News Headlines - 05 April 2012

▽Sky News admits hacking emails of 'canoe man' John Darwin - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9188402/Sky-News-admits-hacking-emails-of-canoe-man-John-Darwin.html
Sky News has admitted senior executives authorised a journalist to hack into the emails of John Darwin, the "canoe man" accused of faking his own death in 2002.
The broadcaster revealed a member of staff was cleared to carry out the hacking, a breach of the Computer Misuse Act, on two separate occasions that it believed were "in the public interest".

▽Metropolitan police race row deepens as allegations mount - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/05/metropolitan-police-race-allegations-mount
Scotland Yard is facing fresh questions over the conduct of its officers after it revealed details of seven new complaints of alleged racism which it said it had referred to the police watchdog.

▽￡100K COST OF BBC CHAT TO TERROR SUSPECT - Express.co.uk
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/312916/-100k-cost-of-BBC-chat-to-terror-suspect
But a High Court judge ruled in favour of the BBC after their lawyers argued the matter was of significant public interest.
Whitehall sources said the costs of defending the case against the BBC amounted to roughly ￡55,000. An insider at the corporation said their legal bill came to a similar amount. It is thought the detention of the former IT worker and his legal battle against extradition has cost taxpayers about ￡500,000.

▽Riot victim's father Tariq Jahan guilty of attack charge - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-17608557
A man who called for calm after his son died in the Birmingham riots has been found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm in an earlier attack.

▽Google unveils Project Glass augmented reality eyewear - BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17618495
Google has revealed details of its research into augmented reality glasses... The images show a minimalist design with a microphone and partly-transparent video screen that places information over the view from the users' right eye.