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On the warpath
The arms sales minister Lord Drayson has refused to comply with a major freedom of information ruling. A legal test case is expected on whether the Freedom of Information Act has teeth.
The information commissioner, Richard Thomas, ordered the Ministry of Defence to release the names and details of its 500 arms sales officials, but the MoD wants to keep their identities secret. Officials say they fear that they could be harassed by pacifists.
Guardian (Kieron Pim)
Cool hand Kev
A cabbie was caught committing a lewd act in the car park of an old people's home.
Father-of-three Kevin Davison, 45, drove his taxi to the Lea Green Residential Home in Coxlodge, and unzipped his trousers.
Staff called the police after he was seen by an elderly resident.
Defending himself, Davison claimed he had been trying to cool down.
Newcastle Herald (Don Salter)
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