Legal battle over hotelier’s £14m will: Children to find out how estate will be split – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 17th, 2008 in news, wills by sally

“A High Court judge will rule on case that has set three siblings against each other since the death of their father Douglas Firkin-Flood in 200.”

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Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2008

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Killer jailed in skull-find case – BBC News

Posted October 17th, 2008 in murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a fellow Lithuanian whose skull was discovered in the garden of a house in north-west London.”

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BBC News, 16th October 2008

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Police leniency call on park sex – BBC News

Posted October 17th, 2008 in news, police, sexual offences by sally

“People caught having sex in public should only be arrested as a last resort, according to draft guidelines being issued to police.”

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BBC News, 16th October 2008

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We’ll get tough with City, says watchdog – The Guardian

Posted October 17th, 2008 in financial regulation, news by sally

“The days of soft-touch regulation of the City are over, the head of the financial watchdog said yesterday, as he revealed that a new cadre of higher-paid regulators would ask tougher questions about the health of financial institutions in the wake of the credit crisis.”

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The Guardian, 17th October 2008

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Scrap qualifying conditions for abortion and let women decide, say academics – The Times

Posted October 17th, 2008 in abortion, news by sally

“Britain’s 40-year-old abortion law flouts the legal principles that underpin modern medical practice, 85 academic lawyers and ethicists say today.”

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The Times, 17th October 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk