“Gambling and betting companies are abiding by new liberalised rules that have allowed them to advertise on TV for the first time, according to the first compliance report published by the advertising regulator. The Advertising Standards Authority said the compliance report’s findings vindicated its system of self-regulation for gambling ads.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scotland Yard said yesterday that one of London mayor Ken Livingstone’s closest aides, who has been accused of corruption, had no criminal case to answer.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Attorney General has ordered an inquiry into a ‘catastrophic’ blunder that allowed foreign criminals to commit crimes in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Violent crime costs the British economy more than £13 billion a year, according to a report released today.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A married father of two who killed his teenage lover has been jailed for life with a judge ordering him to serve a minimum of 18 years in prison.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will not appeal against a ruling which freed five young Muslims from jail over extremist literature, it has announced.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Queen has won ‘squatter’s rights’ over large tracts of the Severn Estuary in a dispute with a controversial Cardiff businessman.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The health and safety of prisoners is being jeopardised by putting them in ill-equipped cells at police stations and courts, doctors’ leaders have said.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Scottish Government has decided against a ban on animal snares.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” A youth who dropped masonry from a bridge shattering a train’s windscreen and hitting the driver of a separate train has had his prison sentence cut.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 100 foreign nationals deported to their home countries have been returned immediately to the the UK, in the past five years.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Foreigners coming to Britain are to face a new ‘immigrant tax’ under Government plans to try to make them help pay for the schools and hospitals they use, ministers are to announce.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Senior judges want parents who are taken to court for smacking their children to be treated leniently.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An heiress who married a penniless East European refugee told the Court of Appeal yesterday that her ‘equal shares’ divorce settlement was unfair.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A senior aide to the head of England’s Roman Catholic Church behaved ‘cruelly and callously’ to two girlfriends, forcing them to contemplate having abortions, the High Court heard yesterday.
He has launched a libel case against the Daily Mail over an article in June 2006 which accused him of being a hypocrite on abortion.”
Daily Telegraph, 2oth February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A squire who tried to save his family’s reputation by giving police the name of a dead friend after he was caught drink-driving has been jailed for six months for perverting the course of justice.”
The Times, 20th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Experts are to be sent into every school in Bridgend as part of an urgent strategy drawn up to halt the spate of suicides in a small area of South Wales that claimed a 17th young victim yesterday.”
The Times, 20th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Organists have been second-class citizens in the church hierarchy since before Bach and bridal marches, but organists are to receive full employment rights after a landmark ruling.”
The Times, 20th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Scotland Yard allowed a suspected war criminal to escape from Britain partly because they feared an attempt to stop him would lead to a gun battle at Heathrow airport, police documents seen by the Guardian reveal.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Broadcasters face unannounced spot checks on their operation of premium rate phone lines as part of a clampdown by regulators.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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