Daily News Summary
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Main Stories
`You Tube shows taser police giving shock treatment'
Mobile phone footage showing a man in Nottingham being hit at least twice by a 50,000 volt police taser gun and then appearing to be punched by a police officer prompted an urgent inquiry yesterday. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it was examining the two minute video, posted on You Tube. Times21, DTel11, DMail11, Sun2
`Two thirds of job cuts hit poorest'
Financial Times research has found that the burden of rising unemployment in England is falling on the most deprived areas. An analysis of those signing on for the job seeker's allowance in the first four months of 2009 showed that two-thirds of the 344,000 increase was in areas with above average levels of deprivation. FT3
`Shooting raises Iran tension'
Shooting broke out in Tehran last night as hundreds of thousands of opposition protestors defied a ban and took to the streets in the biggest demonstration since the 1979 revolution. The protestors are accusing Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad of stealing last Friday's election and have demanded a recount. FT1, 6, Times 1, 6-7, Ind1, 4-5, Gdn1-5, All Papers
`Legal loopholes "make Britain a safe haven for war criminals"'
The Aegis Trust and other anti-genocide campaigners have claimed that dozens of suspected war criminals are living in the UK with `impunity' because of legal loopholes which mean they cannot be prosecuted or deported. DTel10, DMail18
`Iraq war inquiry to be held in secret'
Gordon Brown faced criticism from opposition leaders last night, as he announced that the long awaited Iraq war inquiry was to be held in secret. Opposition leaders had demanded a full public inquiry. FT2, Times17, Ind8-9, Gdn6
Other Stories
`Internet file sharers could be prosecuted'
Under plans to be revealed in the Digital Britain report today, teenagers who share music files could be criminalised, under plans for a new Rights agency targeting internet piracy. The paper is about the future of the communications industry in Britain. DTel6
`ID cards "Kafkaesque"'
Lord Steyn, a former Law Lord will today condemn ID cards in a lecture, saying that they are unnecessary, ineffective and un-British. He will also call the scheme a step towards a `Kafkaesque' society. Times4, Gdn8, DTel8
'15,000 cops scrapped and 44,000 teachers gone'
According to the Mirror, Labour has said that Tory spending plans will mean a cut in the number of teachers and police officers. This prediction came after shadow Chancellor George Osborne said budget cuts are inevitable. Mirr6
`Migrants amnesty would aid economy by £3bn, says study'
Gdn9, DTel3
`Depression costs economy £8.6bn a year'
Ind10-11
Comments
`Our system of justice is not rotten- it is lethal'
Dominic Lawson discusses the British Justice system. Ind29
`Bullying culture at asylum centre'
Letter in the Ind32.
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