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http://www.bbc.co.uk...ristol-16593173many a times i have seen people park like this,now they get a fine for doing it so now.and i bet if it works other councils will do it.

Although this is about Libya, I think it's worthy of it's own thread as it's about a specific event that may have just occurred. If it's as reported then it's rather bizarre as they were taking the diplomat to the rebels (who've now supposedly captured them) anyway.

A 24-year-old man who pleaded guilty to murder and other crimes in a violent stabbing rampage in New York City last winter was sentenced today to 200 years in prison during a hearing in which he hurled epithets at one of his victims and was told by the judge that he was a 'sociopath'. Maksim Gelman, born in Ukraine, pleaded guilty in November in Brooklyn to murder and other charges in the spree in February 2011, which included stabbing his stepfather and two others to death, fatally running down a pedestrian, stealing a car and attacking a subway passenger. Today, he was sentenced to the maximum sentence for each of 13 counts; some of the sentences will run consecutively…

I've always said the E-petition site is pointless. Even on this forum I've mentioned it a couple of times. And I'd still not use it. The Government's e-petitions site is "misleading" people about their chances of influencing policy, MPs have said. The website creates "unrealistically high" expectations for the impact of submissions and should be changed, according to the Commons Procedure Committee. The e-petitions system was set up by the coalition last summer to make it easier for the public to make representations. When more than 100,000 signatures have been gathered, the House's Backbench Business Committee is notified and has the power to timetable a parliament…

Video's like this make me sick, hope the offenders get caught and sent down for a long time, disgusting attack. Cowards.

http://www.telegraph...mpensation.html He is doing something right for once. Thats if he keeps his word.

Source: http://uk.gamespot.com/features/how-video-games-are-improving-the-fbi-6348512/?tag=topslot%3bimg%3b4 Interesting concept, one that has been used the the US military, but this is the first time I am aware of law enforcement using it.

I know a few of us have been taught this way during our First Aid refreshers, but this now seems to be being rolled out as general advice so it's worth of posting. Here's the video;

Read the rest here. Those out there suggesting things would be different under a Labour government should be interested by this news.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-fife-16560795 my god how safe are our roads with drivers like him after watching the video :lol:

Detroit City new years eve, You have to feel for these Paramedics. Sounded more like down town Baghdad!

Although under investigation, we all need breaks during the shift, even though i probably work through mine in paperwork, and haven't had time to have a break on the last few shifts, even though it wasn't busy. Nobody ever thanks you for it either. Also would be interesting to know wether a first responder was on call as well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11673344An ambulance technician chose not to respond to a 999 call about a woman having what proved to be a fatal heart attack 800 yards from his depot in Moray because he was on a break. The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) said the emergency in Tomintoul was instead answered b…

Immigrants do take British jobs UK NEWS IMMIGRANTS DO TAKE BRITISH JOBS Immigrants have snatched 160,000 jobs from British-born workers in just five years Wednesday January 11,2012 By Martyn Brown IMMIGRANTS have snatched 160,000 jobs from British-born workers in just five years, an official report said. One British job was lost for every four non-EU workers arriving here between 2005 and 2010. The study by the Government's Migration Advisory Committee revealed that the total number of foreigners working in the UK has soared by 2.1million in the past 15 years. The startling findings come with 2.6 million Britons now jobless and youth unemployment crashing thr…

I'm making this poll only because there are plenty of other threads dotted about where this comes up. Hopefully as this keeps coming up we can link to this so the current PS.com verdict can be seen. Will be interesting to see if this changes over time!

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-16484371