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Arthur Hutchinson was jailed in 1984 for killing three people Appeal court backs whole-life terms British courts do have the right to impose whole-life tariffs on prisoners who are jailed for life, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The court had said in 2013 that whole-life sentences breached human rights because it was not clear if there was the chance of a review of such cases. Judges have now said this is not the case with murderer Arthur Hutchinson, who challenged his whole-life sentence. The UK was considered to be in line with human rights laws, they added. 'Exceptional release' The European court had previously said there had to be the possibility…

London bus driver Dave Sherry commutes for part of his journey to work on a bike with a 120 dB lorry horn When Dave Sherry goes to work, he sits astride a bike armed with three separate cameras and a 120 dB double-trumpet lorry horn which he calls "The Pacifier". Why? "If people want to play with snakes, they have to accept they might get bitten," says Mr Sherry, one of a growing band of cyclists whose "bite" involves posting videos of poor driving on the internet. Some claim the rise of the camera-clad cyclist (and in-car camera) is a response to police resource cuts; others, including the RAC, believe it is a response to a growing number of bogus insurance claims. …