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Johnson saves woman from 'oiks' London mayor Boris Johnson has rescued a woman who was being attacked by an armed group of young girls, chasing them down the road on his bicycle. Franny Armstrong called for help as she was surrounded and pushed by the girls, one of whom had an iron bar, in Camden, north London, on Monday night. The mayor, who was cycling past, stopped and chased the girls down the street, calling them: "Oiks". Ms Armstrong said: "He was my knight on a shining bicycle." 'Very frightening' Film-maker and climate change activist Ms Armstrong was walking home when she was approached by the group of hoodie-wearing girls. She said: "I was texting on my p…

Source When consultant obstetrician Dr Sherif Abdel-Fattah got a speeding ticket in August for marginally exceeding the limit while rushing to the aid of a woman with severe bleeding he expected the fine would be quickly overturned. He had a letter from his hospital trust confirming the life-threatening nature of the early morning call out, but it took until last Friday for Avon and Somerset Police to relent and cancel the fine. So, who can legally speed? "The only people who are statutorily allowed to speed are drivers of the emergency service vehicles when going about proper business," says Chris Hunt Cooke, chairman of the Magistrates' Association's road traffic…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8356658.stm Brilliant! Show's the level of intelligence of some people.

I am aware that a number of people were asking when this documentary on CO19 would be reshown so I thought I would inform you that Part 1 is on ITV1 tonight at 2235.

A suspicious wife caught her pensioner husband chatting up girls for internet sex by posing online as a teenager, a court has heard. Cheryl Roberts, 61, suspected her husband David was logging on to chatrooms to lure schoolchildren into sex. So the mother-of-two used another computer in their home in Bridgend, South Wales, to pretend she was a 14-year-old - and snared her husband in the act. Cardiff Crown Court heard yesterday she hooked up with Roberts, 68, when he was in his study. He was completely unaware he was chatting to his own wife in the living room next door. Former pub landlord Roberts propositioned the ‘girl’ asking her to meet up for sex. The court …

War protests threaten city centre chaos http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstori...ntre.5809248.jp DISRUPTION: The weekend protests will be the largest in the city since the G8 summit in 2005 Published Date: 10 November 2009 By MARK McLAUGHLIN ANTI-WAR protesters are threatening to bring chaos to Edinburgh as they demonstrate at a major Nato summit later this week. Two large-scale rallies are being planned to mark the visit of the Nato Parliamentary Assembly – a five-day meeting of MPs, military commanders, academics and civil servants at the EICC. The protests will be the largest seen in the city since the G8, and it is understood police are concerned about t…

A woman has died after being stabbed in her own car outside her place of work. Officers were called to reports of a serious assault on Moat Way in Barwell, Leicestershire at about 0900 BST. The 37-year-old victim was taken to hospital. The area around Moat Way was cordoned off as investigations were carried out. Police said the woman was attacked in her car shortly after she had arrived at her workplace. She died later at Leicester Royal Infirmary. A Leicestershire Police spokesperson said: "Officers discovered that a 37-year-old woman had been seriously injured. "She was treated at the scene by paramedics but died a short time later." Det Ch Insp Mark Harrison…

THREE pensioners have escaped a jail sentence for their part in a huge money-laundering conspiracy centred on a Suffolk scrapyard. Noel Healy, 77, Bernadette McGivern, 69, and Harold McGivern, 67, admitted the charges last month and were today handed 48-week jail terms, suspended for two years. The trio, all of Bridge End Road in Red Lodge, near Newmarket, admitted conspiring to conceal, disguise, convert, transfer or remove criminal property between March 24, 2003 and September 30, 2008. It comes after Robert McGivern, the son of Bernadette and Harold, was jailed for five-and-a-half years for his part in the conspiracy last month. Robert McGivern, of New Cheveley Roa…

..Pensioners avoid jail for money-laundering Last updated: 12/11/2009 17:35:00 THREE pensioners have escaped a jail sentence for their part in a huge money-laundering conspiracy centred on a Suffolk scrapyard. Noel Healy, 77, Bernadette McGivern, 69, and Harold McGivern, 67, admitted the charges last month and were today handed 48-week jail terms, suspended for two years. The trio, all of Bridge End Road in Red Lodge, near Newmarket, admitted conspiring to conceal, disguise, convert, transfer or remove criminal property between March 24, 2003 and September 30, 2008. It comes after Robert McGivern, the son of Bernadette and Harold, was jailed for five-and-a-half years…

SUFFOLK: An eight-year-old girl suffers terrible nightmares after a 14-year-old boy forced her to perform a sex act upon him. The young victim, who cannot be named, was seven at the time of the incident, which took place in a locked room in the Ipswich area. In a witness impact statement read to Ipswich Youth Court, the victim's mother spoke of her heartache after the event, which has left a dramatic mark on her daughter's life. She said: “She now has terrible nightmares and won't sleep without her bedroom and hallway light on. “She used to be very happy and bubbly but she is now a very different little girl.” The teenage attacker, who is from the Mid Suffolk area an…

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hA suspicious wife caught her pensioner husband chatting up girls for internet sex by posing online as a teenager, a court has heard. Cheryl Roberts, 61, suspected her husband David was logging on to chatrooms to lure schoolchildren into sex. So the mother-of-two used another computer in their home in Bridgend, South Wales, to pretend she was a 14-year-old - and snared her husband in the act. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1227154/Wife-snares-paedophile-husband-posing-online-schoolgirl-using-room-door.html#ixzz0Wet5H8WJ ttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/index.html

A suspicious wife caught her pensioner husband chatting up girls for internet sex by posing online as a teenager, a court has heard. Cheryl Roberts, 61, suspected her husband David was logging on to chatrooms to lure schoolchildren into sex. So the mother-of-two used another computer in their home in Bridgend, South Wales, to pretend she was a 14-year-old - and snared her husband in the act. husband-posing-online-schoolgirl-using-room-door. It was the amount of time her husband spent in his study which first made Mrs Roberts suspicious. The court heard Mrs Roberts, who had been married for nearly 20 years, had then seen a message pop up on their computer while he was…

Source This is actually happening in my home town, so I will be interested (and slightly worried) to watch these guys in "action"Â

A review was launched after the parents of stab victim Ben Kinsella called for sentences more in line with the 30 year tariff for murder using a gun. Jack Straw told MPs "thugs who carry knives with the intention of using them" would face longer terms. Ben, 16, died after he was stabbed fleeing a fight in Islington, north London, in June last year. His killers were jailed for life and were all ordered to serve a minimum of 19 years in prison. Mr Straw said he was writing to the Kinsella family to tell them the outcome of the review. 'Considerable concern' He told the House of Commons a statutory instrument introducing the change would be introduced in Parliamen…