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Salford's lawyers speak out on courts by Tom Rodgers Two of the criminal defence lawyers at Morgan Brown & Cahill Solicitors’ spoke to SalfordOnline this week about the potential impact of collapsing Salford's courts with Manchester. Capacity is a huge issue at Manchester already - could the courts across the Irwell sustain the number of cases, witnesses and defendents that would come to it were Bexley Square to lose its courts? Would justice really still be served? Could a move to Manchester jeopardise the firm's a... ( Click for More Information ) Dangerous dog laws 'complete nonsense' Existing legislation designed to control dangerous dogs is "complete nonsense" and contributing to the rise in so-called status do... Temporary bans for 'legal highs' Home Office minister James Brokenshire has indicated he will take action to speed up the banning of so-called 'legal highs'. The g... Empty shops 'not the answer' for... Hazel Blears MP has criticised the suggestion that empty shops in shopping centres be used as Magistrates Courts. The former Commu... Video: Hazel on Salford's courthouse blues by Tom Rodgers With 150 magistrates courts across the country at threat of government cuts, we took to Chapel Street to intervi... Video: Salford's £4m plan for Courts... by Tom Rodgers Salford councillors will travel to London in September to plead for Salford Magistrates courts to be kept open. ... Video: Courthouse Blues - Norman Owen... by Tom Rodgers Following the revelations that funding was to be cut for a new courthouse in Eccles, a question mark hangs over the... Video: Courthouse Blues - Barbara Keeley... Following the revelations that funding was to be cut for a new courthouse in Eccles, a question mark hangs over the future of Salf... Video: Courthouse Blues - Salford's political... by Tom Rodgers and Stuart Owen Following the revelations that funding was to be cut for a new courthouse in Eccles, a question ... Video: Courthouse Blues for Salford Magistrates By Stuart Owen After plans to build a new justice centre in Eccles were quashed by the government last November it appears that... Child protection database scrapped A government database containing the records of England's 11 million children is being switched off at noon today. ContactPoint wa... EU police plan is 'in interests... Home Office minister Baroness Neville-Jones has defended the government's plans to opt in to an EU order allowing foreign police t... Home Secretary makes formal commitment to... The Government’s ambition to end violence against women and girls was laid out by the Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Eq... Local court services must be protected Mark Williams MP writes for ePolitix.com ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on the reorganisation of HM Courts Service. The cour... Copper thefts putting rail at risk by Mark Bright Rail Police today warned that the network was under strain from people stealing cabling and raw materials. The r... Probation chief calls for 'grown-up... The public was asked today whether it was worth the risk of freeing some serious criminals early in order to help keep a lid on th... Home Secretary to dramtically reduce police... Police stop-and-search powers were dramatically curbed today as Home Secretary Theresa May ruled they should only be used against ... Justice Secretary to outline 'radical'... Fewer offenders could be locked up in prison and more given community sentences under reforms of the criminal justice system being... Ministers pledge to get police back... The government has pledged to bring back "common sense" to policing, freeing officers from bureaucracy and getting them out on the... Manchester offender service receives top accolade A Manchester offender liaison service, run by Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, has won Greater Manchest... Government urged to 'drastically reduce' legal... Reducing the limit from the current 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to just 50mg would save hundreds of lives a year, a Whiteha... Barbara Keeley MP tells Government to... Worsley and Eccles South MP Barbara Keeley has called on the Government to rethink their proposal to give anonymity to rape defend... The Usual Suspects: identifying serial offenders... Research conducted by psychologists at the University of Leicester and by Northamptonshire Police has found that criminals have th... Study backs 'supervised heroin use' for... Heroin users who injected the drug under supervision are more likely to stop their illegal use than addicts who were given methado... Prison population in England and Wales... The prison population in England and Wales reached a record high today, the Government said. Ministry of Justice statistics confir... Thousands of car buyers at risk... By providing false information in a finance application or selling a car which has outstanding finance, customers may not realise ... May pledges more power for police Police have been offered more powers and discretion to get on with their jobs as part of a new deal by the home secretary today. I... Archive Footage 2009 - David Cameron... In July 2009, David Cameron, now UK Prime Minister, joined Olympic legend Daley Thompson on the final day of his Manchester-London... Expressions of interest requested for new... Development and delivery of new BTEC Qualifications in Restorative Justice from August 2010 Expressions of interest requested f... Swipe Card for Alcohol to deter... The problem of underage drinking challenges society as a serious threat to children's well-being. Fair Play's analysis centres... ePolitix election focus: justice and home... Today ePolitix.com and our stakeholders examine the political parties' plans for justice and home affairs. Homeless Link looks at ... Workers 'must be protected' on Memorial... Too many UK workers are still dying needlessly because of sub-standard health and safety measures, a leading industrial lawyer has... Amnesty launched as starter pistol becomes... A starter pistol which can easily be converted to a live gun and has been linked to three attempted murders will be illegal from J... Don't Tweet and Drive The number of reported car accidents as a result of in-car social networking has risen considerably according to UK car insurance ... Mephedrone to be illegal from Friday... The party drug mephedrone will become illegal from Friday, the Home Office said. Following the completion of the formal parliament... New Astra reports for police duty... * New British-built Astra debuts in full Police livery * Features further integration for law enforcement systems * ... Vauxhall Vivaro prison cell brings new... * First manufacturer backed vehicle and cell combination * Extensive testing programme results in class-leading occupant ... Mephedrone now illegal by Stuart Owen An order to ban the industrial chemical mephedrone has been passed by the House of Commons to classify it as a C... 'Contentious' digital economy proposals to go... The leader of the Commons has rejected calls from MPs to drop contentious proposals from the digital economy bill. Harriet Harman ... Mephedrone to be made Class... 'Dance drug' mephedrone will be banned within weeks, Home Secretary Alan Johnson announced today. The legal high, which has been l... HMRC uncover illegal excise goods in... Over £25,000 worth of illegal and counterfeit tobacco and alcohol has been seized by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in raids on homes... Donate your unwanted mobile phone to... Crimestoppers has launched a mobile phone recycling scheme and is asking you to donate your unwanted phone to the charity. Donate ... Displaying Noticeboard Items 1 - 42 of 42

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