uk incidents

We had a thread when the story of men being held in slavery by a group of travellers broke a while ago. Yesterday four people, Patrick Connors, his sister Josie, father Tommy Snr and Josie's husband James John Connors were found guilty of forcing people into servitude. As I understand it, they...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-15973327 I just heard on the news that he won the case. No more prayers to start council meetings.

As per the thread title. Just seen it on BBC website. George be looking for more TV celebrity shows!!

The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov put the United Kingdom's knickers in a right painful twist if you are to believe what you read in the Daily Mail and the comments section which is paranoia gold. The 'facts' as stated in the article are that the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral...

the recent riots in britian, and the increasing unrest of umemployed youths the world over, are symptomatic of deeper problems. http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20110813110405707 from the article: One of the many things that we hear repeated ad nauseam in the context of the present...

The story is as follows: Brian Souter is the guy behind the ‘Keep the Clause’ from Scotland back in 2000. The Clause was a piece of homophobic trash treating homosexuality like a dirty thing and aimed at keeping people ignorant about this aspect of human sexuality. In other words: The Clause...

I was rather amused by this report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-13713798 In addition to attack by zombies, people asked about paranormal activity and haunted houses in the city. The enquirers might have been joking, of course; this explanation doesn't seem to have been...

Library Lady oughta love this. :D http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/library-emptied-in-bid-to-fight-closure-2185447.html

"The undercover policeman Mark Kennedy was in the vanguard of militant anti-capitalist protesters who attacked Irish police officers at an EU summit in Dublin marking the accession of eastern European states to the union, Irish anarchists have told the Guardian. Protesters who took part in...

So it would seem that William and Kate are getting married. It's the only story on the UK news right now. Even the England football coach was asked his opinion. Roll on the glorious republic ! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11765422 For the record, I wish the young couple well but don't think...

I am glad that he and the pilot survived the plane crash and am sorry he was injured and involved in such a horrific accident but given how he 'crashed and burned' at the general election I found this very ironic: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-11730133

Tony Blair's sister-in-law converts to Islam Guardian (UK) Isolated aberration, of beginning of a trend? I've said for a while that the last phase of British Islamification will not be demographic, but ruling class conversions.

So the EDL are having one of their grand days out this Saturday in Leicester, where they intend to protest against brown people fundamentalist Muslims. It seems a rather obvious choice, since we do have a notably large South Asian population here, yet the racial tensions that have been...

Six British Men Arrested After Quran Burning Germany couldn't take your freedom by force. Looks like they went about it the wrong way. They should have merely been greatly offended until you turned things over to them.

Police assault man. He dies. Police lie about the circumstances of his death. Police get away with. Ian Tomlinson death: PC Simon Harwood will not face criminal charges.

I presume the UK residents will be aware of the manhunt currently taking place in the North East for Mr. Moat. But in brief what has happened is: the bloke was released from prison last thursday (early), Durham prison informed Northumbria Police that his ex girlfriend (Samantha Stobbart)...

'...US singer Chris Brown has been forced to postpone his UK tour after being denied a visa to enter the country, it has been confirmed. Brown was refused permission on the grounds of being guilty of a serious criminal offence, the Home Office said. He was sentenced to a community service...

Labour delivered a final two-fingered salute to Britain by boasting 'there's no money left' on leaving office, it emerged yesterday as it became clear that the true size of the national debt is more than £2trillion. The new Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liberal Democrat David Laws, revealed...

.huffingtonpost.com/greg-lukianoff/sex-fruit-bats-and-politi_b_576597.html Apparently he - Dr. Dylan Evans - was convicted of sexual harassment for showing (as I understand from another forum*) a devout Catholic college a peer reviewed article on fruit-bats - perhaps specifically mentioning...

Amazing, they sure touched a nerve, you can watch The Independent's ad here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDw-1bYatIs&feature=player_embedded

So, the Foreign Office has apologised to the Vatican for a joke memo circulated in the Foreign Office. Shame, there were a couple of good ideas in it. ;)

Pheasant terrorising North Yorkshire village 'attacks people in street'

Policeman hurt in car bomb blast in Randalstown: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8447829.stm With the power-sharing being so fragile I do hope it doesn't contribute to it breaking down again.

I'm not sure where this belongs: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/8444134.stm I found it amusing, but I've got a warped sense of humour. Leon

I'm *so* proud to be British right now. Wheras cops in D.C. only brandish their guns, in Wales we actually follow through and kill someone: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/8429647.stm

Man and family tied up and robbed in their home, man gets free chases and stops the bad guys. He and sons get jail time - bad guy caught does not. Thanks to News of the Weird (and, to me, this is not just weird but anti-justice)for...

Seriously! http://jezebel.com/5400551/sex-sounds-how-loud-is-too-loud?skyline=true&s=i In Britain! Shouldn't they be giving her a medal? Only British woman that seems to enjoy sex? :D

The number one story on the news in England at the moment is this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7696714.stm In a nutshell, Jonathan Ross (a long running and hugely popular presenter who is considered a bit edgy) and Russell Brand (a younger, more recent and more controversial but...

I can't help but baulk at news that an authority called the "Ministry of Justice" (!) is to insist upon lie detector tests for criminals. In the UK. Good lord. I heard it on Radio 4 this morning, and there was not one mention of the paucity of evidence (in fact, the counter evidence) regarding...

Photos and video of UFO's in the UK. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/ufos/article1357159.ece Use of the word float makes me think of those Chinese lanterns that sometimes get mistaken for UFO's. Does anyone know of any Chinese festivals that might have been celebrated on Saturday...