Richard Ford

East Europeans forced by recession to return home from Britain

Richard Ford, Home Correspondent The number of Eastern Europeans returning home from Britain more than doubled last year, pushing emigration to a record level. A total of 427,000 people left Britain, up from 340,000 in 2007....

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Security Minister Lord West stopped and searched under Terrorism Act

Richard Ford, Home Correspondent Lord West of Spithead, the Security minister, has been stopped and searched under anti-terrorism powers, which were used a record number of times last year. The former First Sea Lord told the...

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Gary McKinnon's hopes fade as Home Secretary says he is powerless to stop extradition

Sam Coates and Richard Ford Hopes of a reprieve for Gary McKinnon, the British computer hacker facing extradition to the US, were dashed last night after the Government said that it was powerless to intervene. Alan Johnson, the...

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Having a men-only reading club helps guys become open books

By Bill Ward McClatchy-Tribune News Service MINNEAPOLIS — The book club's first reading choice "triggered something that all of us had to get off our chests," said a founding member. Erickson's club, founded by Denny Haley and...

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Police ‘naming and shaming’ of criminals gets Government backing

Simon de Bruxelles, Richard Ford, Home Correspondent Their faces scowl out from a police force’s website, the details of their Asbos listed alongside their mugshots. Devon & Cornwall Police began putting details of offenders on...

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LITERATURE/WOMEN: "When a Woman Wins, It is Still a Story"

ROME, Nov 25 (IPS) - The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 102 times to 106 Nobel laureates between 1901 and 2009. Only 10 of those winners were women. Meanwhile, the Man Booker Prize has been awarded to 15 women in 40...

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Former royal aide Jane Andrews recaptured at budget hotel

Adam Fresco and Richard Ford Jane Andrews, the Duchess of York’s former dresser who murdered her boyfriend, was back in a secure prison today after being found at a hotel with three people believed to be family members....

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Teenage boys to learn how to respect women in drive to tackle violence

Richard Ford, Home Correspondent A generation of youths who do not know how to treat women are to be targeted in a drive to tackle violence and abuse in teenage relationships, the Government announced today. The campaign could...

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Rape victims 'face police culture of disbelief,' report finds

Richard Ford, Home Correspondent Rape victims face a culture of disbelief from the police, according to a report published today. Women are disbelieved by some police officers if they come from the wrong area of a town, have...

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Watchdog Lord Carlile attacks Gordon Brown comment on April 2009 raid

Richard Ford, Home Correspondent The Prime Minister has been criticised by his independent reviewer of terrorism legislation for comments he made about an anti-terrorist raid. Politicians’ comments on anti-terrorist...

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