FOR the devastated widow of murdered headmaster Philip Lawrence, it is too much. 'I feel I can't survive this,' she says. 'I'm unutterably depressed that the Human Rights Act has failed to encompass the rights of my family to lead a safe, secure and happy life'.

MINISTERS threatening to force judges to interpret legislation in a way that would allow the deportation of Islamic extremists were rebuked yesterday by the peer appointed to review anti-terror measures.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday as part of an anti-terrorism drive it may reform laws to force judges to give equal weight to national security as well as human rights in the cases of foreign nationals facing deportation.