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These are the stories making headlines all over the world. So much information reaches us each day it is difficult to sift out what is and is not important.

The press are sometimes guilty of perverting the course of justice. Once they target a person, it does not matter if they are innocent or guilty, the chances are they are going down. Of course, many of the reporters and editors know that - but they don't care - the law may say it is wrong, but it sells newspapers. There are no sales if a bloke is innocent. The trick is to drum up public sympathy for the person making the claim. Next, make sure a jury see it, so publish mid-trial for maximum effect. Lastly, leave out any information that might make the public realise that a bloke is being set up.

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	EDUCATION - LAW REFORM Increasingly girls invent stories, to Blackmail, to hurt someone they loved, or to attract attention. Almost all such allegations attract media hype which destroys the lives of those accused, regardless of innocence and harms the right to a fair trial. Law reforms to protect Teachers and the public against false allegations. Too many lives are being ruined by publication and wrongful conviction, as the number of appeal cases reveal. Lord Goldsmith QC is reviewing the law.
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Bringing down the cost of housing for first time buyers, will also relieve a number of social problems, such a debt, where house prices and mortgages are simply too expensive for those on the first rung of the ladder......

The cost of building a house has never been cheaper, yet artificial property values are kept high by town planners and an insensitive government to favour landowners and landlords.

News A to Z directory, please click on the links below to find your favourite news or to contact the media to tell your story and remember these golden rules:

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There was a time when you had the time to enjoy the simple pleasures in life. Now we rarely speak to our partners and have to schedule time to touch base on the important issues. No wonder the divorce rate is rising and no wonder our values are changing to reflect the disposable society we are creating.

Instead of helping our neighbours, some of them we fear, simply because we don't understand their culture and they ours. Whereas, the world is shrinking due to globalisation and free information exchange, much of which is achieved via the internet.

If you've ever fancied building yourself a dream house, or doing a conversion, and your council (or neighbours) start to give you a hard time, then this site may be useful to you. We reveal many of the tricks council officers get up to when enforcing as a result of neighbour complaints and the Old Boys Act. We also reveals the inner workings of council chambers and committee rooms (see evidence transcripts) and how distorted or misreported facts can cause serious injustice.

My life's in ruins, says teacher cleared of having hotel sex romps with 17-year-old pupil - 4th October 2007

Cleared: Teacher Andrew Riley outside court yesterday

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