Reader’s Digest mailshot probed – BBC News
“The Advertising Standards Authority is launching an investigation into a mailshot being sent by the bookselling company, Reader’s Digest.”
BBC News, 7th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Virgin warns illegal downloaders: stop or face prosecution – The Independent
“The age of illegal music downloads could soon be over. The UK’s largest provider of home broadband is to warn internet users building up vast libraries of music that they could be prosecuted.”
The Independent, 7th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Despicable’ delay over 7 July terror payouts – The Guardian
“Scores of victims horrifically injured in the 7 July London bombings are still waiting for full compensation almost three years after the attacks.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gordon Brown set to lose on 42-day detention – The Times
“Gordon Brown’s chances of avoiding a humiliating defeat in the Commons this week dwindled after he effectively ruled out any more significant changes to proposals to detain terror suspects for 42 days without charge.”
The Times, 9th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Solicitor Jim Beresford makes £30m from sick miners’ compensation scheme – The Times
“A solicitor who specialises in claiming compensation for sick coalminers has banked a personal profit of more than £30 million from the government-funded scheme.”
The Times, 9th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Fraudsters hack into Home Office website – Daily Telegraph
“Cunning computer hackers have hijacked the Home Office crime reduction website and used it to carry out an elaborate online scam.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Repossessions swamp free lawyers – BBC News
“Homeowners threatened with repossession are being denied free legal advice because lawyers who provide it are being swamped, says a charity.”
BBC News, 8th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mother of barrister’s clerk Lee Cook harangues judge for ‘disgusting’ sentence passed on killer – Daily Telegraph
“The mother of barrister’s clerk Lee Cook, who was killed in a City bar because of a row over a spilt drink, berated a senior judge across a courtroom for the ‘disgusting’ 14-month sentence he passed on the man responsible.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
ID cards could help turn Britain into a surveillance society, warn MPs – The Guardian
“A compulsory national identity card scheme could be used to monitor the movements of British citizens because of the dangers of ‘function creep’, a committee of MPs warned yesterday.”
The Guardian, 9th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MS sufferer seeks answers over laws on euthanasia – The Independent
“A woman who suffers from a degenerative disease has called for the law on assisted suicide to be clarified so that she can decide when she wants to die.”
The Independent, 7th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Dossier prepared for UN details grim plight of many young people in Britain – The Guardian
“A dossier of abuse of the human rights of children and young people in Britain will be presented to United Nations inspectors today in a joint submission from the four children’s commissioners for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.”
The Guardian, 9th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ministers promise to rehabilitate young offenders as well as punish them – The Times
“A new approach to youth justice was promised by ministers yesterday in which equal weight would be given to prevention, enforcement and the rehabilitation of young offenders.”
The Times, 9th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Straw sacks magistrate who criticised police – The Independent
“Jack Straw was at the centre of a political row last night after he sacked a magistrate who criticised the police for failing to protect her daughter from being physically assaulted at school.”
The Independent, 8th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Signalwoman, Donna McAllister, wins damages over taunts – The Times
“A signalwoman for Network Rail has won more than £100,000 damages after male colleagues put pornographic magazines in her in-tray. Donna McAllister, 44, said that she had a nervous breakdown after she complained about her treatment.”
The Times, 7th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Classroom stabbing boy sentenced – BBC News
“A 13-year-old boy who pulled a knife from his sock and stabbed a pupil at a school in Leeds has been sentenced.”
BBC News, 6th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Crippled’ benefit fraud jailed – BBC News
“A man who said he could barely walk and claimed £90,000 in benefits has been jailed for 18 months after fraud inspectors filmed him playing football.”
BBC News, 6th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rwandan suspects to be extradited – BBC News
“Magistrates in London have upheld a request to extradite four men to Rwanda to face mass murder charges.”
BBC News, 6th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Broadband advertising: Call for code to be extended to mobile internet – The Guardian
“Senior industry figures are calling for the new code of practice for advertising broadband services to be extended to mobile internet providers.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teenager who killed youth worker given life sentence – The Guardian
“A teenager was today sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of shooting a youth worker six times as he sat on a garden wall.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
