Police have warned residents of Kent and Surrey, England, not to put mesh wire on the windows of their sheds. They say the wire could injure burglars who try to break into the sheds.
A British immigration officer, who wasn't named by media, has been fired for putting his wife on the nation's terrorism watch list. The man added her name to the list when she was in Pakistan visiting family. When she tried to return home, she was barred from getting on the plane. The man's actions were not discovered until three years later, when he was being vetted for a promotion.
It has been more than 120 years since the last known murder committed by Jack the Ripper. But Scotland Yard is refusing to release the complete files of the case. Trever Marriott, a former police officer and Ripper investigator, has taken the agency to court to get access to the files. But officials say they contain the names of informants and releasing those names could make it harder to get information from modern informants.
In Eslove, England, Tracy St. Clair Pearce found a gang of "travelers" trespassing on her property and cutting down her trees for firewood. When she told them to leave, they allegedly threw stones at her and threatened to kill her and harm her animals. So she called the police. When the police finally arrived, they didn't do anything about the travelers, but they did seize a shotgun that St. Clair Pearce legally owns as a "sensible precaution."
Police in London, England, cut the lock of a neighbor's gate to get to Pamela Hardcastle's garage, then used a battering ram to knock down the door. They were looking for marijuana because an infra-red imaging device on a police helicopter picked up a "hot spot" in the garage. They thought it was lighting used in an indoor growing operation. But when they got into they garage they found only the family's pet hamsters and the heater they use to keep them warm.
Andrew Ryan, a former British soldier, says he was angered when some Muslims burned poppies on Remembrance Day. So he stole a copy of the Koran from a library and burned it in the center of Carlisle, England. A court sentenced him to 70 days in jail.
The head of the British Orthopedic Association says patients are being forced to wait for months in pain for knee and hip surgery because of new guidelines designed to cut costs. "The double jeopardy is that patients wait longer in pain, and when they have the operation, the result might not have been as good as it otherwise would have been had they had it early," said Peter Kay.
Ooooh, greaaat. Are we going to insult other countries now? Do I really have to start on America?
Please, post about any country you wish.This bullstuff happens in America as well.
No I'm not going to lower myself to his level, kthx. Every country has its good and its bad sides, it's just people like the OP that need to shut the forget up.
I know bull happens everywhere like in America: No Knock Drug Raids. But come on, How does this crap happen?
you being a dumbassyou being sensiblei suspect you are two different people.
Even in bell jam
Sometimes i feel ashamed to be an american.
Sometimes I feel ashamed to be the same species as people who are ashamed to be a citizen of a country.
