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  1. The journalist's arrest follows information from the News Corp Management Standards Committee and relates to suspected payments to officials 3:34 AM May 25th via web
  2. Operation Elveden officers (alleged corrupt payments to public officials) have this morning arrested another journalist 3:20 AM May 25th via web
  3. Re today's migration figures - it's about the students, says @MigObs at Oxford goo.gl/YEMvN 6:19 AM May 24th via shareaholic
  4. BBC News - Migration to UK more than double government target bbc.in/JeOw0J 4:02 AM May 24th via Tweet Button
  5. Net migration in year to Sept 2011 was 252,000 - that's 3k lower than in Sept 2010. The target by end of the Parliament is less than 100,000 2:20 AM May 24th via web
  6. New immigration stats: Little change, showing it remains very challenging for the Home Office to hit net migration target. 2:16 AM May 24th via web
  7. Re-offending rates reach record level - more repeat serious offenders than ever before says Ministry of Justice bbc.in/KgZk0G 1:45 AM May 24th via Tweet Button
  8. @CRAIGBARLOW3 ECtHR ruled in Aug '11 that 6-month deadline to legislate would apply from date of final Scoppola Judgement. 3:45 AM May 23rd via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to CRAIGBARLOW3
  9. The troubled descendants bbc.in/JFcveB - Fascinating interviews with the children of Nazi war criminals who struggle with the past 2:37 AM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  10. "There is room for [limitations on voting] and States must be afforded a margin of appreciation in this sphere". 8:12 AM May 22nd via web
  11. ECtHR says Parliament MUST find a way to balance competing interests AND avoid "general, automatic and indiscriminate" ban. 8:09 AM May 22nd via web
  12. Prisoners' votes judgement - basically it reaffirms that the UK must get rid of the total ban - but it's now up to the UK to work out how. 8:06 AM May 22nd via web
  13. European Court tells UK Govt to legislate over votes for prisoners but concedes UK has wide discretion over exactly what to do #complicated 7:25 AM May 22nd via web
  14. @Jailhouselawyer Much as I would like to, I can't predict the news 7:00 AM May 22nd via web in reply to Jailhouselawyer
  15. Failure to disperse would be a crime. 6:59 AM May 22nd via web
  16. PCSOs "could have access to different elements of the [dispersal] power at the discretion of the chief constable". 6:56 AM May 22nd via web
  • Name Dominic Casciani
  • Location UK
  • Web http://www.bbc.co...
  • Bio Home Affairs correspondent for BBC News. I cover immigration, the law, terrorism, policing, a bit of crime and many other areas of public policy.
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