“A 22-stone, ‘morbidly obese’ ex-policeman has lost his latest attempt to force the NHS to pay for stomach surgery, despite his lawyers saying he might have less than a year to live.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Powys toddler was left bitten and bruised after her parents gave their German Shepherd dog “greater priority”, a court heard.”
BBC News, 26th July 2011
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“A man who was jailed for possessing child abuse images has been freed by a judge who said he was at risk of becoming ‘another inmate’s bitch’.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
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“Britain’s police forces are forming regional surveillance units with the power to carry out covert and intrusive investigations. Detectives believe the groups will make it easier for the authorities to bug computers, break into properties and interfere with wireless internet networks as part of countersurveillance operations, according to documents seen by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers have welcomed the justice minister’s concession to put some immigration domestic violence cases back within the scope of legal aid.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The National Trust was not to blame for the death of an 11-year-old schoolboy fatally crushed by a branch in woods in Norfolk, the High Court has decided.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
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“A prop designer who made the original Stormtrooper helmets for Star Wars has won his battle with director George Lucas over his right to sell replicas.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Telegraph Media Group, the publisher of the Daily Telegraph, has been ordered to pay £65,000 in damages after losing a high court case for libel and malicious falsehood over a Lynn Barber book review.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former miner who stabbed his wife during a row over a cup of tea has been jailed for a minimum of 11 years.”
BBC News, 26th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A train company has been ordered to remove a ‘misleading’ claim about its services between Gatwick and London from its website.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
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“A couple who repeatedly deceived health professionals by swapping their twin babies to cover up unexplained injuries that led to one daughter’s death have been convicted of child cruelty.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“L’Oréal has been forced to pull ad campaigns featuring Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts and supermodel Christy Turlington, after the advertising watchdog upheld complaints by Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson that the images were overly airbrushed.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Broadband speeds in the UK now average 6.8Mbps (megabits per second) but there is still a huge gap between advertised and actual speeds, according to Ofcom.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“British Gas has been fined £2.5m by the regulator Ofgem for the way in which it deals with customer complaints.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
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“A new immigration rule requiring people to be able to speak English to move to the UK to be with their spouse is a breach of human rights, a court heard yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner ruled that they were in the public interest, amid claims by some victims’ families that the former Conservative prime minister tried to protect the police’s reputation.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Campaigners against library cuts have had their High Court challenge blocked. A judge ruled they had delayed too long in seeking judicial review of Isle of Wight proposals to stop funding five libraries on the island.”
The Independent, 26th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Tracie Andrews, who killed her fiancé in one of Britain’s most notorious murders, will walk free from prison this week as unrepentant as the day she was jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Celebrities encourage intrusion, and we have a right to know about anything that affects politicians’ ability to do their jobs.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The mayor of London has warned that the majority of women who have suffered domestic violence will find it ‘impossible’ to get legal aid to help divorce their abusive partners, because of the ‘restrictive’ evidence required to prove it.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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