The Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine has welcomed news that ten per cent of new magistrates are now over 55.

It follows the increase of the upper age limit for the appointment of magistrates from the age of 55, which had operated in practice, to 65.

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The Government has announced a scheme to pair young people with adult ‘role models’.

The ‘role models’ will be people who can give young people the motivation to succeed, and builds on an development exercise carried out in many areas  of professional life.

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