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I’ve heard reports today saying that that visitors have flocked to Raoul Moat's last stand.

It appears that that the site of Raoul Moat's final stand with police at Rothbury, Northumberland; has become somewhat of an attraction (if not shrine) being visited by far more visitors then is comfortable for the local community.

One has to ask what the fuck is wrong with some people! Raoul Moat was a psychotic killer not any folk hero!

First there

A user injects himself with heroin. Is prohibition the best way of reducing harm for him and others? Pic: REUTERS

UK - Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, the outgoing president of the Royal College of Physicians, has become the latest high-profile figure to come out in favour of legalising, or at least decriminalising, drugs. Maybe, then, it is a good time to have an honest discussion about what it is we want from our drug policy, and how best to achieve it.

Instead, we get this statement from a Home Office spokesman: “Drugs such as heroin, cocaine and cannabis

Nicholas Green QC, the chairman of the Bar Council for England and Wales, said it was

Senior doctor: decriminalise drug use

UK - The use of drugs should be decriminalised, one of Britain’s most senior doctors has said.

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore said that removing the legal ban on drugs

The FSA says two bulls were born in the UK from embryos harvested from a cloned cow in the US

Cloning and the food chain

UK - Unlike the USA where biotechnology companies are free to experiment on the population at large. The United Kingdom is rather more circumspect about such matters.

For years the USA,

Venables jailed over Kiddy Porn Charges

UK - Jon Venables, 27, has been jailed for two years after admitting downloading and distributing indecent images of children.

The images were found on Venables'

DPP: No official will to prosecute Ian Tomlinson's Murderer!

UK - Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer said there was no prospect of conviction because experts could not agree on how Mr

Cameron criticises al-Megrahi release

UK - David Cameron has attacked the release of the only man convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 AKA the Lockerbie bombing, ahead of his first official visit

Biggest Defaulters on Mortgages Are the Rich

USA - LOS ALTOS, Calif. — No need for tears, but the well-off are losing their master suites and saying goodbye to their wine cellars.

The

Waheed Zaman, Ibrahim Savant and Arafat Waheed Khan Guilty after a third trial but were acquitted in the first and second 'liquid bomb plot' trials.

Liquid Bombers Guilty: But is it Justice?

UK - Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Khan and Waheed Zaman were convicted by a jury at Woolwich Crown Court.

The three men were among eight tried in connection with an

Busted: Wyeth Used Ghostwriters To Place Over 40 "Scientific" Articles In Medical Journals

USA - Documents unsealed as part of a lawsuit against drug giant Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Mr Mohamed says he was tortured after being held in Pakistan in 2002, and subsequently moved to Morocco and Afghanistan.

Judge to Look into MI5 and MI6 Torture Claims!

UK - Prime minister David Cameron has that an appeals court Judge will look into claims that the British Security services have colluded in, and or outsourced

Railways, Asda, Tesco's and Banks Discriminate against European Customers

UK - Despite the passing into law of the discrimination acts and the provision of goods and services acts, there

UK - The discovery of a woman’s body, now confirmed to be that of Suzanne Blamires, has focussed press attention on the disappearances

Somalia slams US pirate prosecution

Somalia - A Somali official has criticized the United States for prosecuting a Somali pirate who was caught during an attack against a cargo ship off the Horn of Africa.

Sadistic Mother Jailed for Life for Kicking her Baby to Death!

UK - A Sadistic mother has been jailed for life after she kicked and punched her 21-month-old son to death in Bexleyheath, Kent.

Bobby

Ms Claire Finch is facing brothel keeping charges and a prison sentence because she prioritised safety by working with friends at her home.

She

Another Christian Bigot loses Employment Appeal

UK - A former sex councillor who appealed his sacking for refusing to give counselling to same sex couples on the grounds that his interpretation of the

Mother and boyfriend deny murder of toddler, Bobby Louch

UK - The Old Bailey is today hearing another case remanicent of the death of baby Peter Connolly.

Collette Harris, 30, of Chapel Close,

UK - One of the three people jailed for the death of Baby Peter Connolly has lost a bid to take his appeal against

IDF order will enable mass deportation from West Bank

West Bank - A new military order aimed at preventing infiltration will come into force this week, enabling the deportation of tens of thousands

How Supermarkets help make the UK a police state

The UK has always had a reputation as the most spied on country in the world. By this I mean spied on by our own government. We have more security cameras per

UK - Alan Johnson got his way on mephedrone, but good drug policy depends on looking beyond the media-driven demand for action.

We have learned a number of things

Almost the greatest rock and roll swindle

USA - Michael Jackson, 50, died after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest. The toxicology report results show that Jackson had several anti anxiety drugs - Alprazolam

8 US right-wing extremists plead 'not guilty'

USA - Eight Americans who have been accused of conspiring to kill law enforcement officers have pleaded not guilty to murder charges in a federal court.

The

UK - The Territorial Support Group member and Metropolitan Police officer accused of striking a woman in the face with his fist and striking her with

Latch Key Kids Strike Back!

UK - On Thursday the nation was horrified by the news that a 15 year old boy was murdered in a horrific gang attack, during the rush hours, at Victoria underground station, in central

The Pope employs the 'Israeli' Defence!

USA - Hot on his totally inadequate apology to the Irish people for the cover up of the systematic

Mexico captures heroin kingpin	25/03/2010 16:51
US arrests rabbi for raping 7 year old child	25/03/2010 14:34
Mephedrone: What is all the fuss about?	24/03/2010 18:36
UK grows some balls at last!	23/03/2010 22:40
Laws Must apply to Everyone or No One!	23/03/2010 20:15
Yet more MP's on the Take	23/03/2010 10:56
US may try Sheehan for anti-war campaign	23/03/2010 01:38
The Pope is a Paedophile - We have the Proof	21/03/2010 01:15
'9/11 panel was warned not to probe too deeply'	18/03/2010 02:57
Crackdown on dangerous dogs to make microchips compulsory for all	15/03/2010 21:41

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