Coastguards Can't Start a Rescue Until They Fill Out a Healthy and Safety Assessment 'Coastguards have been ordered to fill in a health and safety questionnaire before they can respond to calls for help. All 400 of Britain's rescue units have been told that before they travel to an accident scene they must complete a 'vehicle pre-journey risk assessment'. It is feared lives may be lost as vital minutes could be taken up with the assessments just as rescuers are preparing their response to emergency callouts.' 'Torrent' of Labour Laws Angers One Of Britain's Top Judges 'One of Britain's most senior judges delivered a scathing attack yesterday on the 'ceaseless torrent' of new laws. Lord Phillips, who is to head the new Supreme Court, said that too much legislation had done nothing to cut crime while laying heavy burdens on judges and the courts. He singled out new sexual offences as particularly pointless. Some, he said, have 'yet to see the face of an indictment'. Laws that rely on 'hearsay and bad character' have also clogged the courts with appeals, he said.'
The Demonisation of Home Schooling in Britain
'Thousands of children supposedly educated at home by their parents are at risk of abuse, neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or domestic servitude, the Government said yesterday.
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin, the Children's Minister, has ordered a review of the rules covering the estimated 20,000 home-educated children in England and the 20,000 or so labelled as "missing from education", who have dropped out of school before the age of 16.'
EU Imposed Lightbulbs Are Making People Sick
'Compact fluorescent light bulbs are filling home and office environments with dangerous electromagnetic pollution, causing devastating health effects on some people. Neurologists are increasingly taking notice of the headaches and migraines being reported by people exposed to compact fluorescent light bulbs.'
Help Ireland or it Will Exit Euro, Economist Warns
' "This is war: countries have to defend themselves," said David McWilliams, a former official at the Irish central bank."It is essential that we go to Europe and say we have a serious problem. We say, either we default or we pull out of Europe," he told RTE radio.'
New RFID Technology Allows You to be Tracked Without Your Knowledge
'By invitation, I recently visited a remote facility in northern Virginia to see a demonstration of NOX - a new Intelligent Perimeter Defense system deployed by the FBI that uses covert Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to track people and assets without their knowledge.'
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