“Joint Commons and Lords committee expected to issue damning report on MI5’s part in the rendition of terror suspects.”
The Independent, 2nd August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The family of a wealthy philanthropist have won a High Court battle to reclaim their inheritance after she left her estate to a man she might never have known.”
The Times, 1st August 2009
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“The former Head of the Army, General Sir Mike Jackson, has said he wants a review into compensation for injured troops to be independent.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2009
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“The multimillionaire businessman Vivian Imerman won a court order yesterday preventing his estranged wife’s brothers – property tycoons Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz – from using confidential information about his financial assets.”
The Independent, 1st August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Debbie Purdy was ‘ecstatic’. It was a strange reaction to the news that it had suddenly become easier to be killed in Zurich. But the real reason for her elation was that the news also meant it might soon become easier to be killed in Britain.”
The Times, 2nd August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Schools are paying out £16,000 a day in compensation to pupils injured in the playground and PE lessons, new figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Pressure mounts for assisted suicide to be allowed on the NHS after MS sufferer’s landmark legal victory.”
The Independent, 1st August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former Lord Chancellor has warned that new guidelines on assisted suicide will expose the Director of Public Prosecutions to challenge in the courts.”
The Times, 1st August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Judges in the case of a girl who was kicked and slapped by her parents have drawn a line at which disciplining children becomes physical abuse.”
BBC News, 1st August 2009
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“More than 1,500 people have been wrongly branded as criminals or mistakenly given a clean record by the government agency set up to vet those working with children, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
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Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2009
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“The government will push for Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker fighting extradition to the US, to serve his sentence in a British prison if he is found guilty, Labour’s deputy leader said today.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than £8m will be spent over the next two years in a bid to reduce youth re-offending in England and Wales, the government has announced.”
BBC News, 3rd August 2009
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“Criminals being supervised by the probation service have committed more than 1,100 serious offences over the past two years.”
The Independent, 1st August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two men have been jailed over the death of a grandfather who was hit by a car which failed to stop.”
BBC News, 31st July 2009
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“A British man who used an internet chatroom to incite a paedophile to sexually abuse an eight-year-old girl in the United States has been jailed.”
BBC News, 31st July 2009
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“The government’s anti-terror strategy has suffered a blow after the High Court revoked the control order of a suspect accused of links to al-Qaeda.”
BBC News, 31st July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Teaching assistant Rosemary Foxall who helped her husband secretly film young girls as they bathed at their home has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Singer Peter Andre accepts undisclosed but substantial libel damages from the People newspaper.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Watchdog launches consultation on plans to allow commercial radio stations in one area to be owned by one company.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Computer hacker Gary McKinnon will appeal to the newly formed Supreme Court after he today lost his latest High Court bid to avoid extradition to America.”
The Times, 31st July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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