Be nice to Huntley, prison guards told

Child murdering scum Ian Huntley. What a pity this thing is kept alive at our expense rather than swinging from the end of a rope, where it should be

Prison staff at the jail where child murderer Ian Huntley is a prisoner, have been told they must be nice to the killer, call it “Ian” or “Mr” and keep its spirits up.

Huntley killed two ten year old girls – Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman – in 2002, and it has tried to kill itself three times since being jailed for “life”.

Huntley was given special privileges within a very short time of arriving at Frankland Prison, County Durham. It has a private room, it does not have to wear prison uniform (instead it can wear designer clothes), it has Freeview TV and a games console to keep it occupied. It chooses three meals a day from an extensive menu and its cell is covered with photos of co-defendant Maxine Carr.

It had received death threats, and had to have its stomach pumped after taking an overdose (surprising that there was NHS treatment available for a thing like that when ordinary decent people have treatment denied to them).

This thing should have hanged. The money spent on keeping it (and other criminals) in luxury should then be diverted to worthy causes such as the NHS. Thanks to the hand-wringing, bleating, moaning human rights brigade this thing now lives in luxury. What a pity we have no proper sentencing in this country.

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Peregrines killed – pigeon fanciers to blame?

Two peregrine falcon nests in the West Midlands have been attacked in the past two weeks.

A male was found in a trap in Cannock, Staffordshire, two chicks were rescued and the mother is feared dead.

Officers also found three spring-traps set around a nest at a quarry near Kingswinford, West Midlands, and discovered two eggs smashed.

The RSPB have put up a £1,000 reward and said that the chicks were being looked after in a rescue centre.

It is believed that pigeon fanciers are responsible for the attacks. It is illegal to kill or harm birds of prey, and it is an offence to intentionally, or recklessly, disturb peregrines whilst they are nesting.

Pigeon fanciers are responsible for the plagues of those disgusting feral pigeons found in town centres across the country. Many of these birds are ringed, meaning that they were domesticated racing birds. The mass releasing of thousands of vermin has a detrimental effect, and the fact the misguided people insist on feeding this vermin makes the problem even worse.

For more info on the damage caused by these disgusting creatures, visit this site.

Third man quizzed in explosion probe

Police investigating an explosion in Exeter are quizzing a third man in connection with the blast.

Two other men are in custody over the incident – Nicky Reilly and another who is unnamed. Police also declined to name the third man they are questioning.

A fourth man who was detained in Plymouth is “assisting with enquiries” but is no longer held in custody.

Police are continuing to search several addresses in Plymouth, including the Muslim Community Centre.

Terrorism suspects can only be held for 28 days.

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Anti-traveller sign removed

A pub in north Wales was told by police to take down a notice which said “Polite notice- positively no travellers”.

North Wales Police assistant chief constable Ian Shannon was on a licensing visit when he saw the notice.

The sign was described as “bigoted and unpleasant” and the pub owner did not recognise that the sign was “inappropriate”.

The issue was taken to the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the sign was then taken down.

The pub has not been named, but it is believed to be in the Flintshire or Wrexham area. The police officer made mention of the violence carried out against Gypsies and travellers in Italy recently.

Would there have been such a reaction if the pub had shown a notice saying “no jeans” or “no football tops”? That is just as discriminatory.

Drugs “Doomsday” in Scotland?

Scotland could find itself facing a drugs “Doomsday” in which children as young as primary school age follow their parents into drugs use, a leading professor has warned.

Prof Neil McKeganey of Glasgow University said a massive refocusing of priorities was needed to stop the problem spiralling out of control.

He called for addicts to be rehabilitated properly rather than just being given methadone.

The Scottish Government will launch a new drugs strategy today.

The drug problem in Scotland is twice as bad as in England, and one of the worst in Europe.

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Dorset council will be investigated for spying

Poole Council is to be investigated by a privacy watchdog after complaints about spying.

It is alleged that the council spied on a family they had suspected of lying about where they lived, as well as fishermen who may have been illegally harvesting cockles and clams.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said it is concerned and that “the surveillance has involved the covert collection of personal information about those individuals under scrutiny.”

The council said they had carried out surveillance on 17separate occasions under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) since 2005. The surveillance has been used to detect underage alcohol sales, benefit cheats and monitor suspected drug dealers.

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More fishing rights for the French than the Brits

In typical EU fashion, the French have more fishing rights off the Yorkshire coast than British fishermen do. The latest move by the fish-grabbing French is an insult to our own fishermen, who face ruin whilst the French are able to fish our waters for whiting (which our fishermen cannot do) and also receive subsidised fuel (which our fishermen do not).

Recently, the St Josse, a 25 metre trawler registered in Boulogne, unloaded 500-600 boxes of fish at Whitby. The catch consisted of fish that our own fishermen are banned from catching under stupid EU quotas, including one and a half tonnes of mackerel and 300 boxes of whiting.

Local fishermen are furious about this (and who can blame them)? Would they have the right to go and plunder French waters like the French plunder ours? Will our fishermen go the same way as our farmers thanks to the French? (note that French beef was never banned even though that country had BSE in its cattle!)

Time to pull out of the EU and protect British fishing grounds for British fishermen and no one else.

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Brown “relying” on influx of immigrant workers to fill British jobs

Brown has promised “British jobs for British workers” but in reality this is a joke, as 90% of new jobs created whilst labour have been in power have been taken by foreigners.

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Chris Grayling points to London as an example of economic growth and prosperity which should have provided many British people with jobs, but there were still many areas of high unemployment and dependency upon benefits.

He will also make the spurious claim that the migrants have helped to boost economic growth.

Around 2,000 National Insurance numbers are given to immigrants each day, allowing them to work in the UK. There are some disgraceful British companies who will only recruit from the immigrant workforce and then lie that no British people want to work.

There will also be more help urged for British ethnic minorities who cannot find work because their English is not good enough (if they are “British” then their native language should be English, there is no excuse for claiming to be British and then not speaking English!)

The number of British workers is at its lowest level since 1997, the year that Labour came to power. The proportion of working foreigners has increased.

MP will discuss Muslim inmate fears

Cambridgeshire MP Malcolm Moss is to meet officials after claims that the high number of Muslim criminals held in Whitemoor Prison made staff “anxious and apprehensive”.

The Prison Service has said it will examine how to manage gangs and terrorists held in the jail. More than a quarter of the 500 criminals held in Whitemoor are Muslims.

Staff at the prison are reluctant to challenge “inappropriate behaviour” among Muslims and ethnic minority criminals for fear of being seen to do the wrong thing. There is a feeling of the power dynamic shifting towards prisoners.

The report into the prison recommends more diversity training and learning cultural awareness and a development day on the Muslim faith.

These criminals should be treated exactly the same as other criminals, and if they don’t like it and start bleating about their human rights then tough. They choose to be criminals then they should also accept whatever “punishment” is meted out to them.

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“Ground all Nimrods” call

Andrew Walker, the assistant deputy coroner for Oxfordshire, has called for all RAF Nimrods to be grounded and claimed that the entire fleet is not airworthy.

The MOD admitted in April that two thirds of the fifteen Nimrods currently in service were not fit for purpose, but it did not intend to follow safety recommendations as it claims the planes are now safe.

However, Mr Walker said that no Nimrod had been safe to fly since the type was introduced in 1969.

The aircraft which exploded after mid air refuelling over Afghanistan in September 2006 was, at that time, the oldest in the fleet. XV230 exploded at a height of 3,000 feet, causing the single biggest loss of British life since the Falklands conflict in 1982.

The British government is so happy to waste money on overseas aid but will not spend the money necessary to ensure that our troops have the best available equipment when they are sent to war at the request of the USA.