Two jailed over boy’s pool death – BBC News
“Two men who forced a boy into a flooded clay pit and watched him drown have been jailed for five-and-a-half years.”
BBC News, 25th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Watchdog censures health secretary over illegal donation – The Guardian
“The cost of the Labour deputy leadership contest threatened to bring further embarrassment for the government today as it emerged that another cabinet minister has been reprimanded over an illegal donation.”
The Guardian, 25th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Kurdish father-to-be set for deportation to Iraq – The Guardian
“A Kurdish asylum seeker who has been living in Britain for eight years and whose wife is expecting their first baby is due to be deported today.”
The Guardian, 25th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Employer must prove reason for dismissal, says Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com
“The Court of Appeal has said that employment tribunals do not have to back a fired employee’s story simply because the employer fails to prove its opposing case.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Head teacher ‘force-fed children’ – BBC News
“A nursery school head who force-fed children, dragged them along corridors and left them in soiled underwear has been banned from working as a teacher.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Killer’s maximum tariff reduced – BBC News
“A man who abducted, sexually attacked and strangled a young, female, Royal Navy photographer has won a two-year reduction in his minimum tariff.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman who lured ‘healer’ jailed – BBC News
“A woman who lured a faith healer back to Luton, where he was later murdered, has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bus stop killer wins sentence cut – BBC News
“A Nottingham teenager convicted of murdering a man at a bus stop has had his 14 year minimum jail sentence cut.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman jailed for gay couple abuse – BBC News
“A mother has been jailed and her daughter given a community order after being found guilty of harassing a gay couple in Kent.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MPs debate junk food advert ban – BBC News
“MPs are to debate a bill calling for a ban on advertising junk food and drinks to children.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal victory for B&B owner who evicted Irving for being too moody – The Independent
“In his long history of legal calamity, David Irving has confronted and lost to courtroom adversaries from the publisher Penguin, to a British Second World War convoy commander, to the Austrian state. To that list can now be added Jennie Allen, the 60-year-old owner of a B&B in the genteel London suburb of Kew.”
The Independent, 25th April 2008
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
OFT accuses tobacco firms and retailers of cigarette price-fixing – The Guardian
“The Office of Fair Trading has accused tobacco manufacturers and retailers, including the UK’s biggest supermarkets, of acting unlawfully over the price of tobacco products.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jail inmates win £120,000 payout over abuse claims – The Guardian
“The Prison Service yesterday agreed to pay more than £120,000 to prisoners who said they had suffered beatings and racial discrimination by prison officers, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 25th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Freezing assets of terror suspects ruled unlawful by High Court – The Times
“Anti-terrorism legislation was condemned as poorly thought-out by a senior High Court judge yesterday as he declared that the Treasury’s powers to freeze suspects’ bank accounts were unlawful.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Crime down but gun offences rise – The Times
“Crime is falling in England and Wales at an accelerating rate, according to figures from police forces published yesterday.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Banks told to stop stalling and pay up after verdict on charges – The Times
“Banks have been accused of trying to block compensation claims from customers, after they refused to accept the findings of a High Court test case on penalty charges.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
House of Lords to rule on BAE corruption inquiry – The Times
“The Serious Fraud Office is to challenge the ruling that it must rethink the halting of its investigation into a £43 billion arms deals between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia.”
The Times, 25th April, 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Terror asset-freezing ‘unlawful’ – BBC News
“Rules imposed under UN laws to enable the freezing of terror suspects’ assets are not lawful because they ‘bypassed’ Parliament, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police condemn ‘bad drivers’ site – BBC News
“A website which publishes registration plates of ‘bad drivers’ could lead to vigilantism, police have said.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Terror prisoner threatens to sue to get deported – The Guardian
“A foreign prisoner convicted of a terrorism offence is threatening to go to court to force the government to deport him from Britain.”
The Guardian, 24th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
