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1. Vested Interests Subversion Ensures Proper Reporting On UK Family Court Cases Impossible

The Newspaper Society has portested that the Children, Schools and Families Act has made legal cases covered by the Act less transparent because they are virtually unreportable. That's the key point made by the NS, the regional publishers' trade body, in a submission to the Commons' justice select committee, which is holding an inquiry into the operation of family courts. The NS argues that although the media supported the previous government's aim of increasing openness and improving public confidence in the family justice system, it has failed to achieve such an aim with the 2010 Act. The submission says: "In the final event, the Act became the vehicle for a regime which not only ensured total anonymity for all those involved, thus completely defeating the objective of greater accountability of those involved in the system, but which also, if brought into effect in its present form, will arguably place greater restriction upon the media's abili ty to report than is presently the case." The Act has stifled reporting, making it a contempt of court to publish any article referring to family proceedings, even if derived entirely from material already in the public domain and even if the parties were not identified. According to its submission, the NS believes the Act has "subverted an important opportunity to restore and enhance the principle of open justice and public accountability." This was due to "intense pressure exerted by some of those involved in the family justice system to build into the Bill extensive and automatic reporting restrictions." It says the reporting restrictions on identification of parties are drafted in such terms as to render meaningful reporting impossible.
U TV
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Christopher Booker, Daily Telegraph / The One Click Grou

2. European Court Ruling Bolsters Media Freedom & Source Protection

Today the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights unanimously held that media premises are exempt from police searches, marking a major victory for press freedom across the continent. “This ruling was an acid test for the Court and for media freedom across Europe,” said Geoffrey Robertson QC, counsel for a coalition of intervening organisations. “It sets a high benchmark for protection of journalistic materials and will force police and prosecutors across Europe, from Russia to France, to change their practices.” David Banisar, Senior Legal Counsel for ARTICLE 19 said, "The Court today said in the clearest terms that all European nations must have strong laws that protect the media's fundamental right to confidential sources in order to ensure the public's right to know. Every country must now review their laws and ensure that these rights are fully respected."
Press Release, ARTICLE 19

3. Bestial Cop Thug Back On Full Pay After Just Six Days Jail

Innocent Pamela Somerville badly beaten by
Mark Andrews, another thug in police uniform
(Caption & Pic Courtesy Of One Click)
A policeman who was jailed for assault after being caught on CCTV throwing a 57-year-old woman into a cell is back on full pay, it has emerged. Sgt Mark Andrews, 37, was filmed dragging Pamela Somerville through Melksham police station in Wiltshire. He was jailed for six months, but freed on bail pending an appeal. Papers released ahead of a Wiltshire Police Authority meeting reveal he is "on full pay while suspended, pending the outcome of a conduct hearing". In meeting notes to the police authority, Chief Constable Brian Moore said: "Further to his successful bail application on 13 September 2010, the required conditions in relation to this provision were removed and Sgt Andrews returned to the status of being suspended on full pay," in line with police conduct regulations. Ms Somerville, now 59, needed stitches to a gash above her eye following the attack in July 2008. Andrews was found guilty of causing actual bodily harm on 13 July after a trial at Oxford Magistrates' Court. He served just six days in jail before being released.
BBC News
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Matt Dickinson, Press Association, The Independent
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Caroline Gammell, Daily Telegraph
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BBC News

4. Health Workers Reinstated After Deadly Measles Vaccine Kills Four Babies

On August 21, the state government had suspended three ANMs — Christina Charan, Akhtari Bano and Usha Verma — and cold chain in-charge CP Yadav after four children died following measles vaccination. The suspension order of ANMs and cold chain in-charge of Mohanlalganj health centre was revoked by the Chief Medical Officer on Wednesday. “The District Project Officer, in his report, had recommended that the suspension be revoked as they were not found guilty in the investigation,” said Chief Medical Officer AK Shukla. After preliminary investigations, the state claimed that the ANMs had a long working experience and they do not seem to be at fault for the deaths. Instead, there seemed to be a problem with the vaccines supplied by the Central government.
Indian Express
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NDTV Correspondent, NDTV

5. Kiwis May Die Through Medical Ignorance

In response to the Auckland DHB 14th September press release, visiting Vitamin C expert, Dr Thomas Levy said today, "to assert that there is 'no evidence' that high-dose vitamin C is either safe or effective is to ignore the results of thousands of such IV administrations by doctors around the world, as well as to ignore tens of thousands of articles in the medical literature, in the most esteemed medical institutions in the world, that have been published over the last 70 years." The DHB decision was made in the wake of mounting demand for high-dose vitamin C after news broke out of Waikato Dairy farmer Alan Smith's complete recovery from what the hospital classed as a terminal case of Swine flu. Mr Smith is the hospital's only Swine Flu patient on life support to have survived. He is also the only one to have received the high-dose intravenous vitamin C, which was administered at the family's request after being advise that life support, and therefore his life, were about to be terminated. To be introduced by Alan Smith himself, Dr Levy, cardiologist, associate professor, lawyer and author, will be speaking about Vitamin C, use, myths, safety and efficacy on Friday 17th September, 7.30pm at Auckland Girls Grammar, Howie St, Ponsonby. Refer to www.vitaminccancure.org for details.
Voxy, New Zealand

6. Stroke Risk Nearly Doubles With Standard Ibuprofen Dose

NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) use is closely associated with increased risk of strokes, nearly doubling for ibuprofen doses of more than 200 milligrams, which is the standard amount found in a single over the counter pill. The study, presented at the 2010 Congress of the European Society of Cardiology, documented that even low-dose usage of NSAIDs increased the risk of strokes by 28-86%, depending on the particular drug. The first NSAID was ibuprofen, which was approved by the FDA in 1974. It was known to increase blood flow to the brain after strokes by 1987(2). It should have been expected that effects on strokes would be found, but it's only now—23 years later—that a definitive study has been done to address that concern. When the dose of ibuprofen was greater than 200 milligrams—which is merely a single pill in most US and UK over the counter packaging—the stroke risk increased to an astonishing 90 percent— nearly double the risk of those who didn't take NSAIDs! No one wanted to kill the NSAID cash cow, so millions of people have suffered from strokes.
Heidi Stevenson, Gaia Health
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Alison Caldwell, ABC News

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