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rom the statistics falling crime and reductions in anti social behaviour i suppose that explains why south tyneside is on the government hit list of the top 40 anti social behaviour areas issued only yesterday link south tyneside council posted by curly 11 26 am 0 comments _________________________________________________________________ monday january 22 2007 countess of wessex update further engagements announced just remember you read it here first the royal household has announced further engagements for sophie countess of wessex for her visit to south shields and sunderland on 30th january whilst i had details of some of the places she was to visit when i first posted the story last week it would have been foolish of me to post them before the royal household had finished the business of running security checks of the premises involved the additional engagements announced today include a visit to the west harton churches action station in boldon lane south shields and sunderland afc fans will be able to see her at the stadium of light for the home match against crystal palace she will also be attending a reception at the stadium in the afternoon in her role as patron of the safc foundation seems like two good reasons to get your tickets link royal diary posted by curly 10 58 pm 0 comments _________________________________________________________________ who is david lammy byker wall listed david lammy apparently he s a culture minister in tony blair s government and he has just decided that the monstrosity that i can see from the west park in south shields on a clear day known locally as the byker wall is to have listed status following advice from english heritage heaven forbid i take it that mr lammy has never resided in a pigeon loft hitherto if the byker wall is to be rewarded with the special protection of listed status then i guess there is every reason to believe that the ugly lump of concrete and cedar known as the quadrus centre in boldon might be protected too in years to come link gnn posted by curly 4 04 pm 0 comments _________________________________________________________________ shared space traffic measures tories to propose naked streets idea it s an interesting concept shared space and shared responsibility in the urban environment give car users cyclists and pedestrians equal responsibility to look after themselves and all other road users in our towns it sort of works like this you take away the road signs and the traffic lights and the road markings and even if you re brave enough the kerbs thus merging the street space into one broad unit and forcing road users to be much more wary of each other s movements the idea is being imported from holland and the town of drachten where the removal of traffic lights at one major junction has resulted in accidents falling from thirty six in the four years before the scheme was introduced to two in the next two years the average time for each vehicle to cross the junction fell from 50 seconds to 30 seconds despite a rise in the volume of traffic so if there is a mild anxiety in this street space we will all be that little more careful and take a little more time that s the theory perhaps people are that little more caring towards one another in holland i m not so sure about the u k where we have at least 40 anti social hotspots dotted around the country who would take a chance wandering up westoe road if there was no pavement and no kerbs not me it s just a little too adventurous for the moment link times online posted by curly 1 40 pm 0 comments _________________________________________________________________ defence spending lower than 1930 s warships threatened our spending on defence in terms of it s proportion of the gross national product is now so low that states in the eastern mediterranean now spend more than us cutbacks in spending on the royal navy have reduced our surface fleet to little more than a coastal defence force incapable of ever repeating the feats of the falklands campaign we are so bereft of equipment that we recently hired aircraft from monarch airlines to transport troops home from the gulf despite the cupboard being bare despite the lack of armour despite the lack of logistical support with little or no body armour with our squaddies dealing in used boots with the americans despite the royal air force being reduced from 16 to 11 offensive squadrons despite the royal navy losing eight destroyers and six frigates tony blair still insists on sending our forces to fight wars which are not ours to fight during the course of blair s premiership defence spending has been steadily reduced while our forces have been sent out on operational duties such as operation desert fox aimed at destroying saddam hussein s capability to produce weapons of mass destruction 1998 kosovo 1999 ongoing sierra leone 2000 ongoing afghanistan 2001 ongoing and operation telic in iraq 2003 ongoing des browne the defence secretary will be challenged in the house of commons today on whether the government is actually committed to delivering the two new aircraft carriers promised to the navy one suspects that he is going to need more than the metaphorical tin hat to preserve his little grey cells all the while tony blair struts the domestic and the world stage looking for the chance to mark out his legacy looking to create that defining moment of his political career a grand finale unfortunately this moment might arrive for him at a time not of his own choosing and in a small interview room of a london police station link daily telegraph posted by curly 1 15 pm 0 comments _________________________________________________________________ great we are now officially chav central south tyneside named as one of britain s respect zones so we are now officially one of ms casey s 40 respect zones that will receive 6m pounds of tax payer s cash to hand out more acceptable behaviour contracts and asbo s and to set up more parenting classes i suppose any little bits of help would be welcomed but 6m pounds could have provided a few more policemen to tackle some real crimes and catch the culprits and remove them from circulation i know that i complained that last year we were slow to take up the initiative in south tyneside and i guess that that reticence has resulted in us being put in this list of top 40 hotspots by louise casey and her respect agenda the home office said the 40 respect areas were not the worst in england and wales for anti social behaviour but had been chosen from a longer list of those with significant challenges if that doesn t sound like the top 40 chav cities i don t know what does joining us in the list of shame are newcastle upon tyne and sunderland needless to say south tyneside council will put the best possible spin on the situation cllr joanne bell the lead member for safer and stronger communities said this is good news for the borough and the council we want to enhance our current work by deepening our approach to tackling the underlying causes of anti social behaviour this means intervening early where problems occur and broadening our efforts to address other areas of poor behaviour make of that what you will it remains to be seen what effect a few additional evictions will have these people have to be rehoused somewhere it remains to be seen how many asbo s will be breached it remains to be seen how many better parents are created i will reserve judgement to see how effectively the money is spent nationally the conservative shadow police minister nick herbert said the government has cut 4 000 promised police community support officers from the forces covering these so called respect areas communities don t want gimmicks like respect handbooks they want police officers on their streets to take real action against anti social behaviour today s announcement conspicuously omits any reference to asbos hardly surprising when over half are breached and teenagers now treat them as a badge of honour the news today can make all mention of respect look pretty silly when a top judge lord justice richards is arrested for allegedly indecently exposing himself to a female passenger on a train just who wrote today s script links bbc news south tyneside council the times online posted by curly 10 28 am 2 comments _________________________________________________________________ council taxes to rise 3 5 cuts in services for elderly it looks as though the average rise in rates for council tax this year will be 3 5 with many councils cutting back on services such as home care for the elderly of 127 councils surveyed only a few were said to be planning a reduction in council tax amongst those were hammersmith and fulham in inner london which has announced a 3 reduction in the charge to it s residents financed by a drive towards efficiency at present south tyneside council has not announced it s plans for next year s rise but you can be fairly certain that an increase is on the cards after tight financial control in the first half of last years failed to last the course and expected savings in the council s expenditure were not achieved the 10 million pound saving in the first half was achieved without any pain or hurt and with no reduction in front line customer facing services it does make you wonder what could be achieved if their minds were really put to it but let s not expect them to make it any easier for those of us who have to pay link bbc news posted by curly 10 09 am 0 comments _________________________________________________________________ blair s fear top quality blogging his eyes snapped open the sheets were soaked in his fear the air still thick with slowly dissipating ghosts help me cherie help me he whispered unable to find his voice i am god s lonely man cherie didn t stir she snored contentedly if the dreams of avarice can be described as content read the full post in chicken yoghurt it s worth five minutes of your time honestly posted by curly 12 17 am 0 comments _________________________________________________________________ sunday january 21 2007 does my bummer wife look big in this leave my perks alone cries cherie if cruella de blair wishes to flounce around in the designer froth virtually given to her during her husband s tenure in office one might have thought she would follow the trends of the designer and model sets by getting into shape or producing a fitness dvd to add to her growing wealth the mail on sunday today reports on the dreadful frostiness between cruella and two cabinet secretaries who had the misfortune to have to meet her in the course of their very civil duties apparently she wears creations valued at 10 000 pounds more than most working people would pay for a used car cherie would be getting these creations at discounts of up to 50 made a little easier by virtue of her position a former colleague of cabinet secretary lord andrew turnbull said margaret thatcher was punctilious in understanding the distinction between what had to be paid for from her own pocket and what could be paid from taxpayers money andrew had to stop her paying for things herself when she didn t need to it is the opposite with the blairs all ministers have to realise that there are three pots of public money they can draw on as a minister as a party member and as an mp the fourth pot is their own each has to be kept separate in terms of ethics this is crucial with the blairs the lines are dangerously blurred the conservatives have already accused the blairs of encouraging a national sense of personal greed pervading from the top to the bottom of society make your own minds up link the mail on sunday posted by curly 4 25 pm 0 comments _________________________________________________________________ who is running the bbc news the big brother issue just does not feature today just what is happening at the bbc the news that the whole nation is talking about today just doesn t get a mention from the organisation which wants to grab more money from license fees whilst just about every quality newspaper in the u k is covering the story of ruth turner s arrest and labour s attempts to have a go at the police the bbc studiously ignores the story have they become an official mouth piece for blair s sleazy regime andrew raunsley in the observer writes once he was teflon tony the prime minister to whom nothing ever stuck he is now toxic tony the prime minister whom the voters regard as presiding at the apex of a sleazy regime whatever happens next the public have already slapped a pair of metaphorical handcuffs on his wrists poll after poll indicates that voters think that peerages are traded for cash and that tony blair has dishonoured his promise to clean up public life whilst the story is also featured in the times and given greater depth here as well as here here and here the whole scenario is of the british press reporting on the single most important issue to face a prime minister and his government that we have ever know the man who brought us the big brother state with one fifth of the world s cctv cameras is now very much under the spotlight in a nixonesque fashion as police strongly suspect a big cover up it is time we started to prepare for a big brother style eviction but without the expensive vote to go with it yet the bbc wants nothing to do with the issue if the corporation wishes to retain it s previously respected independence then it ought to pay less heed to dr john reid and his spinning stunts at the home office and turn away from it s current position of big brother s claptrap hat tip beau bo d or posted by curly 11 43 am 1 comments _________________________________________________________________ yates has documentary evidence it s all in the little red book is this the same little red book that inspector yates was recently photographed with on his way to work last week posted by curly 8 33 am 2 comments _________________________________________________________________ saturday january 20 2007 joe bonamassa a big discovery one of the advantages of being at home recovering and recuperating from a heart attack is that people visit you sometimes people who you haven t seen for a number of years sometimes your family and best friends and sometimes just neighbours and passing acquaintances i had such a visit last week from a very old friend of mine we go back a long time his mother was a bridesmaid at my mother and father s wedding and saus and i have known each other since the age of four he brought with him not grapes or oranges or books and magazines but a carrier bag full of cds and knowing the vast majority of my musical tastes they were mainly blues and rock music do what you like with them said saus play them tape them rip them copy them or just enjoy them why don t you start with these six he exclaimed hmmm joe bonamossa i mused who is he i ve never heard of him never heard of him he s the new kid on the block better...