Daily News Summary
Monday, 1 June 2009
Main stories
`Grab, twist, run -children taught to tackle muggers'
According to the Times, a national standard safety initiative is teaching school children as young as seven self defence to cope with muggings, this comes as the authorities battle rising crime rates against the young. Times11
`Public emotion "must not subvert the law"'
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, who heads Britain's highest court, has said at a Qatar summit that witch hunts by the media or moves to punish people through retrospective legislation were "unacceptable". He appeared to be alluding to events surrounding Sir Fred Goodwin. Times4
`Consumer link to destruction of Amazon rainforest'
The destruction of the Amazon rainforest has for the first time been linked to patterns of beef and leather consumption in the developed world according to a Greenpeace report. FT9, Gdn1-2, 12-13
`Why justice is a death squad'
The Independent looks into the drastic action being taken by the mayor of the Philippines' second city to clean up his streets. Ind22-23
`Cop: We can't nab one in ten'
According to the Sun, the Northamptonshire police force were slammed last night for not bothering to investigate one in ten crimes because they deem them "unsolvable" All crimes are measured on a "solvability factors" with 7,000 out of 60,000 last year being dubbed unsolvable. Sun15
`MPs' expenses are `distraction from recession'
According to the Financial Times, business leaders including the director general of CBI have said that the furore over MP's expenses is proving a damaging distraction from the serious economic questions that need to be addressed by politicians. FT1
Other stories
`Swine flu pandemic is "likely" in autumn'
DTel8, Gdn7, DExp23, All Papers
`Court says mother is too stupid to look after child'
According to the Telegraph, a Nottingham mother has had her three year old daughter taken away from her, after social services deemed her too stupid to look after the child. Miss Pullen, the mother, is fighting the decision in the European Court of Human Rights. DTel11
`Families could be able to aid suicides'
Families could win the right to help their loved ones commit suicide if a group of influential Lords peers, chaired by Lord Falconer and Baroness Jay, are successful in passing an amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill. DTel11
`Elderly left at risk by NHS bidding wars to find cheapest care'
Times16
`Cops drink and drug drive crackdown'
The Association of Chief Police have said that from today police will begin a campaign to crack down on drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs with more stop checks happening. Mirr11
Comments
`How can we stop the crimes of M15?'
Letter in the Ind28.
`Many old people would get better conditions living in a zoo'
Joan Bakewell discusses the care many old people are receiving. Times16
`Sex worker safety and the poppy project'
Letter in Gdn27.
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