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Greece: Migrant strawberry pickers shot in 'shameful' attack

 

The workers say they were protesting because they have not been paid for six months.

One told local media that they had gathered because they were told they would get their money.

"We were told to go in the afternoon to get paid. We are 200 people and we are owed over the past six months a total of 150,000 euros," said "Patrice", showing the wounds on his body from the shooting to the reporter.

 

 

not sure im doing this right 150,000/200=750 right?

 

so they were owed 750 euros for 6 months work?

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She ain't leaving him, don look like he can lay that Circa 78Ad Roman Bath pipe.

 

The kids are gonna think she is being murdered at night.

 

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how big do you think the acutal pipe is brah? must be mad alie

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Activists say the newly-formed unit will not be as effective
Written by Jermaine Haughton 
23/03/2013
 

Scrapping Trident 'Could Lead To Chaos'

 

THE MURDER investigation unit of London’s Operation Trident has been disbanded, sparking fears the dedicated task force is on the verge of extinction.

 
Trident, part of the Metropolitan Police, was set up in 1998 specifically to target gun killings within the black community.
 
The changes mean all “black-on-black” gun killings and London murder cases will be transferred to Scotland Yard’s main homicide and serious crime division taking away Trident’s core function, according to critics.
 
Claudia Webbe, co-founder and former chair of Operation Trident’s Independent Advisory Group, believes the changes will deteriorate the unit’s position in the black community.
 
Webbe said: “The lack of foresight by the current leadership of the MPS (Metropolitan Police Service), the mayor (of London) and his advisors now mean that the strength of the Trident brand within the black community is now weakened and its previous successes will become a thing of the past.”
 
According to Lee Jasper, co-founder of Operation Trident, the latest restructuring is just the latest punitive change to deplete Operation Trident’s work.
 
OPERATION
 
Jasper argued that “since 2008, we have seen the year-on-year demise of Operation Trident. It has no credibility. Constant interfering and changes have turned Operation Trident into a shell of its former self.
 
“Unfortunately, we have moved no further forward (in Operation Trident’s goals). The number of murders has decreased but violence has increased.
 
“Parents are still scared of their children’s safety. The fear of crime is higher than ever before and we need a strong Trident.”
 
Operation Trident was launched after a decade-long rise in gun shootings in inner-city London, with 90 per cent of all homicide victims being black – particularly black males.
 
Running regular public meetings and talks in schools and colleges, Trident targeted the suppliers of guns and worked to re-establish trust in the police.
 
Jasper said: “Trident provided greater trust in the police, raised awareness and provided a safety net for more people from the community to give evidence and thus led to the gradual year-on-year reduction in gun crime.
 
According to him, “the low crime figures we see now, came about due to years of hard work, so to move away from that is crazy.”
 
GANG-RELATED
 
A year ago, Trident was restructured to focus more intently on gang-related crime due to a substantial drop in fatal shootings in the capital to just five in 2012.
 
Webbe said: “The police use of the term gangs provides a dangerous shortcut to understanding youth conflict.
 
“There is no attempt to understand the broader and more complex social, cultural, economic and political context of ‘youth violence’ and the wider societal role and responsibility.”
 
The Met has dismissed claims that the newly-named Trident Gang Command is redundant. It said the shift in focus from using the weapon used in a crime to determine which department investigates is the right move.
 
But Steve Rodhouse, commander for gangs and organised crime, said: “I do recognise that Trident Gang Command has developed some significant experience around these investigations and has also developed good relationships with some of our BME communities most affected by gun crime.
“This expertise will not be lost and will still be available to investigators.”
 
Lee Jasper believes Operation Trident has fallen victim to government cuts, supported by London mayor Boris Johnson.
 
He claims current Met Police commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, lacks the will to oppose the changes.
 
“In my day, (Sir Ian) Blair and (Sir John) Stevens would have battled to keep police officers on the streets. Boris (Johnson) doesn’t seem to realise, or care, that cutting police officers equals chaos on the streets,” he argued, warning that “all hell will break loose, and this is why Trident is important.”
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Race row as Tory town tells Gove super-head: We don't want your inner-city pupils here

  • Top-performing Durand Academy in Stockwell wants to open boarding school in Stedham, West Sussex
  • But neighbours aghast and say ethnic minority students will cause problems
  • They fear influx of weapons and think local forest will be turned into a 'sexual volcano'
  • But education secretary Michael Gove hits back and slams them for blocking 'inspirational' project

By BEN ELLERY

PUBLISHED: 22:08, 20 April 2013 | UPDATED: 22:57, 20 April 2013

Education Secretary Michael Gove last night stepped into a bitter race row raging over an inner-city school’s plan to open its own boarding school in an affluent rural area.

The top-performing Durand Academy in Stockwell, near Brixton, South London, wants to transport 600 youngsters to a site with stunning views over the South Downs every Monday morning for lessons and bring them back on Friday  evenings, free of charge.

It says the scheme will provide them with ‘an Eton-style experience’ and help keep pupils safe from drugs and knife crime.

 
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Row: A disused school in the town of Stedham, West Sussex, is earmarked to be filled with boarders from London's Durand Academy, causing fury among residents who fear an influx of ethnic pupils will cause social problems

 

 

 

 
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Apple of his eye: The academy, in Stockwell, is one of the best in London and is a favourite of education secretary Michael Gove

But the plan has been fiercely criticised by people living near the site – a disused boarding school in  the quiet village of Stedham, West Sussex. They have raised concerns about the number of black and Asian students and claimed that youngsters would need to be searched daily for drugs and weapons.

They have also accused Durand’s ‘super-head’ Greg Martin – who  has been described as a ‘hero’ by  Mr Gove – of ‘spoiling a tranquil place’ by ‘bringing Brixton to the countryside’.

 

 

But last night Mr Gove's spokesman hit back and attacked those ‘trying to obstruct an inspirational project’.

His intervention came after a local Tory county councillor expressed fears about the number of ethnic minority students who would attend the school.

John Cherry, 73, told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Ninety-seven per cent of pupils will be black or Asian. It depends what type of Asian. If they’re Chinese they’ll rise to  the top. If they’re Indian they’ll  rise to the top. If they’re Pakistani they won’t.

‘There are certain nationalities where hard work is highly valued. There are certain nationalities where they are uncertain what this hard work is all about.

‘If the children are not allowed out of the site then it will make them want to escape into the forest – it will be a sexual volcano.

‘Has anyone asked whether these children want to be plucked from their natural surroundings? They have never done boarding before, so they won’t know how it works.

 

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Shock: Durand Academy chief Greg Martin has described the attitude of residents as 'shocking' but has vowed to press on with the scheme

‘The trauma of taking the children out of their natural surroundings is going to be considerable.’

He added: ‘Stockwell is a coloured area – I have no problem with  that. To be honest, I would far rather Durand took over a secondary school in London rather than  shoving everybody here.’

Anne Reynolds, chairman of a  steering group which has been set up in the area to fight the plans, also questioned whether inner-city children would feel comfortable in such a rural environment.

She said: ‘It might raise tensions in their community. Their peers might say, “Why have you been chosen to go to a special, smart school in West Sussex but I haven’t?”

‘The whole thing is a massive experiment and I think it will be  disastrous. There’s no evidence it will increase their attainment  levels. When you’re a teenager, isn’t it too late to start appreciating the countryside? I don’t know if it’s the right environment.’

At a public meeting in the nearby village of Milland, where actor Hugh Bonneville has a home, one unnamed resident said: ‘You must be wary because you are talking about students who will have to be searched daily for weapons and knives.’ Chichester MP Andrew Tyrie is also ‘extremely unhappy’ with the way the project has been handled and has written to Mr Gove asking him to rethink the idea.

Mr Martin, Durand’s director  of education, last night described some of the comments from residents as ‘shocking’ but vowed to press on with the scheme. It is  hoped the boarding school will open next year.

He said: I’ve heard a few comments made about pupils escaping and I said I’m not building a prison.

‘It’s sad but it makes us want to fight harder for it, and when this councillor sees the hard work and commitment from ethnic minorities I’m sure he will change his tune.

‘At the moment, so many children are leaving our school well educated only to be utterly failed by the secondary system.

‘We want to get pupils away  from hanging around the streets of Brixton and Stockwell, where we have stabbings and a constant threat of trouble. It will be very hard to maintain a negative view when you see students working hard and contributing. You will soon realise these are frankly nothing more than baseless prejudices.’

A spokesman for Mr Gove said: ‘Durand has a superb record of helping some of our most disadvantaged pupils achieve brilliant results thanks to a rigorous curriculum, great teaching and sky-high expectations for all pupils.

‘Durand’s boarding school is a bold experiment and a chance to give inner-city youngsters a truly world-class education.’

And leading black Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng urged locals  to drop their opposition to the plan. Mr Kwarteng, whose parents came to Britain from Ghana and who was educated at Eton, said: ‘This school is a very good idea.

 
 

‘Obviously, the locals will have some concerns about it, but we have to give these children the chance to get a good education and a well-run boarding school in the English countryside is a perfect way to do that.

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Opposition: Local Tory councillor John Cherry is aghast at Durand's plans to move to West Sussex

‘If the school is a success, as I am sure it will be, it will be a great credit to the pupils, teachers and the local community itself. When that happens everyone will wonder what all the fuss was about.’

Durand is a primary school that has been rated as outstanding by schools watchdog Ofsted. But staff and governors are so concerned  about standards at local secondary schools that they used the proceeds from Durand’s leisure and student accommodation business to buy St Cuthman’s School, a Grade II listed building, for £3.4 million in 2010. They want to open it as a boarding school for pupils aged 13 to 19.

Mr Martin has said the idea stemmed from a desire to keep youngsters away from the ‘stabbings and constant threat of trouble’ in South London.

It secured a £17 million handout from the Government to help finance the project.

As an academy, Durand is outside local authority control, meaning it runs its own budgets and can even change the length of terms and the school day.

St Cuthman’s, which occupies 20 acres in an area of outstanding natural beauty, used to be run by the local county council for children with special needs but closed in 2004 and has remained empty since.

At his keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference in 2011, Mr Gove backed the idea of opening the boarding school. He also praised Mr Martin as a ‘hero’ after for transforming Durand.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312267/Race-row-Tory-town-tells-Gove-super-head-We-dont-want-inner-city-pupils-here.html#ixzz2R2vJsHf5 

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Race row as Tory town tells Gove super-head: We don't want your inner-city pupils here

  • Top-performing Durand Academy in Stockwell wants to open boarding school in Stedham, West Sussex
  • But neighbours aghast and say ethnic minority students will cause problems
  • They fear influx of weapons and think local forest will be turned into a 'sexual volcano'
  • But education secretary Michael Gove hits back and slams them for blocking 'inspirational' project
By BEN ELLERY

PUBLISHED: 22:08, 20 April 2013 | UPDATED: 22:57, 20 April 2013

Education Secretary Michael Gove last night stepped into a bitter race row raging over an inner-city school’s plan to open its own boarding school in an affluent rural area.

The top-performing Durand Academy in Stockwell, near Brixton, South London, wants to transport 600 youngsters to a site with stunning views over the South Downs every Monday morning for lessons and bring them back on Friday evenings, free of charge.

It says the scheme will provide them with ‘an Eton-style experience’ and help keep pupils safe from drugs and knife crime.

article-0-196791E9000005DC-922_634x390.j

Row: A disused school in the town of Stedham, West Sussex, is earmarked to be filled with boarders from London's Durand Academy, causing fury among residents who fear an influx of ethnic pupils will cause social problems

article-0-0CCC41D300000578-221_634x422.j

Apple of his eye: The academy, in Stockwell, is one of the best in London and is a favourite of education secretary Michael Gove

But the plan has been fiercely criticised by people living near the site – a disused boarding school in the quiet village of Stedham, West Sussex. They have raised concerns about the number of black and Asian students and claimed that youngsters would need to be searched daily for drugs and weapons.

They have also accused Durand’s ‘super-head’ Greg Martin – who has been described as a ‘hero’ by Mr Gove – of ‘spoiling a tranquil place’ by ‘bringing Brixton to the countryside’.

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But last night Mr Gove's spokesman hit back and attacked those ‘trying to obstruct an inspirational project’.

His intervention came after a local Tory county councillor expressed fears about the number of ethnic minority students who would attend the school.

John Cherry, 73, told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Ninety-seven per cent of pupils will be black or Asian. It depends what type of Asian. If they’re Chinese they’ll rise to the top. If they’re Indian they’ll rise to the top. If they’re Pakistani they won’t.

‘There are certain nationalities where hard work is highly valued. There are certain nationalities where they are uncertain what this hard work is all about.

‘If the children are not allowed out of the site then it will make them want to escape into the forest – it will be a sexual volcano.

‘Has anyone asked whether these children want to be plucked from their natural surroundings? They have never done boarding before, so they won’t know how it works.

article-0-196791F9000005DC-384_634x424.j

Shock: Durand Academy chief Greg Martin has described the attitude of residents as 'shocking' but has vowed to press on with the scheme

‘The trauma of taking the children out of their natural surroundings is going to be considerable.’

He added: ‘Stockwell is a coloured area – I have no problem with that. To be honest, I would far rather Durand took over a secondary school in London rather than shoving everybody here.’

Anne Reynolds, chairman of a steering group which has been set up in the area to fight the plans, also questioned whether inner-city children would feel comfortable in such a rural environment.

She said: ‘It might raise tensions in their community. Their peers might say, “Why have you been chosen to go to a special, smart school in West Sussex but I haven’t?”

‘The whole thing is a massive experiment and I think it will be disastrous. There’s no evidence it will increase their attainment levels. When you’re a teenager, isn’t it too late to start appreciating the countryside? I don’t know if it’s the right environment.’

At a public meeting in the nearby village of Milland, where actor Hugh Bonneville has a home, one unnamed resident said: ‘You must be wary because you are talking about students who will have to be searched daily for weapons and knives.’ Chichester MP Andrew Tyrie is also ‘extremely unhappy’ with the way the project has been handled and has written to Mr Gove asking him to rethink the idea.

Mr Martin, Durand’s director of education, last night described some of the comments from residents as ‘shocking’ but vowed to press on with the scheme. It is hoped the boarding school will open next year.

He said: I’ve heard a few comments made about pupils escaping and I said I’m not building a prison.

‘It’s sad but it makes us want to fight harder for it, and when this councillor sees the hard work and commitment from ethnic minorities I’m sure he will change his tune.

‘At the moment, so many children are leaving our school well educated only to be utterly failed by the secondary system.

‘We want to get pupils away from hanging around the streets of Brixton and Stockwell, where we have stabbings and a constant threat of trouble. It will be very hard to maintain a negative view when you see students working hard and contributing. You will soon realise these are frankly nothing more than baseless prejudices.’

A spokesman for Mr Gove said: ‘Durand has a superb record of helping some of our most disadvantaged pupils achieve brilliant results thanks to a rigorous curriculum, great teaching and sky-high expectations for all pupils.

‘Durand’s boarding school is a bold experiment and a chance to give inner-city youngsters a truly world-class education.’

And leading black Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng urged locals to drop their opposition to the plan. Mr Kwarteng, whose parents came to Britain from Ghana and who was educated at Eton, said: ‘This school is a very good idea.

‘Obviously, the locals will have some concerns about it, but we have to give these children the chance to get a good education and a well-run boarding school in the English countryside is a perfect way to do that.

article-0-19679205000005DC-333_306x423.j

Opposition: Local Tory councillor John Cherry is aghast at Durand's plans to move to West Sussex

‘If the school is a success, as I am sure it will be, it will be a great credit to the pupils, teachers and the local community itself. When that happens everyone will wonder what all the fuss was about.’

Durand is a primary school that has been rated as outstanding by schools watchdog Ofsted. But staff and governors are so concerned about standards at local secondary schools that they used the proceeds from Durand’s leisure and student accommodation business to buy St Cuthman’s School, a Grade II listed building, for £3.4 million in 2010. They want to open it as a boarding school for pupils aged 13 to 19.

Mr Martin has said the idea stemmed from a desire to keep youngsters away from the ‘stabbings and constant threat of trouble’ in South London.

It secured a £17 million handout from the Government to help finance the project.

As an academy, Durand is outside local authority control, meaning it runs its own budgets and can even change the length of terms and the school day.

St Cuthman’s, which occupies 20 acres in an area of outstanding natural beauty, used to be run by the local county council for children with special needs but closed in 2004 and has remained empty since.

At his keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference in 2011, Mr Gove backed the idea of opening the boarding school. He also praised Mr Martin as a ‘hero’ after for transforming Durand.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312267/Race-row-Tory-town-tells-Gove-super-head-We-dont-want-inner-city-pupils-here.html#ixzz2R2vJsHf5

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Them way out country guys are absolute d*ckheads

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Residents in China's southwestern Sicuan province huddled outdoors Saturday night in a town near the epicentre of a powerful earthquake that struck earlier in the day, leaving at least 10 people dead and more than 10,500 injured, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region

 

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@AP: BAGA, #Nigeria (AP) — Officials: Fighting between Nigeria military, Islamic extremists kills at least 185 people.

 

 

BAGA, Nigeria (AP) — Officials say fighting between Nigeria's military and Islamic extremists in a town in the nation's northeast has killed at least 185 people.

Lawan Kole, a local government official in Baga, told Borno state officials on a visit Sunday that the killings started Friday night and went on for hours. Kole told state officials that at least 185 bodies had been buried, and people continued to search for the dead.

Brig. Gen. Austin Edokpaye told officials that the extremists used heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

Edokpaye said extremists used civilians as human shields during the fighting — implying that soldiers opened fire in neighborhoods where they knew civilians lived.

Nigeria has faced bloody insurgent attacks from extremists since 2010 in its predominantly Muslim north

 

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