23 May 2008
Bus drivers have been given "spit kits" to help prosecute passengers who spit at them. London bus drivers will use swabs to take samples of the saliva, which will be DNA-tested by a new police unit set up to combat attacks on bus drivers. The kits are already used by Tube staff... "Spit kits" are already used by bus drivers in areas including Nottingham, Cardiff, South Yorkshire and Glasgow.
23 May 2008
A compromise has emerged which may allow Gordon Brown to avoid a humiliating Commons defeat over plans to detain terror suspects for up to 42 days. Ministers and Labour backbenchers are discussing new safeguards to restrict the use of a "reserve power" to extend the current 28-day limit in the Counter Terrorism Bill now before Parliament. The power would be implemented only after the Government asked Parliament to approve it and would require a "yes" vote in both the Commons and Lords.
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