“The Ministry of Defence bowed to pressure yesterday by agreeing to hold a public inquiry into the death of an Iraqi hotel worker in British custody in Basra. ”
The Times, 15th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The banking reform bill announced by Gordon Brown today (14 May) was prompted by the collapse of Northern Rock, which exposed significant problems with the current system.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of crimes committed by girls in England and Wales has gone up by 25% in three years, according to figures.”
BBC News, 15th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service and West Midlands Police will apologise in the High Court today for wrongly accusing a Channel 4 film of faking an exposé of Islamic extremism.”
The Times, 15th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Gordon Brown should abandon plans to take the ‘extraordinary step’ of detaining terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days because the proposals are fundamentally flawed, a committee of MPs and peers advised yesterday.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“High-profile teenage killings over the past 12 months have pushed knife crime to the top of the political agenda, but the true scale of the problem is difficult to assess.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Yorkshire ripper Peter Sutcliffe has launched a bid for freedom, claiming his human rights have been breached.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Leading politicians from the three main parties are putting pressure on the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, to halt the disappearance from care of hundreds of suspected victims of child trafficking.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Extending the pre-charge detention limit for terrorism suspects to 42 days is ‘wholly unnecessary’, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has said.”
BBC News, 14th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A senior police officer has launched a scathing attack against ‘appalling’ murderers and rapists who protect themselves from justice using the Human Rights Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Doctor Who fan who created knitting patterns for the programme’s monsters and gave them away online has been told by the BBC to stop or face the threat of court action.”
The Times, 14th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A council which used anti-terrorism powers to check whether a child lived within a school’s catchment area has used the same law to spy on fishermen, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police officers in London were last night using powers that allow them to stop and search youths without having reasonable suspicion in an attempt to stem the tide of stabbing deaths on the capital’s streets.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Too few women and people from black and Asian backgrounds are appointed judges, Jack Straw has told MPs.”
BBC News, 13th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
A man has been given a suspended jail sentence for attacking two Star Wars fans while dressed as Darth Vader.”
BBC News, 13th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A convicted shoplifter is believed to be the first person to have requested her own Asbo, police have said.”
BBC News, 13th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has teamed up with a private pension scheme that manages the retirement savings of Ford, Jaguar and Land Rover workers to bring a £300 million legal challenge against the Government’s policy of charging VAT on investment management fees. ”
The Times, 12th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“For 300 years the wig and gown have symbolised the authority of the court. All that will change in October, when judges in civil and family cases will ditch their horsehair wigs and instead be dressed by a designer whose trademark is ‘funky British clothes for aspiring funky British girls’.”
The Times, 13th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Criminals convicted of carrying knives are likely to escape jail under sentencing guidelines issued on Monday.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A severely disabled woman has taken her campaign to save her local post office to the High Court.”
BBC News, 12th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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