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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11821203 A county council that faxed details of a child sex abuse case to a member of the public is to be fined £100,000 for breaching the Data Protection Act. Hertfordshire County Council is one of two bodies fined by the Information Commissioner - both have apologised. Sheffield-based A4e was fined £60,000 for losing an unencrypted laptop with the details of thousands of people. The commissioner said the fines - the first he has issued - would "send a strong message" to those handling data. Commissioner Christopher Graham was granted the authority to serve financial penalties for data protection breaches in April of this year. Hertfo…

So the bloody Russians have beaten us despite the efforts of the Prime Minister, the Player and the Prince. But at least it's one less job for the public order teams en Angleterre. Your reaction?

http://www.bbc.co.uk...11826896:angry: when i read storys like this it make me angry and sick, people still rob the old

A 15-year-old girl has been arrested in the West Midlands on suspicion of inciting religious hatred after allegedly burning an English-language version of the Qur'an – and then posting video footage of the act on Facebook. The teenager, from Sandwell, in the Birmingham area, was filmed on her school premises burning the book. Police have confirmed the incident was reported to the school and the video has since been removed from the social networking site. A 14-year-old boy was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of making threats on Facebook. Both teenagers have been released on police bail. The incident comes just two and a half months after six people were arrested af…

TELEVISION John Lewis has agreed to change its Christmas TV ad after complaints that it "glamorises" neglect of dogs. A boy is shown hanging up a stocking on a kennel, then leaving his deerhound out in the wind and snow. It prompted a Stop The John Lewis Christmas Advert campaign on Facebook, set up by Julie Hill, from the Stretton Hills, Shrops, which 1,400 people joined. Ms Hill said: "It sends outs a dangerous message. For most dogs, being left in the cold would be dangerous." The dog was not mistreated during filming and last night the chain said it would use a different ending. It said: "We are aware a small number of people don't like the final scene." ___…

http://www.bbc.co.uk...rshire-11853831 Drivers disregarding the weight limit were causing the structure to weaken,

http://www.portsmout...ible.6641619.jp THIRTY years old, one careful owner and weighs thousands of tonnes - a former navy warship has been put up for sale on an ebay-style auction website.Former aircraft carrier HMS Invincible is on the open market as the Ministry of Defence attempts to sell the decommissioned ship. Listed as 'In Stock', her most likely buyer is a breakers' yard. Her engines have been removed and her generators and pumps are advertised as 'generally unserviceable or not working'. No bids have been received so far, the MoD said. The asking price is undisclosed. But experts estimate Invincible's 10,000 tonnes of mild steel is worth more than £2m as …

The United Nations has removed a plea for lesbians, gays and bisexuals not to be executed in a narrow vote. For the last 10 years sexual orientation has been included in a list of discriminatory grounds for executions – gay rights activists say the vote to remove that listing is “dangerous and disturbing.†The UN resolution urges countries to protect the right to life of all people, calling on them to investigate killings based on discriminatory grounds. Sexual orientation was previously listed as one of these forms of discrimination, alongside ethnicity, religious belief and linguistic minorities. Others protected by the resolution were human rights defenders (li…

http://www.bbc.co.uk...hester-11854008 knowing people that are very disabled in my opinion it is wrong to stop the blue badge parking.

A Bristol councillor has been suspended from the Conservative party after complaining that the openly gay actor Sir Ian McKellen was visiting local schools. Councillor Chris Windows said he was "unhappy and disturbed" that Sir Ian McKellen was talking to schoolchildren about homophobic bullying, on behalf of gay rights group Stonewall. "I'm unhappy and a little disturbed at the involvement of Stonewall with our local schools and particularly the use of a certain leading actor as a potential role model for our impressionable young people," said Mr Windows at a Bristol City Council meeting last week. Mr Windows denied he was homophobic, adding ""I just like t…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11826295 Some 800 more people a year could be killed or seriously injured on the UK's roads if all speed cameras were scrapped, a report has suggested. Professor Richard Allsop said cameras had offered continuing road safety benefits since they were introduced. Several councils have decided to scrap their speed camera programmes after the government cut road safety grants. The RAC Foundation, which commissioned the report, said the study suggested such moves would be a "big mistake". The report by Prof Allsop, who is emeritus professor of transport studies at University College London, also found that speed cameras were not a significant …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYykxMupiT0 Report on a guy that decided he didn't want to be groped by airport security in the US. And his own blog of the incident. http://johnnyedge.blogspot.com/2010/11/these-events-took-place-roughly-between.html

Coroner rules 7 July evidence 'must be heard in public' Fifty-two people died in suicide attacks on three London Underground trains and a bus 7 JULY INQUEST Home Secretary Theresa May has lost a legal bid to force the 7 July inquests to hear top-secret evidence behind closed doors. Earlier this month, coroner Lady Justice Hallett rejected pleas to exclude victims' relatives from hearings relating to MI5's knowledge of the bombers before the attacks. Two Appeal Court judges sitting in the High Court have now upheld that ruling. The government said it would "consider the judgement carefully". Fifty-two people died in suicide attacks on three London Un…

Well, it seems that Boris has selected the design for the new fleet of London buses due to be rolled out in 2012 as a next generation Routemaster. Although it is sad that the Routemasters have been gradually phased out, I am not sure that its a good idea to be spending tax payer's money on a new fleet of buses, and then scrapping a perfectly good fleet of "bendy" buses which has only just been introduced (and at quite a cost)! I can see the advantages of the open platform (less time spent waiting at the bus stop waiting for people to get on), and bringing back an icon of London, but surely in this day and age of elf 'n' safety, an open back bus is ludicrous. I mean how …