‘A couple who care for their severely disabled grandchild have lost an appeal against cuts to their housing benefits because they have a spare bedroom.’
BBC News, 30th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A voyeur who bugged women’s computers so he could watch them through webcams has become the first man convicted of “cyber stalking” in the UK.’
The Independent, 31st May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man has been ordered not to contact Coldplay singer Chris Martin and Countdown presenter Rachel Riley after sending hundreds of abusive tweets.’
BBC News, 31st May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A protest has been held in support of a man jailed for continuing to feed pigeons in a Lancashire seaside town contrary to a community order.’
BBC News, 31st May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The disgraced PR Guru lodges an appeal against his eight year sentence for sex crimes.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Extra legal protection is to be given to people carrying out good deeds, volunteering or planning local events who end up being involved in liability claims, the government has announced.’
BBC News, 2nd June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenager accused of plotting a Columbine-inspired massacre at his former school in Loughborough has walked free from court after the collapse of his second trial.’
The Guardian, 30th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Cambridge educated financier jailed for shooting his girlfriend’s sleeping brother in the head with a spear gun because she left him.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man with a fetish for rolling naked in cow manure has been sentenced to five years in jail after he threatened to kill a family when they tried to stop him from targeting their farm.’
The Independent, 30th May 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘New guidelines, attacked by MPs and campaigners, clarify that nurses and midwives can ‘administer abortion drugs’ if doctors remain ‘in charge throughout”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The big newspaper groups are setting up their own industry watchdog, Ipso, but it will be a toothless creature loyal only to its keepers, not the public.’
The Guardian, 31st May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Almost half of all parents fighting to get access to their children through the courts are being made to do so without legal advice, family magistrates warn today.’
The Independent, 1st June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Claims of “discreditable conduct” by Metropolitan Police officers after the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence are to be probed by the police watchdog.’
BBC News, 2nd June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who posed as a faith healer to con vulnerable victims out of almost £1m has been jailed for 10 years.’
The Guardian, 30th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former soldier who murdered his wife after discovering she was having an affair with her ex-husband has been jailed for 17 years.’
BBC News, 28th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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