border-immigration control reporter(weastar times/guardian):::suspend scotish-irish-welsish criminal david cameron ......
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Bleak day for THE ROYAL ENGLISH::: criminal dirty British(scotish-irish-welsish ) banking corruption with eu and chinese refugee worst record & fine for bad funding HSBC and ban all refugee function and its area serving.
banking anti coruption reporter(WP,weastar times/Guardian):::
The department spared HSBC a criminal prosecution only because it considered the bank too big to prosecute. Listing a catalogue of mistakes by HSBC over almost a decade, the DoJ admitted that "collateral consequences" were a factor in its decision not to pursue criminal charges. Those consequences, it said, could have included a ban on doing business in the US, resulting in huge job losses.
The fine being paid by HSBC, and a five-year deferred prosecution agreement which will keep the bank under intense scrutiny and restrict top executive bonuses, was even larger than the £940m HSBC had warned it might face to settle the allegations in July.
HSBC's chief executive, Stuart Gulliver, apologised for the events which included laundering $881m for two drug cartels in Mexico and Columbia and accepting $15bn in unexplained "bulk cash", across the bank's counters in Mexico, Russia and other countries.
The embarrassment heaped on HSBC came just hours after close rival Standard Chartered, based in London, was forced to pay out a total of £415m to US regulators for breaching sanctions with Iran.
The rest of Britain's banks are now braced for a series of fines from the Financial Services Authority for manipulation of Libor. The Royal Bank of Scotland and Swiss bank UBS are expected to settle with the FSA in the coming days and both will face huge fines.
Taxpayers were forced to take more pain from the five-year-old banking crisis after the nationalised "bad bank" part of Northern Rock revealed a blunder in the information it had sent to borrowers. The error has landed Northern Rock Asset Management with a bill for £270m to repay 152,000 customers the interest they had paid for the past three years – the equivalent to £1,755 per customer.Technically the cost is borne by the bank but it will add to public sector borrowing. Lord Oakeshott, the Liberal Democrat peer, calculated that was the equivalent of a contribution of £8 to £10 per taxpayer. "This is £270m straight out of the taxpayers' pocket. I've been repeatedly assured in parliament that there was no black hole in Northern Rock. UK Financial Investments and the Treasury didn't know what they were talking about," he said.
At HSBC, Gulliver was at pains to insist that the bank was "a fundamentally different organisation" now to the one which allowed the breaches of US rules to take place. The focus turned on his predecessors, including the former chairman Stephen Green who was awarded a peerage and a role as a trade minister two years ago.
"Lord Green is not only a senior minister in the government, but an adviser to George Osborne on banking and a member of the cabinet committee on banking reform. He cannot continue to duck detailed questions about his time in charge of HSBC," said Chris Leslie, shadow financial secretary to the Treasury.
A spokesman for the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, which Green represents, said that Lord Green had already said that he shares the bank's regret for the events. But campaigners for urged HSBC customers to move their money. "Sorry is not good enough. The size of this fine shows just how flawed our financial system is and how morally bankrupt many UK banks are. Ultimately its bank customers that will pay the price for HSBC's criminal activity," said Laura Willoughby, chief executive of Move Your Money.
The reputation of Britain's(scotish-irish-welsish) banking industry took a fresh battering when HSBC was slapped with a record $1.9bn (£1.2bn) fine by US regulators for money laundering and sanctions busting, the first arrests were made in the Libor-rigging investigation, and nationalised Northern Rock handed the taxpayer a £270m bill to compensate customers affected by a mistake in its paperwork.
The US department of justice (DoJ) detailed how HSBC, Britain's biggest bank, allowed drug traffickers to launder billions of dollars in the US and billions more to be moved across borders to countries facing sanctions, such as Burma, Cuba and Libya.The department spared HSBC a criminal prosecution only because it considered the bank too big to prosecute. Listing a catalogue of mistakes by HSBC over almost a decade, the DoJ admitted that "collateral consequences" were a factor in its decision not to pursue criminal charges. Those consequences, it said, could have included a ban on doing business in the US, resulting in huge job losses.
The fine being paid by HSBC, and a five-year deferred prosecution agreement which will keep the bank under intense scrutiny and restrict top executive bonuses, was even larger than the £940m HSBC had warned it might face to settle the allegations in July.
HSBC's chief executive, Stuart Gulliver, apologised for the events which included laundering $881m for two drug cartels in Mexico and Columbia and accepting $15bn in unexplained "bulk cash", across the bank's counters in Mexico, Russia and other countries.
The embarrassment heaped on HSBC came just hours after close rival Standard Chartered, based in London, was forced to pay out a total of £415m to US regulators for breaching sanctions with Iran.
The Serious Fraud Office announced on Tuesday it had arrested three British men, aged 33, 41 and 47, in connection with its criminal investigation into the rigging of the benchmark interest rate. The investigation was sparked when Barclays was fined £290m by regulators in June for Libor manipulation. None of the three men arrested worked at Barclays.
The fines are just the latest setback for an industry which is reeling from the revelations in the Libor investigations at Barclays, where traders offered each other bottles of Bollinger to fix rates. The scandal prompted the departure of Barclays' chairman Marcus Agius, chief executive Bob Diamond and Barclays also received a £480,000 fine from Spanish authorities for under-rating the risk of bonds it sold to clients in 2008.The rest of Britain's banks are now braced for a series of fines from the Financial Services Authority for manipulation of Libor. The Royal Bank of Scotland and Swiss bank UBS are expected to settle with the FSA in the coming days and both will face huge fines.
Taxpayers were forced to take more pain from the five-year-old banking crisis after the nationalised "bad bank" part of Northern Rock revealed a blunder in the information it had sent to borrowers. The error has landed Northern Rock Asset Management with a bill for £270m to repay 152,000 customers the interest they had paid for the past three years – the equivalent to £1,755 per customer.Technically the cost is borne by the bank but it will add to public sector borrowing. Lord Oakeshott, the Liberal Democrat peer, calculated that was the equivalent of a contribution of £8 to £10 per taxpayer. "This is £270m straight out of the taxpayers' pocket. I've been repeatedly assured in parliament that there was no black hole in Northern Rock. UK Financial Investments and the Treasury didn't know what they were talking about," he said.
At HSBC, Gulliver was at pains to insist that the bank was "a fundamentally different organisation" now to the one which allowed the breaches of US rules to take place. The focus turned on his predecessors, including the former chairman Stephen Green who was awarded a peerage and a role as a trade minister two years ago.
"Lord Green is not only a senior minister in the government, but an adviser to George Osborne on banking and a member of the cabinet committee on banking reform. He cannot continue to duck detailed questions about his time in charge of HSBC," said Chris Leslie, shadow financial secretary to the Treasury.
A spokesman for the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, which Green represents, said that Lord Green had already said that he shares the bank's regret for the events. But campaigners for urged HSBC customers to move their money. "Sorry is not good enough. The size of this fine shows just how flawed our financial system is and how morally bankrupt many UK banks are. Ultimately its bank customers that will pay the price for HSBC's criminal activity," said Laura Willoughby, chief executive of Move Your Money.
Hove husband quizzed over murder of Mary Saunders dies
crime reporter,surrey(weastar times/Ebc/WP):::
Mary Saunders was found dead at the couple's flat in Court Farm Road on 29 November. A post-mortem examination failed to establish the cause of death.
Mr Saunders was questioned under caution at the Royal Sussex County Hospital on 1 December.
'Underlying health condition'
He had been admitted to the Brighton hospital with minor injuries after the discovery of his wife's body.
Police said Mr Saunders remained in hospital for a "pre-existing and very serious underlying health condition" and died on Monday.
Further tests are currently being carried out on the body of Mrs Saunders.
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "The death of Mrs Saunders is still being treated as murder.
"Nobody else is being sought in connection with the investigation."
He said inquests into both deaths would be opened at Brighton Coroners Court on Wednesday.
An 85-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murdering his 71-year-old wife at their home in Hove has died of natural causes in hospital.
Police said Frederick Saunders died following a long-standing illness.Mary Saunders was found dead at the couple's flat in Court Farm Road on 29 November. A post-mortem examination failed to establish the cause of death.
Mr Saunders was questioned under caution at the Royal Sussex County Hospital on 1 December.
'Underlying health condition'
He had been admitted to the Brighton hospital with minor injuries after the discovery of his wife's body.
Police said Mr Saunders remained in hospital for a "pre-existing and very serious underlying health condition" and died on Monday.
Further tests are currently being carried out on the body of Mrs Saunders.
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "The death of Mrs Saunders is still being treated as murder.
"Nobody else is being sought in connection with the investigation."
He said inquests into both deaths would be opened at Brighton Coroners Court on Wednesday.
Daventry man arrested on suspicion of murdering woman
crime reporter,northhampton(weastar times/Ebc/WP):::
She was taken to Northampton General Hospital where she later died.
A man, from Daventry, was arrested on suspicion of murder and two children were put in the care of social services, police said.
Police enquiries
He is currently in custody in Northampton.
A post mortem examination will take place at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
The two young children, aged five and two, were from the property in Jervis Close, police said.
Officers are carrying out house-to-house enquiries in the area.
A 46-year-old man has been arrested over the death of a woman found with head injuries in Northamptonshire.
Police were called to Jervis Close, in Daventry, at 02:15 GMT and found a woman bleeding from the head at an address in nearby Grenville Close.She was taken to Northampton General Hospital where she later died.
A man, from Daventry, was arrested on suspicion of murder and two children were put in the care of social services, police said.
Police enquiries
He is currently in custody in Northampton.
A post mortem examination will take place at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
The two young children, aged five and two, were from the property in Jervis Close, police said.
Officers are carrying out house-to-house enquiries in the area.
Sunday, 2 December 2012
West Ham's Modibo Maïga makes Chelsea and Rafael Benítez suffer-westham utd-3-clesea-1
sports reporter(weaster times/guardian)::
The European champions feel diminished these days, their gloss long gone, with too many in their number stripped of confidence. The winless league run extends to seven matches, their worst sequence since February 1995, with even the vague promise generated by successive clean sheets in the new manager's first two matches wrecked by this collapse. The stand-in was always fighting an uphill battle off the pitch but his team are far too brittle on it. Only three visiting players approached their fans on the final whistle to acknowledge the support, the rest shuffling off with the weight of the world on their shoulders. On this evidence, to consider them as title contenders feels like folly.
What made this all the more disturbing was the reality that the game should have been over, in Chelsea's favour, by the interval, when their lead stood at a single goal but might have been swollen by considerably more. Chances had been missed on the counterattack, with Sam Allardyce conceding as much. "They should have finished us off, they were so much better than we were," he said. "But they ended up paying the price."
The introduction of Mohamed Diamé – tired after his midweek exertions at Manchester United – and Matt Taylor that provided the spark, the former driving Ramires into his shell and West Ham forward with a vengeance. The hosts swarmed all over panicked opponents and Chelsea duly fell to pieces.
By the end this felt like a thrashing, with Benítez acknowledging even the suspect nature of Carlton Cole's equaliser – the forward having clambered all over Branislav Ivanovic on the edge of the six-yard box to head in Matt Jarvis's deflected delivery – could not be used as an excuse. Benítez described the award as "unlucky", a comment dripping with sarcasm, but it had been coming.
His side had at least hinted at a response, Juan Mata belting a free-kick on to the inside of a post, but still imploded at the last. Diamé thundered in a shot from the edge of the area that careered beyond Petr Cech four minutes from time to establish the lead, with another substitute, Modibo Maïga, adding a third after Ashley Cole had offered up possession with the visitors over-committed up-field.
Chelsea's limp finish was damning, that of a team who simply could not cope. Cue the unfurling of a banner in the away end that read: "Di Matteo Chelsea legend. Fact. Rafa Chelsea reject". Benítez had been subjected to worse, whether it was chants calling for a "table for two" or the now customary chorus for his predecessor in the 16th minute. His team had still been celebrating their first goal under his stewardship at that point, Mata having benefited from Victor Moses's fine pass beyond Winston Reid and Fernando Torres's neat pullback to steer in the opening goal.
That was Torres's first direct involvement in a Chelsea goal for 11 hours and two minutes, though his wait for personal reward goes on. His best chance came in the dying seconds, a point-blank header planted straight at Jussi Jaaskelainen, even if, by then, the contest had veered away. Within moments the final whistle prompted gleeful pandemonium among the home side's support.
This first victory over Chelsea in nine years meant everything and was achieved in the absence of Andy Carroll, who will be sidelined into the new year with a damaged lateral ligament in his knee, news that made Carlton Cole's performance all the more timely. The forward had laid off the ball for Diamé's goal as well as wrestling above Ivanovic to nod in his equaliser.
"It's difficult to explain the turnaround today. We could have finished the game in the first half, but it was totally different after that. They were on top of us and we couldn't manage: we gave the ball away easily, weren't comfortable in possession, they were in control, not winning the first or second balls ... we have to improve, and the players are desperate to improve. I'm here because I want to be here. This is a top side who can compete for trophies but we need to work to get back towards that."
Their crisis merely deepens by the game.
Chelsea's retreat into the chasing pack continues apace. Rafael Benítez's side surrendered a grip on this derby and contrived to end up overwhelmed, overrun and utterly embarrassed, with all the disillusion that has festered over recent weeks erupting again in a show of open revolt in the stands. All four sides of the arena united in a chorus of "You're getting sacked in the morning" spat at the Spaniard, though that represented one of the kinder chants aimed his way by the disgruntled visiting support. At present, it is hard to see this marriage of convenience working out and Benítez admitted as much.
Asked if he could be certain he would be granted that opportunity to ride out the early storm, Benítez said: "No, I am not 100% certain. But we didn't win and if we had won the game we would be happy now. We have to win games to change things. My concern is improving the team and if we do that and start winning games, we'll be able to turn things around. The main thing for me is to improve the team. I'm not thinking about anything else. And if we improve on the pitch, the fans will be happy."The European champions feel diminished these days, their gloss long gone, with too many in their number stripped of confidence. The winless league run extends to seven matches, their worst sequence since February 1995, with even the vague promise generated by successive clean sheets in the new manager's first two matches wrecked by this collapse. The stand-in was always fighting an uphill battle off the pitch but his team are far too brittle on it. Only three visiting players approached their fans on the final whistle to acknowledge the support, the rest shuffling off with the weight of the world on their shoulders. On this evidence, to consider them as title contenders feels like folly.
What made this all the more disturbing was the reality that the game should have been over, in Chelsea's favour, by the interval, when their lead stood at a single goal but might have been swollen by considerably more. Chances had been missed on the counterattack, with Sam Allardyce conceding as much. "They should have finished us off, they were so much better than we were," he said. "But they ended up paying the price."
The introduction of Mohamed Diamé – tired after his midweek exertions at Manchester United – and Matt Taylor that provided the spark, the former driving Ramires into his shell and West Ham forward with a vengeance. The hosts swarmed all over panicked opponents and Chelsea duly fell to pieces.
By the end this felt like a thrashing, with Benítez acknowledging even the suspect nature of Carlton Cole's equaliser – the forward having clambered all over Branislav Ivanovic on the edge of the six-yard box to head in Matt Jarvis's deflected delivery – could not be used as an excuse. Benítez described the award as "unlucky", a comment dripping with sarcasm, but it had been coming.
His side had at least hinted at a response, Juan Mata belting a free-kick on to the inside of a post, but still imploded at the last. Diamé thundered in a shot from the edge of the area that careered beyond Petr Cech four minutes from time to establish the lead, with another substitute, Modibo Maïga, adding a third after Ashley Cole had offered up possession with the visitors over-committed up-field.
Chelsea's limp finish was damning, that of a team who simply could not cope. Cue the unfurling of a banner in the away end that read: "Di Matteo Chelsea legend. Fact. Rafa Chelsea reject". Benítez had been subjected to worse, whether it was chants calling for a "table for two" or the now customary chorus for his predecessor in the 16th minute. His team had still been celebrating their first goal under his stewardship at that point, Mata having benefited from Victor Moses's fine pass beyond Winston Reid and Fernando Torres's neat pullback to steer in the opening goal.
That was Torres's first direct involvement in a Chelsea goal for 11 hours and two minutes, though his wait for personal reward goes on. His best chance came in the dying seconds, a point-blank header planted straight at Jussi Jaaskelainen, even if, by then, the contest had veered away. Within moments the final whistle prompted gleeful pandemonium among the home side's support.
This first victory over Chelsea in nine years meant everything and was achieved in the absence of Andy Carroll, who will be sidelined into the new year with a damaged lateral ligament in his knee, news that made Carlton Cole's performance all the more timely. The forward had laid off the ball for Diamé's goal as well as wrestling above Ivanovic to nod in his equaliser.
"The news on Andy is sweetened by that performance," said Allardyce. "And Maïga scoring, too, because we'll need him now more than ever to adjust to the Premier League. We've contacted Liverpool on Andy, and they have had all the information and sent down a medical representative to look at him. He's visited a specialist and will stay with us."
Carroll's absence could stretch to eight weeks, in which time much might change at both of these clubs. Certainly, everything at Chelsea feels horribly temporary. The week ahead is likely to see their Champions League defence peter out, even if they manage to defeat Nordsjaelland at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. Asked if the challenge he had taken on after two years out of the game was proving more difficult than he had imagined, Benítez said: "It could be, yes. This is a top side in the middle of the season but things aren't the best. We'll try and improve things but it will take time."It's difficult to explain the turnaround today. We could have finished the game in the first half, but it was totally different after that. They were on top of us and we couldn't manage: we gave the ball away easily, weren't comfortable in possession, they were in control, not winning the first or second balls ... we have to improve, and the players are desperate to improve. I'm here because I want to be here. This is a top side who can compete for trophies but we need to work to get back towards that."
Their crisis merely deepens by the game.
Surrey Police car crash victim dies at Hogs Back
staff corespondent,surrey(weastar times/Ebc)::::
new The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been informed and it is not known if any officers were injured.
Police said their car was responding to a call, but would not comment further until investigations are complete.
The westbound carriageway was closed for several hours, between the A3 slip road and Puttenham, following the collision but has since re-opened.
The IPCC said Surrey Police had referred the incident to them and its investigators had been sent to the scene investigate vediofottage in street&highway.
A man died when he was hit by a police car as he walked on the A31 in Surrey.
The 21-year-old victim was struck by the vehicle on Hogs Back, just before 03:35 GMT in Puttenham, police said.new The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been informed and it is not known if any officers were injured.
Police said their car was responding to a call, but would not comment further until investigations are complete.
The westbound carriageway was closed for several hours, between the A3 slip road and Puttenham, following the collision but has since re-opened.
The IPCC said Surrey Police had referred the incident to them and its investigators had been sent to the scene investigate vediofottage in street&highway.
Port of Felixstowe seizes fake 'presents' worth £8m
crime reporter,suffolk(weastar times/Ebc/WP):::
A spokesperson for the Border Force said there had been a "noticeable rise" in finds over the past few weeks.
"Our message is that if something is too good to be true it probably is," the spokesperson said.
The items with a "genuine retail value" of more than £8m were found in containers during October and November.
Online warning
The Border Force said the Molton Brown sets, had they been genuine, would be worth more than £500,000.
Two finds of Ugg boots were worth £2TNand the fake Louis Vuitton bags were part of a consignment of assorted luggage which could have sold for more than £4m, the agency said.
Other fake branded products included Adidas, Gucci, Disney, Lacoste, Giorgio Armani and Hello Kitty.
"People should be wary of buying cheap items online," the Border Force spokesperson said.
continue investigation done by national business manufacturing safety.....its world wide...if its found guilty may fine life sentence under new business law.
Fake goods with a retail value of £8m have been seized at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk.
More than 16,00000 pairs of counterfeit Ugg boots, 3,984 sets of Molton Brown toiletries and 2,271 Louis Vuitton bags were among the items discovered.A spokesperson for the Border Force said there had been a "noticeable rise" in finds over the past few weeks.
"Our message is that if something is too good to be true it probably is," the spokesperson said.
The items with a "genuine retail value" of more than £8m were found in containers during October and November.
Online warning
The Border Force said the Molton Brown sets, had they been genuine, would be worth more than £500,000.
Two finds of Ugg boots were worth £2TNand the fake Louis Vuitton bags were part of a consignment of assorted luggage which could have sold for more than £4m, the agency said.
Other fake branded products included Adidas, Gucci, Disney, Lacoste, Giorgio Armani and Hello Kitty.
"People should be wary of buying cheap items online," the Border Force spokesperson said.
continue investigation done by national business manufacturing safety.....its world wide...if its found guilty may fine life sentence under new business law.
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