‘Call centre justice’ criticised – BBC Law in Action
“The government has been criticised for cutting the right of arrested suspects to advice from a qualified lawyer.”
BBC Law in Action, 9th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
UK diplomats ‘face lifetime gag’ – Daily Telegraph
“The Foreign Office has been accused of trying to gag diplomats for life after regulations were issued stopping them from commenting on international issues even after retirement.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Palestinian takes on UK in court – BBC News
“A 60-year-old Palestinian will begin a case against the UK government in the High Court later when he will say that sales of arms to Israel are illegal.”
BBC News, 10th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
£4,000 court costs for child’s sausage roll theft – Daily Telegraph
“A police force hauled a child through the courts at a cost of £4,000 for stealing half a sausage roll it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Employment Appeals Tribunal refuses ‘powerful’ new evidence – OUT-LAW.com
“A worker has won the right to compensation for his sacking after being accused of poaching customers from his employer and starting up his own rival firm. The employer lost the case despite a tribunal finding ‘powerful evidence’ in the employer’s favour.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th October 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
Hold suspects for 50 days, says Sir Ian Blair – Daily Telegraph
“Police need at least 50 days to question some terrorist suspects before charging them, the country’s top officer has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Charity: Pupils risk prosecution for ‘gay’ slur – Daily Telegraph
“Children who call their classmates ‘gay’ risk being arrested for committing a hate crime even if they do not know what the word means, a leading charity warned last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Prison officers to be banned from striking – The Guardian
“Prison officers are to be banned from going on strike, the justice secretary, Jack Straw, disclosed last night.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mother spared jail after supplying children with cannabis – The Guardian
“A former primary school teaching assistant who admitted supplying cannabis to her son and daughter so they would not approach street dealers was yesterday spared jail but ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Almost all children aged 10-15 are victims of crime – The Guardian
“Being a victim of crime is now the norm for most children in Britain, according to research that reveals that 95% of 10- to 15-year-olds in the country have experienced crime at least once.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Home Office: Cost of fighting terrorism triples to £3.5bn by 2010 – The Independent
“Fighting terrorism continues to be one of the fastest-growing items in the Government’s budget. By the end of this financial year, the whole cost of anti-terrorist initiatives, taking in everything from education programmes to undercover police work, will have risen to £2.5bn a year. By 2010-11, that figure will be up to £3.5bn – more than three times what it was at the start of the decade.”
The Independent, 10th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Wife of dead judge ‘gave police conflicting stories’ – The Independent
“The wife of a judge who died in a fire in their garden shed changed her story about their relationship on the night of his death, an inquest heard yesterday.”
The Independent, 10th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Knifed to death over a mobile phone, London’s 20th teenage murder victim – The Times
“A 17-year-old student, stabbed to death as he tried to prevent the theft of a friend’s phone, has become the twentieth teenager to be murdered in London this year.”
The Times, 9th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Watchdog raps “harsh” tax credits – BBC News
“The tax credit system is ‘unfair’ to some of the UK’s poorest families, the Parliamentary Ombudsman has said.”
BBC News, 8th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Children donor awareness rejected – BBC News
“Ministers have rejected calls to force parents who have children via egg or sperm donation to register the fact on the birth certificate.”
BBC News, 8th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Organ donation a “Christian duty” – BBC News
“The Church of England has declared organ donation to be a Christian duty, in keeping with giving oneself and one’s possessions freely.
It [the Church] was taking part in a House of Lords consultation on whether there should be an EU-wide position on organ donation.”
BBC News, 8th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Children may be barred from screen violence – Daily Telegraph
“A major inquiry into the impact of the internet and violent video games on children is launched today.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Private jail needs public sector rescue, says chief inspector – The Guardian
“One of the most troubled privately-run jails in Britain urgently needs a team of public sector managers to come in and bail it out, according to a report by the chief inspector of prisons published today.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Who has the best human rights job? – The Times
“John Wadham could not be more pleased with his new role. Frances Gibb.”
The Times, 9th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Doctors’ rebellion forces embryo research U-turn – The Times
“Ministers performed a U-turn yesterday over the future of fertility treatment and research using hybrid human-animal embryos. After a revolt by doctors, scientists and patients, first reported in The Times, the Department of Health announced that it was scrapping its controversial money-saving plan to merge the watchdogs for fertility treatment and human tissue.”
The Times, 9th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
