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"It provides unique contemporary evidence that Robert Hooke was seeking a royal patent in the mid-1660s. A 17th-century document which suggests that the forerunner of the modern wristwatch was invented by an Englishman, not a Dutchman as commonly believed, must not be exported from the UK, the Government has ruled. It stressed that the commission had found "no evidence of improper influence" and that Sir Stuart's experience and track record as a developer had contributed enormously to the its success in proving a powerful advocate for good design.. But a draft of a royal warrant for a patent to be issued for the invention of a "watch with springs" indicates that there could be another version of the history of time.The English physicist Robert Hooke, a contemporary of Huygens, claimed that he invented the balance spring, but the draft of the royal warrant, which dates from the mid-1660s, is the only known evidence to support this.Yesterday, Estelle Morris, the Arts minister, placed a temporary export ban on the document, thought to be worth almost £80,000, on the advice of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art."The warrant is an outstanding document in the history of horology," said a spokesman for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Although such reviews are not binding, they can influence planners so the benefits of a positive review to a property developer created a "substantial" risk of a possible conflict of interest, the report said.The first complaint was made by residents in South Kensington, London, who objected to a proposed 11-storey office building on top of South Kensington Tube station to replace a two-storey block.

Despite 800 letters of objection, Cabe gave the project a positive review, although Stanhope later withdrew the plans.Other schemes which provoked controversy included Paternoster Square in London and Croydon town centre.A statement from Cabe yesterday welcomed the findings. "It is our view that it is not in the public interest for this post to be held by a person with significant commercial interests that may come into conflict with Cabe's remit."The report was commissioned by Lord McIntosh of Haringey, the Heritage minister, after concerns were raised that Cabe had written favourable design reviews of Stanhope projects. The Government's building design watchdog should not be headed by a property developer with significant commercial interests, an official report into complaints of cronyism concluded yesterday. "Maria Bamieh, of the Society of Black Lawyers, who assisted Ms Aziz, asked if CPS management should be disciplined. "The public need confidence that racism has been eradicated in the CPS," she said.A hearing will take place in four to six weeks, when the level of damages will be decided, but it is unlikely Ms Aziz will return to work for the CPS..

We now have a race equality scheme in place and we work in partnership with the CRE. It lifted her suspension - but Ms Aziz has been suffering from stress and has been on sick leave.Ms Aziz said: "I was a very trusting, sociable, talkative person and did my best to cheer people up and work towards a happy working environment but after this investigation I did not feel like the same person."The CPS said yesterday that it was disappointed by the tribunal's finding and was considering whether to appeal. Such inquiries would have revealed immediately that the allegations were malicious and false, the tribunal found.The CPS took at face value officials' complaints at Bradford magistrates' court that she had started a courtroom riot between white and Asian youths on the afternoon of 11 September 2001 by describing the terrorist attacks as "all the fault of the Jews". Ms Aziz has denied this but admitted she might have said Arabs' dislike for America stemmed from its support of Israel.In a memo, one of her managers justified the suspension by saying that the alleged comments "need to be seen in the wider context of recent riots in Bradford ... A senior barrister who was suspended amid accusations that she made insensitive comments about the 11 September attacks on America is to receive damages after an employment tribunal found she was the victim of racial discrimination. The hearing in Leeds found that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) failed to make the most basic inquiries into allegations against Halima Aziz, 45, before suspending her.

"We must find doctors who are able to give this evidence and who are prepared to do so," she said.The Court of Appeal decided to overturn Mrs Cannings' 2002 conviction for smothering her two sons after evidence from cot death expert Sir Roy Meadow was discredited. That triggered a review of similar cases where convictions had been obtained in spite of disputed evidence by expert witnesses. Some are not undertaking any reviews at all."This will not inspire confidence that justice has now been done for every potential case of a child removed from parents unreasonably on questionable evidence."Mr Loughton added: "The whole system is in danger of being brought into disrepute and risks a drastic shortage of professionals prepared to act as expert witnesses.". She said that concerns surrounding the reliability of medical evidence had "worsened the already acute problem" of finding experts who were willing to give testimony in family courts.The shadow children's minister, Tim Loughton, said: "I remain concerned that all the reviews have been conducted entirely under the auspices of the local authorities who were key players in the original decisions, rather than through independent and objective outsiders."It is particularly worrying that there is such a large divergence between the number of cases reviewed by different authorities. In another 38, the case was not far enough advanced to know what the impact of the evidence would be.In a written statement to Parliament, Ms Hodge said: "The results of this initial survey should not give rise to complacency that the interests of children and their families are being optimally served."We are therefore also announcing today a programme of work to determine how best to ensure the availability and quality of medical expert resources to the family courts."Further research is under way into the cases of children already subject to care orders, and the results of this work are not expected for some time.Ms Hodge has already announced an inquiry looking into the cases of 258 women convicted in the criminal courts of killing their babies.

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