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Elderly widow threatened with £2,500 fine for dropping cigarette ash
An elderly widow has been threatened with a £2,500 fine for dropping cigarette ash on the pavement.
Sheila Martin, 70, was smoking at a bus stop when a warden pounced and handed her the £75 fixed penalty for littering.
However she has refused to pay – and could now face a £2,500 penalty.
Mrs Martin, from Oldbury, West Mids, was hit with the original fine by the Sandwell Council warden while at the bus stop on May 25.
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Officers claim they don't need law to stop photographer taking pictures
Two police officers stopped a teenage photographer from taking pictures of an Armed Forces Day parade - and then claimed they did not need a law to detain him.
Jules Mattsson, a 16-year-old freelancer from Hackney, east London, was photographing police cadets on Saturday when he was ordered to stop and give his personal
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Councils carry out over 8,500 covert surveillance operations
Only 4.5% cases result in prosecution and the research shows that the vast majority were concluded without anything substantial being discovered
More than 8,500 covert surveillance operations on members of the public have been carried out by 372 local authorities in Britain in the past two years – the equivalent of 11 a day, according to a study published today.
The research by the pressure group Big Brother Watch names Newcastle upon Tyne as the worst local authority in the country for the use of its powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, having spied on its residents 231 times over the past two years.
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Murdoch-Wade posse crash Independent's office – that's pretty uncool, isn't it?
Rattled News International heavyweights respond to Cleggmania with visit to Simon Kelner's office
Things are hotting up. Hours after the traditional British election egg was thrown at David Cameron's shoulder, we learned this morning that James Murdoch and his enforcer, Rebekah Brooks, nee Wade, burst their way into
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Current TV Wins Back $588 in Photo Case
It happens all the time, but does that make it acceptable? According to a court decision this week, what Current TV’s vice president Michael Streefland calls “standard practice in digital media” is legal after all.
Current TV and photographer Ken Light have been entwined in a legal debate over an image which belongs to Light but was used without his pe
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Local computer security expert investigates police practices
An 'urban golf' outing raises civil liberties questions
A drunken street golf game with foam balls has led to a serious civil rights issue, pitting computer geeks against police practices.
Eric Rachner, a Seattle cyber security expert and one of the golf players, wasn't satisfied when the city dismissed charges against him after
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The forces that have been blocking British democracy are becoming visible in this election
When did this switch from an election scripted by Charles Saatchi to one painted by Salvador Dali? If I had told you a month ago that Gordon Brown would be despatching naval warships to Spain, David Cameron would be jostling with a man dressed as a chicken and down to 30 per cent, and Nick Clegg would be
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