than 130 indecent images of children on his computer.”

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BBC News, 10th July 2009

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Firm fined £150k over pool injury – BBC News

Posted July 10th, 2009 in fines, health & safety, news by sally

“A caravan park company has been fined £150,000 after a seven-year-old boy suffered brain injuries in a swimming pool not properly manned by lifeguards.”

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BBC News, 9th July 2009

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Magistrates angry over cuts as on-the-spot fines replace court hearings – The Times

Posted July 10th, 2009 in fines, magistrates, news by sally

“Magistrates are angry that they are being made to carry the brunt of cuts because their workload is being diverted away from the courts.”

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The Times, 10th July 2009

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Soldier’s mother launches legal challenge – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 10th, 2009 in armed forces, human rights, inquiries, negligence, news by sally

“The mother of a soldier killed in a Snatch Land Rover in Iraq will launch a legal challenge on Friday over the Government’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into the continued use of the lightly-armoured vehicles.”

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Daily Telegraph, 10th July 2009

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Three inquiries launched into News of the World hacking claims – The Guardian

Posted July 10th, 2009 in improper use of telecommunications, inquiries, media, news by sally

“News International was facing three fresh inquiries into the conduct of its journalists and executives following the Guardian’s disclosures that Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper empire paid £1m to keep secret the use of criminal methods to get stories.”

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The Guardian, 10th July 2009

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Police accused over death of drug dealer who swallowed cocaine – The Times

Posted July 10th, 2009 in complaints, news, police by sally

“Police officers are under investigation after a suspected drug dealer died minutes after being gripped by the throat as he was being searched. The Times has learnt that only weeks earlier the same man twice told hospital staff that he had been assaulted by police.”

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The Times, 10th July 2009

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Judges to work overtime as cuts and delays put justice at risk – The Times

Posted July 10th, 2009 in courts, judiciary, news, working time by sally

“Courts face having to sit for an extra two hours a day as they struggle with rising workloads coupled with an unprecedented drive to cut costs.”

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The Times, 10th July 2009

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Tenant sues council over asbestos – BBC News

Posted July 9th, 2009 in asbestos, housing, landlord & tenant, news by sally

“A council tenant is planning to sue her local authority following the discovery of asbestos in her south London home.”

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BBC News, 9th July 2009

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Labour defeat on incitement laws – BBC News

Posted July 9th, 2009 in freedom of expression, incitement, news by sally

“Labour has been defeated in the Lords over the issue of free speech and laws against inciting homophobic hatred.”

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BBC News, 9th July 2009

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Extradition battle over ‘onion risk’ – The Independent

Posted July 9th, 2009 in allergies, extradition, food, human rights, news, prisons by sally

“A man attempted to avoid extradition today because his human rights could be breached by being fed ‘potentially life threatening’ red onions in an Irish jail.”

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The Independent, 9th July 2009

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British teenager Thomas Hutchinson faces jail over drunken White House bomb hoax call – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 9th, 2009 in bomb hoaxing, news, young offenders by sally

“A British teenager, Thomas Hutchinson, has been warned that he could face jail for telephoning the White House with a hoax bomb warning in a ‘breathtakingly stupid’ drunken prank.”

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Daily Telegraph, 9th July 2009

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Gang jailed for murder of innocent teenager Shaquille Smith – The Times

Posted July 9th, 2009 in affray, gangs, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“Six members of a notorious teenage knife gang were told they were arrogant cowards as they were jailed for life today for murdering an innocent schoolboy yards from his home.”

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The Times, 9th July 2009

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Abuse at school ‘went undetected’ – BBC News

Posted July 9th, 2009 in child abuse, inquiries, news, school children, sexual offences by sally

“A paedophile housemaster recruited by another child molester abused pupils undetected for years, an inquiry found.”

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BBC News, 9th July 2009

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Beckinsale awarded libel damages – BBC News

Posted July 9th, 2009 in defamation, news by sally

“Actress Kate Beckinsale has been awarded £20,000 libel damages over a newspaper claim that she had been dropped from a remake of Barbarella.”

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BBC News, 9th July 2009

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Mother wins money back in NHS row – BBC News

Posted July 9th, 2009 in hospitals, maladministration, news, ombudsmen by sally

“A mother who spent £31,000 on life-saving treatment for her daughter while NHS bodies argued over funding is to get her money back.”

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BBC News, 8th July 2009

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Multimillion pound deal could send Nigerian prisoners home – The Guardian

Posted July 9th, 2009 in news, prisons, transfer of prisoners by sally

“Hundreds of Nigerians in British jails could be sent home to finish their sentences under a multimillion pound deal now being negotiated by the government. Talks are starting on a British investment to improve prison conditions in the west African country so as to allow the transfer of as many as possible of the 400 Nigerian prisoners here.”

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The Guardian, 9th July 2009

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High wheelclamping charges illegal, says RAC – The Independent

Posted July 9th, 2009 in fines, law reports, news, parking, wheel clamping by sally

“Wheelclampers are acting illegally by imposing exorbitant charges for the release of cars parked on private land, the RAC said today. The concept of one citizen ‘punishing’ another is alien in English law, according to barrister and engineer Dr Chris Elliott, whose review of private-property parking regulations was published today by the RAC.”

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The Independent, 9th July 2009

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Darling rules out radical changes in City white paper – The Guardian

Posted July 9th, 2009 in banking, financial regulation, news, remuneration by sally

” Alistair Darling stepped back today from a radical overhaul of Britain’s banks when he ruled out caps on bankers’ pay or breaking up the biggest City institutions.”

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The Guardian, 9th July 2009

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Murdoch papers paid £1m to gag phone-hacking victims – The Guardian

Posted July 9th, 2009 in compensation, improper use of telecommunications, media, news by sally

“Rupert Murdoch’s News Group News­papers has paid out more than £1m to settle legal cases that threatened to reveal evidence of his journalists’ repeated involvement in the use of criminal methods to get stories.”

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The Guardian, 9th July 2009

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Joint enterprise law means even bystanders can get life – The Times

Posted July 9th, 2009 in joint enterprise, news by sally

“Even bystanders can find themselves convicted of murder under a legal doctrine known as ‘joint enterprise’. The centuries-old principle enables gang members to be prosecuted for a murder even when there is no evidence as to who inflicted the fatal blow.”

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The Times, 9th July 2009

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