“The Government wants to increase the period police can detain terror suspects without charge to 42 days, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said today.”
The Independent, 6th December 2007
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“The serial killer nurse Beverly Allitt must serve a minimum of 30 years in jail for the murder and abuse of children in her care, the high court ruled today.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 23-year-old former Heathrow shop assistant who called herself the ‘lyrical terrorist’ and scrawled her extremist thoughts on till receipts has been handed a nine-month suspended jail sentence.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A row over funding for Alzheimer’s drugs on the NHS is to go to the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
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“Fresh evidence casting doubt on the conviction of a woman for the murder of a boy she was babysitting, has been uncovered by BBC Newsnight.”
BBC News, 6th December 2007
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“Killer nurse Beverly Allitt, jailed for life for murdering four children and attacking nine others, has had her minimum tariff fixed at 30 years.”
BBC News, 6th December 2007
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“Police, social workers and other agencies missed dozens of chances to intervene in the case of a man with severe learning difficulties who was tortured and drugged before plunging to his death from a viaduct, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of websites have been shut down temporarily by one of the largest web hosting companies in Britain after the personal details of customers were stolen by computer hackers.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government is to build up to three supersize prisons, holding about 2,500 inmates each, as part of a programme to tackle the overcrowding crisis by increasing jail capacity by 10,500 places within seven years.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“HM Revenue & Customs has suffered seven ‘significant’ breaches of security involving the loss of personal data in the past 2½ years, the organisation’s new acting chairman disclosed yesterday.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Young Muslims are being convicted of thought crimes and branded as terrorists for life, the country’s most prominent Islamic leader has told The Times.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“MPs will be given a vote on whether to trigger emergency powers that would allow terrorist suspects to be held beyond 28 days, under plans to be announced by the Home Secretary within days.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The length and cost of mammoth commercial trials is set to be drastically curbed under proposed reforms seen by The Times.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Government is to build three huge new prisons as part of a package of measures designed to ease over-crowding by creating 10,500 extra places.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2007
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“Health and safety laws may be standing in the way of police officers showing bravery, according to the chief constable of Merseyside.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
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“A Christian group has lost its High Court battle to prosecute the BBC’s director general over the screening of Jerry Springer – The Opera, in 2005.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
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“A teenager has been given an antisocial behaviour order that bans him from promoting his criminal behaviour online.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Court of Appeal rules that Wendy Haines does not have to give up her share of the matrimonial home proceeds to pay off ex-husband’s creditors.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government needs to review the scale of its plans for identity cards in the wake of the release of 25 million names and addresses on government child benefit records, the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, told the justice select committee yesterday.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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