“All secondary schools will be forced by law to take in pupils that their neighbouring schools exclude, the education secretary announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Breeding newts could stop a couple moving back into their £1m farmhouse after they were flooded out in last summer’s storms.
When the Histeds applied to unblock the ditch on the side of the M4 they were told the species is so rare that potential habitats are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The high use of prison by some judges and magistrates often bears little connection with local violent crime rates and may even be out of step with local public opinion, the justice secretary, Jack Straw, suggested yesterday.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government will extend the Human Rights Act to protect up to 300,000 people who have been placed by local authorities in privately-run residential and nursing homes, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An independent report warned today that although the United Kingdom’s asylum system had improved slightly it was still not ‘fit for purpose’.
The Times, 27th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An NHS finance chief who was desperate to meet financial targets was jailed for 12 months yesterday for a multimillion-pound fraud.”
The Times, 27th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hundreds of officers will be taken off the streets if the Government pursues plans being announced today to curb the spending of five police forces.”
The Times, 27th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A website criticised for encouraging young girls to embrace plastic surgery and dieting is being investigated by a communications watchdog over claims that it has breached rules about targeting children with premium rate phone lines.”
The Times, 27th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“BAA has climbed down over plans to fingerprint passengers at Heathrow’s new fifth terminal after the privacy watchdog said the move may be illegal.”
The Times, 27th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Heather Mills has hired a new team of forensic accountants to try to prove that ex-husband Paul McCartney is worth double the £400 million he claimed in their divorce struggle, according to friends of the former model.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man with severe memory problems is hoping to get £1,000 worth of parking fines writen off.”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who rang emergency services more than 100 times when she was drunk to ask for a lift home has been given an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo).”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Statement from the Judicial Communications Office: Sentences for possession of firearms.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 26th March 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Two men have been found guilty of the vigilante-style killing of a burglar they found in one of their flats.”
BBC News, 25th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 19-year-old man has been charged over a faith-hate attack on a clergyman in the grounds of his east London church.”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Food giant Heinz has been cleared by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of misleading the public over its Farmers’ Market soup range.”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Muslim leader has accused the police of being ‘over cautious’ when investigating Asian gangs suspected of prostituting young white girls for fear of stirring up race riots.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Prisoners have been paid student grants and loans totalling £730,000 while taking university courses in jail, the Government admitted yesterday.”
The Times, 26th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“British courts are overturning decisions taken by immigration officers that would have protected men and women from being forced into marriage.”
The Times, 26th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Tighter curbs on the granting of bail to suspects in murder cases and other crimes is called for in a report being considered by ministers, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 26th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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