“Three British businessmen were charged with cartel offences by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) last night after they were allowed by US authorities to return to the UK.”
The Times, 19th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The latest rape allegation to attract intense publicity has raised again the question of whether accused men should be granted the same anonymity as their accuser, until convicted.”
The Times, 20th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government is implementing key reforms to the child care proceedings system in England and Wales, following a review of the system completed in 2006. The reforms will improve the system and provide better outcomes for children while ensuring that resources are used in a timely and effective way.”
Ministry of Justice, 18th December 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Measures to cut knife crime may not work because nobody knows if the problem is genuinely getting better or worse, experts have warned.”
BBC News, 19th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A police investigation to prosecute a 12-year-old for throwing a cocktail sausage at a neighbour has cost £20,000.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
A teenager who stabbed a friend to death after a drunken party should have been under curfew and wearing an electronic tag, it was disclosed yesterday.
Daily Telegraph, 19th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers will publish a white paper on Lords reform in the spring following today’s damning parliamentary report into the ‘cash for honours’ scandal.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Allegations of ‘apparent illegal activity and financial irregularities’ within the British National Party are being referred to the Metropolitan Police and to the Electoral Commission by a Labour MP.”
The Independent, 19th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Moves to make families pay bonds of up to £1,000 to sponsor visits by foreign relatives have been condemned as discriminatory.”
The Independent, 19th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two jurors have spoken out to question the guilty verdict in a case last month in which a childminder was jailed for shaking a baby to death.”
The Times, 19th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“HM Revenue and Customs became embroiled in another data scandal today after it emerged that it lost personal details of 6,000 private pension holders.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The communications regulator has identified ‘warning signs’ for future competition in the British pay-television market”.
The Times, 18th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Civil servants face being jailed for gross failures to safeguard citizens’ personal information under a clampdown following the disappearance of two discs that held the child benefit records of 25 million people.”
The Times, 18th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An elderly woman had her rubbish collection stopped because council officials ruled that a four-inch step outside her home was a health and safety hazard.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have criticised EU anti-terror laws for violating basic human rights. The Parliament passed a resolution condemning EU bodies and member states for passing laws which undermine rights to privacy or fair trials.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th December 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“A woman jailed for life for murdering her husband with a drugs overdose disguised in a curry has been told she must serve at least 16 years in jail.”
BBC News, 17th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Former Tory cabinet minister John Redwood was condemned by victim support groups last night after he said the government was wrong to regard ‘date rape’ as seriously as assaults by strangers.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police fired a 50,000-volt Taser into the head of a 45-year-old company director who later proved to be unarmed and innocent. Daniel Sylvester, the owner of an east London security firm employing 65 staff to guard council offices, pubs and nightclubs, was driving home on October 20 when he was stopped by armed police because of ‘firearms related intelligence’.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government yesterday revealed another disturbing loss of citizens’ data when the transport secretary disclosed that a computer disc had gone missing that contained the records of more than 3 million driving test applicants, including their names, home addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers.”
The Guardian, 18th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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