May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

13-year-old tells jury she was raped in reserve

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A court yesterday heard a 13-year-old girl tell how she was forced to smoke cannabis before being raped by a man she had met while walking in a park. The girl, who cannot be named […] […]

Iran police crackdown ‘targets posh cars’

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IRANIAN police have launched a crackdown on irreverent social behavior, seizing cars whose drivers were deemed to be harassing women. “Tehran police have seized 20 foreign-made, high-end cars which harassed women in the north and […] […]

Israeli Mossad official is sent packing

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ISRAELI spy agency Mossad’s station chief in Australia has been expelled after a comprehensive investigation confirmed that Israel equipped a team of assassins with forged passports of Australians and other foreigners. Announcing the expulsion in […] […]

Schoolchildren given safety messages from police

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POLICE in Long Eaton have been teaching children about personal safety. They attended a Danger Roadshow at Harrington Junior School, where talks were also given by the fire service and prison service. Police community support […] […]

Three killed by mental health patients in Notts, says new report

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THREE people were killed by current or former mental health patients in Notts last year, a report has revealed. Two of the people were using mental health services at the time of the deaths, and […] […]

Hospital’s 15 deaths linked to superbug

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Doctors are investigating 15 deaths which are being linked to a surge in superbug cases at a Greater Manchester hospital. The M.E.N. has learnt the superbug Clostridium difficile (C diff) is listed as a cause […] […]

Two arrests after Moss Side drive-by shooting

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Two people have been arrested after a teenage girl was shot in a drive-by shooting in Moss Side. The 17-year-old was hit in the elbow. A second victim, a 20-year-old man, was hit in the […] […]

US sees window of opportunity to resolve dispute

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PAUL Beswick, one of the lawyers representing Tivoli Gardens strongman, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, yesterday met with the charge d’affaires Isiah Parnell at the US Embassy in an effort to reach an agreement on the contentious […] […]

‘Dudus’ – The straw that broke the camel’s back

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By Sandrea:- Well, this has finally boiled down to the ‘straw that broke the camel’s back. Jamaica in a state of anarchy and under curfew. I did not believe that I would ever live to […] […]

Tough response to anarchy

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THE Government yesterday placed Jamaica’s capital city under a limited State of Public Emergency in response to acts of anarchy by gunmen determined to prevent Tivoli Gardens don, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke from being arrested for […] […]