March 2020

Criminal cases review commission finding paves way for fresh appealA miscarriage of justice may have occurred in the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi for the Lockerbie bombing, the Scottish criminal cases review commission has found, paving the way for a fresh appeal.More follows soon … Continue reading… Via: Lockerbie bomber conviction Read more

Chancellor triples investment in transport and infrastructure spending, freezes fuel and alcohol duties, and removes VAT on digital publicationsKey points from budget 2020 – at a glanceCoronavirus – latest updatesHealth minister Nadine Dorries diagnosed with coronavirusBank of England announces emergency rate cut 1.59pm GMT Jeremy Corbyn has just been delivering Read more

Copenhagen and other cities are planning mass housing evictions in a ‘social experiment’ to encourage integrationFrom the outside, Copenhagen’s Mjølnerparken housing estate is pretty unremarkable. Located just beyond the Danish capital’s hip Victorian tenement belt, this sturdy-looking complex of squat red-brick 1980s blocks surrounded by lawns seems quintessentially Scandinavian – Read more

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