Just how independent are the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)? How are the commissioners appointed and to whom are they accountable? Do they make their findings and the reasons for their findings public? -- Alasdair.

Last Thursday the www.roguecustomer.com website was officially launched by MP Tim Loughton at Westminster, London. Nigel Gray and his Team have done a terrific job in putting the website together and it is hoped that new legislation might be proposed and adopted which will curb the actions of criminals who wilfully and deliberately seek to defraud honest working men/women through non payment...

http://ritualabuse.us Man headed world paedophile ring - The judge said he had "an inability to show remorse" BBC News 11/28/08 A man with 200,000 computer images and thousands of videos showing child sex abuse has been jailed indefinitely. Christopher Stubbings, 55, from Crawley Lane, Kings Bromley, Staffordshire, was one of the ringleaders of a worldwide abuse ring, Stafford Crown Court...

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Why dont they want to go home to Africa, think of the great contributions Obama could make to say Kenya...or some of the really good black altheles would make to any black african counrty, why do blacks want to come to the West and bitch that they dont get afair go until we give then a roller or a presidency Has life in the west reached the position where there are more of them than us now and...

I've had a lot of harassment from my neighbours and am looking for some advice? for all information: http://swanseavalley.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------ for short info:

The HOUSING CORPORATION is a very powerful quango that allows some memebers with not the best reputation to operate in a very dubious way, this was the case of Crystal Palace Housing Association in 1991 which went about mis-representing leases to the public in the media and by any means it saw fit. The Housing corporation member I am referring to has many names and has new name now: Crystal...

My wife is 12 weeks pregnant & currently very sick due to said pregnancy. She works 3 days per week and the work can be quite physical - as such she has had to take several days off sick as she has literally been bed ridden/vomitting. She has been with her employer for ~9 years and has had very little time off for sickness in that period (maybe 5 or 6 days total). If her sickness continues...

Local people in Sheffield and Lincolnshire must know the identity of the man who raped his two daughters and fathered 9 kids by them. What would be the legal position if his identity were published on the Internet? It seems unfair that when he comes out of prison his criminal record will remain secret and other potential victims will know nothing about his dark past. Other rapists are named...

Merseyside police said Pc Bettley had returned from holiday to co-operate with their inquiry and had been suspended from duty. A force spokesman said: "Merseyside Police can confirm that the police officer is subject to an ongoing internal investigation into his alleged association with the BNP has today been suspended from duty. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7740817.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/nov/30/house-price-index-market-value * The Government's official house price index, produced by the Land Registry, has been accused of misleading homebuyers and policymakers after it emerged that it excludes repossessions and auctions on the grounds that they do not reflect the 'full market value' of the sale. What is the full market value of a property...

http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell/who_we_are/leadership/executive_committee/dir_executive_commitee_17042008.html No blackmen there then "I'm all white Jack".

I went on holiday with Thomas Cook (TC) paying an extra £84 for a sea view. The room allocated did not have a sea view. I spoke to TC rep and together we spoke to Hotel - they said they would not change the room as it *was* a sea view room - both I and the rep said it appeared to be a "side sea view". (A sea view is where you look out directly over the sea - a side sea view is where you stretch...

Washing hands can make you less judgmental, scientists say By Jo Macfarlane Last updated at 9:57 PM on 29th November 2008 Cleanliness is next to godliness, the ancient proverb says – and now scientists have proved that the state of your hands can affect your moral judgment. A study by British academics has revealed that people who clean

My gran has just had to go into a care home and leave her council house. I have found a few bills in her house that don't seem to have been paid, particularly her water bill. It wasn't her fault, she has been good with bill paying all her life but recently has suffered from dementure. As she has now gone into care and her only income is £21 a week I presume they won't chase her for the...

I saw an item on Saturday evening's BBC TV News where a judge upheld an appeal by a war veteran who had been brutalised by the Wigan police in the process of being arrested for giving backchat to an officer. The gratuitous brutality was recorded very clearly by a neaby CCTV camera. I cannot find the item on the BBC website and wonder who else saw it. The police nearly always get away with...

IMO this is serious

Matthews said: "I didn't have nothing to do with it." Which is true..... http://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/karen-matthews-and-michael-donovan-trial/Karen-Matthews-accused-of-39wicked.4743981.jp

On This Week on BBC Two, which finished about 30 minutes ago, both Diane Abbott and Michael Portillo agreed with Andrew Neil and Chris Huhne that this arrest by up to NINE counter-terrorism police officers was politically motivated. Either that or, as Portillo said, the police are even more bloody stupid than he thought. We shall see. But this move is breathtaking. Cameron has called...

A good friend of mine runs a small business in the service industry; six employees. We have always had bad payers, but the economic situation is making things worse. Most of the debts are for relatively small amounts, below £100. The accumulative total is probably in the thousands of pounds. Is there any economic way of taking the debtors to court? Or is it just not worth it?