Safety laws ‘may prevent bravery’ – BBC News
“Health and safety laws may be standing in the way of police officers showing bravery, according to the chief constable of Merseyside.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: news
Springer opera court fight fails – BBC News
“A Christian group has lost its High Court battle to prosecute the BBC’s director general over the screening of Jerry Springer – The Opera, in 2005.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Boy gets Asbo for bragging about crimes online – The Guardian
“A teenager has been given an antisocial behaviour order that bans him from promoting his criminal behaviour online.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Divorcee entitled to clean break from bankrupt husband, court rules – The Times
“Court of Appeal rules that Wendy Haines does not have to give up her share of the matrimonial home proceeds to pay off ex-husband’s creditors.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Information chief calls for review of ID card plans – The Guardian
“The government needs to review the scale of its plans for identity cards in the wake of the release of 25 million names and addresses on government child benefit records, the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, told the justice select committee yesterday.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Corrupt lawyer to drug world is facing prison – The Times
“A corrupt solicitor who was at the heart of a criminal network that made multimillion-pound profits from the heroin trade will be jailed today.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mercenary firms seek tighter laws – BBC News
“Private security firms have criticised the UK government for ‘dithering’ over the introduction of tighter rules.”
BBC News, 4th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Family visits ‘key for prisoners’ – BBC News
“The reoffend rate for convicts could be cut if the government did more to support the children and families of those in jail, campaigners say.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Group targets grooming of girls – BBC News
“The scale of the problem of British girls being lured into prostitution in their own country is being examined by the Home Office.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
GPs could provide women ‘tablet abortions’ – Daily Telegraph
“Women could have abortions in doctors’ surgeries under proposals being considered by the Department of Health, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jail sentences ‘to depend on available space’ – Daily Telegraph
“Criminals should be sentenced according to the spaces available in jail for them, a wide-ranging review of the prison service is expected to recommend.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
GMC strikes Dr David Southall off medical register – The Times
“Controversial paediatrician Dr David Southall has been struck off the medical register after being found guilty of serious misconduct.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Revealed: how UK banks exploit charity tax laws – The Guardian
“Britain’s high street banks have raised billions of pounds in funds through complex financial deals that use supposedly charitable trusts which are not donating a penny to good causes, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Surrogacy loophole that let 20 babies be taken abroad – The Guardian
“Twenty babies born to British surrogate mothers have been taken abroad unlawfully by the foreign couples who commissioned them because of an oversight by British courts, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tip-offs will produce new wave of data security scandals, watchdog tells MPs – The Independent
“Ministers are braced for a new wave of ‘Datagate’ scandals after the Government’s information watchdog said he was investigating several possible breaches of data protection laws.”
The Independent, 5th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Hopes pinned on American-style sentencing grid to reduce prison overcrowding – The Times
“Radical proposals to examine a US-style system of sentencing intended to control the number of offenders sent to overcrowded jails will be outlined by ministers today, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Reluctant election trial witnesses ‘risking jail’ – The Times
“Five witnesses who refused to turn up for an election trial yesterday amid allegations they were scared of intimidation by Labour are to be warned by police to attend or risk jail.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Jailed killer has right to father a child, European Court rules – The Times
“Britain breached the human rights of a murderer and his wife by refusing them access to IVF treatment, the European Court ruled yesterday.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Child restraint rules challenged – BBC News
“A judicial review will be conducted at the High Court into the use of physical restraint to control children detained in secure training centres.”
BBC News, 4th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Will gift of £10m ‘extraordinary’ – BBC News
“The will of an 89-year-old woman who left £10m to an Essex restaurateur has been described as ‘extraordinary’ and ‘troubling’ by a High Court judge.”
BBC News, 4th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
