Law And Justice

Possibly the most exclusive white tablecloth restaurant in the north-west, Crofters employs some of the most attentive, polite and pristinely presented waiters to have served me a meal. Diners need to book well in advance for the full à la carte menu, yet the chefs are willing to cook to order.

Just a shame you’re unlikely to get a table. Why? Plastic cutlery is the giveaway. Because you won’t find Crofters in Yellow Pages, but inside HMP Manchester – aka Strangeways. The chefs and waiters are all prisoners. And my fellow diners are their guards.

Britain’s largest high-security, Category A prison has long been a touchstone for argument about the purpose of prisons. Fo

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A South Florida trio is facing up to two decades in prison after conning elderly customers into buying unnecessary septic products — in some cases more than 70 years worth of toilet paper, federal prosecutors say.

Salespeople for FBK Products, of West Palm Beach, told their victims that they needed the company’s special toilet paper to avoid ruining their septic tanks. The reason: the federal government changed regulations on toilet paper, the company claimed.

Three of the suspects, Christopher Lincoln, Mary Moore and Joseph Nouerand, this week pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to commit wire fraud. The

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Raleigh, NC: A cafeteria worker at Coats Elementary School in North Carolina was a dedicated employee until a reaction to the drug Levaquin left her with serious side effects that affected her ability to function in her job, according to local ABC affiliate 11 News.“I worked at Coats Elementary School in the cafeteria. I’ve been there 14 years,” Terry Ennis recalled to the news source. “I really loved it, being around the kids and my co-workers and all.” Terry worked long hours at the school while taking care of her husband James, who had leukemia for about 15 years. Find more…

Former national security adviser and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received a special gift when she visited Fort Worth last week.

It wasn’t cowboy boots or a cowboy hat.

It was a purple and white Texas Christian University football jersey, complete with No. 1 and Rice spelled out on the back.

“Go Frogs,” Rice said at the World Affairs Council gathering at the Fort Worth Club.

Tres amigos

U.S. Reps.

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Two Tory peers jailed for abusing their parliamentary expenses will be free to return to the House of Lords next spring, prompting criticism from reformers.

Lord Taylor of Warwick and Lord Hanningfield were freed in September after serving a quarter of their terms. The House of Lords privileges and conduct committee has recommended that Taylor should be suspended from the house until next May and Hanningfield until April.

Lord Oakeshott, the Liberal Democrat peer who has campaigned for reform of the second chamber, said: “This farce re-emphasises the need to be able to disqualify permanently those people who are convicted of a serious offence.

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