“Local authorities are looking into the possibility of launching legal action against building companies accused last month of cover-pricing and bid-rigging by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).”
The Times, 12th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“More than 140,000 criminals are caught re-offending within a year of being freed from jail or sentenced to a community punishment, official figures have disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“MPs will reject demands for tighter controls on abortion but are ready to allow new laws pushing back the boundary of research on human embryos, according to a survey carried out by the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 12th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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“Mr Fidler, 59, built a mock-Tudor castle, complete with ramparts and cannons, on his farm in Salfords, Surrey in 2000. Because it was on green-belt land and unlikely to get planning permission, he concealed it behind a 40ft stack of hay bales, covered with a blue tarpaulin. He, his wife Linda, 39, and son, Harry, seven, moved in and in August 2006 he removed the hay bales and revealed their castle.”
The Independent, 10th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“After J. K. Rowling’s first-round victory against the press, Graham Shear and Alison Green argue that celebrities now have a clear right to privacy.”
The Times, 9th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hundreds of Pagan worshippers locked up in British jails have been given the right to take twigs into their cells to use as magic wands.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman locked a dog in a bedroom until it died of starvation because she was ‘too knackered’ to care for it.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed after stabbing his dog to death and burying him in a shallow grave in his back garden.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The way the police dealt with allegations of domestic violence by a woman who was later stabbed and set alight is to be investigated.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who caused the deaths of three girls while racing another driver down a street has been jailed for 10 years.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former Hampshire police inspector has been jailed after he admitted mistreating young men in custody.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A conwoman who tried to poison her husband with rat killer and anti-depressant tablets has been jailed by a judge at York Crown Court.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who raped his daughter more than 30 years ago was jailed for 11 years.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A convicted rapist who murdered a 14-year-old girl in a frenzied attack at her home has been told he must serve at least 35 years in prison.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Filipino man whose wife died after an injection mix-up during childbirth has lost his fight to stay in the UK.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Network Rail must pay a record £14m fine for overrunning engineering work, despite a plea to have it set aside.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A tribunal has ruled a second counter-terrorism detainee, known only as ‘OO’, should be released.”
BBC News, 9th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A second Metropolitan Police officer has been charged in connection with an investigation into the alleged misuse of corporate credit cards.”
The Independent, 9th May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two teenagers were today sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in jail for the murder of a 16-year-old schoolboy.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man spent a night in a police cell after being arrested for dropping an apple core, it was revealed today.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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