Prisoner freed, Obama and Big brother states.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jun/22/ai-weiwei-released-from-detention
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei most famous for his 'sunflower seed' project has finally been released from jail after 81 days. Ai Weiwei is now a much thinner and quieter man from the one that was brought into custody initially for supposed 'tax evasion' although this has been largely disputed and after pressure from multiple European leaders he has been released on bail.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13811227
President of the United States Barack Obama has finally broken the silence and spoken out on Weiner-Gate. Obama said he hopes that the recent resignation of Weiner will now allow the man to focus on his family life.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13879683
The collective police database that has been in the works since 2002 following the Bichard inquiry into the failings by police into the Soham murders in 2002. Questions have arose however as to the method at which police are obtaining 'intelligence' for the database as it is believed that out of the millions already set to be transferred onto the new system a significant proportion is believed to be compromised by innocent people including victims themselves to the wrongly accused. After the large number of recent security breaches in major organizations people are beginning to fear the worst that their data will soon be compromised.

Student fees and frisking

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13784172
The government have modified the police's ability to use stop and search techniques to 'frisk' people without grounds for suspicion after it has been ruled to be illegal and in breach of human rights. New procedure requires authorization from the home secretary which would only occur if there was sufficient evidence that an act of terrorism could occur.

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Arbitrary stop-and-search powers allow the state to confront an individual in the street, without cause, and demand their papers - it's wrong”

Daniel HamiltonDirector of the Big Brother Watch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-13780270The plans for Welsh universities to follow suite and charge students tuition fees of up to £9,000 a year have been rejected. Unlike those in England, Welsh students will not have to pay the fees for the same quality education as others in recent years before them had. It has been determined that the 'Higher Education Funding Council for Wales' will solely be responsible for approving any plans for increase over the current £4,000 a year cap by an individual university basis.

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We made a commitment in our manifesto... to ensure that Welsh students would not pay higher fees wherever they study, and that is a commitment for the life of this assembly”

Leighton AndrewsEducation Minister