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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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Derek Pasquill's trial was abandoned on day one at the Old Bailey
Official Secrets case dropped

A civil servant accused of damaging the government by breaking the Official Secrets Act has seen the case against him abandoned by prosecutors. Derek Pasquill, 48, waited 20 months before his case came to trial at the Old Bailey, only to see prosecutors abandon their allegations. He had allegedly released materials on the government’s treatment… Read more »

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Lost data shamed the government last year
MPs appalled by lax data rules

The government should have already introduced measures only put in place after the loss of data affecting 25 million people, MPs believe. HM Customs and Revenue (HMRC) introduced additional security procedures after realising it had mislaid two CDs containing the information it had sent to the National Audit Office. Justice committee chairman Alan Beith said… Read more »