On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:19:07 +0100 'abelard' wrote this on uk.politics.misc: On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:14:29 +0000, Alang wrote: Police state. Thats what we have when the police interfere with politics. Any allegation against an MP on political grounds should be a job for

..... we will change the system. (Gordon Brown, in clunking fist mode) Although at first glance a statement of the bleedin obvious, I think what it probably means is, "we will take the credit for changing the system". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7750000.stm

A man caught on CCTV stealing a Poppy Appeal tin from a shop counter on Remembrance Sunday has been jailed for a year. Adrian Holmes, 29, from Giles Road in Oxford, snatched the money from Rowes Newsmarket in Wallingford Street in Wantage, Oxfordshire. The thief, a heroin addict, was branded "the lowest of the low" by the mayor. Magistrate Richard Jones told Holmes he could not see any...

An 82-year-old rapist with dementia has avoided a jail sentence for an attack he committed in 1993 because of his diminished mental state. Verley Gordon was found unfit to enter a plea over the assault on a 66-year-old woman in Brixton, south London. Instead, jurors at London's Southwark Crown Court were asked to determine whether or not Gordon "did the act". The jury found him responsible...

EDF only appear to allow you to pay bills by Debit Cards and not Credit Cards .Is this usual among energy firms . I'm intending doing a balance transfer from one Credit Card to a new 0% one and was intending to pay the bill on the old card before doing that so it would be included in the BT .Now I'll need to use some other way of doing it like using my Abbey debit card and maybe BT'ing something...

Hello, Due to a direct debit that went wrong, my account with Alliance & Leicester (A&L) went £2.67 overdrawn. That's two pounds and sixty seven pence. A&L made no effort to contact me and so I did not learn of the debt until three weeks later. A&L have charged me £5 (five pounds) per day for being overdrawn. So for being £2.67 overdrawn, I have been charged £120 (one hundred and twenty pounds).

I'm guessing that Osama Bin Laden was trying to sort out an overdraft, add extra channels to his Sky TV package, or defer a payment on his car insurance. They redirected his through to a callcentre in India, where the operator failed completely and repreatedly to comprehend his simple requests. He lost his rag, and blew he **** out of the place. Or do you think there could be a simpler, more...

i am indian and living in Libya resently working as project manager in Food Industry.I Got HSMP UK immigration visa in June 2008. I entred UK in August but only for three days.How long I can stay out side Uk with out loosing my immigration status

Cambridge prof returns Sarah Khalil Nov 26, 2008 A university professor in the United Kingdom was given his job back after officials found over 1,500 pornographic images of children on his computer Cambridge prof returns

EU discusses Madeleine alert system An EU-wide missing child alert system will come a step closer at talks in Brussels on Friday. EU justice ministers are due to approve plans for closer co-operation between national authorities when a child is snatched and is thought likely to be taken across a European border. The issue was spotlighted after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:32:56 -0500, Mike Ross wrote: So what purpose does it serve to kick the borrower out and leave the house boarded up and deteriorating? Moral hazard? MM

An extra-tight hug for tots at Baby P shrine By CHARLOTTE SPRATT Published: Today THEY came in their hundreds from across the country. Loving parents who hugged their tots just that little bit tighter as they approached the memorial to tragic Baby P.

Critical Mass police ban blocked by law lords Monthly London cycle ride can go ahead without notifying Met of route, lords rule * Press Association * guardian.co.uk, Wednesday November 26 2008 13.10 GMT Police attempts to outlaw the monthly Critical Mass cycle ride through the streets of London unless its route was notified in advance were

My partner is currently working on tour in Europe. He flew out last week, arriving at his destination airport minus his luggage- lost in transit. The loss was registered there & then & a reference number issued. The luggage was located the next day & he arranged for it to be delivered by the airline to the next easily accessible address (being on a tourbus makes this awkward). The luggage was...

Sex Offender Expert Offers Coping Advice Written by James Straub Thursday, November 27, 2008 BLUE HILL — Generation after generation of youngsters has ventured from home and into the cruel world with this time-honored parental advice echoing in their minds: “Don’t talk to strangers.” Barbara Schwartz

The advert boasted the new 3G model was "really fast" and showed it loading internet pages in under a second. "Apple UK said it was comparing the 3G model with its 2G predecessor and its claims were "relative not absolute". ............but surely thats what the press do all the time when reporting finance or statistics. The news sounds more dramatic when uttered in percentages rather than...

Hi guys My first post here and of course it's a plea for some advice! In August 2008 I agreed to purchase a printing machine. I travelled across country to collect the printer and paid in cash - no problem there. The seller also had a cutting machine that matches the printer and is a 'must have' for the printer, in other words, I would have had to purchase one. The seller says he's got no use...

The National Medical Council is issuing a caution to nursing staff that in dealing with patients, terms such as 'dearie' and 'love' can be offensive. At the same time it acknowledges that in some areas of the country where they form part of everyday speech, a word such as 'pet' I imagine, can feel entirely welcome. I think the issues are around dignity and vulnerability. Anyone who is suddenly...

In the days of the GPO, telephone "subscribers" did not have a contract with the GPO. The services were provided under statutory "Schemes". One could therefore not sue the GPO for breach of contract as there was no contract. This regime still applies to Royal Mail's customers. Does this regime still apply to customers of BT? --

Advocate Unfair on Satanic Abuse - September 11, 2003 - new url for old article AI was very disappointed with the article, "Speak of the Devil" by Patrick Rucker (9/3/03). I felt that a great deal of information was left out of the article, to make one side of the debate (ours) look ridiculous.... Lanning is quoted as an "authoritative" source by Mr. Rucker. Lanning claims that satanic abuse is a...