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11:34 UK time, Friday, 25 May 2012
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The journalist's arrest follows information from the News Corp Management Standards Committee and relates to suspected payments to officials
Dominic Casciani Home affairs correspondent
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11:20 UK time, Friday, 25 May 2012
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Operation Elveden officers (alleged corrupt payments to public officials) have this morning arrested another journalist
14:19 UK time, Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Re today's migration figures - it's about the students, says @MigObs at Oxford http://t.co/tBpN3oSj
13:33 UK time, Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Migration to UK is above target
These latest immigration figures show what an extraordinary challenge ministers have set themselves with their net migration target for the end of the Parliament.
They have made some headway on cutting students from outside of Europe - but even if they achieve considerable long-term cuts here, there are other uncontrollable factors in the net migration equation.
12:02 UK time, Thursday, 24 May 2012
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BBC News - Migration to UK more than double government target http://t.co/zhsMlwQL
10:20 UK time, Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Net migration in year to Sept 2011 was 252,000 - that's 3k lower than in Sept 2010. The target by end of the Parliament is less than 100,000
10:16 UK time, Thursday, 24 May 2012
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New immigration stats: Little change, showing it remains very challenging for the Home Office to hit net migration target.
09:45 UK time, Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Re-offending rates reach record level - more repeat serious offenders than ever before says Ministry of Justice http://t.co/aeojMJbl
10:37 UK time, Wednesday, 23 May 2012
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The troubled descendants http://t.co/cuJafZbp - Fascinating interviews with the children of Nazi war criminals who struggle with the past
18:57 UK time, Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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UK can decide on inmates' votes
It is seven years since John Hirst won his Strasbourg case and the government finally has an absolute deadline.
The UK had argued in this Italian case that the judges had got it wrong in Hirst - but the court has instead reaffirmed that the UK's blanket ban on all convicted prisoners voting, regardless of the crime or sentence, is untenable.
16:12 UK time, Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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"There is room for [limitations on voting] and States must be afforded a margin of appreciation in this sphere".
16:09 UK time, Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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ECtHR says Parliament MUST find a way to balance competing interests AND avoid "general, automatic and indiscriminate" ban.
16:06 UK time, Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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Prisoners' votes judgement - basically it reaffirms that the UK must get rid of the total ban - but it's now up to the UK to work out how.
15:25 UK time, Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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European Court tells UK Govt to legislate over votes for prisoners but concedes UK has wide discretion over exactly what to do #complicated
14:56 UK time, Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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PCSOs "could have access to different elements of the [dispersal] power at the discretion of the chief constable".
14:54 UK time, Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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The dispersal direction would need to be in writing, naming the person and making clear where they are being banned from.
14:52 UK time, Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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A Pc will be able to ban anyone from an area for 48hrs if they suspect the "person's behaviour is contributing (or is likely to) ASB ..."
14:51 UK time, Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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The proposed police dispersal powers are v interesting. No longer any need to designate an area as per current ASB powers.
14:42 UK time, Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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Criminal Behaviour Orders - imposed after conviction: The court "may consider" evidence that would be inadmissable in crim proceedings.
About Dominic
Dominic began his career in local newspapers after studying languages at university.
Since joining the BBC in 1998 he has focused on stories relating to law, order, society and belonging - including immigration, ethnicity, the rule of law and terrorism.
He has spent most of his BBC career working online and was one of the pioneers of live online reporting for the BBC, filing stories from the field in the days when mobile phones looked like bricks and we had no idea when the data would reach the news editor.
He is married with two children. His unspellable surname is Italian.
When not undertaking family or work duties, you'll find him cycling up and down hills dreaming of Tour de France greatness.
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