“One serious attack takes place every 45 minutes in the overcrowded jails of England and Wales as prison staff struggle to cope with soaring levels of violence. Ministry of Justice figures reveal the number of assaults on prisoners by cellmates have rocketed from 1,790 in 1996 to 11,826 last year, a rise of 561 per cent in just over a decade.”
The Independent, 3rd March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The body which regulates embryo research is to come under fire for allowing scientists to create part-human, part-animal hybrids.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Five thousand extra prison places would be built by the Tories to beat overcrowding in jails in England and Wales, the party has said.”
BBC News, 3rd March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The biggest investor in Northern Rock, SRM Global, is preparing to launch legal action against the government and regulators this week over their role in the collapse of the nationalised bank.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
” The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have warned the Government that they have ‘serious reservations’ about the abolition of the blasphemy laws.”
The Times, 29th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s denials that its territories have been used for ‘extraordinary rendition’ were dramatically undermined last night after the United Nations claimed that Diego Garcia has been used as a detention centre to hold US suspects.”
The Guardian, 2nd March
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Property lawyers may enjoy a short-term boost while their wealthier clients sell off their London homes, but new tax plans aimed at rich individuals who are not domiciled in the UK for tax purposes — non-doms, in other words — have received a resounding thumbs down from the British legal profession.”
The Times, 28th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A gang of thugs who murdered a disabled man in a ‘sadistic’ attack were jailed for life yesterday, after the judge heard that killings by youngsters had doubled in a decade.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A businessman with an irrational fear of becoming a father has been jailed for almost four years after he laced his wife’s breakfast with abortion pills in an attempt to make her lose their unborn baby.”
The Independent, 1st March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government has said it may force gambling companies to help fund support services for those battling addiction.”
BBC News, 1st March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The wife of a city executive cost her husband £11,000 after she downloaded four episodes of the sitcom Friends through his mobile phone while abroad.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A government-commissioned report will this week lift the lid on the scale of the abuse suffered by children who are taken into care to be protected from their families.”
The Guardian, 2nd March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Drink-drivers could be prosecuted on the basis of a roadside breath test for the first time as the Government considers dropping the need for motorists to face a back-up test at a police station.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The use of material taken from personal profiles on social networks by newspapers is to be the subject of a major consultation undertaken by industry watchdog the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).”
BBC News, 29th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A doctor charged with killing a patient with an injection of adrenalin almost 10 years ago has arrived back in the UK from Texas.”
BBC News, 29th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Telephone companies should stop landing their customers with ‘unfair’ charges, the industry regulator announced yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gordon Brown today signalled that he will use the law to stop supermarkets giving away free plastic bags within the next 12 months.”
The Guardian, 29th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Parliament’s standards watchdog does not want the police to investigate the Derek Conway affair, it was confirmed today.”
The Guardian, 29th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Nearly 18,600 prisoners have been released early under emergency measures introduced last summer to tackle overcrowding, the government has said.”
BBC News, 29th February 2008
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