“The Serious Fraud Office said on Thursday it is considering a criminal inquiry into alleged price fixing at BP and other oil companies already being investigated by European competition authorities.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Inquiry expected to look at the restraint techniques authorised by G4S as well as the UK Border Agency.”
The Independent, 14th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Newspaper owners have backed down on demands to have a veto over the board members of any new press regulator.”
BBC News, 10th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The home secretary has ordered a review by a former senior judge into the role police corruption had in shielding the murderers of a private detective found with an axe embedded in his head.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A headteacher is under investigation following allegations of cheating at exams,
nepotism and cronyism at the primary school she runs.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Home Office is to announce an independent review into the murder of private
investigator Daniel Morgan in south London in 1987.”
BBC News, 8th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A new inquiry has found ‘significant’ evidence of ‘systemic and serious’ sexual
and physical abuse of children as young as seven in care homes in North Wales.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“George Osborne has a secret veto over large and potentially politically sensitive fraud investigations, The Independent has learnt.”
The Independent, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Peers have called for a speedy conclusion to the Iraq Inquiry amid growing dissatisfaction with the length of time it is taking to report.”
BBC News, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager who it is claimed was unlawfully killed by British troops in Iraq had been tortured and hanged, his uncle has claimed.”
The Independent, 18th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A coroner has called for an inquiry to look at ‘systemic failures’ in an investigation into the death of a Kent soldier in Afghanistan.”
BBC News, 11th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An official report into Britain’s involvement in rendition and torture since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US has yet to be published more than nine months after it was completed and delivered to David Cameron.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Anger over delays that will see bereaved families have to wait more than two years for investigations into Hillsborough to be concluded have prompted campaigners to abandon a meeting with the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) planned this week.”
The Independent, 31st March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Fears that bloggers and small-scale news websites will be dragged into the new proposed system of press regulation, so facing crippling costs, appeared to be lifting on Friday when Labour and the Liberal Democrats agreed to table last-minute amendments in the Lords to make it clear they will be excluded.”
The Guardian, 22nd March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Public inquiries should avoid the atmosphere of a ‘mock trial’ in order to improve dialogue among participants, according to a study.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh has accepted ‘very substantial damages’ from News International, with the Sun admitting that it accessed text messages from her mobile phone after it was stolen, the high court has heard.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than 30 families have taken legal action against a hospital in north-west
England for a catalogue of baby and maternal deaths and injuries.”
BBC News, 15th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An MP who claimed her husband died ‘like a battery hen’ in a hospital bed is to lead a review of the NHS complaints system launched today.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“MPs have raised serious concerns about the rising use of force to restrain young offenders in detention last year.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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