Friday, 20 November 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Gordon Brown is joking if he thinks he can outlaw his own profligacy 
Asked why there was so little crime in Germany, a comedian replied: "Because it's against the law." Working on the same principle, Gordon Brown promises to eliminate his Government's ballooning deficit £200 billion and rising with a Bill to halve it in four years. Yes, too much state debt will become illegal. 
Daily Telegraph (20-Nov-2009)

Hospital cleaning bosses at major firm arrested over 'migrant fraud'
Three managers at an NHS hospital cleaning company have been arrested on suspicion of blackmailing foreign staff. The trios arrest comes after claims that illegal immigrants have been employed at hospitals across...
Daily Mail (20-Nov-2009)

IMMIGRATION: BRITISH POPULATION MAY REACH 74MILLION
Immigration could raise the population of Britain to 74million by 2029. The revised estimate puts the number of people 50% higher than in 1950. And immigration could account for 12m new arrivals more than twice the current population of...
Daily Star (20-Nov-2009)

BNP signs its first non-white member...
... but he's only joined because he hates...
The Independent (20-Nov-2009)

NHS trust hired illegal immigrant
Channel 4 News can reveal that an NHS trust has hired dozens and possibly hundreds of illegal immigrants through one of its biggest private cleaning...
Channel 4 News (19-Nov-2009)

Man guilty of flatmate's murder
A 52-year-old man who bludgeoned his flatmate to death then dumped his burning body beside a motorway has been found guilty of...
BBC News Northamptonshire (19-Nov-2009)

Hospital blackmail probe: trio held
Three managers at an NHS hospital cleaning company have been arrested on suspicion of blackmailing foreign...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (19-Nov-2009)

Stolen goods cafe shut down
A CAF: that had been taken over by dealers in stolen mobile phones has been shut down. La Roma in Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, had become the hub of a stolen goods trade among north African...
Islington Gazette (19-Nov-2009)

Immigrant faces deportation after robbery
IPSWICH: A failed asylum seeker on the run from Ipswich police is today facing deportation after a vicious robbery at a bookmakers where he had gambled away all his...
Evening Star 24 (19-Nov-2009)

Fake passport ploy lands man in jail
A BANGLADESHI illegal immigrant has been jailed for 14 months after he tried to open a bank account using a forged passport. Abdus Salam Moti, 36, of Queen's Road, Clevedon, had attempted to open an account at the Clevedon branch of...
This is Somerset (19-Nov-2009)

Missing children trafficking fears
Child protection groups have warned that youngsters disappearing from care may become victims of trafficking. A Care Leavers' Association (CLA) survey revealed more than 145 children, some as young as nine, went missing from care in the last year...
The Oxford Times (19-Nov-2009)

HOME OFFICE WORKER MARRIES OWN DAUGHTER
A HOME Office worker married his daughter so her family could live in Britain, it was claimed last night. She allegedly pretended to be Jelili Adesanya s bride in a faked wedding...
Daily Star (19-Nov-2009)

Jail sentence for cannabis cultivator
An asylum seeker discovered living amid a £75,000 Perthshire cannabis factory in the summer was yesterday sentenced to 30 months imprisonment at Perth Sheriff...
The Courier (19-Nov-2009)

Britain's soaring population on course to hit 74million: High immigration could drive up numbers, says ONS
Britain's population may grow to 74million over the next 20 years, according to official estimates. The Office for National Statistics said that if immigration continues at high levels the population will swell by more than a fifth - some 12million - in two...
Daily Mail (19-Nov-2009)

Italy's Northern League in 'White Christmas' immigrant purge
The local council of the northern Italian town of Coccaglio is dreaming of a White Christmas this year. But Bing Crosby's schmaltzy song has nothing to do with their...
The Independent (19-Nov-2009)

EU PRESIDENT WILL GAIN £45BN BUDGET
EUROPE S new President -almost certain to be Belgian politician Herman Van Rompuy - will be chosen tonight in a grubby and secretive £45billion deal over dinner in...
Daily Express (19-Nov-2009)

Queens speech over in 7mins
THE Government was accused yesterday of desperate electioneering after the briefest Queen's Speech since Labour came to power 12 years ago. And Prime Minister Gordon Brown was said to have squandered the chance to clean up Parliament with legislation to end the expenses gravy...
Online Sun (19-Nov-2009)

Councils 'lost' 145 child asylum seekers last year
Charity's FoI request reveals young people left care homes and were never seen...
Guardian Unlimited - Society (18-Nov-2009)

David Cameron says government is behaving like 'irresponsible opposition'
Queen's speech: Tory leader attacks Gordon Brown over absence of bills on immigration, the NHS and MPs'...
Guardian.co.uk (18-Nov-2009)

Man arrested as people smuggling ring smashed
A MAN from Stockport has been arrested as part of a huge investigation into people smuggling. The 24-year-old, from Edgeley, was one of five men arrested in the UK by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) after a probe into an international crime network suspected of trafficking thousands of illegal...
Asian News (18-Nov-2009)