“A serial petty thief convicted for the 175th time at a total cost to the taxpayer of more than £700,000, has been spared jail despite carrying out her latest crime while on bail.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government is to admit ‘substantive breaches’ of the European Convention on Human Rights over the death and torture of Iraqi civilians in the custody of British soldiers, Des Browne, the defence secretary, revealed yesterday.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The doctor who first sparked widespread safety fears over the MMR vaccine said yesterday that his paramount concern was ‘clinical care’ for children who had developed autism after being vaccinated.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Whistle-blowers are to be granted immunity from prosecution in return for evidence.”
The Times, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Incentives that encourage people to stay on incapacity benefit were scrapped yesterday in the latest stage of the Government’s welfare reform package.”
The Times, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Schools are set to to be given further powers to search pupils for drugs, alcohol and stolen goods to help head teachers to enforce discipline among the most disruptive students.”
The Times, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A holidaymaker who pushed his two children from a fourth-floor balcony during a row with his wife may be prosecuted in England after his release from a Greek psychiatric hospital.”
The Times, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A mother whose daughter was killed because she was dressed as a Goth made a plea yesterday for teenagers to show more compassion to each other after a 15-year-old boy was found guilty of stamping Sophie Lancaster to death, writes Russell Jenkins.”
TheTimes, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Social networking sites will be required to remove material unsuitable for children, such as nude or violent images and comments, within 24 hours of receiving a complaint, under a tough new code for internet safety.”
The Times, 28th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“ The Lord Chancellor has announced his intention to strengthen the role of the Law Commission. Law Commission Chairman Sir Terence Etherton responds.”
Law Commission, 25th March 2008
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“The Public Law Outline: Guide to Case Management in Public Law Proceedings.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 26th March 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Jack Straw has given a lecture at the Royal Society of Arts on public confidence in the criminal justice system.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th March 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The wife of a Northumberland soldier threatened with deportation has won the right to stay with her family.”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The first landlord in England to be prosecuted under the smoking ban has been fined again for continuing to allow his customers to light up.”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A doctor who beat a paramedic into a coma has been suspended by the General Medical Council (GMC) for 12 months.”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK financial watchdog, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has admitted it failed to regulate Northern Rock adequately.”
BBC News, 26th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“As the judiciary is criticised over sentences for firearms offences, Lord Woolf says that it is politicians who have undermined the system.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Prisons will be at bursting point for the next two years, Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, has admitted. His disclosure will prompt fears that emergency measures, such as the use of police cells to house prisoners and early release schemes are here to stay.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gordon Brown is to consider abolishing the Act that prevents Roman Catholics marrying into the Royal Family or becoming king or queen, in a move that could lead to the disestablishment of the Church of England.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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