Bombshell file on Met links to News International was dismissed by Leveson Inquiry – classified 2006 document alleged senior officer passed secret information on Met chief’s decisions to the ‘News of the World’ Tom Harper Sunday, 19 January 2014 The… Read More ›
Independent
Should the Big Six be nationalised? In 4 years they increased their average profit per household more than ten-fold
It’s an unthinkable idea. It bucks the Thatcherite consensus. The markets would hate it. And yet … Tom Bawden Tuesday, 3 December 2013 When Ofgem head Andrew Wright identified a “deep mistrust of anything the energy companies do or say”… Read More ›
The deadly network: Revealed – guns for sale on Facebook
As Libya’s Prime Minister asks Britain for help in ridding his country of weapons, The Independent discovers a flourishing online arms market Omar Kibrisli Tripoli Tuesday 17 September 2013 Libyan rebels celebrate taking Tripoli in 2011 AP… Read More ›
Exclusive: New blue-chip dirty tricks scandal revealed after 12 years of silence
Unpublished official report shows industrial-scale ‘blagging’ on behalf of insurance, financial services and legal companies Ian Burrell Saturday, 20 July 2013 The vast scale on which private investigation agencies have been used by the financial services sector to illegally raid… Read More ›
The natural world, photographed by Sebastião Salgado – sponsored by one of the world’s worst polluters
Natural History Museum under fire for accepting cash from mining giant Gavin Haines Wednesday, 17 July 2013 The acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado says his images currently on display at the Natural History Museum seek to depict the “stunning mosaic of… Read More ›
Exclusive: Met supergrass scandal – corrupt private investigators infiltrate witness-protection programme
Police officers knew for years about the crucial security breach – but did nothing Tom Harper Tuesday, 25 June 2013 Scotland Yard is embroiled in a new corruption crisis after it emerged that senior officers knew for years that criminal… Read More ›
UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) was aware of illegal hacking activity by the wealthy for six years and did nothing. Project Riverside
Media phone-hacking? Tip of the iceberg, says leaked police report Thought the NotW was bad… check out the lawyers, insurers By John Leyden Posted in Security, 24th June 2013 15:58 GMT Agentless Backup is Not a Myth A suppressed report from… Read More ›
It pays to use slave labour, says watchdog
Gangmasters Licensing Authority is dismayed at tiny fines levied on unscrupulous employers Emily Dugan Sunday, 23 June 2013 Sentences for criminal bosses who use forced labour are “unduly lenient” and do not deter modern slavery, the head of Britain’s worker… Read More ›
One giant leap for reptiles: Have alien-hunters found a lizard on Mars?
Samuel Muston Wednesday, 29 May 2013 While studying pictures of Mars sent back to Earth by the Curiosity rover, a Japanese alien-enthusiast spotted something between the endless plain of rocks spread out on the screen in front of him…. Read More ›
Sex for tuition fees anyone? Students being offered up to £15,000 a year to cover cost of studies, in exchange for having sex with strangers
Undercover investigation reveals shocking ‘sponsorship’ deals being offered to cash-strapped students Charlotte Philby, Jonathan Brown Wednesday, 28 November 2012 Students are being offered up to £15,000 a year to cover their university studies in exchange for having sex with a… Read More ›
Swiss prosecutors say death of Russian whistle blower will not derail huge fraud investigation
Alexander Perepilichnyy, a 44-year-old businessman who left Russia three years ago, was found dead outside his luxury mansion on an exclusive private estate in Surrey two weeks ago Jerome Taylor Wednesday, 28 November 2012 Prosecutors in Switzerland say… Read More ›
Scientists urge ministers: tell truth on ‘over-hyped’ flu vaccine
Jeremy Laurance Wednesday, 21 November 2012 The flu vaccine given to millions of people each year in Britain is “over-promoted” and “over-hyped” and the protection it offers against the seasonal illness has been exaggerated, scientists claim. Flu causes thousands… Read More ›
Mental health academic warns of reality TV ‘threat to British psyche’
Will Coldwell Monday, 12 November 2012 Reality television’s obsession with the “emotional meltdown of losers” is damaging the British psyche – creating a society in which we revel in seeing people hacked to pieces, a leading mental health academic… Read More ›
Hi-tech CCTV can recognise faces from half a mile away
High–definition CCTV cameras that can identify and track faces from half–a–mile away could turn Britain into a Big Brother society if left unregulated, the first surveillance commissioner has warned. CCTV Photo: ALAMY By Telegraph reporters 7:08AM BST 03 Oct 2012… Read More ›
Tory adviser denies existence of blueprint to split Afghanistan into ‘kingdoms’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:09:47 EST, 9 September 2012| UPDATED:17:03 EST, 9 September 2012 A Foreign Office aide has slammed claims that Afghanistan could be split into eight different ‘kingdoms’ – with some ruled by the Taliban. According to the… Read More ›
A high-profile whistleblower at the Care Quality Commission, the health watchdog, was subjected to a mental health assessment after raising concerns about poor leadership and performance at the organisation, internal documents show
CQC whistleblower ‘subjected to mental health assessment’ The organisation’s chief executive Cynthia Bower stood down in February after a Government review endorsed Mrs Sheldon’s concerns about poor governance, poor leadership and unclear accountability. Mrs Sheldon, a non-executive director at the… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 