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Daily Archives: November 16, 2009
Well even when our dog had pups it looked after them and this women left her children alone for a night of drink and drugs,what did she get a slap on the wrist. I think we need to start worrying about the direction we are going.
A mother who abandoned her four young children to go on a 24-hour drink and drug binge was given a suspended jail sentence today.
Rebecca Stevenson, 22, of Blackburn, Lancashire, left her two sons and two daughters, aged between three months and four years, home alone to fend for themselves.
It was with “merciful good luck” that none of the children was seriously injured through her “absolute dereliction” of duty, Preston Crown Court heard.
Sentencing her to a 20-week jail term, suspended for two years, Judge Norman Wright said it was “an appalling state of affairs” that she had preferred to satisfy her own personal gratification rather than care for her children.
Stevenson said she put her children to bed at 8.30pm one evening in July this year and proceeded to drink a bottle of wine before further indulging in cider and cocaine when friends called round to her house.
Then in “a moment of madness” she told the court she left the children to their own devices as she went out to a house party.
She later carried on drinking throughout the day at various pubs in the town before returning home at 10.30pm the following day.
From my good Tory Friend.
Housing Targets Should Not Be Imposed On Communities
I wonder what these two would have to say? i wonder what the young girl i visited last night with a one year old child ,and another on the way,sleeping on a camp bed at her friends have to say.I wonder .What will i say to the next person i visit,sorry there are 1,800 before you. Thsi job is hard enough without having to face homeless residents and no chance to offer hope.
Well Thanks AGAIN to Salford Environmental Services,two weeks ago full of rubbish and flytipping today spotless. Well done again.
Are you reading Cllr L
Green belt to be ‘cut to ribbons’
The Sunday Telegraph has identified 27 towns across the UK that have been chosen by the Department for Communities as areas where they want to build on green belt land.
One more cracker, i think i will keep the latest complaint i have over good schools and send it in when the legal Guarantees start.
Schools fear Balls’ guarantees will trigger litigation
Headteachers are warning that schools face an avalanche of litigation if the government goes ahead with plans to introduce legal guarantees to give every child the right to a good school. The children’s secretary, Ed Balls, is preparing to unveil a bill in the Queen’s speech setting out the next phase in the government’s plans to force primary and secondary schools to improve.
Well if you are reading John please offer a response, why are we being left in these situations. I for one feel worried everytime i pick up the paper.
Salford Council slammed over classroom CCTV
November 16, 2009
A POWERFUL data watchdog has slammed a local authority over classroom cameras.
Parents staged a revolt at one Salford primary when it emerged pupils were filmed getting changing for gym lessons.
The Information Commissioner’s Office – a watchdog which governs the use of personal data – said Salford council’s use of school cameras was unprecedented.
Jonathan Bamford, assistant commissioner, said cameras should not be left running through the day. He said: “CCTV should only be used for a pressing need. It is perfectly reasonable for a school to use CCTV to help secure its premises, but it shouldn’t be left switched on capturing images of school children changing during the day.
“When a school is staffed and children are on the premises, cameras will not generally be required for security purposes. Organisations that do capture images using CCTV are required by law to adhere to the Principles of the Data Protection Act.”
Police seized footage from Charlestown primary last week after parents protested that its 14 cameras were running around the clock and had inadvertently filmed changing into gym gear before PE lessons.
Officers concluded that the school had done nothing wrong. There was no suggestion footage was being used inappropriately.
But Salford council is now looking into the use of cameras in all 82 primary schools – although they do not believe that data laws have been broken. The review will look at which schools have cameras, where they are sited and what they are used for.
Cameras were installed in Charlestown three years ago after a spate of break-ins. Parents say they were assured the system would be switched off most of the time.
Council bosses say cameras in most of their schools are in corridors and open areas, the Charlestown cameras have views of the classroom because the building is open plan.
Salford Council has also piloted cameras in a number of its secondary schools as an aid for teacher training.
Well i used the NHS this morning.
Went to see a specialist so i took a copy of Angels and Demons thought i could finish it while i waited. Appointment 8.40 seen at 8.30 out by 8.50 not the National Health service that i expected.Still in shock,
