Daily News Summary
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Main Stories
`Police have let us down, says three in four Britons'
According to a survey of more than half a million adults, carried out by councils for the Department of Communities and Local Government, three quarters believed that the police have failed to get to grips with anti social behaviour and drink fuelled violence. DMail12
`You'll go to flipping jail'
MPs will face up to a year in prison or unlimited fines if they knowingly provide false or misleading information on an allowances claims, under a new parliamentary standards bill announced yesterday by Harriet Harman, leader of the House. FT2, Times2, Ind6-7, DMail4, Mirr1,4-5
`Teachers struggle with sex and aggression in children aged 7'
An Ofsted report has revealed that very young children are being excluded from primary school because of aggressive and sexual behaviour. The report says that schools receive inadequate support from local authorities or cannot afford the alternative strategies that help the children cope with school. Times9
`Serious crime agency criticised over costs'
The Serious Organised Crime Agency was criticised by MPs yesterday as it emerged that £1 was seized from gangs for every £15 in its budget. It has cost the tax payer £1.2bn while only recovering £78m. Ind12
`We have drug dealers on the ropes, says crime chief'
Sir Stephen Lander, head of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, has said that drug dealers are becoming so frustrated by seizures of cocaine that they are selling it at only 5 per cent purity. He told the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee that efforts to intercept shipments had made cocaine the most expensive it has ever been. Times11
Other Stories
`Iran envoys expelled'
Britain expelled two Iranian diplomats yesterday; a day after Iran threw out two British diplomats claiming they were spies. This marked an escalation in an ongoing diplomatic row and happened as Barack Obama issued his strongest condemnation of the events in Iran. DTel1, Ind1-2, All Papers
`Police chiefs plan cybercrime squads'
Police forces plan to set up regional `cybercrime' squads in a bid to tackle online crime, which amounts to three million offences annually. The plans being pursued by the Association of Chief Police emphasises fears that the police are being left behind in the battle over online crime. FT2, Ind2
`BNP faces threat of legal action on "whites-only" policy'
FT2, Times22, DTel8, Ind5, DMail26, All Papers
`Peace process in disorder'
Claire Dyer reveals how judges' powers are rarely used to prevent marital conflict causing damage to children. GdnSoc3
Comments
`No quick fix for probation's problems'
Anna Bawden looks at how there is no quick fix to the problems of the probation service. GdnSoc4
`Hard Times 2009'
The Independent Life1-6 examines the emotional cost of the recession.
`Excluding a child hands the problem to somebody else'
Adam Abdelnoor discuses the affects of school exclusion. Times9
`Cobra's response'
Letter in The Times27.
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