Cops warn crime targets could see ludicrous decisions to arrest children for throwing cucumbers
Home Office responds after reports Home Secretary Priti Patel is drawing up plans
Targets were scrapped in 2007 after it led to ludicrous decisions such as arresting a child for throwing a cucumber slice. (Image: Michael Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
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Roland has anti-competition fine increased to £5m after appealing
26th April 2021
Roland has had its appeal against a £4m ($5.6m) fine dismissed by the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), resulting in a higher fine of £5m ($6.9m).
The music instrument maker was originally fined by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in June 2020 for restricting online discounting of its electronic drum kits between 2011 and 2018.
The fine imposed by the CMA had been reduced to take account of the fact that Roland had admitted acting illegally and cooperated with the CMA’s investigation.
However, Roland then appealed against the level of the fine that it had agreed to pay as part of its CMA settlement on the grounds that its conduct was not serious enough to justify such a high penalty.
Stock image of fireworks A council’s aim of limiting the negative impacts of fireworks will likely have to wait until the respective governments tighten existing laws. December saw councillors in Gwynedd overwhelmingly back a motion calling on legislation to introduce a lower maximum noise level for fireworks sold to the public. The motion, which also called for stricter regulations on when they can be let off, had also prompted a report looking at what actions the authority could take on a local level. But Thursday’s meeting of the Communities Scrutiny Committee heard that council officers could only recommend best practice when it comes to holding public displays, with the likelihood that the UK Goverment would have to change the law before councillors could implement the measures they wanted.
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More than 100 of Scotland s high-rises still have deadly cladding as ministers sit on £450m pot
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More than 100 of Scotland s high-rises still have deadly cladding as ministers sit on £450m pot MINISTERS are under increasing pressure to deal with a cladding crisis in Scotland as it emerged that over 100 local authority high rise buildings have potentially deadly cladding four years after the horrifying Grenfell Tower blaze that claimed the lives of around 80 people. Research by the Herald on Sunday has revealed that around one in seven blocks of flats in Scotland overseen by local authorities have the combustible material. It comes amidst criticism that the Scottish Government has not spent a penny of up to £450m available in the last year to deal with the problem.