Offenders in mental health units to have GPS
tracking
Criminals held in secure mental
health units are to be tracked with global positioning
systems to stop them absconding and reoffending, under a trial by a
London hospital trust.
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Ten-fold rise in forced marriages in just four
years
The number of forced marriages has increased more than ten-fold in
just four years, government figures have revealed.
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Gordon Brown prunes pledge of future public spending
rises
Gordon Brown started
to dilute his unconditional commitment to further increases in
public spending by saying that goal depended on achieving growth in
the future.
The prime minister said he would concentrate on making big
savings through efficiencies and asset sales and acknowledged that
the government would have to make hard choices.
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Doctors oppose legal protection for assisted suicide
relatives
Doctors today rejected calls to exempt from criminal prosecution
relatives and friends who accompany sick or terminally ill patients
to assisted suicide
clinics.
The decision by the British Medical Association to oppose any
change in the law is likely to have a significant influence on a
similar motion being introduced by Lord Falconer in a
House of Lords debate
next week.
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