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armed invasion
And
now
we
learn
of
former
DCI
Alan
Edwards,
who
worked
on
Chalice,
who
tells
us
that
vital
information
was
stored
in
vaults
for
over
a
decade
before
being
actioned
..
of
ex-
police
chaplain
Keith
Osmund-Smith
who
was
suspended
after
informing
the
council
of
adult men (taxi drivers) seen trying to coax drunk teenagers into their cars.
“The
reality
is
West
Mercia
Police
did
turn
a
blind
eye
and
chose
not
to
see
what
was
obvious .. of unnecessary suffering because WMP failed in its most basic job.”
“No spell-checker, he !”
A
plaque
unveiled
to
mark
the
Queen's
Platinum
Jubilee,
unveiled
by
the
Earl
of
Wessex
only
the
other
Friday,
will
now
need
to
be
replaced .. due to a string of spelling mistakes !
The panel in Birmingham's Victoria Square had eight errors, misspelling _
Colmore Row as 'Colomore Row' _ the name of sculptor William Bloye as William Boyle _ Queen Victoria as ‘rulling’ the country _ with
‘sovereignity’ _ and the whole event being the ‘Planinum’ Jubilee.
Well .. that’s how they pronounce things in ‘Brummagem’ .. !
But them ‘Brummies’ are a happy lot .. they’ve got their ‘King Kong’ statue back .. somewhere in the ‘Jewellery Quarter’ .. if only for the
duration of the Commonwealth Games .. though what anyone from outside Brummagem will think of if is anyone’s guess !
It’s a case of “Watch this Space”
So .. no Glades Leisure Centre anymore .. and now no Cinema and Leisure Complex either.
Covid,
Inflation,
Building
Costs,
Lack
of
Builders,
etc,
etc,
have
scared-off
the
developers
leaving
our
District
Council
‘cabinet
member
for
economic
regeneration,
planning
and
localism’
with
somewhat
of
a
white
elephant
(in
a
site
now
to
be
known
as
“Lionfields”
..
though
“Why”, many of us fail to understand even given its close proximity to the West Midlands Safari Park).
Some local wag once said that, if they installed a water-slide, would they rename it the “Surf-ari” Park ?
So,
bags
of
re-generation
with
house-building
and
warehouse-building
on
the
south
side
of
the
town
..
lots
of
road-building
on
the
north
side .. many, many house threatened to be built on green farm-fields, almost everywhere .. just no progress in the centre.
But having writ that sentence, we now hear of plans to rejuvenate the Town Hall .. into an ‘Arts Centre’.
Wonder
if
they’re
going
to
be
anything
like
the
plans
the
‘Wyre
Forest
Arts’
group
had
for
Town
Hall
rejuvenation
..
now
..
how
many
years
ago was it ? Let’s see if this gets any further.
The ‘London Menace’ has arrived !
Police postings on Facebook say …
"We
are
receiving
reports
of
E-scooters
being
used
both
dangerously
and
anti-socially
by
both
adults
and
children
in
Kidderminster
and
would like to remind those considering using e-scooters of the legalities.”
"In
the
West
Mercia
policing
area
of
Worcestershire
there
is
only
one
e-scooter
trial,
based
in
Redditch.
Therefore,
unless
part
of
this
loan scheme e-scooters and hoverboards can only be ridden on private land with the permission of the land owner.”
“Although
e-scooters
are
available
to
buy
they
are
currently
illegal
to
use
on
public
roads,
pavements,
cycle
lanes
and
pedestrian-only
areas.”
So
..
‘Get
off
them’
..
they’re
not
toys
..
and
they
hurt
people
when
you
collide
with
them
..
and,
because
you’re
not
insured
(because
what
you’re doing is illegal) you can be sued .. which means you’ll be losing money (possibly for years to come).
Let alone injuring yourself (but then, you don’t care, do you ?)
Police ‘Frozen with Fear’
West
Mercia
Police
..
‘our’
local
force.
covering
Shropshire,
Worcestershire
and
Herefordshire
..
are
condemned
in
a
three-year
enquiry
into
massive
child
abuse
in
local
town .. Telford.
Police
dropped
cases
like
a
“hot
potato”
for
fear
of
inflaming
racial
tensions
and
allowed
30
years
of
sexual
violence
towards
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
children
..
even
Murder
!
to
take
place..
,
as
appalling
crimes
went
unchecked
by
the
authorities
who
were
more
concerned about political correctness.
Commissioned
in
2018
-
the
report
accuses
those
whose
job
it
was
to
protect
children
of
repeatedly “turning a blind eye” and “ignoring obvious signs of child sexual exploitation”.
Witnesses
have
told
the
inquiry
how
West
Mercia
Police
had
appeared
“frightened
to
question
or
challenge
because
they
didn’t
want
to
have
the
finger
pointed
at
them,
saying
they were being racist”, and the force’s decisions were impacted by “fear of complaint”.
Although
seven
men
were
jailed
in
2013
following
Operation
Chalice
(a
police
probe
into
child prostitution in the Telford area), Tom Crowther QC, who chaired the inquiry, said:
“Countless children were sexually assaulted and raped.
They were deliberately humiliated and degraded.
They were shared and trafficked.
They were subjected to violence and their families were threatened.”
Also
in
the
firing-line
for
criticism
is
the
local
Council
whose
“disastrous”
decision
in
2006
to
suspend
taxi
licensing
enforcement,
was
also
“borne
entirely
out
of
the
fear
of
accusations of racism”.
In
some
cases,
the
children
themselves
were
blamed
for
the
abuse
and
accused
of
being
prostitutes
even
though,
aged
just
12,
a
child
is
not
considered
to
be
legally
‘of
age’
to
give their consent, and requires ‘protection’.
Unanswered, is the question …
“Why were the people of Telford not doing something about this scandal ?”
Did
not
someone
amongst
the
179,900
people
living
in
78,130
households
not
notice
that
over 1,000 girls were being raped, drugged and beaten ?
But don’t worry .. the Police have apologised .. so everything’s all right !