News round up: Migrant crime wave a myth, Acpo study finds

Migrant crime wave a myth – police study
A wide-ranging police study has concluded that the surge in immigrants from eastern Europe to Britain has not fuelled a rise in crime, the Guardian has learned.
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Psychiatric hospital closes its doors
Despite an ongoing consultation on its future, the Henderson hospital in Surrey, a specialist psychiatric unit for people with personality disorders, is to close.
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Tribunal victory for depressed worker
A woman with clinical depression has won her unfair dismissal claim in a tribunal judgment that mental health campaigners hope will act as a reminder to employers of their obligations to staff with mental health problems.
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Individual budgets could weaken the NHS
Members of the disabled people’s movement who pioneered direct payments offered two big warnings about them.
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Where’s the relief for credit crisis victims?
From cities to suburbs, the endless streets of boarded-up homes, repossessed by lenders and seemingly abandoned, provide the most graphic evidence of America’s growing housing crisis, induced by the collapse of the iniquitous, unregulated, sub-prime mortgage market.
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Little things mean a lot
‘Charters’ between local communities and councils are restoring pride and improving services
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Dreams set in concrete
Forty years ago, work began on the construction of Thamesmead, ‘a 21st century town’. But has it lived up to its promise, and what does its future hold?
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12 held over Rhys Jones’s murder
The name of the “prime suspect” was splashed in graffiti on the walls of derelict buildings, posted on YouTube and came up whenever people gathered for a chat in Croxteth, east Liverpool.
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Justice Secretary Jack Straw loses right to block release for prisoners
The Justice Secretary lost his last power to block the release of dangerous prisoners from jail yesterday when the Court of Appeal ruled that it was a breach of human rights.
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Teenage torment
Shouting and swearing by teenage children accounts for 60 per cent of calls by parents to the helpline Parentline Plus.
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‘Betrayed’ Iraqi staff in test case over UK’s refusal to offer asylum
Iraqi interpreters, clerical staff and labourers who face death threats and persecution after risking their lives working for British forces are challenging the Government’s refusal to grant them sanctuary in the UK.
Read more on this story in The Independent today

Pope Benedict XVI vows to keep paedophiles out of priesthood
The Pope last night vowed to keep paedophiles out of the priesthood.He began his first trip to the USA as pontiff by saying he was “deeply ashamed” of the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church there.
Read more on this story in The Mirror today