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04/01/2012
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Arrest Over New Year's Day Murder
Detectives investigating the murder of a man on New Year's Day have arrested a man on suspicion of murder on Tuesday. Police arrested the 22-year-old man in connection with the murder of Aaron McKoy in Clerkenwell on Sunday Jnuary 1. Police said they were called at approximately 4.10am on Sunday to reports of a shooting in Portpool Lane EC1. The man, suffering from gunshot wounds, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was been formally identified as Aaron McKoy, and killed in the early hours of his 22nd birthday. Police said that next of kin have been informed and a post-mortem examination took place on Monday at St Pancras mortuary, confirming the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the chest. It is believed that the suspect fled in the direction of Leather Lane. Aaron is known to have been at the Clerkenwell House Wine Bar in Hatton Wall, EC1, in the hours before he was killed. It is believed that an altercation took place in the venue at around 4am and officers are investigating the possibility that this may have been a factor in his subsequent murder.
Sandringham Remains One Of Two Missing Women
The body of a woman found on the Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk is thought to be either one of two women who have been missing in August last year. Detectives examining the case said they are connecting the remains to the case of two missing women from Cambridgeshire. Alisa Dmitrijeva, 17, from Wisbech, and Vitalija Baliutaviciene, 29, from Peterborough, both vanished in August last year. Norfolk Police said both cases were "lines of inquiry" being pursued. The remains of a woman were found in woodland on the estate on 1 January. Samples have been taken to establish a DNA profile.
Report Finds Families To Be Worst Hit
A report by a family institute has said young families will bear the biggest financial pain in years ahead. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that grim predictions for UK family finances up to 2015 and planned changes to tax and benefits by the Government would see families with children lose more than pensioners or adults without children. According to the report, the median income among families with children is projected to fall between 2010 and 2015 by 4.2%. For a couple with two children this equates to £1,250 less a year by 2015. The IFS said families with children aged under five, families with more than two children, and lone parent families not in paid work bear the biggest financial pain in years ahead. Dr Katherine Rake, Chief Executive of the Family and Parenting Institute, said: “These figures reveal the full extent to which families with children are shouldering the burden of austerity. Having children has always been expensive. But now many families with children face an extra penalty of more than £1000.”
(DW)
Detectives investigating the murder of a man on New Year's Day have arrested a man on suspicion of murder on Tuesday. Police arrested the 22-year-old man in connection with the murder of Aaron McKoy in Clerkenwell on Sunday Jnuary 1. Police said they were called at approximately 4.10am on Sunday to reports of a shooting in Portpool Lane EC1. The man, suffering from gunshot wounds, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was been formally identified as Aaron McKoy, and killed in the early hours of his 22nd birthday. Police said that next of kin have been informed and a post-mortem examination took place on Monday at St Pancras mortuary, confirming the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the chest. It is believed that the suspect fled in the direction of Leather Lane. Aaron is known to have been at the Clerkenwell House Wine Bar in Hatton Wall, EC1, in the hours before he was killed. It is believed that an altercation took place in the venue at around 4am and officers are investigating the possibility that this may have been a factor in his subsequent murder.
Sandringham Remains One Of Two Missing Women
The body of a woman found on the Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk is thought to be either one of two women who have been missing in August last year. Detectives examining the case said they are connecting the remains to the case of two missing women from Cambridgeshire. Alisa Dmitrijeva, 17, from Wisbech, and Vitalija Baliutaviciene, 29, from Peterborough, both vanished in August last year. Norfolk Police said both cases were "lines of inquiry" being pursued. The remains of a woman were found in woodland on the estate on 1 January. Samples have been taken to establish a DNA profile.
Report Finds Families To Be Worst Hit
A report by a family institute has said young families will bear the biggest financial pain in years ahead. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that grim predictions for UK family finances up to 2015 and planned changes to tax and benefits by the Government would see families with children lose more than pensioners or adults without children. According to the report, the median income among families with children is projected to fall between 2010 and 2015 by 4.2%. For a couple with two children this equates to £1,250 less a year by 2015. The IFS said families with children aged under five, families with more than two children, and lone parent families not in paid work bear the biggest financial pain in years ahead. Dr Katherine Rake, Chief Executive of the Family and Parenting Institute, said: “These figures reveal the full extent to which families with children are shouldering the burden of austerity. Having children has always been expensive. But now many families with children face an extra penalty of more than £1000.”
(DW)
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11 June 2012
Ministers Expand 'Troubled Families' Scheme
Ministers have announced an expansion to a programme to tackle the problems of "troubled families". As part of the scheme local authorities get financial incentives to tackle some of the 120,000 families said to cost the taxpayer £9bn every year. Ministers have said they want to turn around these families' lives by 2015.
Ministers Expand 'Troubled Families' Scheme
Ministers have announced an expansion to a programme to tackle the problems of "troubled families". As part of the scheme local authorities get financial incentives to tackle some of the 120,000 families said to cost the taxpayer £9bn every year. Ministers have said they want to turn around these families' lives by 2015.
19 April 2012
Children's Society Warns Benefit Changes Could Leave Children Hungry
A children’s charity has warned that plans to simplify the welfare system could result in thousands of England's poorest children missing out on free school meals. The meals are linked to low-income benefits that are among those merging into a single Universal Credit in 2013.
Children's Society Warns Benefit Changes Could Leave Children Hungry
A children’s charity has warned that plans to simplify the welfare system could result in thousands of England's poorest children missing out on free school meals. The meals are linked to low-income benefits that are among those merging into a single Universal Credit in 2013.
20 March 2012
Badger Cull Scrapped
A controversial plan to cull badgers has been dropped by the Welsh government. The plan was hoped to wipe out bovine TB in cattle but environment minister John Griffiths said after carefully considering the scientific evidence he has instead opted to vaccinate the animals.
Badger Cull Scrapped
A controversial plan to cull badgers has been dropped by the Welsh government. The plan was hoped to wipe out bovine TB in cattle but environment minister John Griffiths said after carefully considering the scientific evidence he has instead opted to vaccinate the animals.
26 July 2006
Victory for Iraq families at Court of Appeal
The families of British soldiers killed in Iraq have made a legal breakthrough in their bid to get a full public inquiry held into why Britain entered into the conflict. The Court of Appeal ruled that the families were entitled to apply for a judicial review of the government's refusal to hold an independent inquiry.
Victory for Iraq families at Court of Appeal
The families of British soldiers killed in Iraq have made a legal breakthrough in their bid to get a full public inquiry held into why Britain entered into the conflict. The Court of Appeal ruled that the families were entitled to apply for a judicial review of the government's refusal to hold an independent inquiry.
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