“More than 8 million temporary workers across Europe will share the same rights as permanent employees after an historic deal was approved by the European Parliament today.”
The Times, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s highest court allows a Lebanese woman to stay in Britain rather than lose her son. But they stress that only ‘flagrant’ human rights breaches will come within the law.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gordon Brown today ordered courts to halt action on home repossessions unless all alternatives have been ‘fully examined’ as he admitted the global economic downturn was ‘likely to cause recession’ in the UK.”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Chagos islanders evicted by the British government in the 1970s today lost their long-running battle to return to the Indian Ocean archipelago.”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Madonna and Guy Ritchie could be the first high-profile couple to divorce collaborative-style.”
The Times, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Exiled residents of the Chagos Islands have had the right to return to their Indian Ocean homeland overturned by the House of Lords.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Data protection authorities from all over the world have agreed to call for legislation specifically limiting the collection and use of children’s personal data.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A civil servant will appear in court today after writing a blog in which he allegedly fantasised about the rape, torture and murder of the pop band Girls Aloud.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are being urged to review their witness protection schemes to help combat ‘honour crimes’.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A schizophrenic who stabbed a neighbour to death in front of his family in the mistaken belief that he was a paedophile has been detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“MPs are set to debate the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, amid anger that Commons timetabling means amendments on abortion will be shelved.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The long-running legal battle between the British government and the Chagos islanders over their eviction from their homes in the Indian Ocean nearly 40 years ago will reach its conclusion in the House of Lords this morning.”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Models wearing chains, stockings and gags have been led around Westminster in protest at laws to make owning ‘extreme pornography’ illegal.”
BBC News, 21st October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The US government today dropped war-crimes charges against British resident Binyam Mohamed, who has accused the American military of torture, and four other detainees being held at Guantánamo Bay.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for life for killing a mother whose body was found dumped in a South Yorkshire quarry.”
BBC News, 21st October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Source: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/
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“A driver who killed a firefighter as he fought a car fire on a motorway hard shoulder has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 21st October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former outdoor activities instructor convicted of sexually abusing children at youth camps has been jailed for 12 years at the High Court in Edinburgh.”
BBC News, 21st October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A consultant gynaecologist travelled to hospital ready to operate while twice the drink-driving limit, the General Medical Council has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A transsexual truck driver who was forced out of her job when she started dressing as a woman has been awarded more than £20,000 in compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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