“A 15-year-old girl who stabbed a young mother to death while high on drink and drugs was convicted of murder today.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Archive for March 3rd, 2008
Girl, 15, convicted of murder - The Guardian
Published March 3, 2008 murder , news , young offenders 0 Comments“BPP law school is to hike its Legal Practice Course (LPC) fees by a whopping 10 per cent despite already being the most expensive postgraduate law school in London.”
The Lawyer, 3rd March 2008
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“Prisoners should be banned from watching television unless they have earned the right through good behaviour, the Tories said today. That was one of the detailed ideas in the 112-page ‘green paper’, Prisons with a Purpose, published by the Conservative leader, David Cameron.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2008
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Nurse convicted of killing four patients - The Guardian
Published March 3, 2008 murder , news , nurses 0 Comments“A nurse was today convicted of murdering four elderly patients with lethal doses of the diabetes drug insulin.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2008
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How much do prisoners get paid? - BBC News Magazine
Published March 3, 2008 prisons , special report 0 Comments“David Cameron has proposed that inmates hand over part of their wages to victims of their crimes. So how much are they paid?”
BBC News Magazine, 3rd March 2008
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Ballots add to pressure for treaty referendum - The Times
Published March 3, 2008 EC law , news , referendums , treaties 0 Comments“Pressure for a national referendum on the Lisbon treaty intensified yesterday when a pressure group announced that more than 150,000 people took part in local ballots on the issue.”
The Times, 3rd March 2008
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Regina (M) v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council - Times Law Reports
Published March 3, 2008 children , housing , law reports , social services 0 CommentsRegina (M) v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
House of Lords
“Where a child had been provided with accommodation by a local authority’s housing department but had not come to the attention of its children’s services department, she was not entitled to further council support in her own right.”
The Times, 3rd March 2008
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The Immigration Services Commissioner (Designated Professional Body) (Fees) Order 2008
The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2008
The Offender Management Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Order 2008
The Welfare Reform Act 2007 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2008
The Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008
The Statutory Auditors (Delegation of Functions etc) Order 2008
The Greater London Authority Elections (Election Addresses) (Amendment) Order 2008
The Street Works (Registers, Notices, Directions and Designations) (Wales) Regulations 2008
The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) Regulations 2008
The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Central Rating List (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (Commencement No.4) Order 2008
The Categories of Casino Regulations 2008
The Gambling (Geographical Distribution of Large and Small Casino Premises Licences) Order 2008
The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2008
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Officials warn of terrorist links to prison gangs - The Guardian
Published March 3, 2008 gangs , news , prisons , terrorism 0 Comments“The growing number of terrorist prisoners are forging connections with the existing gangs inside Britain’s high security jails to the alarm of senior Prison Service managers, according to internal Ministry of Justice documents.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2008
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Intermediaries to help young sex abuse victims in court - The Guardian
Published March 3, 2008 news , sexual offences , victims 0 Comments“Sex offenders who prey on adults with learning disabilities and young children are to be brought to justice under a groundbreaking scheme to be launched throughout England and Wales next month.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2008
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Prisoner seriously assaulted every 45 minutes in Britain - The Independent
Published March 3, 2008 assault , news , prisons 0 Comments“One serious attack takes place every 45 minutes in the overcrowded jails of England and Wales as prison staff struggle to cope with soaring levels of violence. Ministry of Justice figures reveal the number of assaults on prisoners by cellmates have rocketed from 1,790 in 1996 to 11,826 last year, a rise of 561 per cent in just over a decade.”
The Independent, 3rd March 2008
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MPs dismayed by HFEA’s hybrid egg decision - Daily Telegraph
Published March 3, 2008 embryology , news 0 Comments“The body which regulates embryo research is to come under fire for allowing scientists to create part-human, part-animal hybrids.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd March 2008
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“Five thousand extra prison places would be built by the Tories to beat overcrowding in jails in England and Wales, the party has said.”
BBC News, 3rd March 2008
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Biggest investor ready to sue over Rock - The Guardian
Published March 3, 2008 banking , news 0 Comments“The biggest investor in Northern Rock, SRM Global, is preparing to launch legal action against the government and regulators this week over their role in the collapse of the nationalised bank.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2008
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Archbishops have ’serious reservations’ about blasphemy repeal - The Times
Published March 3, 2008 blasphemy , news 0 Comments” The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have warned the Government that they have ’serious reservations’ about the abolition of the blasphemy laws.”
The Times, 29th February 2008
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British island ‘used by US for rendition’ - The Guardian
Published March 3, 2008 detention , news , terrorism , torture 0 Comments“Britain’s denials that its territories have been used for ‘extraordinary rendition’ were dramatically undermined last night after the United Nations claimed that Diego Garcia has been used as a detention centre to hold US suspects.”
The Guardian, 2nd March
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Attack on non-doms has lawyers in a flap - The Times
Published March 3, 2008 domicile , news , tax avoidance 0 Comments“Property lawyers may enjoy a short-term boost while their wealthier clients sell off their London homes, but new tax plans aimed at rich individuals who are not domiciled in the UK for tax purposes — non-doms, in other words — have received a resounding thumbs down from the British legal profession.”
The Times, 28th February 2008
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Jail for disabled man’s ’sadistic’ murderers - Daily Telegraph
Published March 3, 2008 murder , news , sentencing , young offenders 0 Comments“A gang of thugs who murdered a disabled man in a ’sadistic’ attack were jailed for life yesterday, after the judge heard that killings by youngsters had doubled in a decade.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2008
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Man laced pregnant wife’s meals with abortion pills - The Independent
Published March 3, 2008 abortion , news 0 Comments“A businessman with an irrational fear of becoming a father has been jailed for almost four years after he laced his wife’s breakfast with abortion pills in an attempt to make her lose their unborn baby.”
The Independent, 1st March 2008
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“The government has said it may force gambling companies to help fund support services for those battling addiction.”
BBC News, 1st March 2008
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Man fined £11,000 for downloading Friends - Daily Telegraph
Published March 3, 2008 internet , news , telecommunications 0 Comments“The wife of a city executive cost her husband £11,000 after she downloaded four episodes of the sitcom Friends through his mobile phone while abroad.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd March 2008
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Study clears social workers of ’snatching children’ - The Guardian
Published March 3, 2008 children , news , social services 0 Comments“A government-commissioned report will this week lift the lid on the scale of the abuse suffered by children who are taken into care to be protected from their families.”
The Guardian, 2nd March 2008
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Plan to allow road breath tests in court - Daily Telegraph
Published March 3, 2008 alcohol abuse , news , road traffic offences 0 Comments“Drink-drivers could be prosecuted on the basis of a roadside breath test for the first time as the Government considers dropping the need for motorists to face a back-up test at a police station.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2008
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Private data, public interest? - BBC News
Published March 3, 2008 data protection , internet , media , news 0 Comments“The use of material taken from personal profiles on social networks by newspapers is to be the subject of a major consultation undertaken by industry watchdog the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).”
BBC News, 29th February 2008
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