Daily News Summary
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Main Stories
`Shell on Trial'
Shell will revisit one of the darkest moments of its history tomorrow, as a potentially ground breaking case opens in New York. Shell stands accused of complicity in the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a Nigerian environmentalist in 1995. This case is seen by many as a test of whether trans-national companies owned or based in the US can be held responsible for human rights abuses committed abroad. Ind1-2
`Religious orders defy leader's call to pay more into child abuse compensation scheme'
The Leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has clashed with the religious orders involved in child abuse cases over the amount they are willing to contribute to compensating victims. Eighteen congregations defied calls by Cardinal Sean Brady to be more generous. Times8
`World leaders condemn second North Korea nuclear missile test'
North Korea increased tensions in Asia yesterday with a second atomic weapons test; the test earned it condemnation from its neighbours and the US. The UN went on to call an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis. Ind19, Times1 & 6-7, FT1, Gdn1 & 6-7
`Gun criminals escaping jail terms'
According to figures which the Daily Telegraph has disclosed, three in four people caught with a gun escaped jail despite the number being apprehended doubling in four years. This is despite government pledges to crack down with custodial sentences. DTel6
`"Ladettes" blamed for rise in attacks by women'
Females are involved in a quarter of violent attacks, according to figures from the British Crime Survey. According to figures 519,000 attacks by females or groups of females happened last year, this was up from 432,800 in 2006/07. DTel9, Mirr15, DMail1 & 4
`Arrest warrant savings outlined'
Conservative opposition to the European arrest warrant would have supposedly cost the UK Tax payer more than £25m a year if they had been able to block it, the Liberal Democrats stated yesterday. The warrant slashes extradition times. FT4
`Police speeding'
Police in Greater Manchester were caught speeding 91 times last year when they were not on emergency calls with 34 being fined or given points according to information gained under a freedom of information request. Times4
Other Stories
`Graduate milk round dries up'
Almost half of British companies have admitted that they have no plans to hire any of the thousands of young adults or teenagers joining the job market in the next three months. The survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, found that one in six firms will offer jobs to 16 year olds, one in three will offer jobs to 18 year olds and 49 per cent will offer jobs to university graduates. Ind6
`Health Secretary calls for PR Referendum'
FT2, Times5
Comments
`Guantanamo Bay is millstone round the neck of the president'
Edward Luce looks into how Barack Obama's pledge over closing Guantanamo has become an error due to the fact he announced it before coming up with a new policy. FT7
`Better a burglar than an MP'
Letters in the Ind28.
`Prostitution laws'
Letter in Gdn33.
| [Previous] | [Next] |
These newspaper summaries are drawn up by staff at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. They are not intended to be comprehensive, or wholly uniform in their approach. Instead, they reflect our individual and collective perspectives on the day's coverage, including our judgements in terms of relevance to the Centre's concerns. On occasion, they also reflect the inevitable time constraints within which we work.
You can read older daily news summaries here.
This is the last daily news summary. To keep up to date with our work, please subscribe to the monthly bulletin here.