connexions (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
From BBC News: A Methodist minister has been sent hate mail because he has allowed his church in Greater Manchester to be used by a group helping refugees. Reverend Phil Mason, from The Victoria Hall in Bolton, said he was concerned for his family after receiving the notes in the last few months. But despite their abusive nature, [...]
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Haroon Siddique in the Guardian (UK) : The Environment Agency issued a severe flood warning in the north-west this morning as heavy rain and winds hit parts of the UK. More than 115 flood warnings and flood watches were in place, with Anglia and the Thames region the only areas free of alerts. The severe flood warning, which is expected to remain in place for a couple of days, applies to the river...
New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Why would he think there might be unrest? The indigenous population of Bolton don't react so. From This is Lancashire. A BOLTON MP last night called for calm in the town following the arrest of a 62-year-old man on suspicion of terror offences. Dr Brian Iddon said he learned of tensions within the muslim community following the raid on a house in Deane on Monday. Asif Farooqui, of Willows Lane, was...
Exposing Islam. (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
A RELIGIOUS leader is among five men arrested on suspicion of terrorism. The Muslim preacher and three others were arrested in raids across Greater Manchester . The man, who has not been named, teaches the Koran at a number of mosques across the region. The 62-year-old was arrested at his home on Willows Lane, Deane, Bolton. "I'm surprised. He carries out spiritual sessions twice-a-week. He is...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Yeah yeah.. you got 'em!! Raids in Manchester and Bolton coincided with the arrest of a 26-year-old man at a hotel near Heathrow airport. Sources were unable to confirm suggestions that he was planning to travel to Pakistan or Afghanistan. It is thought the men had been under surveillance for some time and Assistant Chief Constable Dave Thompson of Greater Manchester Police said: "This is a complex...
Undhimmi (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
A religious leader is among five men arrested on suspicion of terrorism. The Muslim preacher and three others were arrested in raids across Greater Manchester this morning. The man, who has not been named, teaches the Koran at a number of mosques across the region. The 62-year-old was arrested at his home on Willows Lane, Deane, Bolton. “I’m surprised. [...]
WebsitesWotWork (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Five men, including four from Greater Manchester, have been arrested in a series of counter-terrorism raids. The operations took place in Longsight, Fallowfield, Levenshulme, Deane in Bolton, Stalybridge and a hotel near Heathrow Airport. Those arrested are aged between 21 and 62 and the arrests relate to the incitement of terrorism overseas. Police said armed officers were not used in the raids, which...
Islam in Europe (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Manchester: Preacher arrested in terrorism recruitment investigation A RELIGIOUS leader is among five men arrested on suspicion of terrorism. The Muslim preacher and three others were arrested in raids across Greater Manchester this morning. The man, who has not been named, teaches the Koran at a number of mosques across the region. The 62-year-old was arrested at his home on Willows Lane, Deane, Bolton....
New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
From The Telegraph Five men have been arrested in the north west under the Terrorism Act Officers from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit arrested the five men at addresses in the north west in a co-ordinated operation starting at 4am, Greater Manchester Police said. The addresses searched were in Stockport Road, Levenshulme; Victoria Road, Longsight; Bowdon Avenue, Fallowfield, and Willows Lane,...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Four men were arrested today under the Terrorism Act. Officers from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit arrested the four men at addresses in Manchester and Bolton in a co-ordinated operation starting at 4am, Greater Manchester Police said.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Police detain men after early morning operation in Manchester and Bolton Four men were arrested under the Terrorism Act after early morning raids in Manchester and Bolton today, police said. Greater Manchester police said the north-west counter-terrorism unit had made the arrests in a "co-ordinated operation" which began at 4am. Police said the arrests had been carried out in a low-key operation...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Police in Greater Manchester are investigating the deaths of a man and woman found at a house in Bolton.
The Art of Fiction (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
I couldn't help smiling at this posting in the Guardian about Manchester's Literary Renaissance, if only because of its somewhat haphazard nature. The Manchester literary scene ebbs and flows over the years, with magazines, readings, writers falling in and out of the city as life and literature changes for all of them. At this point in time, there's certainly a critical mass of writers based in Manchester,...
Stockport Station Cabs, Hackney Taxis, Black Cabs... (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
TAXI drivers banned from parking on a busy street in Bolton by police decided to make an immediate stand — by swamping a police station entrance. And it worked. On Saturday night, around 90 Hackney Carriages took part in the spontaneous protest by congregating around Bolton Police Station. Drivers took the action after they were initially prevented from parking on Bradshawgate earlier in the...
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