Squaddies Say They've Had Enough Of Squalid Housing

 

An investigation has been ordered into allegations that Army families have been living in squalid and unsafe homes.

 

CarillionAmey has a lucrative Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract to maintain 45,000 service family homes in the UK.

 

But The Sun newspaper has put together a dossier of homes where the maintenance service has been appalling.

 

Service families are reportedly making 1,000 complaints a week over poor service, in the meantime living for months without cookers, no running water and holes in the ceiling.

 

 

They include Liz Phoenix, married to a Royal Marine, who claims their home is rat-infested, despite numerous calls to CarillionAmey.

 

She also says when they moved into the house in December 2014, the boiler was broken and it was so cold they had to move into a hotel. CarillionAmey took weeks to fix it.

 

She says CarillionAmey have carried out only 15 repairs despite 110 visits in a year.

 

More from Forces TV: "Housing the Biggest Issue Worrying Army Families"

 

A Royal Fusilier says he's leaving the Army after a health visitor warned his mouldy home is a health hazard for his newborn son.

 

The family says CarillionAmey has done nothing to fix the problem, despite 18 months of complaints.

 

 

Another soldier claims his house was so infested with black mould that he became ill and was medically downgraded at work.

 

According to The Sun, 7,500 people have now signed a petition asking the MoD to strip CarillionAmey of its multi-billion pound maintenance contract.

 

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said he's deeply concerned by these reports and wants them looked into as a matter of urgency, saying:

 

“It is simply unacceptable that our brave service personnel and their families, who offer this country so much, have to put up with such poor service. That's why I'm going to call in the chief executives of Carillion and Amey to identify what can be done to improve this situation as soon as possible.”

 

Meanwhile, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said it's not acceptable that CarillionAmey's performance has fallen short of expectations.

 

The Managing Director of CarillionAmey, Daniel Easthope has responded to the criticism, saying:

 

“We do not underestimate the challenges of this work and where there have been problems we are working hard to address them. We appreciate the patience shown by service personnel and their families while we fix problems on their behalf.”

http://www.forces.tv/15617261

British Army To Hold Largest Invasion Exercise In Over A Decade - in Jordan !

Exercise Shamal Storm will see 1,600 troops deploy to Jordan alongside a wide variety of units from Force Troops Command and 3 [UK] Division. 

 

The Army are determined to show they are still capable of deploying a 30,000-strong force to a crisis zone anywhere in the world.

 

An Army spokesperson said:

"The exercise in Jordan presents the British Army with a challenging environment in which to assure its combat readiness to deploy and support an armoured force of up to 30,000 troops anywhere in the world." 

The bilateral exercise, named Shamal Storm for the wind storms that occur in the Jordanian desert, has been held for many years, but this occasion will see a significant increase in troop numbers.

 

Army sources dismissed speculation that despite being held in Jordan, a region that borders war-torn Syria, the exercise was not a dress rehearsal for any British-led campaign against ISIS.

 

A source told The Telegraph:

 

“This isn’t a counter-Isil exercise. If anything, this is much more about us being prepared to join the US in Ukraine than it is in Syria."

“This is not the sort of kind of force you expect to roll into Aleppo to take on a bunch of jihadists.”

Recent conflicts in Afghan and Iraqi theatres were focused on counter-insurgency, rather than any large scale conflict. It is this disparity the Army is trying to redress.

 

"The exercise will test key concepts such as the air deployment of a very high readiness field hospital and the latest explosives ordnance disposal and search capabilities, all of which will enable us to be more agile in deterring threats to the UK and its interests.

Military lorries bound for Jordan

http://forces.tv/15251575#.VrkPFIk7Bdc.facebook 

January 31 at 3:34pm · 

 

Copied someones post to show as a warning, proof of police appeassement at the cost to honest law abiding business owners and elderly patrons, should of been arrested for threatening behavior not rewarded thus setting a dangerous precedent?

I have a shop in a rural retail craft centre on a Lancashire country estate where there are 60 small retail shops and a tearoom. Today 4 Muslim men came in and demanded that the centre provide them with a prayer room, when one clearly wasn't available they started to get aggressive and when they were asked to leave by the management they started making threats and kicking spouting their right. They put the fear of God into customers, many of whom are elderly, it was a truly awful and experience. 

They called the police and the police turned up on mass, it looked like a riot, it was awful! But to ad insult to the situation the police cleared a space upstairs to allow them to pray - wtf!!! 

What is happening to our Christian way of life, I'm in total disbelief, it was horrendous!

 — in Eccleston, Wigan, United Kingdom.

Ten men convicted following child sexual exploitation investigation

NWN: Yet another lot in Rochdale. Is there no end to their behaviour ?



Ten men have been found guilty of a range of serious sexual offences as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation, mainly in Rochdale, with the majority happening between 2004 and 2008.
The following men have been convicted during two trials that have been held at Minshul Street Crown Court:
Afraz Ahmed (22/11/1982), of Oswald Street, Rochdale was found guilty of two counts of rape, two counts of conspiracy to rape, two counts of inciting sexual activity, five counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of Section 47 assault against five victims.
Choudhry Ikhalaq Hussain (born 12/09/1977), of Mayfield Terrace, Rochdale was found guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a child, two counts of rape and one count of conspiracy to rape against one victim. He was convicted in his absence and is currently wanted by police. He is believed to be outside the United Kingdom.
Mahfuz Rahman (18/06/1986), of HMP Garth, pleaded guilty to three counts of Sexual Activity with a Child and was sentenced to five years and six months in prison at the beginning of trial.
Rehan Ali (born 10/12/1988), of Cleethorpes Avenue, Blackley was found guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of rape against one victim.
Kutab Miah (born 20/08/1980), of Ramsay Street, Rochdale was found guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of rape against one victim.
Mohammed Dauood (born 14/01/1978), of Leyland Road, Burnley was found guilty of three counts of rape, one count of sexual Activity with a child, one count of sexual assault and one count of Section 47 assault against two victims.
Abid Khan (born 06/12/1976), of Whitney Road, Liverpool was found guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a child against one victim.
Mohammed Zahid (born 06/09/1960), of Croxton Avenue, Rochdale was found guilty of one count of sexual activity with a child against one victim.
A man who cannot be named for legal reasons was found guilty of three counts of rape and attempted child abduction against three victims.
A 46-year-old man was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to rape against one victim.
All men bar Iklaq Choudhry Hussain, who remains wanted, have been remanded to appear for sentencing on the Thursday 7 and Friday 8 April 2016.
The convictions relate to offences committed against eight victims who were aged between 13 and 23 at the time of the abuse.
Assistant Chief Constable Robert Potts said: “Operation Doublet was launched following the 2011 investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rochdale and we identified a number of cases, which broadly took place between 2004 and 2008, across Greater Manchester where teenage girls were being sexually exploited by older men.
“Cases such as this one are extremely complex and take a lot of hard work to ensure they reach court. Understandably, victims can go through an array of emotions during the process but their welfare is the most important thing to us and they are always supported by specially trained officers.
“The strong partnership approach taken here, ranging from the Crown Prosecution Service through to Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council has been important and the police team lead by Detective Chief Inspector Jamie Daniels have dedicated themselves and have been relentless in achieving the very best outcomes.
“Today’s outcome belongs to the brave and courageous victims who have found the confidence to speak of their harrowing experiences. They've helped us to ensure that we can find those responsible for these horrific crimes and bring them to justice no matter how long has come to pass.
“This has been achieved through a great deal of hard work by police and all partners.
“The nationally recognised Sunrise team in Rochdale continue to help identify vulnerable children in Rochdale with Project Phoenix being a multi-agency approach for Greater Manchester.
“Tackling CSE is a priority for Greater Manchester Police and we, alongside our partners, are dedicated to helping those who are subjected to such abuse and to ensure they are safeguarded from the risks.”

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/100891/ten-men-convicted-following-child-sexual-exploitation-investigation

NWN: The Police are doing rather a lot of self backslapping here. For years, they, as well as all the rest of them, ignored this very issue. They were frightened of being called 'racist'.We remember when they arrested BNP members for mentioning this issue. West Yorkshire Police also banned a Channel 4 documentary that was going to focus on this issue. That was about 10 years ago.

Dover protesters traumatise panto performers during demonstrations

(NWN: The zionist/communists attacked a local theatre group here it seems)

Protesters and rioters traumatised performers of a panto production in Dover on Saturday - but despite shaken cast members the show went ahead.

The demonstrations in the town centre saw some protesters running into the Roundhouse Theatre at Dover Discovery Centre and scaring the young cast, who were performing Sleeping Beauty.

Director Barry Clayton said: “We opened last Thursday and our final performances were on Saturday, a day that brought more than the usual challenges a production of this kind brings.

Protesters outside the entrance to Dover Discovery Centre

“Rioters ran through the building and shouted through the dressing room windows at the young cast. But throughout the whole quite terrifying incident our cast, young and old, continued with the performance even though staff of the centre suggested we consider halting the afternoon performance and cancelling the evening one.

“They were traumatised by the whole sad event but felt that the audience deserved to see our work and so they did, bringing laughter to a town under siege.”

The show was performed by Blackfish Academy, a community production which aims to include children and adults from all walks of life.

Sleeping Beauty saw a return to the pantomime genre for Blackfish for the first time in many years.

The cast of Blackfish Academy's production of Sleeping Beauty

Princess Beauty was played by Emma Walker and Prince Michael by Chris Walker. The production also includes kings and queens, fairies and a host of dancers.

The script was written by the late Peter Denyer.

The age of the cast ranges from seven to 67.

Blackfish Academy also runs workshops for children and young people every Saturday from 10am to 11am.

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/show-goes-on-after-dover-70305/ 

NWN: Well this is a first ! This story shows and provides photo evidence of the zionist/communist filth attacking a Dover theatre group. Check out the link and view their pics .