dinsdag 24 mei 2011

Man 'tried to open door' of Mombasa to Gatwick plane

Thomas Lewis Hughes has been charged with endangering the safety on an aircraft. He tried to open an exit door in the middle of the flight. The 56 year old has been accused of acting recklessly and without neglect on the flight between Kenya and London Gatwick airport, westsussex, and last may.
Mr Hughes, of Anglesey is still on bail by magistrates in Crawley. The incident happened on a Monarch Airplane from Mombasa. He has to appear before Crawley magistrates on June 30 for committal proceedings.
Police are investigating the reason in which Mr Hughes wanted to commit such an action while the plane was full of people. 
In my opinion Mr Hughes is completely out of his mind. He must have some kind of mental disease because no one in their right mind would do such a thing. He is not only endangering his own life but lives of innocent people. I bet there were also children aboard who are only now starting to live and someone with personal problems or what so ever wants to take that away from them. I ask myself how did this happen? Didn’t anyone notice anything strange about his behaviour? I think the best was to tackle the situation not to leave him get on a plane ever again. If he wants to travel he has to just do it by train.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england

donderdag 19 mei 2011

Lives at risk warning' over rogue signs at Wyke

A bizarre situation occurred on Woodside Road, in Wyke, Bradford. “Irresponsible and stupid “practical jokers changed a rogue 40 mph speed limit sign in a 30 mph zone. Hundreds of perplexed motorists have been flashed by a speed camera.
Someone who loves nearby said the camera had flashed like a strobe disco light after motorists unwittingly sped up before passing the sign. The sign has been removed by Bradford council; they believe the sign was installed by a member of the public.
Darren Bedrock, Bradford council’s principal engineer said:”the 40mph sign was not put up by the council and appears to have been placed there by a member of the public. “Whoever put it up may think it was just a practical joke but it is actually crassly irresponsible.”
The Bradford council lowered the limit to 30 mph because there had been 157 casualties on the A641 over three years. Anyone who receives a fixed penalty and believes the unauthorized sign was a factor should contact the partnership.

This is indeed bizarre. Who would put up a sign to actually put the traffic in danger? But on the other hand, Drivers should use their own sense and judgment and on the safe side. There are many country roads where the national speed limit sign is displayed, but it is clearly not advisable to drive at that speed around every twisty bend and upon every single section of those roads. Another thought is that the Bradford made a mistake to put the 40 mph sign themselves and now blame it on a member of the public. We may never know.

Trafficked children 'sold in UK for £16,000'

A debate on human trafficking shows that children WHO are smuggled into the UK are sold on British streets for up to £ 16.000 each.
Mr. Mark field who is the conservative MP and also the one who charred the debate says human trafficking is the “modern equivalent of slavery” and also the most unpleasant by-product of globalisation. During the debate the home office minister Damien Green addressed that the government is doing all they can to put a stop on this trade of human misery.
According to Mr. Field they have a calculation that mostly woman and children are the ones being smuggled in the UK but it is impossible to know exactly how many.  The victims are forced into sexual and domestic services. A busy brothel with 5 to 10 girls in Central London will easily make £ 20.000 a week.
The Prime Minister David Cameron who was also present during the debate said:”We need to make sure we do everything we can to stamp out this repulsive practice.’’

In my opinion this situation is unbelievable. I cannot understand and I will not understand that in this era that we are living in people are actually still trafficking girls and women as slavery to perform dirty deeds. I am so against this human abuse. These children and women will never ever have a normal life. The past will pursue their everyday life, mentally and physically they are thorn for the rest of their lives. If they find the ones responsible for these acts of poverty, they should give them life in prison. Why? Because they destroy other lives of innocent people and believe me their lives are destroyed forever.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics