Daily News Summary
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
Main Stories
`Lords say 42 day law will put fair trials at risk'
The 42 day counter terror legislation is under criticism. Again. Gdn4, Times14. MPs not equipped to decide on 42 day suspects, say peers', DTel10 and others
`Go easier on inmates, prison told (and try using their first names)'
The DMail14 is outraged by suggestions made by the Chief Inspector of Prisons that people in prison should be called by their first names and given dinner at a later time to stop them getting too hungry. A Prison Officer Association spokesman said `I don't think we can keep control of prisoners by calling them by their first name'. It is reported that prison officers are `angry' at how `soft' Bullingdon prison has become.
`I will send violent drinkers to jail, says judge'
`One of the country's most experienced judges said he has adopted a "zero tolerance" approach to alcohol fuelled crime, warning offenders they could be jailed after a single offence'. DTel2, DMail30
`Unions criticise scope of gangmaster regime'
`Union leaders criticised the government yesterday for failing to extend its regime for gangmasters to sectors such as construction, hospitality and care'. FT2
`Pensioner who strangled wife is sentenced to one year pub ban'
A 74 year old man with dementia who strangled his wife was told by a judge that he would normally have been jailed for `many years' but due to his dementia and the advice of medical experts, the prison system would be unable to cope with him. The judge has imposed a year long `restriction of liberty' where the man is banned from leaving his house between 11am and 11pm every day, meaning that he won't be able to visit his local pub where some of his wife's family visit. Ind4, Gdn7. `Wife killer gets pub ban instead of jail'. Mirror16
Bad dads blamed on lads' mags
Tory schools spokesman Michael Gove says that lads' mags promote `selfish irresponsibility' and says he will be asking `tough questions' of those who run magazines such as Nuts and Zoo. He says the titles paint a picture of women `as permanently, lasciviously, uncomplicatedly available' and that the images they use `reinforce a very narrow conception of beauty and a shallow approach towards women'. Ind12. The Ind26 editorial says `the Tories are positioning themselves with ominous shrewdness'.
`Bad parenting blamed for aggressive girls'
DTel4 reports on a study that has been published by the University of Alabama.
Thousands of couples lose wedding gifts
Wrapit, an internet wedding list company has called in administrators, leaving 2,000 couples without their wedding gifts. Gdn6, Times5
The credit crisis: how it all began
Double page spread in the Gdn22 on events since last August. Meanwhile, the DTel1 reports on one of the City's top hedge fund managers' who has allegedly made £28m out of the credit crisis.
`Highway robbers'
`Revenue from speeding tickets has almost quadrupled to £200 a minute since Labour came to power', reports the DMail1 and others.
Columns, editorials, letters
`Prison building won't solve jail crisis'
A series of letters from Prof Phil Scraton, Dr Don Crewe and Jon Collins on recent comments from prisons minister, David Hanson. Gdn29
Broken windows
James Harkin, reflecting on the Tories' summer reading of a book called `Nudge', criticises the notion human behaviour can be `nudged' in a more positive direction by approaches based on `broken windows theory'. Gdn26
`Greed has brought us here, fairness must lead us out'
`Anger over the wealth gap is huge. Tories talk poverty but won't touch the rich', says Polly Toynbee. Gdn27
`Breakdown of families makes kids more violent'
Says teacher Jean Roberts in the Sun8, as she `offers a shocking insight into life in today's classrooms'.
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