Today's video story: The International Organisation for Migration says 4,027 have drowned this year - three quarters of them in the Mediterranean.
Focus of the Day Article: support programme will launch later this month to help more women, black, Asian and minority ethnic (BME) candidates and those from a ‘less advantaged’ background become High Court judges. Courts and Tribunals Judiciary said the initiative will take effect for those interested in applying to a High Court judge-selection exercise planned for January 2017. Thirty support places are expected to be available. Full story - The Law Society Gazette
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