“DNA samples are to be taken from serious offenders who are in prison but were convicted before the national database was created, Jacqui Smith announced yesterday.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
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“DJ Andy Kershaw has been given a suspended six-month prison sentence after breaching a restraining order banning him contacting his ex-partner.”
BBC News, 16th December 2008
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“Amid the economic gloom, UK drinkers have found a measure of good news – the pint will not have to be renamed. Decades of wrangling with the EU over switching to metric measures has ended with a vote confirming that imperial measures can carry on indefinitely.”
BBC News, 16th December 2008
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“A senior Scotland Yard commander will launch his claim of racial discrimination against the Metropolitan Police today.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An advert for the Robert de Niro and Al Pacino police thriller Righteous Kill, which used the line ‘there’s nothing wrong with a little shooting as long as the right people get shot’, was criticised by a watchdog for running during the inquest into the police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The secrecy of the family courts – in which nearly 95,000 cases are heard in private each year – is to end under reforms announced yesterday that will allow the media access to all levels of the system. The move could mean that social workers and expert witnesses who fail children, and now enjoy the protection of anonymity, will in future be named publicly when criticised by judges.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The teenage killer of Rhys Jones was jailed for a minimum of 22 years yesterday by a judge who expressed his disgust at the murderer’s ‘brutality’ and ‘cowardice’.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A juror who faced jail after posting details of a trial on Facebook is to escape court action.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2008
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“A primary school teacher who struck his son-in-law with a cricket bat as he tried to defend his daughter has been jailed for manslaughter.”
BBC News, 16th December 2008
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“An NHS doctor who waged a terrorist car-bomb campaign intended to kill and maim hundreds of people in London and Glasgow has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder.”
The Times, 16th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A teenage gangster has been found guilty of murdering Rhys Jones, an 11-year-old schoolboy who was shot dead as he walked home from football practice last year.”
The Times, 16th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The veil of secrecy surrounding care proceedings and the family courts will finally be lifted, Justice Secretary Jack Straw is expected to announce.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Guy Ritchie will receive almost £50 million in cash and property in what may be the largest divorce settlement paid to a man, a spokeswoman for his former wife, Madonna, said last night. The film director and the pop singer were granted a divorce settlement in the High Court last month.”
The Times, 16th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Town halls are to be banned from using anti-terror laws to spy on the public for petty offences, the Home Secretary is due to announce.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2008
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“A controversial restraint technique linked to the death of a child in custody has been banned as the Government announced a major overhaul of control methods in youth detention.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson has accused Cosmopolitan magazine’s UK edition of running fabricated quotes in a cover story interview and is threatening to sue the title.”
The Guardian, 16th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Energy industry regulator, Ofgem, this morning stepped up the pressure on Britain’s big six energy suppliers over unfair pricing. The regulator acknowledged the companies were on the way to stripping out up to £500m in unfair premiums for customers such as those using pre-payment meters, including many disadvantaged households, but said it wanted faster action. Today it announced that it is launching a consultation process to look at changes to the energy companies’s licences to ban unfair pricing and protect consumers.”
The Guardian, 16th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager has been sentenced to eight years in a young offenders’ institution for killing a man who tried to give medical help to his drunken friend.”
BBC News, 15th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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