Archive for February, 2014

BLOG: Police wage war against the homeless: A vicious cycle?

BLOG: Police wage war against the homeless: A vicious cycle?

Police have launched a crackdown on homeless people, it has been reported. There have been reports across the country of police officers stealing ‘confiscating’ donated sleeping bags and food from people who “commit” rough sleeping. This of course, overlooks the fact that the vast majority are not “committing rough sleeping” by choice. Anyway, in a bid to protect the hell[Read More…]

Jonny (left) Neil (right)

Mental health campaigner Jonny Benjamin is successfully reunited with stranger who saved his life

Do you remember last week when we reported the story about a suicidal man who had launched a campaign to find a stranger who saved his life? Jonny Benjamin hit the headlines last month after he launched a campaign with the help of the charity Rethink Mental Illness, to find the stranger who intervened when he was about to jump[Read More…]

Obama has admitted to smoking marijuana in his younger days

Obama admits ‘marijuana less harmful than alcohol’

Marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol, according to the President of the United States. This is a fact that many have known for sometime, but one which the authorities, are still to a large extent, willfully ignorant of. Speaking in an interview with the New Yorker editor David Remnick, Mr Obama said that while he does not encourage marijuana[Read More…]

School excludes six year old for eating mini cheddars at lunch

School excludes six year old for eating mini cheddars at lunch

A six year old boy has been excluded from his school for bringing in…..a bag of mini cheddars. Riley Pearson’s parents were called to a meeting at Colnbrook Church of England primary school after teachers said that a bag of mini cheddars, violated their school’s policy on healthy eating. The child’s parents, Nicola Mardle and Tom Pearson, were told in[Read More…]

Couple saves baby from social workers

Couple saves baby from social workers

A couple have spoken out about how they saved their grandchildren from forced adoption. Lee and Katrina Parker told reporters how social workers – who operated under the protection of the secretive family courts – had desperately tried to put their granddaughter, India Parker, up for adoption, even though she had relatives who were perfectly capable of looking after her.[Read More…]