OAP jailed for neglecting horses – BBC News
“A pensioner has been jailed for eight weeks and banned from keeping horses for two years after pleading guilty to animal neglect charges.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 11 July 2008
Pc samurai sword attacker jailed – BBC News
“A man who attacked a police officer with a samurai sword has been given an indeterminate jail sentence, to protect the public.”
BBC News, 10th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New charges in child neglect case – BBC News
“The mother and stepfather of a seven-year-old girl who allegedly starved to death have been charged with five counts of cruelty to children.”
BBC News, 11th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Labour retreats on deportation threat to Zimbabweans – The Independent
“The threat of deportation has been lifted from more than 10,000 Zimbabwean asylum-seekers while Robert Mugabe remains in power.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Crackdown on out-of-town superstores to protect small shops and curb ‘clone towns’ – The Independent
“Small shops are to be given some protection against competition from out-of-town supermarkets, Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, said. She added that this would help independent shops survive the credit crunch.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Mother sues over tale of ‘drunken party’ lifted from Bebo – The Independent
“It read like the teenage party from hell: a riot of sex and wanton damage fuelled by under-age drinking that only ended when the police arrived.
But Jodie Hudson’s lurid description of the party on the social networking website Bebo, subsequently carried in a number of national newspapers, turned out to be fantasy. The media stories, and the accompanying pictures taken from Bebo, are now the subject of a landmark legal case that could redraw the boundaries of the use of information published on social networking sites including Bebo, Facebook and MySpace.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Ban town halls from selling voter data’ – The Independent
“A wide-ranging clampdown on the sources of junk mail, cold-calling and spam email was proposed by an official report today.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sex tourists face UK prosecution over abuse abroad – Daily Telegraph
“Sex tourists who abuse children abroad face prosecution in the UK. The new legislation, contained in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, will come into effect from Monday. It means that UK nationals who commit a specified sexual offence against a child overseas can expect to be prosecuted for the offence on their return to the UK.”
Daily Telegraph, 11July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
You can’t trust a witness’s memory, experts tell courts – The Times
“The memories of witnesses are flawed, marred by gaps or inventions and should not be relied upon in court cases, researchers say.”
The Times, 11th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sir Ian Blair denies blocking promotion of Asian police officer Shabir Hussain – The Times
“Britain’s most senior police officer was forced to defend his record on race yesterday, telling a tribunal that it would have been an ‘extraordinary aberration’ if he had tried to block the promotion of an ethnic minority colleague.”
The Times, 11th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
MoD to pay £3 million in compensation to Iraqi torture victims – The Times
“The Ministry of Defence faces a series of huge compensation claims for alleged abuse by troops in Iraq after agreeing a settlement of £2.8 million over the death of a civilian in custody.”
The Times, 11th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
