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is this going to far to hold DNA on police datebase for people not convicted of any crime i wonder how far this will go Human rights groups say those not convicted of any crime could lose out on jobs. http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Innocent-...base_21093.html

A mother who claimed more than £30,000 in disability handouts after saying she was too frail to get out of bed was filmed working a 48-hour week running a team of cleaners. Christine Whittle-Morley, 47, received benefits to pay for round-the-clock care after saying her mobility was so restricted she needed help getting dressed and washing herself. But the mother-of-two, who also claimed it took her 30minutes to walk 14metres, had actually been working a 48-hour week for six years as a team leader for a cleaning company at up to 45 different sites. Cheat: Christine Whittle-Morley was filmed leading a team of cleaners despite claiming more than £30,000 in disability h…

Police are warning revellers in Leicester that anyone caught acting drunk and disorderly could be banned from the city centre for two days. Officers say they will be issuing dispersal notices as part of increased patrols in the run-up to Christmas. Anyone receiving a notice must leave the city centre immediately and not return for up to 48 hours. Police say they are trying to prevent trouble during a rise in the number of people on nights out. 'Bucket of cold water' Once a notice is issued, the person is monitored by police and CCTV operators to ensure they comply and leave the city centre. If people ignore the notice they will be arrested. Insp Jason Ross said…

The names of nearly a million people who have not been convicted or cautioned for any crime will continue to be stored on the police national computer, even though the government is changing the law so that their DNA profiles are deleted. The revelation has provoked outrage among human rights groups who warn that it could affect the job prospects of the innocent. They fear that whenever an employer carries out an "enhanced criminal records" check on a potential employee, the system would flag up the fact that the person had been arrested. The government has been forced to scale back the way it holds the details of people held on the national DNA database, following a Eu…

Officers say they will be issuing dispersal notices as part of increased patrols in the run-up to Christmas. Anyone receiving a notice must leave the city centre immediately and not return for up to 48 hours. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicest...ire/8422288.stm This will only work as long as only a few people that are issued these orders decide to break it. If they hand them out to every drunk in the city centre and a high percentage decide to ignore it they are going to run out of cells and officers very quickly and end up very outnumbered on the streets.

A former Toys R Us accountant has been jailed for seven years for defrauding the firm of £3.6m he spent on prostitutes and expensive cars. Paul Hopes, 58, had worked for the toy firm for 23 years and had a £56,000 salary when he developed an infatuation with a massage parlour worker. He set up a bank account in her name to siphon off money between 2006 and 2008. Hopes, of Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, admitted 14 counts of theft and four of transferring criminal property. Reading Crown Court heard how he lead a secret life his wife and children knew nothing about. While he appeared to be living a normal family life, he was also lavishing money and gifts on five …

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8423265.stm My first response to reading this was - OMFG

A former Toys R Us accountant has been jailed for seven years for defrauding the firm of £3.6m he spent on prostitutes and expensive cars. whay a walley http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/8421661.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8422433.stm Lets hope they get the same packed lunch that we get or shall I say used to get on course days....you know the ones, warm bread, starved of air, ham curled up, with little mustard, bottle of water and a penguine bar. Only benefit is that it brings old memories back

It's started, people are fighting back. From The Register - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/15/mo...ography_advice/ So here we go again ... Another good video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAY3nqv_JKE

Motorists face a new speed-camera blitz under Government plans to widen the use of 20mph limits. Whole neighbourhoods will be given the limits in a plan intended to reduce casualties among pedestrians and cyclists. Research shows that one in five pedestrians struck by a car at 30mph dies, compared with only one in 40 at 20mph. Safety first: The 20mph road plan intends to dramatically reduce casualties among pedestrians and cyclistsThe Government wants to encourage councils to introduce the 20mph schemes into areas where cycle and pedestrian traffic is high, such as around schools, shops and parks. The widespread use of the zones was heralded yesterday when road sa…

http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Drugs-Fir...ears_21083.html best news ever more guns and druges off the streets and the people involed have got what was coming to them a long prison sentence

Delroy Powell and Roman Bloch both previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A and class C drugs and were convicted of conspiracy to possess, sell or transfer firearms and conspiracy to possess, sell or transfer ammunition at Liverpool Crown Court in May 2009. Tomasz Wisniewski previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A and class C drugs and conspiracy to transfer, sell or supply firearms and ammunition. Aaron Worgan, 24, of Oxford Streetin Prestonpreviously pleaded guilty to money laundering. Operation Greengage began in November 2006. The principal subject of the operation at this time was Ivan Hue from Preston. Hue is a notable criminal…