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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 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 "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