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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Charges follow investigation into Colin Blanchard, who recently admitted child sex abuse with nursery worker Vanessa George A woman will appear in court today charged with child sex offences following the investigation into paedophile Colin Blanchard. Blanchard, 38, nursery worker Vanessa George, 39, and Angela Allen, 39, admitted a string of offences at Bristol crown court last month. Merseyside...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
• Flooding 'quite possible' at river Irwell near Bolton • More than 115 flood warnings and watches in place 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,...
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Exposing Islam. (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Beth says the checkout lad told her the band for Help for Heroes - aided by The Sun - meant she supported the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And when she complained to a supervisor, he BACKED the Asian youth , saying he was entitled to his view. Beth, 40, who has two brothers in the services, said the checkout worker told her he didn't want to serve her because of "what she was wearing." Shocked...
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Alex Constantine's Blacklist (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
By Elham Asaad Buaras The Muslim News | 30 October 2009 The UK’s secret service (MI5) is being accused of perverting the course of justice by offering a 33 year-old terror suspect inducements to drop a law suite against agents who colluded in his torture. Rangzieb Ahmed , from Rochdale, says during his detention in Pakistan he had three of his fingernails ripped out by the Directorate for Inter-Services...
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Dont Let Them Hurt Our Children (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Police hunting for a convicted paedophile who failed to report to police in Greater Manchester believe he may have travelled to Edinburgh. James Warke was released from prison in May after being convicted in 1999 of sex offences against young boys. The 46-year-old was sentenced to ten years behind bars for child abduction, indecent assault and seven counts of indecency with a child. He has a total...
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David Ottewell's politics (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Sir Ludovic Kennedy, the broadcaster and journalist who helped get the death penalty abolished in Britain, has died aged 89. In Greater Manchester he will also be remembered for the 1958 Rochdale by-election - the first to be televised in this country...
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Dont Let Them Hurt Our Children (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Tracy Lyons ... calls herself a 'proud parent' POLICE say there is "no link" between nursery worker Vanessa George and the Portsmouth mother arrested for abusing children. Tracy Lyons, aged 39, was arrested two weeks ago and charged with three offences; engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a child, taking an indecent image of a child and distributing an indecent image of a child....
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
• Police interview tape with nursery worker released • Fourth person charged in connection with case Vanessa George, the nursery worker who sexually abused children in her care and took indecent images of her victims, told police she knew what she did was "vile" and "disgusting". Tapes of George, 39, being interviewed by police also reveal her hinting that marriage to...
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Tandleman's Beer Blog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Marble Dobber of course. Of course? Well the panel I chaired put this through as our best beer by a fair old way. I was confident it would win and it did. Pale, bitter, hoppy, complex and at 5.9%, no pushover, it had a lot going for it. Beer writer and top blogger Pete Brown was on the final panel. I had a couple of chats to him. He looked tired after all his booky events, but the book is selling well....
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BEYOND BYRON (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
child pornography Tags : child , safety TWO women charged in connection with a child abuse investigation which led police officers to a nursery appeared in court today. Nursery worker Vanessa George, 39, from Plymouth and Angela Allen, 39, from Nottingham, both appeared at Bristol Crown Court charged with several counts of sexual assault and distributing indecent images. Co-defendant Colin Blanchard,...
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Living life to the full around the world (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
Amputees are using Nintendo Wii Fit equipment during training sessions as a way of improving their balance and stability. Every Thursday patients from across the borough meet at Callaghan House in Heywood to go through a tailored exercise programme that improves their strength and stability after having an amputation. Sharon Wright, Lead Physiotherapist for Amputee Rehabilitation, believes that using...
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Here Comes The GM Bus!! (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Its Monday and the kids are back in school, which would make it a perfect time for me to go off on a tangent! Which we are going to do!! Just before then though i hate to tell you that the Congestions back! But then that shouldn't be a suprise. Now let me tell you now that the bulk of this blog post is going to be a little bit of a rant! So apologies in advance. There may be a none ranty blog in a...
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Feeling Listless (Free subscription) | 18/08/2009
Museums This is one of my rare housekeeping posts. Now that the summer is drawing to close (oh it is, you know it is, look out of the window) I think it’s about time I got on with my other slightly dormant project of visiting all of places listed in Edward Morris’s Public Art Collection In North-West England. Looking over the places I’ve written about so far, I was surprised to see...
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nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 26/07/2009
Cars, a boat, a murder file and blue flashing lights are among thousands of items listed as stolen or lost from Britain's police forces. Kit worth hundreds of thousands of pounds has gone missing, including at least 235 satellite navigation devices, 81 batons, 57 mobile phones and 141 hats or helmets. The list has prompted charges of carelessness, but police say all major cases are investigated. Among...
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Tandleman's Beer Blog (Free subscription) | 21/07/2009
I have two brewery trips this week. Rather unusual to have two in a week, but it'll be a change. First on Thursday night a welcome return to Millstone , just out of our area in Mossley, where Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cheshire boundaries meet. Their beers are hoppily superb, their hospitality legendary and their enthusiasm for what they do infectious. On Saturday it's the much newer Green Mill in Rochdale....
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