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'Excessive' use of face-down restraint in mental health hospitals COMMENTS (373) Medical director Tim Kendall in a demonstration of the technique More from Mark The troubling secrets of England’s mental hospitals Magic moment Coronation cameras missed The ordinary and the extreme Theresa May urges 'arrest anonymity' The government is considering a ban on the use of face-down restraint in English mental health hospitals. The move follows figures which show the controversial technique being used hundreds of times a year in some trusts - a level described by a health minister as "shocking" and apparently "excessive". Research by the mental health charity Mind finds th…

Oh dear! With such heinous crimes as this going on in Portugal, their police must really dread anything worse that may come along......ok, ok, so they have their laws and they MUST be respected and enforced....or else!!!!. Twenty-eight UK expats and holiday-makers have been fined after police in Portugal swooped on a bar where a game of bingo was being played for biscuits. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23036182

Well his actions have reactions and consequences. Trenton Oldfield is allegedly appealing. A man who disrupted last year's University Boat Race by swimming in front of the crews has been refused leave to remain in the UK. The Home Office said Trenton Oldfield's presence in the country was not "conducive to the public good". Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23025311

Saddened by this news: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57590166/james-gandolfini-dead-at-51/?tag=breakingnews

http://tech.uk.msn.com/trending-blog/webcam-worry-beware-of-cyber-ratting why would you have your laptop on in the bath? :new_eyebrow:

HOW DARE HE LAY HANDS ON MY NIGELLA! On a serious note this is absolutely appalling I hope the relevant force take full action against this evil egotistical man. pic source: Daily Mail Website http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342922/The-torment-Nigella-Lawson-Police-probe-husband-attacks-restaurant.html

Source: http://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/2013-24-heures-du-mans-official-statement_2_2_1746_11429.html I have no words at all of the horrific crash. R.I.P Allan Simonsen, condolences to the family.

Hi All So, apart from being a full time student, I also work 12 hours over the weekend at a well known supermarket. With me currently training for the Specials now they decided to move my hours around so I worked the 12 hours over 3 days - this worked pretty well. Today however they've decided I can't work them hours and basically changed them in a way that would make it impossible for me to ever get to training over the weekend. I asked my manager if she could do anything for me, and in short the answer was a resounding no - she said that the store was trying to cut peoples hours anyway without me asking to spread my work across a few days so I could get to trainin…

Ian Brady wants to be moved from hospital to prison Ian Brady is to speak publicly for the first time in almost 50 years, as part of his bid to leave a secure hospital. The Moors Murderer, who was jailed for life in 1966, is to speak at a tribunal on Tuesday as he bids to be moved from Ashworth Hospital to a normal prison. The killer wants to prove he is no longer mentally ill so he can move to prison, where he believes he would have more choice about how to end his life. He has refused to eat since 1999, but co-operates with a tube-feeding regime. Doctors at the hospital in Merseyside can force-feed Brady under mental health law. His precise reasons and intentions fo…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22993060 Makes me wonder who is right on above news. :new_hmmm:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10131803/Council-car-park-used-as-backdrop-for-pornographic-film.html Sure, review security, sure, it's hilarious.... But a police matter?!

Keeping in with the theme of recent threads on the downsizing of the armed forces... http://www.edisposal...umpTo=OfferList Is the entire Royal Navy for sale?

Not the first time thats happened! That'll be the end of the duck bus now...imagine being the first patrol on scene to that! Link: JuiceFM Edit, some more photos:

Source: BBC News What are your views on face-down restraint? In the Police it seems, at times, like the only option. Are the difficulties faced by us similar to the difficulties faced by the NHS when dealing with mental health patients? And do you think Police forces will soon do more than educate us about positional asphyxia - and possibly teach us more restraint techniques?