“The government expects to take and record all 10 fingerprints from people receiving identity cards, the head of the ID card scheme revealed yesterday.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government and police must act to improve online security and stop the internet becoming a ‘playground of criminals’, a parliamentary committee warns today. A report from the House of Lords science and technology select committee accuses both business and government of creating an image of the net as a ‘wild west’, with millions of internet users unnecessarily exposed to crime.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence has imposed a ban on members of the armed forces using modern technology to communicate about their experiences.”
The Independent, 10th August 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The judge in the JK Rowling privacy case should have taken account of the fact that celebrities may be more vulnerable to media pressure than others and so entitled to stronger privacy protection a leading legal expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th August 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“Online gambling companies based outside of the European Economic Area are to be banned from advertising in the UK. The Gambling Act will be used to bar the advertising of over 1,000 websites.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th august 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“The government has come under fire over the setting up of its controversial Home Information Pack scheme.”
BBC News, 9th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The quality of service received by passengers and airlines at Heathrow airport will come under the scrutiny of the UK’s competition regulator, as part of a wide-ranging investigation into the country’s largest airports operator.”
The Times, 9th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Restrictions placed on anti-Iraq war protestor Brian Haw by police over his six-year peace vigil have been ruled unlawful in a High Court judgement.”
BBC News, 8th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A damning report into Pentonville Prison has revealed “endemic squalor” at the oldest Victorian era jail.”
BBC News, 9th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Under Section 22 of the Public Order Act 1986, a broadcaster can be prosecuted for airing a programme including material likely to stir up racial hatred.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Thousands of skilled immigrants face deportation after the Government unlawfully and unfairly changed the rules allowing them into the country, a parliamentary committee says.”
The Times, 9th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The future of the computer system that is supposed to keep track of 300,000 offenders a year who are in prison or on probation is in doubt after ministers halted the programme this week. The moratorium follows an admission that the original £234m costing ‘proved to be optimistic’.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Farmers who own any of the 214 cows slaughtered so far in the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak will be able to claim compensation but other businesses that have been indirectly damaged are in a much harder legal position.”
The Times, 8th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A senior employment court has thrown out a claim for unfair dismissal because the e-mail carrying the paperwork arrived 88 seconds late.”
The Times, 8th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A report into the murder of an 11-year-old boy by a fellow school pupil is due to be published.”
BBC News, 8th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A restaurant owner accused of killing a schoolgirl and joking that her remains had been put into kebabs will face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A serial streaker who ran in front of Tiger Woods with a toy squirrel covering his genitals and a golf ball clenched between his buttocks escaped an anti-social behaviour order today.”
The Guaradian, 7th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK government has requested the release of five British residents from US custody at Guantanamo Bay.”
BBC News, 7th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Foreign agents attempting to buy ‘innocent’ components for weapons of mass destruction from British companies are still able to exploit Britain’s export laws despite the introduction of licensing restrictions, a group of senior MPs said yesterday.”
The Times, 7th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“New mental health laws do not go far enough, an alliance of 75 organisations working with mentally ill people says.”
BBC News, 6th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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