Brentwood and Essex news, sport and information from the Brentwood Weekly News

BNP list shut over race rules bias

The BNP's new membership rules are likely to discriminate against non-white people, a judge ruled

3:12pm Friday 12th March 2010

The British National Party has been barred from taking new members after a judge ruled its constitution could discriminate against non-white people.

Lords to probe expenses of baroness

2:57pm Friday 12th March 2010

A House of Lords investigation into the expenses claims of Labour peer Baroness Uddin is to be reopened, it was announced after prosecutors decided not to bring criminal charges.

BNP new membership rules biased

2:41pm Friday 12th March 2010

The British National Party's new membership rules are likely to discriminate against non-white people, a judge has ruled.

Airport bomb hoax case plea change

1:57pm Friday 12th March 2010

A 26-year-old man alleged to have posted a message on Twitter threatening to blow an airport "sky high" will face face trial, a court has decided.

Baroness Uddin expenses: No charges

12:16pm Friday 12th March 2010

Labour peer Baroness Uddin will not face prosecution following a Scotland Yard investigation into her claims for parliamentary allowances.

Parents who starved Khyra jailed

11:55am Friday 12th March 2010

The mother and stepfather of seven-year-old starvation victim Khyra Ishaq have been jailed for the girl's manslaughter.

BA cabin crew to strike over cuts

11:15am Friday 12th March 2010

British Airways cabin crew are to stage a series of strikes in a bitter row over cost-cutting, threatening travel chaos for tens of thousands of passengers.