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Thursday, August 13, 2015
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Turn up to court this week or face arrest, judge tells Janner: Chief magistrate says he will not tolerate any more delays after lawyers try to use Human Rights Act to stop him appearing
- Former Labour peer faces 22 charges of sex abuse against boys and men
- He was ordered last week to appear in court to answer the case against him
- However his lawyers claim the 87-year-old is too ill to appear in person
- Ex MP denies any wrongdoing and his family say he is 'entirely innocent'
- Britain's chief magistrate said he would not tolerate further delay in case
Britain’s chief magistrate Judge
Howard Riddle has made it clear that he will not tolerate further delay
in the case of Lord Janner (pictured above) who faces 22 charges of sex
abuse against boys and men
Lord Janner was yesterday threatened with arrest if he refuses to appear in court over child sex charges.
His
lawyers have used the Human Rights Act to claim that appearing before a
judge would cause ‘considerable stress and harm’ both to Greville
Janner – who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s – and his family.
But Britain’s chief magistrate Judge Howard Riddle yesterday made clear that he would not tolerate further delay.
If
Janner refuses to appear at a rearranged hearing on Friday, the judge
said the Crown Prosecution Service should apply for a warrant for his
arrest.
The peer’s legal team has used Article 8 of the Human Rights Act – the right to a family life – to try to stop him appearing.
His
barrister Paul Ozin said: ‘Given his family will have to take steps
which would cause Lord Janner considerable stress and harm, we would say
that there is a violation of his Article 8 rights because his own
family [face] the onerous task of inflicting what they regard as …
unnecessary harm to Lord Janner. Our position is that the decision is
itself unlawful.’
The
former Leicester West MP, who is accused of molesting nine boys between
1963 and 1988 and faces 22 charges, failed to attend a preliminary
hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court last week.
But if the 87-year-old doesn’t attend the same court on Friday, he now faces arrest.
Judge
Riddle said ‘special arrangements’ should be made by the CPS to ensure
the arrest is actually carried out. Janner will be given a special room
to sit in before proceedings and will enter court in a wheelchair
through a side door.
He
will be allowed to sit alongside a relative, a nurse and a member of his
legal team – rather than being forced to sit in the dock.
The
hearing is only expected to last a minute and during that time Janner’s
responses to simple questions can be made by proxy through his legal
team.
Passing
judgment at Westminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Judge Riddle
said: ‘If he is required to attend and he doesn’t, then I will be
expecting the Crown to make their suggestions [as to] how best to
proceed.
'And
if that is by way of an application for warrant, then the judge sitting
on that occasion will want to know what special arrangements have been
made by the Crown to enforce that.
Former
Labour peer Lord Janner is facing child abuse charges after a campaign
led by MPs including Simon Danczuk (right) to overturn a decision by the
director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders (left) which ruled he
was too ill to stand trial
Janner pictured meeting children in 1980. They have no connection with the charges
‘Everybody
has had significant time to prepare for these proceedings, and I expect
the parties to be able to deal with any expected developments and not
to seek any further adjournment.’
However, Janner’s appearance on Friday is still subject to a legal challenge, expected be heard by the High Court tomorrow.
Mr Ozin said Janner’s legal team would also appeal the High Court decision if it does not go in their favour.
Given
his family will have to take steps which would cause Lord Janner
considerable stress and harm ... we would say that there is a violation
of his Article 8 rights
Lord Janner's barrister Paul Ozin
Janner, a QC, is charged with sex attacks on vulnerable young boys at a children’s home in his constituency.
At
the height of his alleged crimes, Janner is accused of abusing three
victims in a month. Other charges reveal he is accused of preying
repeatedly on the same boys over months and even years.
The peer is expected to be committed for trial at Southwark Crown Court where a judge will then decide if he is fit to plead.
If
he is not, a jury would decide whether he committed the acts based on
prosecution evidence. A defence team would test the case but this would
be incomplete as the politician could not instruct them or speak on his
behalf.
If
the jury were satisfied that the acts were done, the judge would have
three options – a supervision order, a hospital order or an absolute
discharge.
None
of these amounts to conviction or punishment, but Janner could be moved
to secure accommodation if he is found to be a risk to the public.
Janner has always denied any wrongdoing.
Monday, August 10, 2015
Foreigners charge NHS for care in their OWN country: Health tourism loophole lets thousands of Eastern Europeans get free treatment with cards designed for Brits
- NHS handing out five million European Health Insurance Cards per year
- They allow Britons to charge emergency treatment abroad back to NHS
- But cards are being given to any EU citizens who says they are living in UK
- Eastern Europeans using them in home country to make NHS cover costs
- Undercover Hungarian journalist Ani Horvath obtained card after visiting UK for one day
Back in Hungary: Hungarian journalist
Ani Horvath was able to obtain a European Health Insurance Card after
visiting the UK for less than one day
Foreigners
are billing the NHS for expensive healthcare they receive in their own
countries, a Daily Mail investigation can reveal.
Under
an extraordinary legal loophole, migrants are able to charge the full
cost of medical treatment in their home countries to the UK, even if
they have never paid a penny of tax in Britain.
They
do this by obtaining European Health Insurance Cards from the NHS. The
cards were intended for British people to use in cases of emergency
while on holiday and entitle them to charge the NHS for the cost of any
medical treatment they might urgently need while overseas within Europe.
But
the NHS is handing out more than five million of these EHIC cards for
free every year – and keeping no record of how many are being given to
foreigners.
The
cards are given out freely to any EU citizens who says they are living
in the UK, even if they haven’t actually worked or paid any tax here.
As
a result, Eastern Europeans can obtain the cards, then return to their
home countries and use them to have medical treatment they would usually
have to pay for funded by the NHS.
And
because the cards last for five years, they are worth a fortune to
migrants with ongoing conditions, or who have multiple pregnancies and
births.
In
an undercover investigation, an Eastern European woman working for the
Mail – who has never lived or paid taxes in Britain – was able to get
one of the cards after visiting the UK for less than a day.
Hungarian
journalist Ani Horvath took it to clinics and hospitals in her native
Hungary which confirmed she could use it to get maternity care and even
skin treatments paid for by the UK taxpayer.
When
she asked maternity clinic staff how many Hungarian women had
registered for appointments covered by the NHS, she was told: ‘A lot of
people. More and more.’
Using
the card, she could have registered for a consultation with an
optometrist costing a potential £150 or one with a dermatologist for
£130 – or even antenatal and birth/maternity care for one pregnancy at
£9,500, or a £47,000 liver transplant.
British ministers last night vowed to urgently review the use of EHIC cards.
Health
Minister Alistair Burt said it was ‘completely unacceptable that people
living outside the UK think they can abuse our NHS’.
He
said that as a result of the Mail’s investigation, the Government would
‘urgently carry out more work’ to crack down on health tourism,
‘including EHIC applications’.
In
online forums, Romanians, Poles, Lithuanians and Slovakians can be
found boasting of how they have managed to charge the UK for a range of
superficial health treatments in their home countries.
They joke about how easy the fiddle is because the NHS pays and ‘no one even blinks’.
At the Budapest ophthalmologist clinic: Staff did not check for 'emergency' symptoms and accepted the cars
At the maternity centre: Advice on how to have delivery costs covered 'even if it is not an emergency'
Expectant
mothers also admitted using the ploy to give birth in their home
countries at the UK’s expense before moving to Britain to claim
benefits.
One
migrant who had used the card wrote: ‘Through the card, all necessary
arrangements to do with the pregnancy and childbirth will be made free.
‘I was very surprised that there were not so many run-ins with the authorities.’
Another said: ‘No one even blinked. Everything was solved with the EHIC card.’
The
NHS has spent more than £721million reimbursing other European
countries for treating people with EHIC cards over the past five years.
But
the Department of Health admitted last night it had no idea how much of
that money had been claimed by foreigners using UK EHIC cards to get
treatments in their own country.
Furious MPs said the practice was ‘ludicrous’ and demanded an immediate crackdown.
Peter Bone, Conservative MP for Wellingborough, said it was a 'ludicrous lack of rigour' by the NHS
Tory MP Andrew Percy, who sits on the Health Select Committee, said: ‘This is a complete outrage and will infuriate people.
‘It is another example of how soft touch Britain has become the International Health Service.
‘The
NHS is there for British citizens who have paid in. The Government
needs to urgently review how these health insurance cards are issued. It
needs to get tough and act quickly.’
Dr
Sarah Wollaston, a trained GP and chairman of the Health Select
Committee, said the NHS must ‘urgently’ close the EHIC loophole to stop
the abuse uncovered by the Mail.
‘EHIC
cards should only be issued to British citizens,’ she said. ‘You should
not be offering EHIC cards to overseas citizens. This loophole will
have to be rapidly closed because clearly this has very serious
implications for the NHS.’
Peter
Bone, Conservative MP for Wellingborough, said: ‘It is extraordinary.
It seems we will just happily squander taxpayers’ money without
checking.
‘For the price of a return easyJet flight, people across Europe can get free health cover for five years.
‘It
is a ludicrous lack of rigour by the NHS and clearly the Secretary of
State has got to look into this urgently and stop this abuse.’
Joyce
Robins, from campaign group Patient Concern, said patients who were
being refused routine treatments on the NHS because of lack of money
would be appalled.
‘People who have paid into the system all their lives are being told they cannot access treatments,’ she said.
‘Meanwhile
those from abroad who haven’t paid into the system can make free use of
the NHS’s money. It is disgraceful and it has got to be stopped.’
Campaigner
Julie Bailey, founder of Cure The NHS, said: ‘Those responsible must
close this loophole immediately, stopping our valuable NHS resources
being used on those who are not entitled.’
The
investigation will renew calls for the Government to crack down on the
abuse of NHS resources by those who are not entitled to them.
The
true cost of health tourism to the NHS is unknown but a
Government-commissioned report in 2013 put it as high as £2billion a
year.
Experts
say even this is an underestimate as the vast majority of overseas
patients are never identified by hospitals, let alone made to pay for
their treatment.
By
law, only patients who usually live in the UK are entitled to free
hospital care – unless their life is at risk or treatment is considered
‘immediately necessary’.
GP appointments are free for everyone, along with A&E and maternity care, which are considered urgent.
The
problem is many hospital staff assume that once a patient has an NHS
number, which they easily get from registering with a GP, they are
entitled to free care.
Health
Minister Mr Burt added: ‘This Government has already introduced tough
measures to clamp down on migrants using healthcare without making a
contribution, to save half a billion pounds within a few years.
‘We are continually looking at ways we can tighten up the process further.’
How I signed up for five years free medical treatment in Hungary - at YOUR expense
By Ani Horvath for The Daily Mail
Ms Horvath received her EHIC card in less than one month
I
have never lived, worked or paid taxes in Britain. But a few weeks ago,
I registered for five years of health treatment at your expense at a
clinic near my home in Budapest, Hungary.
I
visited my local optician, dermatologist and even a transplant clinic –
and was told the UK would pay for creams, eye tests and liver surgery
if I needed them.
At my local maternity centre, dozens of Hungarian women like me are having their births paid for by the British NHS too.
A
practice manager there took me into a bright office decorated with
pictures of babies and showed me a stack of papers. There were dozens of
forms, piled high. All of them had been filled in by expectant mothers
in this one small area of Budapest whose appointments are now being paid
for by the British taxpayer.
I asked how many women had registered for appointments covered by the NHS. ‘A lot of people,’ she said. ‘More and more.’
If
you are pregnant, in need of a transplant, or even just have a minor
condition such as a rash or short-sightedness, all it takes to have your
bills covered by the UK taxpayer is a little blue card.
And
I got mine for free from the NHS without ever seeing a UK doctor or
nurse. For the past few months, I have been working with the Daily
Mail’s Investigations Unit to test how easy it is for non-British people
to have their healthcare paid for by the UK.
Healthcare
is expensive in Eastern Europe and increasing numbers are charging
their treatment to Britain. They are doing so using UK-registered
European Health Insurance Cards.
These
cards are meant to be used only by British tourists and entitle them to
public healthcare while travelling in European Economic Area countries
and Switzerland.
But
there is no requirement to prove you work in Britain to get one. All
you need is an NHS number – which anyone can get by signing up at a GP
surgery, even if you are a failed asylum seeker.
In
Hungary, you have to pay 8.5 cent of your monthly salary for state
healthcare. So you can see why people so desperately want to get hold of
them. They are a goldmine.
A
concerned NHS doctor had told the Mail how easy it was for foreign
nationals with no entitlement to free care to get hold of the cards.
So
in June I phoned a GP surgery in London from my home in Budapest. I
said I had recently moved to the UK and wanted to register with a
doctor. I said my landlord could drop in my identity documents for me,
and they said this was fine.
That
afternoon, a reporter posing as my landlord visited the surgery and
passed over scanned copies of my Hungarian ID card and driver’s licence,
which I had emailed him.
When they asked for proof of address, he handed them a tenancy agreement document claiming I was living at his flat in the area.
Yet
such generic tenancy agreements are not official documents, and can be
downloaded from dozens of internet sites or drafted by anyone on a
computer.
Nonetheless,
this was accepted as proper proof of address. NHS staff did not ask for
any of the usual, official proof of address documents, such as a bank
or utility bill.
Basic
checks would have shown that I do not live there, in fact have never
lived in the UK – and that the reporter posing as my landlord does not
even own the property where I was supposedly renting a room.
In
Hungary, you have to pay 8.5 cent of your monthly salary for state
healthcare. So you can see why people so desperately want to get hold of
them. They are a goldmine
Hungarian journalist Ani Hovarth
The
reporter was given a registration form to take away for me to sign. He
was told it was ‘preferable’ for me to return in person with the form –
but not essential. The form asked for my name, date of birth, place of
birth, address, phone number and the date I came to the UK.
The
reporter filled it in and returned it before making a new patient
appointment for a few days later. ‘Then she’ll be registered,’ a GP
staff member told the reporter.
On
June 11, I flew to London and walked into the surgery, where I was
waved into a room for a full check-up. I was asked to show my Hungarian
ID card and the lease agreement, but the receptionist did not read it –
she simply scanned the front page.
The
check-up was not done by a doctor or nurse. I was taken into a room and
did it myself on a computer, answering questions about my health. I
took my own blood pressure using a machine and weighed and measured
myself before keying the results into the computer. The appointment took
35 minutes.
I flew back to Budapest and six days later, a confirmation letter was issued by NHS England with my own unique NHS number.
The
reporter used this number to apply online for a UK EHIC card for me.
Because I had an NHS number, the process was easy. Few details were
required – just my name, date of birth, NHS number, UK address, phone
number and email. The application took less than three minutes.
Two
days later the NHS accepted the application and authorised a five-year
UK EHIC for me. And so, in less than a month and with no proper checks, I
am now entitled to state healthcare across Europe. And while EHICs are
supposed to cover only emergency treatment, I have found the UK one can
be used for anything in Hungary.
Eastern Europeans can obtain the
cards, then return to their home countries and use them to have medical
treatment they would usually have to pay for funded by the NHS (posed by
models)
On July 9, I visited a variety of clinics in Budapest. The EHIC was accepted everywhere.
At
an ophthalmologist, staff said the EHIC would cover emergency
treatment, but then tried to book me in to see a doctor, without
checking any ‘emergency’ symptoms.
I went to a transplant clinic and said I had liver problems and was told I could use the EHIC for an immediate appointment.
At the birth centre, a manager said the EHIC would cover appointments while I was pregnant in Hungary.
To
have the delivery covered, I would have to get another form from the
UK, called an S2. This simply requires a letter from a GP and asks for
identification details, contact information, nationality, where you wish
to give birth and your pregnancy dates.
‘Bring
back one of those forms and everything will be fine,’ I was told in the
birth centre. ‘We can treat you even if it is not an emergency.’
The dermatologist manager said I could use the EHIC for a skin check-up and for face cream – clearly non-emergency treatments.
I
did not use the card to obtain any medical treatment, but these cards
are a treasure trove for people here because state health insurance is
so expensive.
We can get Hungarian EHICs to use when we are abroad on holiday. But the process of getting one is much stricter than in the UK.
Scandal of online tips to 'screw the system'
By Paul Bentley, Deputy Investigations Editor for The Daily Mail
Health
tourists are sharing tips online on how to ‘screw with the system’ and
milk the NHS for free healthcare in their own countries.
Romanians,
Poles, Lithuanians and Slovakians boast of how they have managed to
charge the UK for superficial health treatments – and ‘no one even
blinks’.
The tips were discovered by the Daily Mail on foreign language forums and blogs on the internet.
Messages
give step-by-step instructions on how to get hold of UK-registered
European Health Insurance Cards, allowing them to charge the NHS for
treatments abroad for all their family for up to five years.
Expectant mothers admitted using the ploy to give birth in their home countries – at the UK’s expense.
On
a forum for Slovakian mothers-to-be, a woman calling herself Bobocka
states: ‘I was working in the UK, but after starting maternity leave I
went to Slovakia, where I gave birth.
‘I
received the maternity pay from the UK and when the paid maternity
finished, I stopped the employment and we stayed in Slovakia.’
She
added: ‘You’ll need a European insurance card – this is the blue card.
Through the card, all arrangements to do with the pregnancy and
childbirth will be made free. I was very surprised that there were not
so many run-ins with the authorities.’
Another
poster, Jantarsan, agreed, adding: ‘Our baby was born in Slovakia and
everywhere the European (the blue) card was enough.’
A
Romanian blogger called Stella writes: ‘This [EHIC] card you can get
easy and fast, and most importantly, free. To get it, you need to fill
an online form which does not last more than five minutes.
‘Once
the online application has been accepted and received your confirmation
email, you are insured! The card you receive by mail about a week. Et
voila! Free medical insurance for vacation in Europe!’
Forums
advise Eastern Europeans on how to get round the requirement to show a
GP receptionist a ‘proof of address’ document. ‘Tell your friends to
make you proof of address,’ writes Iubitulondrei. ‘Write that you live
with them. It will be OK.’
Others suggest setting up UK bank accounts registered to a UK address.
One
man even boasted that he got one by giving police a false address when
he was caught shoplifting in Britain. Because the fake address then
appeared on an official document, he was able to use it to get an NHS
number.
Some
forum users appeal to others for help. Luckaro asks: ‘I worked in the
UK for a year as a chambermaid. I am 21 and I got pregnant. I am
thinking about giving birth in Slovakia, but only on the condition that
I’ll still get all of what I am entitled to here (maternity pay. Child
tax credit, child benefit). How do I apply for the European cards?’
And
a woman named Ludecka says: ‘I work in the UK and I’m 13 weeks
pregnant. I wondered what would be best, give birth here or at home? I
wonder how “to screw with the system”?’
Ivanka replies: ‘You need to explain why you go (I reported a strong family and personal reason).’
And Kobercek added: ‘I’ve been in this situation before. No one even blinked. Everything was solved with the EHIC card.’
On Polish forums, members discuss how the EHIC can be used for superficial treatments.
Mehow
writes: ‘Having the card entitles people in Poland to primary health
care, which includes gynaecologist and obstetrician, dentist,
dermatologist, venereologist, oncologist, ophthalmologist, a
psychiatrist.’
Monday, August 03, 2015
Police watchdog to investigate Wiltshire force after claims it failed to act on allegations of child sex abuse made about former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath
- Wiltshire Police accused of ignoring sex abuse claim in the 1990s
- Man may have been let off prosecution after threat to expose Sir Edward
- Sir Edward Heath served as Tory prime minister between 1970 and 1974
Allegations: The police watchdog is
investigating whether claims Sir Edward Heath, pictured just before his
death in 2005, abused children were ever investigated
Britain's
police watchdog said today it will investigate whether allegations of
child abuse levelled at Sir Edward Heath were ignored.
A
senior detective has claimed that Wiltshire Police was told in the
1990s that the former Conservative prime minister may have been a
paedophile.
The
Independent Police Complaints Commission today said it is to
investigate whether officers chose to ignore the claims about Sir
Edward, who lived in Salisbury until he died in 2005 aged 89.
The
IPCC will also probe claims that an alleged paedophile should have been
prosecuted but had the case against him dropped when he threatened to
expose Sir Edward.
Speaking
outside Sir Edward’s former home in the shadow of Salisbury Cathedral,
Superintendent Sean Memory of Wiltshire Police said today: 'The
allegation is that a trial was due to take place in the 1990s and
information was received in that trial that Sir Ted Heath was involved
in the abuse of children and the allegation is from the result of that
information that the trial never took place.
'A retired senior police officer has come forward towards the end of 2014 indicating that they were aware of this information.
'So
between then and March this year we have worked tirelessly to establish
the facts of that allegation to a point where in March this year we
have made a mandatory referral to the Independent Police Complaints
commission who are leading the investigation into whether we did in fact
mishandle that case in the 1990s.'
He
appealed for victims who have been the victim of 'any crime from Sir
Ted Heath or any historical sexual offence,' to come forward.
Earlier
today a spokesman for the IPCC said: 'It is alleged that a criminal
prosecution was not pursued, when a person threatened to expose that Sir
Edward Heath may have been involved in offences concerning children.
'In
addition to this allegation, the IPCC will examine whether Wiltshire
Police subsequently took any steps to investigate these claims'.
The
allegations made by the retired senior police officer is the first time
the former prime minister has been linked to child abuse.
Scotland
Yard is currently investigating whether a VIP paedophile ring involving
politicians, civil servants and diplomats abused children on an
industrial scale in the 1970s and 1980s.
Victims
say they were abused during sex parties at the exclusive Dolphin
Square development close to Westminster, where it is also alleged that
several children were murdered.
Leader:
Grammar school boy Ted Heath, left in 1973 and right in 1974, rose to
become prime minister between 1970 and 1974 and was later replaced as
Tory leader by Margaret Thatcher
Scandal: Wiltshire Police have urged witnesses to come forward if they were abused or have evidence that others were
There is no evidence that claims about Sir Edward are linked to this investigation.
A
spokesperson for Wiltshire Police said: 'Following the announcement
today regarding an independent investigation by the IPCC into
allegations concerning how Wiltshire Police handled an alleged claim of
child sex abuse made in the 1990's, we are carrying out enquiries to
identify if there are any witnesses or victims who support the
allegations of child sex abuse.
'Sir
Edward Heath as part of the allegations they are investigating and that
he may have been involved in offences concerning children.
'He
lived in Salisbury for many years and we would like to hear from anyone
who has any relevant information that may assist us in our enquiries or
anyone who believes they may have been a victim.
'If
there is evidence of offences having been committed we will ensure that
, if possible, those responsible are held to account through a thorough
and detailed investigation. This includes any other parties who are
identified as having been involved in child sex abuse.
'Some
people may never have spoken out about the abuse they have suffered but
we would urge them to please contact us and to not suffer in silence'.
Sir
Edward, who was prime minister for four turbulent years in the 1970s,
never married and was famously reticent about his private life.
One
biographer concluded that he may have been a latent or repressed
homosexual while another thought he was 'pretty well sexless'.
Away from politics he was noted for his enthusiasm for sailing and classical music.
Wiltshire
Police and Crime Commissioner Angus Macpherson said: 'Wiltshire Police
referred the allegations to the Independent Police Complaints
Commission, and advised my office of the referral.
Sir Edward, who lived in Salisbury
until he died in 2005 aged 89. A police officer stood guard outside the
home where he lived until his death today (above)
A plaque honouring the late politician
is found outside his home in Salisbury (above). It is the first time
Sir Edward has been linked to allegations of child abuse
'The
progress of this investigation has been monitored by my office at every
stage and I am satisfied that the necessary momentum and engagement
with the IPCC has been maintained by Wiltshire Police since the
information was received.
'It
is important that the IPCC investigation is given full co-operation. I
will be watching closely to see if any evidence of corruption or poor
practice is uncovered.
'I
would like to encourage any victims, or anyone with information which
could help the investigation, to have the confidence and courage to come
forward.
'We
have often seen from high profile national cases that victims, who have
not spoken of their abuse for many years, find their voice and speak
out. I want any victims of child sex abuse, whether current or historic,
to know they can have confidence in the service they will receive from
Wiltshire Police'.
Rivals: Ted Heath and Margaret
Thatcher, pictured together in 1970, had battled for the leadership of
the Tory party, which Heath eventually lost in 1975 - leading to a
lifelong feud with the Iron Lady
NSPCC
chief executive Peter Wanless said: 'It's important that people who
believe they have been victims of abuse have the confidence to speak out
knowing that their voices will be listened to.
'Whether
abuse happened in the past, or is occurring today, whether those being
accused are authority figures or not, allegations of crimes against
children must be investigated thoroughly.
'While
some people wait years before speaking out we would urge them to act
quickly so they can get help as soon as possible. Our trained helpline
counsellors are always on duty round the clock to listen and provide
assistance.'
Police give their car a makeover for gay pride: Sussex force decorate vehicle in stars and rainbows to support event in Brighton
- More than 160,000 people are expected to take part in the two-day event
- It is 25th edition of the Gay Pride Festival in Brighton and it remains more popular than ever
- The police car was decorated in a rainbow colour design on its side
A
police force today spent hundreds of pounds giving a patrol car and a
motorbike a colourful makeover in rainbow colours ahead of a gay pride
parade.
The
two Sussex Police vehicles have each been decorated with graphics
showing rainbows, brightly coloured stars with the word 'Pride' so they
can be part of the Brighton Pride parade.
Stylish: The police car was decorated
with a vibrant rainbow pattern and the word 'Pride' written on the side
to celebrate the town's Gay Pride festival
Sussex
Police Chief Constable Giles York (left) takes time out to enjoy
meeting festivalgoers as they gather in Brighton ahead of the Brighton
Pride festival
The
stickers, which cost 225 and were done by Bluelite Graphics Ltd in
Burgess Hill, West Sussex, will be removed after the celebrations.
Sussex Police today announced: 'We're all ready for the 25th Brighton Pride celebrations!
'We'll be in the parade, as well as having a stall in the park. Please do give us a wave and come and say hi.
Colourful affair: More than 160,000 people are expected to take part in the entertaining two-day event
Revellers take part in the Brighton
Pride festival parade as it makes its way through the cultured seaside
town on the 25th anniversary of the event
'You'll
be able to have your photo taken with our motorbike, take part in a
police line-up and pick up various goodies and advice.'
This year marks Brighton Pride's 25th anniversary and more than 160,000 people are expected to take part in the two-day event.
The main events on Saturday will begin with a parade that will retrace the steps of the first Pride walks.
Saturday, August 01, 2015
Operation Motorman - Anniversary - 31st July 1972 . Government Minister Willie Whitelaw informs IRA the night before.
So the IRA went into hiding.The Army could have nabbed the lot of them, and stopped the conflict that was to last for over three decades.
Four Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers went into action to remove the barricades in Londonderry and Belfast.
Operation Motorman ( Anniversary Today 31st July 1972 ).
The low profile adopted by the Army in the early part of the year led to some concern that the Security Forces could no longer contain the situation. The terrorists had a significant grip on their own communities and the Protestants were becoming increasingly restive, expressing strong resentment against the ‘No Go’ areas in Belfast and in Londonderry. Prompted in part by these concerns a major Army operation was mounted on 31 July 1972 known as Operation Motorman, to reoccupy the ‘No Go’ areas.
A total of 21,000 troops were concentrated in the Province and the intention was announced beforehand, as A result of which there was very little resistance from the PIRA. The operation was one of the biggest undertaken by the British Amy since the invasion of Suez in 1956. Its aim was to re-establish the Army in all the hard Republican areas, particularly the Creggan and Bogside in Londonderry and the Andersonstown, Ballymurphy and the Markets areas of Belfast. These areas were well protected by barricades and their clearance was the first step to ensure freedom of movement. A troop of four Centurion AVREs from 26 Armoured Engineer Squadron in Germany was moved to England and embarked on HMS Fearless on 30 July 1972. H-hour for the operation was 0400 hours on 31 July and by H minus 2 a cordon was in place in Londonderry around the Bogside and the Creggan, securing the start line for the four battalions who were to occupy the area. The AVREs were landed from landing craft across the beach in Londonderry and led the assault to clear a way through the barricades on all four battalion routes. The barricades were formidable and in one instance almost led to an AVRE blade being sheared off. The clearance of the barricades drew only spasmodic fire and one gunman and one petrol bomber were shot dead. By 0700 hours all the objectives had been secured and the AVREs were re-embarked and cleared from Northern Ireland. The use of tanks in any Internal Security Operation is always a very emotive subject and in the eyes of the media any tracked armoured vehicle is a tank. As a precaution the AVREs had ROYAL ENGINEERS painted prominently on their sides, but in the event there was little publicity and few pictures, and the significance of their use was lost in the general reporting of the operation.
NWN: Another example 'our' Government stabbing British troops in the back . This was a no-win war for the troops. The New World Order was already moving in for the dismantling of the UK. So it is that we now have the likes of Adams and McGuinness in positions of power now in NI. Whitelaw was also involved in secret talks with the IRA at Cheyne Walk, London.
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