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Have a safe new year

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The Christmas and New Year holiday period is historically associated with disregard of road rules and laws which subsequently lead to accidents and loss of life and damage to property. Last Christmas there was a recorded 1,785 accidents within the UK; this...

UK Supreme Court orders return of Terry Waya's property

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The Supreme Court of England and Wales reduced the confiscation order of £1.54 million pounds made against international businessman, Terry Waya, to £392,400. In 2003 Mr Waya purchased a flat in London for £775,000. He paid £310,000...

GMC introduces new whistle blowing helpline

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The GMC launched a new confidential helpline on 10 December 2012 which allows doctors to raise any concerns regarding patient safety and obtain advice on any issues they are dealing with. The helpline is launched along side a new online aid which provides...

Two men sentenced after Britain's first Land Banking Fraud convictions

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Two men have been jailed at Isleworth Crown Court on the 6th December 2012 following a £3 million land banking fraud which involved more than 300 victims and took place over a two year period. Omar Eshpari and Stefan Mitchell have been sentenced to...

Christmas is the time for casualties!

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Christmas should be a time for festive fun but for some unfortunate ones it is a time of tragedy. Over the Christmas period accident and emergency departments are at their busiest, treating more than 80,000 patients, therefore increasing the average number...

Lurking doubt

Correna Platt
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The question to consider in criminal appeals is whether the lurking doubt principle actually exists? In a recent Judgment R v Pope (2012) EWCA Crim 2241 the Court of Appeal confirmed that the so-called ‘lurking doubt principle’, previously...

Budget increase for disabled facilities grants

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This week, Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb announced an extra £40m will be added to the budget to provide Disabled Facilities Grants to help people remain independent in their own homes for longer. The Minister said: “For people with...

Wigan Council say "Twenty's Plenty"

Pauline Smith
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  My local Council, Wigan, is putting pedestrians' safety first, with a formal proposal to introduce a mandatory 20 mph limit on most of the residential roads within the Borough.  They have formally given notice within the local press and in...

Christmas crackdown on drink driving

Sean Joyce
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  Cambridgeshire Police have confirmed that they will repeat the month long crackdown on drink drivers that resulted in 1,133 arrests last December. With many Christmas and New Year parties in the coming month the number of people driving over the...

All I want for Christmas is a car in my garden!

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  When it comes to the festive period many people like putting their Christmas decorations up. I am particularly one who gets in the festive spirit with lights and decorations all over the house! Everyone on the street enters into competitions with...