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UK-News« Previous EntriesUK activist faces 12 year sentence after RNC protestsWednesday, September 10th, 2008Indymedia | Dave Mahoney was cycling to the grocery store with his girlfriend in Minneapolis on September 4th 2008, when an un-marked van pulled up, and two men wearing FBI shirts inexplicably bundled him into the back, and drove off. Dave was part of the protesters assembled at the Republican National Convention in the City that week, and was there to peacefully remind America and the rest of the ... tagged UK-NewsID scheme plans 50,000 cards by AprilTuesday, September 9th, 2008The National Identity Scheme will produce just 50,000 cards in its first few months – and has yet to define the role or budget of its commissioner. In response to a parliamentary written question from Liberal Democrat shadow home secretary Chris Huhne, home secretary Jacqui Smith said that about 50,000 identity cards will be issued between the scheme's launch for foreign nationals between November and April 2009. "Volumes will rise rapidly ... tagged ID-Cards and UK-NewsLiquid bomb plot: three guilty of murder conspiracyTuesday, September 9th, 2008By Vikram Dodd | Three men were yesterday convicted of conspiring to commit mass murder through suicide bomb explosions, but a jury failed to reach a verdict on the allegation they were part of the biggest terrorist plot since the September 11 attacks. The Crown had alleged that eight Britons planned to blow up at least seven airliners heading to North America with 1,500 people aboard, ... tagged UK-NewsAlistair Darling and the implosion of the Labour governmentSaturday, September 6th, 2008By Chris Marsden | The August 30 Guardian interview with Britain’s Chancellor Alistair Darling was extraordinary in many respects. In the first place there can be few occasions that so dramatically reveal the sense of profound crisis within ruling circles in Britain. Darling admitted to Decca Aitkenhead that the economic times we are facing “are arguably the worst they’ve been in 60 years... And I think it’s going to be ... tagged UK-NewsRevealed: Brown’s £1bn power windfallSaturday, September 6th, 2008By Juliette Jowit | Rising energy prices are on course to net the government a windfall of over £1bn thanks to a little-known scheme designed to promote the development of renewable energy. The disclosure of the substantial sums made through the scheme comes as Gordon Brown has been piling pressure on power companies to plough some of the profits they have made through increased prices into helping cash-strapped ... tagged UK-NewsLib Dems would scrap ID Cards to fund radical police reformsFriday, September 5th, 2008The Liberal Democrats yesterday accused both Labour and the Conservatives of ducking the hard decisions on police reform in favour of a sentencing arms race, as they launched their proposals for fundamental reform of the way the police are run. The ideas, outlined in the paper Cutting Crime: Catching Criminals With Better Policing, highlight the urgent need to move the criminal justice debate away from what sounds tough to what actually ... tagged ID-Cards and UK-NewsRFID leakage is hushed up - claimFriday, September 5th, 2008MOST RFID products – like passports and Oyster cards – leak data like sieves says Brit firm, Peratech. By Tony Dennis | The scandal broke back in August but those affected – like government agencies and credit card companies – are trying to hush the problem up rather than fix it claims Peratech's Taysom. The worst offenders are the latest generation of 'biometric' passports, he says. These very easily leak information ... tagged UK-NewsCabinet Office ordered to release secret memos on Iraq dossierThursday, September 4th, 2008Secret emails and memos showing how the Iraq war dossier was "sexed-up" must be released by the Cabinet Office, The Independent has learnt. By James Macintyre | Richard Thomas, the information commissioner, has told civil servants to release undisclosed material which could provide "evidence that the dossier was deliberately manipulated in order to present an exaggerated case for military action". After repeated freedom of information requests, Mr Thomas says in a ... tagged UK-News“Labour making our job harder” - police chiefThursday, September 4th, 2008By Vikram Dodd | One of Britain's most senior police officers has claimed government policies have damaged public and police confidence in the criminal justice system. Mike Fuller, chief constable of Kent, told the Guardian he believes dangerous criminals are avoiding jail or being released early because of a lack of places in the country's prisons.He claims the crisis was entirely foreseeable: five years ago, ministers ... tagged UK-NewsLSD, Ecstasy Tested on Terminally Ill PatientsThursday, September 4th, 2008Researchers are exploring the use of hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and ecstasy as a form of “psychedelic psychotherapy” for terminally ill patients, London’s Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday. A clinical trial involving LSD began in Switzerland, in June. Eight patients were given 200 micrograms of LSD and four patients were given 20 micrograms. They will be assessed for anxiety levels, quality of life and pain levels. Scientists are also looking into the possibility ... tagged Drugs, Health-News and UK-NewsBlair bodyguard left gun in cafeThursday, September 4th, 2008A police firearms officer left a gun in a coffee shop where it was discovered by a member of the public. The pistol was reportedly left in the toilets of a central London branch of Starbucks by a police bodyguard who was once Tony Blair's close protection officer. A report claims the gun, a semi-automatic Glock 17, was left on the floor of the cafe's only toilet for 20 minutes. It belonged to ... tagged UK-NewsNew Labour banging war drums - againWednesday, September 3rd, 2008Socialist Worker | The new Labour government is leading the West’s war of words against Russia in its dispute with Georgia. Foreign secretary David Miliband went to the Ukraine last month to drum up an “anti-Russian coalition” and enthuse about extending Nato eastwards. But Western powers are too overstretched in Iraq and Afghanistan to intervene militarily against an opponent such as Russia. They fear future Russian intervention into Ukraine or Azerbaijan, but ... tagged UK-NewsUK airport tests facial-recognition technologyTuesday, September 2nd, 2008Manchester Airport is testing facial-recognition technology as part of the UK £1.2bn e-Borders scheme to tighten controls. The facial-recognition system, provided by Fujitsu Services in partnership with Vision-Box, works by scanning passengers' faces and uses automatic gates in an attempt to both tighten border security and speed up immigration processing times. New facial recognition gates will use scanning equipment to compare the faces of UK and EU passengers to their biometric passports. ... tagged UK-NewsID cards for foreigners from 25 NovemberTuesday, September 2nd, 2008The UK Border Agency has given a start date to compulsory identity cards, for foreign nationals applying to stay in the country as students or through marriage From 25 November, applicants from outside the European Economic Area in these two categories will have to travel to one of six centres to enrol in the National Identity Scheme, which will include having their fingerprints and a photograph taken.... tagged ID-Cards and UK-NewsLabour proposes huge increase in state surveillanceSunday, August 31st, 2008World Socialist Website | In a further escalation of the attack on democratic rights, the Labour government is proposing a huge increase in state surveillance. It is implementing new measures under the pretext of the “war on terror” to intrude ever deeper into the private lives of people who are viewed as potential criminals rather than citizens. As things stand, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) introduced ... tagged UK-News« Previous Entries |
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