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POLICE ARE investigating allegations of brutality by staff at two more prisons as the head of the prison service warns officers that he will not tolerate the abuse of prisoners. The new police inquiries follow a year-long criminal investigation into allegations of beatings and racism at Wormwood Scrubs in London.
Accusations have already been made against [...]

Even among junior circuit judges the average age has actually gone up slightly from 59 to 60. Labour Research said that one of Labour’s election pledges was to modernise the judiciary to equip it to deal with its role in the next century. The authors said this was particularly important in view of the new [...]

If it had been “crazy” then, why did it make sense now?And then, one after another, Labour MPs stood up to express their indignation.Even the most dependable MPs, the failsafe back-up systems for the Labour majority, began to splutter alarmingly. She stared out into the enfolding gloom, desperately seeking some friendly light by which she [...]

The Martinsell chair and sofa by furniture designer Rachel Hutchinson are made of white ripple sycamore clad in Dalsouple red rubber, and El Ultimo Grito’s simple “mind the gap” coffee table features a sheet rubber top with a loop in the centre for magazine storage. Having won a Blueprint 100% Design award last year, it [...]

“Sometimes he finds it hard to say why the idea is good, it just defies description” said a former colleague at BBH. “Then he’s likely to say, `This is right and that’s the way it is’ You can’t argue with him Who knows why he is good at it, but he is And he tends [...]

He was a one-man moral revolution – although the right-wing American pedagogue Allan Bloom may have been over-egging the pudding when he singled out Jagger as being personally responsible for the decline of Western cultural values, an accolade that Jagger would surely cherish, if only for its absurdity.He sashayed out of the Ad Lib and [...]

In “any other vegetable”, the pumpkin came fourth out of eight – and the seakale beet won the top prize. Little has been written on the Crown Prince, but the 1994 edition of The Vegetable Finder says it should, when ripe, be steel-blue, which it was, and the flesh should be bright orange. So had [...]

Growth will be dependent on trading conditions, the company said, so don’t expect these kind of results in perpetuity.. Sales were up 16 per cent at pounds 195m.The growth has been achieved by the disposal of peripheral business to concentrate on the manufacture of industrial process equipment such as temperature controllers.Mr Hultman has been rationalising [...]

Many councils provide an information pack to prospective landlords, while a free leaflet, entitled Letting Rooms in Your House, can also be obtained from the Department of the Environment.There are several pitfalls that home owners need to avoid, and it can be sensible to enter into a formal agreement with a tenant. To be placed [...]

The total figure, including domestic supporters, will more than double this.But the cultural festival serves another purpose. Mr McNichol adds: “It also overcomes the potential negative effects of those who are turned off by football. By getting the sponsors’ grassroots recognition away from the football ground it broadens their appeal through association with the arts, [...]