Speed penalty point plan attacked – BBC News
“Plans to increase penalty points for speeding motorists could ‘criminalise’ a large section of the UK’s workforce, driving instructors have warned.”
BBC News, 19th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Jailed Asian officer to be cleared – The Guardian
“An Asian police officer who claims his colleagues framed him for theft after he sued his force for racism is to have his criminal conviction quashed today.”
The Guardian, 19th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
82-year-old art forger sentenced – Reuters
“An octogenarian woman and her son were sentenced on Friday for one of the largest, longest lasting and most diverse art scams ever in Britain, forging paintings, sculptures, carvings and statues.”
Reuters, 16th November 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
Diana inquest judge attacks ‘rubbish’ laws – Daily Telegraph
“A judge has launched an extraordinary attack on the laws governing the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, describing them as ‘antiquated rubbish’.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New blow for PM on terror detention – The Guardian
“Gordon Brown’s hopes of forging a political consensus over extending detention without charge beyond 28 days are expected to be dealt a heavy blow by the former attorney general Lord Goldsmith. In a meeting with the home affairs select committee next week, he is expected to say he has seen no evidence to justify the extension, and reveal that he was close to resignation when Tony Blair pushed for 90-day detention in 2005 before being thwarted by a backbench rebellion.”
The Guardian, 17th Novemeber 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cuts bring fear for victims of miscarriages of justice – The Guardian
“Victims of miscarriages of justice will have to spend longer in prison before their cases are reviewed because of government spending cuts, the head of the body that reviews such cases said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New rules ban Civil Service memoirs – Daily Telegraph
“Gordon Brown risks angering Whitehall mandarins by trying to prevent them publishing their memoirs after they leave the Civil Service.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Prison overcrowding is at critical stage, says Lord Chief Justice – The Times
“Britain’s most senior judge has given warning that the shortage of prison spaces was now ‘critical’ as a result of ministers’ failure to take account of the cost implications of their sentencing policies.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sex offenders’ mug shots ‘aged’ – BBC News
“A ‘most wanted’ website showing images of sex offenders has marked its first anniversary by posting age-progressed photographs of people it is hunting.”
BBC News, 16th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court ruling sought over ‘yuppie flu’ – Daily Telegraph
“A legal battle is being launched to force the Government’s health watchdog to stop defining so-called ‘yuppie flu’ as a mental illness.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Banks accused of condoning criminality via overdraft limit breaches – The Times
“Banks have been accused of condoning criminal behaviour among customers by allowing them to exceed their agreed overdraft limits.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Disability law can protect alcoholic workers – OUT-LAW.com
“Alcoholic workers could receive protection from the Disability Discrimination Act despite the fact that alcoholism is specifically barred from protection, employment experts have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th November 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
Superbug hospital will not face charges – Daily Telegraph
“A hospital responsible for a series of failings that led to a superbug outbreak which claimed 33 lives will not face criminal prosecution, it was announced yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
OFT challenges banks on “misleading” overdraft charges – The Independent
“The Office of Fair Trading yesterday warned Britain’s banks it intended to take them to task over unauthorised overdraft charges whatever the outcome of a High Court test case on the fees that is scheduled to begin in January.”
The Independent, 16th November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BA offers £430 to strike-hit passengers – The Times
“British Airways is facing a multi-million-pound compensation bill after failing to keep secret a deal in which it has agreed to pay passengers £430 each for cancelling their flights.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BBC admits error over bogus crying in film of quintuplets – The Times
“The BBC added its own soundtrack of babies gurgling to a news report about the birth of quintuplets, the corporation admitted. BBC News was at the centre of another ‘fakery’ allegation after admitting that producers manipulated the soundtrack of footage received from John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Diabetic in coma shot with Taser out of fear he was suicide bomber – The Times
“A man who slipped into a diabetic coma on a bus was shot twice with a Taser gun because police mistook him for an Arab suicide bomber.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MoD sued over “36 hours of hell” in Basra – The Times
“Iraqi prisoners held by British troops at a detention centre in Basra were forced to dance ‘like Michael Jackson’ during 36 hours of alleged beatings and sleep-deprivation, according to a High Court writ against the Ministry of Defence.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Bill could ban tax exiles from House of Lords – The Guardian
“A forthcoming constitutional reform bill could include measures to stop tax exiles from sitting in the House of Lords, the cabinet secretary said yesterday amid further questions about the tax status of the millionaire Tory donor Lord Ashcroft.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Suspected Atlantic airline plotter faces deportation – The Guardian
“A key suspect behind an alleged plot to blow up airliners over the Atlantic appeared last night to be a step closer to being extradited to Britain after a court in Pakistan dropped charges against him there.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
