Jack Straw

Strike threat by prison officers after data is lost

Prison officers yesterday threatened strike action after it emerged that a computer disc containing the personal details of 5,000 justice staff had been lost by a government contractor. It was last seen by contractors...

Teenager withdraws rape allegation

A Bicester teenager has withdrawn the allegation that she was raped. Posted by: Mike, East Oxford on 10:06am Sun 7 Sep 08 Very sad that comments were posted, which pre-judged the miscreants; who may have been to blame....

Brown: Battening down the hatches

It was one of the big ideas of Gordon Brown's new premiership: to counter claims that he was a control freak by creating a "government of all the talents". Members of other political parties were drafted in to carry out...

Another Govt Data Disk Is Missing

Breaking News 8:01pm UK, Saturday September 06, 2008 An urgent Government inquiry is underway after it was revealed another data disk has been lost for months. Justice Secretary Jack Straw had been unaware of the missing...

Michael Shields 3-week agony

Sep 5 2008 by Marc Waddington, Liverpool Echo THE family of jailed Liverpool fan Michael Shields will have to wait three weeks to hear if he will be allowed a judicial review. His campaign team and parents had expected a...

Euro Parliament ruling means Britons could be convicted in absence

Alarming: Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve says 'allowing British nationals to be extradited to face prison in European jails is against principles of British justice' Britons tried abroad in their absence will be...

Charles Clarke: 'Labour is heading for utter destruction'

By Bob Roberts Political Editor 4/09/2008 Clarke's election wipeout warning for PM Former cabinet minister Charles Clarke yesterday warned Labour is heading for a wipeout at the next election. The ex-Home Secretary also...

First picture of 16-year-old murder victim Luke Howard

CLASSMATES of knife victim Luke Howard were being offered counselling today as it was revealed he was stabbed 12 times. A special assembly was being held at St Francis Xavier (SFX) college today for pupils returning to...

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Mayday, Mayday, Brown Hawk Down!

Here's one you may have missed over the weekend. More from Richard Littlejohn... Having leaked this Brown Hawk Down fairytale in a desperate attempt to divert attention from Alistair Darling's admission that Britain was...

We're all doomed, says Alistair (or maybe not)

Edited by Jonathan Rrussell The worst economic downturn for 60 years? You have to imagine it must have been raining quite a lot up in the Isle of Lewis when Mr Darling gave that already infamous interview. The other most...

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