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22 hours ago
...incident at a house in the 400 block of 3rd Street East. One male was later released without charges. The Ministry of Social Services took custody of three children that were present at the home. Five dogs were handed over to the Meadow...
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11 hours ago
Fiona Phillips had a high-profile job as a presenter on GMTV and two small children when her mother – and then her father – developed Alzheimer's disease. By Emine SanerIt is only when you look back, says Fiona Phillips, that you see there were signs. Her mother, Amy, was diagnosed with early on[...]
11 hours ago
18th-century Bethlem – chains, belts, purges, bleeding and thousands of visitors gawping at the inmates. Nell Leyshon on the asylum that inspired her latest playMy new play, Bedlam, about to open at the Globe, is set in a fictionalised Bethlem, in the mid-18th century, a time when psychiatry had y[...]
11 hours ago
'I soon learned never to express hunger around them and to eat in secret, thereby developing an inextricable emotional link between what I ate and my ability to be loved'In my head I am thin. I just haven't quite got there yet. As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, t[...]
13 hours ago
We share a commitment to an economy that enables people to live decent, dignified livesThese are historic times for our country. The biggest economic crisis since the 1930s is generating new political alliances. The task for Labour is to define, shift and then occupy a new centre ground in British p[...]
18 hours ago
Three suspected sex traffickers arrested as police free 15 women in major crackdown on Belfast brothelsFifteen women have been rescued from sex traffickers in a major crackdown on brothels in Northern Ireland, it was announced today.The women, who are from EU countries, were being forced to work as [...]
18 hours ago
A retired academic from Suffolk who specialised in child care has admitted a string of child pornography charges.Former college lecturer Kevin Pettican, 64, of Saxmundham, admitted making and possessing indecent images of children.A judge at Ipswich
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18 hours ago
Three sex trafficking suspects arrested after PSNI rescues 15 women from EU countries in crackdown on 'modern-day slavery'Fifteen women have been rescued from sex traffickers in a crackdown in brothels in Northern Ireland, it was announced today.The women, who are from EU countries, were being force[...]
19 hours ago
Cambridgeshire force tried to bring German doctor Daniel Ubani back to the UK after he killed a patient on his first UK shift
Guardian Unlimited via Zibb.com News 19 hours ago
Cambridgeshire force tried to bring German doctor Daniel Ubani back to the UK after he killed a patient on his first UK shiftThe chief constable for Cambridgeshire has sharply criticised extradition rules as the Home Office prepares to announce a review of existing arrangements, including those with[...]
20 hours ago
Judge dismisses compensation case against the former LSC as ‘fatally flawed’ Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education has lost its legal bid for compensation over the capital funding fiasco. The college was seeking £3.75 million from the
Times Education Supplement via Moreover.com News 20 hours ago
Beyond the hype about ambitious women on their way to billionaire status, there are many struggling just to get byThe cover of this week's Newsweek proclaims Chinese women the "power sex", and promises to reveal the secret behind their "overwhelming ambition". Apparently Chinese women are far more s[...]
22 hours ago
The Institute for Fiscal Studies made a number of mistakes in its analysis of the coalition's plansLabour politicians seized on an Institute for Fiscal Studies report last month which described the emergency budget as "clearly regressive". Unfortunately, some of the IFS's conclusions and the reporti[...]
22 hours ago
...incident at a house in the 400 block of 3rd Street East. One male was later released without charges. The Ministry of Social Services took custody of three children that were present at the home. Five dogs were handed over to the Meadow...
Saskatchewan, CA via Zibb.com News 22 hours ago
Disabled models at Debenhams; alcohol consumption; plus, the best of the blogsFollow Society Guardian on TwitterFollow Patrick Butler on TwitterSign up to Society Daily email briefingToday's top Society storiesUK sees largest fall in alcohol consumption in 60 yearsG20 pathologist suspended for misco[...]
1 day ago
Arpaio accused of stonewalling for year Los Angeles Times DENVER — The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued a controversial and popular Arizona sheriff, alleging that his department was refusing to cooperate with an investigation into whether it
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Home Office to announce review of arrangements with US and EU after rows over McKinnon and Ubani casesThe Home Office is to announce a review of extradition arrangements, including those with the US and EU countries following high-profile rows over the way they are operating.The main impetus has bee[...]
1 day ago
...spokesman said: "I am pleased to announce Kanan has been found and is currently in police protection awaiting return to Newham social services. "Marcia Langton is currently helping police with the investigation and officers still want to trace Darren...
www.mirror.co.uk via Zibb.com News 1 day ago
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Mr. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is concerned that some women’s advocates remain ignorant of the implementation and existence of the Domestic Violence Decree 2009 which came into effect from 1 December 2009. “This
Fiji Government via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday sued an Arizona sheriff for refusing to cooperate with its investigation into allegations the sheriff discriminates against Hispanics in his program to crack down on illegal immigrants. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe
Post Chronicle via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
) Authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran are continuing to arrest and jail civil society activists while persecuting and prosecuting independent lawyers, the reported today. Human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh "With a majority of Iranian human
Payvand Iran News via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
After serving 26 years for his mother's killing, Bruce Lisker was freed last year after his conviction was overturned. The state sought this week to have him returned to prison on procedural grounds. Text Size la-me-lisker-20100903 A spokesman for
Los Angeles Times via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
COURTNEY TRENWITH The father whose question at a community forum led to outrage at a Queensland Labor MP two days before the federal election has admitted he lied. Jon Sullivan lost the seat of Longman, north of Brisbane, after holding it by 4.3 per
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1 day ago
The Justice Department says Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio failed to turn over documents it its investigation into whether his department discriminated against Latinos while pursuing illegal immigrants. Sheriff Joe Arpaio confronts protesters and
Los Angeles Times via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
Government plans to hand communities responsibility for tackling anti-social behaviour put some individuals in danger of reprisal attacks, social landlords have warned. Fifteen landlords in the north of England, which manage 170,000 homes between them,
Inside Housing via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
PHOENIX - An Arizona sheriff has been sued by the U.S. Justice Department for refusing to cooperate with a civil-rights probe into police practices and jail operations. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in
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24 weeks ago
From Pew Center on the States:For the first time in nearly 40 years, the number of state prisoners in the United States has declined, according to Prison Count 2010," a new survey by the Pew Center on the States. As of January 2010, there were 1,403,091 persons under the jurisdiction of state priso[...]
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28 weeks ago
From the NYT:
Here and in swaths of many cities, evictions from rental properties are so common that they are part of the texture of life. New research is showing that eviction is a particular burden on low-income black women, often single mothers, who have an easier time renting apartmen[...]
43 weeks ago
Well, actually, they're books reviews (but I seemed to need the alliteration today -- dreary out). All are from the most recent NYRB, and all are worth your attention (the first two, especially). The subjects:Criminal JusticeEducationClimate ChangeAnd then, as a reward, read this lovely essay on Dor[...]
