Woman who falsely accused her father of rape reveals ‘doctors hijacked my mind’
It would be several tortured months before it finally emerged that
these unfolding memories were pure fantasy – the drug-induced ramblings
of a woman pushed to the brink of sanity by a controversial form of
psychotherapy known as recovered memory syndrome.
Source: Daily Mail (online), October 26, 2007
The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues
This Report considers whether current police powers in the UK to take
and retain bioinformation are justified by the need to fight crime.
Source: Nuffield Council on Bioethics, October 18, 2007
UK 2017: under surveillance
It is a chilling, dystopian account of what Britain will look like 10
years from now: a world in which Fortress Britain uses fleets of tiny
spy-planes to watch its citizens, of Minority Report-style pre-emptive
justice, of an underclass trapped in sink-estate ghettos under constant
state surveillance, of worker drones forced to take on the lifestyle and
values of the mega-corporation they work for, and of the super-rich
hiding out in gated communities constantly monitored by cameras and
private security guards.
Source: Sunday Herald (online), October 8, 2007
Now police are told they can use Taser guns on children
Police have been given the go-ahead to use Taser stun guns against
children. The relaxing of restrictions on the use of the weapons comes
despite warnings that they could trigger a heart attack in youngsters.
Source: The Daily Mail (online), September 2, 2007
Police on terror alert over theft of top secret records on computer database
Worried police chiefs throughout the UK launched a massive inquiry
into the removal of the sophisticated computer and other IT equipment
from a private firm specialising in gathering evidence from mobile phone
calls made by suspects.
Source: This Is London, August 11, 2007
Teenager loses High Court battle against school ban on chastity ring
Lydia Playfoot’s pastor father faces a £20,000 legal bill after a
judge rejected her claim for equal rights with Muslim pupils allowed to
wear headscarves.
Source: Daily Mail, July 16, 2007
The new TV detector which can reach into any home
The hand-held detector linked to a set of headphones beeps if an operating TV is inside a radius of 29ft.
It means licensing officers can now target places previously
inaccessible by cumbersome vans, such as homes in very remote areas and
individual flats in blocks.
Source: The Mail (online), July 14, 2007
Match drops smoker with fine
The salesman, 47, flicked it out of his car window after lighting a
fag on his way to recycle grass cuttings at the tip, reports The Sun.
Source: Ananova (online), June 2007
Girl goes to court over her ‘silver ring thing’
She claims that her secondary school is breaching her human rights by
preventing her from wearing the ring, while allowing Muslim and Sikh
students to wear headscarfs and religious bangles.
Source: Times Online, June 22, 2007
Smokers told to quit or surgery will be refused
Smokers are to be denied operations on the Health Service unless they give up cigarettes for at least four weeks beforehand.
Source: Daily Mail (online), June 4, 2007
Big Brother microphones could be next step
Hidden mini-cameras and microphones that can eavesdrop on
conversations in the street are the next step in the march towards a
"Big Brother" society, MPs were warned yesterday.
Source: Telegraph, May 2, 2007
Britain becoming a Big Brother society, says data watchdog
Britain is in danger of "committing slow social suicide" as such Big
Brother techniques as surveillance cameras and recording equipment
spread into every aspect of our lives, the nation’s information watchdog
will warn this week….
It is understood that one of the concerns in Mr Thomas’s report is
the use of special listening devices which can be placed in lamp posts,
street furniture and offices. These are already widely used in the
Netherlands to combat crime and anti-social behaviour.
Source: The Independent, April 29, 2007
Muslims in UK tracked with cameras
Britain’s national security service MI5 is testing surveillance
cameras in enclaves of London and other Muslim-dominated area of Britain
where terrorists are known to operate, reports Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
Source: WorldNetDaily, April 21, 2007
Schoolchildren to be fingerprinted in Big Brother-style shake-up
A million children’s fingerprints are believed to have been taken
already, some without parental approval and even by ‘con tricks’ such as
pretend spy games.
Source: ThisIsLondon, April 9, 2007
Secret paper reveals Labour’s lies over ID cards
The Government faces damaging claims of misleading voters over ID
cards after documents revealed it always planned to make the
controversial scheme compulsory.
Source: Daily Mail (online), April 7, 2007
Neglectful dog owners could face prosection
The Act says a person responsible for an animal must provide it with a
suitable diet, intake of water, environment and housing and ensure it
can behave normally and is without pain or disease.
Source: The Telegraph (online), April 5, 2007
George Orwell, Big Brother is watching your house
According to the latest studies, Britain has a staggering 4.2million
CCTV cameras – one for every 14 people in the country – and 20 per cent
of cameras globally. It has been calculated that each person is caught
on camera an average of 300 times daily.
Source: ThisIsLondon, March 31, 2007
Firefighter investigated for rescue
A firefighter is at the centre of an investigation after wading into a river to rescue a woman.
Tam Brown of Tayside Fire Brigade was sent ‘thank you’ cards by the
20-year-old woman and her family after the incident in the River Tay in
Perth on March 6.
But the 42-year-old’s actions breach fire service rules which don’t
allow firefighters to enter the water to rescue drowning victims.
Source: Breitbart, March 24, 2007
Don’t want national ID? Surrender your passport
British citizens who refuse to provide personal details for the
planned "voluntary" national identification card have been told they
will be denied passports and be unable to leave the UK.
Source: WorldNetDaily, March 10, 2007
Children of 11 to be fingerprinted
CHILDREN aged 11 to 16 are to have their fingerprints taken and
stored on a secret database, internal Whitehall documents reveal.
Source: Times Online, March 4, 2007
Judiciary won’t allow Christian beliefs
A magistrate judge in Sheffield, England, has been told he cannot serve
on the local court’s Family Panel, even though he’s been recognized as
having "an unblemished record and is well regarded by fellow
magistrates" because he is a Christian.
Source:
WorldNetDaily, March 3, 2007
Law change ‘may bring designer babies’
Britain could become the first country to sanction the genetic
alteration of human embryos, a step that a pressure group claims could
pave the way to designer babies.
Source: The Telegraph (online), February 24, 2007
Gay men seek ‘female cancer’ jab
Gardasil has been causing controversy since it was launched in the UK
late last year, mainly because it is designed to be given to children
before they become sexually active and can catch HPV.
The government is considering whether all girls, and possibly boys,
aged 11 or 12 should get it routinely in schools, ultimately to cut
cervical cancer rates.
Source: BBC News (online), February 23, 2007
Speed cameras could trap drivers on the phone
Speed camera and CCTV evidence can be used to prosecute drivers
talking on mobile phones while at the wheel, police said yesterday.
Source: Daily Mail (online), February 23, 2007
ID the shoe, finger the culprit?
Forensic scientists unveiled the Footwear Intelligence Technology, a
database of thousands of shoes, footprints, and other footwear patterns
designed to help police quickly identify marks left at crime scenes and
link them to other crimes and suspects.
Source: Christian Science Monitor (online), February 16, 2007
Now a school bans 13-year-old from wearing crucifix
But her furious family yesterday pointed out the school – Robert
Napier in Gillingham, Kent – allows Muslim pupils to wear headscarves
and Sikh students to come to lessons with turbans and bangles.
Samantha even claims staff routinely fail to crack down on youngsters
wearing non-religious jewellery, including large necklaces and
earrings.
Source: This Is London, January 12, 2007
Homophobia spies in the classroom
Schools that fail to show enthusiasm in rooting out prejudice against
homosexuals should be reported to the police by pupils and parents, a
Home Office report recommended yesterday.
Source: This is London, December 28, 2006
Row over ethnic minority only swimming sessions for women and children
But furious pool-users say they amount to racial segregation and
claim they are being prevented from using the pool – simply because they
may be white.
Source: This is London, December 28, 2006
George Orwell Was Right: Spy Cameras See Britons’ Every Move
Almost 70 years after George Orwell created the all-seeing dictator
Big Brother in the novel “1984,” Britons are being watched as never
before. About 4.2 million spy cameras film each citizen 300 times a day,
and police have built the world’s largest DNA database. Prime Minister
Tony Blair said all Britons should carry biometric identification cards
to help fight the war on terror.
Bloomberg, December 22, 2006
Treatment may be forced on cancer girl
An eight-year-old cancer sufferer who does not want to continue
painful radiotherapy could be forced to have the treatment, her parents
said yesterday.
Source: The Telegraph (online), December 21, 2006
Ireland High Court Rules Against Gay ‘Marriage’ Citing Harm to Children
The Ireland High Court yesterday rejected a lesbian couple’s demand
to have their Canadian "marriage" recognized in Ireland, in a landmark
ruling closely watched by both sides of the international marriage
debate.
Source: Life Site, December 15, 2006
Childhood ‘dying in spend, spend Britain’
The average 10-year-old had "internalised 300 to 400 brands – perhaps
20 times the number of birds in the wild that they could name" and
British children are among the most materialistic in the world, ahead of
even the Americans, it said.
Source: The Telegraph, December 12, 2006
DNA ‘should be taken from babies’
DNA samples should be taken from babies and stored on a database to
help in the fight against crime, a senior police officer said yesterday.
Source: The Telegraph (online), December 12, 2006
It’s official: global warming is guff
"We do encourage farmers to look at this research and consider acting
on it. There is no regulation [saying] they will have to change fodder,
although that
may be something we will have to look into in the future."
Source: News.scottsman.com, December 10, 2006
US bugged Diana’s phone on night of death crash
The American secret service was bugging Princess Diana’s telephone
conversations without the approval of the British security services on
the night she died, according to the most comprehensive report on her
death, to be published this week.
Source: Guardian Unlimited (online), December 10, 2006
Fatherless babies in fertility revolution
A child’s need for a father will no longer be a consideration when a
woman seeks fertility treatment, ministers will say this week.
Source: Telegraph (online), December 10, 2006
You can swim, but you have to wear Muslim dress
A council has sparked a row after it shut a swimming pool to hold Muslim-only sessions on a Sunday afternoon.
Source: Daily Mail (online), December 9, 2006
Bah Humbug! Now PC brigade target Christmas office party
Office Christmas parties face the axe after the Government’s
industrial relations watchdog warned bosses they face being sued for a
raft of quot;politically correct" misdemeanours.
Source: ThisIsLondon, November 28, 2006
Word on the street … they’re listening
Police and councils are considering monitoring conversations in the
street using high-powered microphones attached to CCTV cameras….The
microphones can detect conversations 100 yards away and record
aggressive exchanges before they become violent.
Source: Times Online, November 26, 2006
EU change to wills law would overturn British tradition
The European Parliament has called for a common approach to the law
on bequests and succession that would bring countries such as Britain
more closely into line with those such as France where most of a
deceased person’s estate must be left to close relations.
Source: The Telegraph (online), November 26, 2006
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