“The Metropolitan police failed to investigate scores of rape allegations because officers did not record them as criminal offences, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Home Secretary David Blunkett has told the BBC that laws intended to help strip criminals of illegally obtained assets are failing to deliver.”
BBC News, 15th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An attempt to force the names of misbehaving judges into the open will be launched tomorrow in a groundbreaking freedom of information case.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A scheme to house prisoners in police stations because of prison overcrowding has cost taxpayers £75 million.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed at the Old Bailey for attacking a teenager who was later stabbed to death.”
BBC News, 13th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who funded his former lover’s career, buying her jewellery, meals, and paying her household bills, has won a £7,000 payout after he sued her for the return of his money.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Campaigners have lost their High Court battle to block the expansion of Stansted Airport.”
The Times, 13th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A London cab driver who scoured the streets of London at night looking for vulnerable women to drug and assault is Britain’s worst sex attacker, The Times can reveal. John Worboys was today found guilty of 21 charges, including the rape of a woman, but is thought to have attacked more than 200 women during his 13-year career as a trusted licensed taxi driver.”
The Times, 13th March 2009
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“The UK will not accept any EU proposal for women to have the right to be paid their full salary while on maternity leave, minister Pat McFadden has said.”
BBC News, 12th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mastermind behind Britain’s biggest stolen car ‘ringing’ operation, worth more than £38 million, has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A disqualified driver who killed two men and seriously injured a toddler as they returned from a conker collecting trip has been jailed for 10 years.”
BBC News, 12th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former leading fencing coach and school teacher who sexually assaulted a girl repeatedly over five years has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 12th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been banned from owning animals for life after he battered his dog and bit it on the nose.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The advertising watchdog will not investigate a controversial campaign for the Christian Party that says ‘there is definitely a God’ despite it becoming one of the four most criticised adverts on record.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“London 2012’s plan to host the Olympic equestrian events in the royal park at Greenwich could yet fall at the first hurdle after it emerged yesterday that any horseplay in the park would break some obscure laws.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A peer who was jailed for 12 weeks for sending and receiving text messages while driving on the M1 has been released by the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 12th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two hundred thousand children are at risk of violence or abuse in their own home, according to an official report from Lord Laming commissioned after the death of Baby P.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A BBC programme has broken the Computer Misuse Act by acquiring and using software to control 22,000 computers, creating a botnet capable of bringing down websites. A technology law specialist has said that the activity is illegal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Legal Aid and Advice Act, but how successful is the system in providing state-funded help to those in need?”
The Guardian, 12th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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