by Richard Craig
24 November 2010
Justice secretary Kenneth Clarke last week unveiled a host of changes to the law governing the cost of litigation in England and Wales, attacking ‘cases which would never have even reached the courtroom door were it not for the fact that somebody else was paying.’
The proposed changes s...
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by Richard Craig
23 November 2010
Global warming remains a pertinent issue in the world today. It becomes even more relevant in vast metropolis environments such as London, which has recently tried to kill the two birds of environmental wellbeing and rising obesity rates with one cycling scheme, er, stone.
However, as laudable as a...
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by David Osele
23 November 2010
ITV staff have got themselves into hot water for allegedly making fun of former Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik’s appearance.
Comedian Russell Kane, a member of the presenting team for ITV’s phenomenally popular I’m a Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here! in which Mr Opik is a camp-mate, h...
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by Alison Leon
18 November 2010
A Chilean woman who came to London to train as a music therapist was knocked off her bike as she cycled to perform some voluntary work for a charity.
Doris Barrera-Torrico, now 31, almost lost her right leg in December 2007 when she was pinned between two lorries at a busy junction on Holloway Road...
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by Richard Craig
11 November 2010
A new study has suggested that there may be a link between rates of crime in young offenders and brain injury.The research results, conducted by a team from Exeter University and reported by the BBC, demonstrate that a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in early life can have an effect on the propen...
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