New Year anti-smoking campaign highlights cancer risks

anti drugs crime reporter(weastar times/WP/guardian)::::
government is looking to capitalise on the British penchant for making health-related New Year resolutions with a hard-hitting £3m ad campaign designed to shock smokers into quitting.
The Department of Health's campaign, developed by agency Dare, marks a return to the shock advertising tactics employed eight years ago to directly target smokers.
The campaign has been developed on the back of research which shoes that more than a third of smokers still believe that the health risks associated with smoking are "greatly exaggerated".
In the campaign, which will run on TV, posters and billboards and online, a cigarette a smoker is inhaling is seen transformed into a cancerous looking growth.
"It is extremely worrying that people still underestimate the serious health harms associated with smoking," says Professor Dame Sally Davies.
In recent years the DoH has focused on ad campaigns showing what the secondary damage of smoking is – to children, friends and family of smokers – but it has been eight years since advertising has directly targeted smokers themselves.
The new campaign will run for nine weeks, part of an estimated £10m annual ad spend by the DoH.
Ad agency Dare recently launched a stop smoking initiative in October – called Stoptober – which saw over 270,000 people signing up to quit.
Research has shown that if smokers can be made to stop for a month they have up to five times more chance of successfully giving up for good.

Man held after drugs raid on Swindon flat

crime reporter,wilster(weastar times/WP/Ebc):::

A man has been arrested after drugs worth more than £50,000 were recovered during a raid on a flat in Swindon.

Wiltshire Police said they found cannabis, mephedrone, ketamine and ecstasy at the flat at Paramount Building in Princes Street.
The force said officers also found thousands of pounds worth of designer clothing and electrical goods.
A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing controlled drugs with intent to supply.

A13 closed at Benfleet after double stabbing

crime reporter,essex(weastar times/WP/Ebc):::

A section of the A13 has been closed after a double stabbing a woman in Essex.

Two men arrest from east London(indian-paki-african slaves-refugee) make  hurt that victim in what police described as a series of assaults between Kiln Road and Benfleet Road, Benfleet, at about 00:45 GMT.
injorred victim  serious condition in hospital n treatment.

Officers are carrying out investigations on the A13 at Benfleet.
THE ROYAL ENGLAND crown court transfer such this kind of danger crime to HIGH court for final judgment . court may took decission next day early morning if proved guilty may givven punishment  life centense in africa.

London Underground cleaners to strike over pay!!!

anti -refugee border control reporter(weastar times/WP/Ebc):::

London Underground station cleaners are to go on strike next week in a dispute over pay, their union has said.

The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said members working for Initial and ISS contractors would walk out for 48 hours from 05:30 GMT on 31 December.
The announcement comes after Tube drivers went on strike on Boxing Day in a row over bank holiday pay.
Much of the Tube network was disrupted on the first day of the post-Christmas sales.
The RMT's general secretary Bob Crow said the cleaners were doing "some of the dirtiest jobs" on minimum pay.
London Underground urged the parties involved to resolve the dispute without strike action.
'Normal' services Mr Crow said the cleaners were working "in often appalling conditions with no proper recognition and reward whatsoever".
"It is these same staff who have played a key role in keeping services clean and safe who are now forced again by their employers to take action for a living wage and recognition of their efforts," he said.
"It is time for London Mayor Boris Johnson to stop talking about a living wage and start acting to make sure that contractors on his services actually deliver it."
Philip Hufton from London Underground said: "This is a dispute between ISS, Initial and the RMT which we urge all parties to resolve without any unnecessary strike action.
"London Underground will be operating as normal during the planned industrial action and we do not anticipate any impact on train services."
He said that Transport for London fully supported the mayor's London Living Wage, which was increased to £8.55 per hour in November.
"All cleaners directly employed by TfL are paid at least the London Living wage, and we require contractors working on the Tube network for London Underground and Tube Lines to do the same," he said.
The Boxing Day strike by drivers caused massive disruption to the Tube network.
Nine lines ran limited services, while the Piccadilly line operated a shuttle service between Heathrow terminals and Hammersmith, and between Arnos Grove and Cockfosters.
The Docklands Light Railway operated in parts but not between Canning Town and Beckton or Shadwell and Bank.
There was no service on London Overground.

LORDS comitte took decession by using network base robot (including driver)  under THE ROYAL ENGLISH honarable railway staffs and remove irish,welsish,scotish,as well other country worker as soon as possible.

Michael Polding death: Police investigate website leads

crime reporter,sussex(weastar times/WP/Ebc):::

Detectives are following new leads after a website was created to help trace a suspect over the unsolved murder of a Brighton man.

The body of Michael Polding, 63, was found at his flat in July, and may have been there for two months.
A post-mortem examination found Mr Polding suffered a number of injuries.
Last week police set up a website to trace his friend Ricardo Pisano, also known as Brandon Victor Pillay, who is wanted in connection with the death.
South African accent Det Insp Jon Fanner, of Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team, said: "I would like to thank the members of the public who have taken the time to connect Sussex Police with information about Ricky.
"We are following up these leads, however at this time Ricky is still being sought and I would appeal for anyone who knows Ricky or knows where he may be to contact Sussex Police."
Sussex Police has also offered a £5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Mr Pisano, who is also known as Ricky and Ree.
He is thought to be aged in his 30s and has a South African accent.
He is believed to have walked out of an open prison in New Zealand 10 years ago after being convicted of fraud offences.
Police believe he was the last person to see Mr Polding alive.

Former Hunstanton teacher John Redman jailed for sex offences

crime+child pornography control reporter(weastar times/Ebc/WP):::A former teacher has been jailed for sex offences after a court heard he was a danger to children.

John Redman, 52, was found guilty at Norwich Crown Court of sexually assaulting a boy of 14 and of breaching a sexual offences prevention order.
The court heard Redman, of Kempe Road in West Lynn, Norfolk, touched the boy after employing him to do odd jobs.
Jailing Redman for 12 months, Recorder Katharine Moore told him: "You present a high risk of harm to children."
Redman, who had taught science at Smithdon High School, Hunstanton, was convicted in November of sexual assault and three offences of having unsupervised contact with the victim and another boy.

He was in breach of a sexual offences prevention order imposed by the same court in April 2011 after he admitted three sex offences against a teenage boy.

That order prevented him from having unsupervised contact with boys aged under 16.
Chris Youell, prosecuting, said the assault, which took place on 31 July, had had a "quite profound" effect on Redman's victim.
"He has had to stop working in the area; he has lost trust in people, particularly men; he gets anxious and upset and finds it difficult to sleep," he said.
"There has been a lot of stress in the family home."
'In denial' When Redman was sentenced in April 2011, he was also ordered to undergo a sex offender treatment programme but the court heard it had been cancelled and Redman had never attended.
Neil Guest, mitigating, said had Redman attended the course, it could have prevented further offences.
"He has finally accepted that there is a difficulty he must address. Hitherto, he had been in denial," he said.
He asked that Redman be given a suspended sentence and again be put on a treatment programme.
But the recorder said Redman was not a first-time offender and only a custodial sentence was appropriate.
"It is perfectly plain that in seeking your own sexual gratification, you paid no heed at all to the young man's wishes, emotional development and his future," she told him.
"You just thought of yourself and your own needs."
The new sexual offences prevention order bans Redman from contact with any boy under 16.

Kevin Lavelle murder: Police in Pontypridd over Banbury killing

crime +law reporter,oxford:::Murder hunt detectives are visiting south Wales in the hunt for the killer of a man attacked outside an Oxfordshire pub eight years ago.

Police, who are offering a £25,000 reward, are handing out posters in Pontypridd after the death in 2004 of Kevin Lavelle, 29.
He was attacked outside a pub in Grimsbury, Banbury, after he was in an argument with several Welshmen.
A father-of-two of Bootle, Merseyside, he was attacked with an iron dumbbell.

End Quote Det Insp Steve Duffy Thames Valley Police

An inquest ruled in 2009 that he was unlawfully killed outside the Cricketer's pub where a group of men from south Wales had been staying.

"We strongly suspect that the person responsible lives in the south Wales area," said Det Insp Steve Duffy, leading the investigation.
"We are going to Pontypridd and will be conducting inquiries in that area today," he told BBC Radio Wales.
Mr Lavelle, a crane driver, was working in Banbury to save money for his wedding. No-one has ever been convicted over his death.
His partner Michelle said: "He was a real family man and just wanted the best for his kids."
There is a reward of £25,000 on offer for information leading to a conviction of his killer or killers.
It is made up of £10,000 from Thames Valley Police and another £10,000 from the Justice for Kevin Lavelle fund.
'Large sum of money' The Crimestoppers charity has also offered £5,000 for anonymous information.
Det Insp Duffy said: "It is my belief that the persons responsible for this incident may well have discussed this matter with other people and that third parties who are not so well connected and their loyalties are not so strong will certainly be tempted by the offer of such a large sum of money.
"I strongly believe that there is at least one person out there not connected with the incident who is aware of the circumstances and I would strongly urge that person to come forward."
He said the reward was offered for details received anonymously if people were "not confident enough to speak to me directly".