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An interesting juxtaposition of clips.
I think I saw only one policeman in the whole naked bike ride film - the gathering is peaceful and appears to be supported by peaceful bystanders; the policeman I saw was managing traffic rather than trying to manage the riders.
Contrast that with the Kent State shootings (more info herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_University_shootings) - another seemingly peaceful gathering antagonised by the number and attitude of the police. Similarly the G8 protests; what I found particularly shocking there was the large number of armoured cars brought in which made it look to me like full scale warfare. Obviously the narration came from a particular viewpoint but those were some pretty inflamatory claims.
The Notting Hill clips showed a police presence but a very casual one: note the relaxed demeanor of the police and their proximity to a guy rolling a (not very legal) cigarette, and of course the dancing. In theese two clips I would say that their presence is a precautionary "we will react if there is a problem". Compare this to the Kent State situation where - to my mind - the police attitude smacks more of " we are here to stop a situation...

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The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre) were the shootings on May 4, 1970, of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, during a mass protest against the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces.

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Approval has been given for the Metropolitan Police to purchase three water cannon for London.

Stephen Greenhalgh, deputy mayor for policing and crime, authorised the force to buy the cannon from the German Federal Police.

The mayor's office said: "By purchasing them now we are able to save over £2.3m compared to buying new devices."

The water cannon will not be deployed until the home secretary authorises their use in England and Wales.

In a statement, the mayor's office said purchasing the cannon now for just over £218,000, before Theresa May approves them, meant they could be bought at a "considerably reduced rate".

The cannon will be purchased for £30,000 each, as opposed to the cost of a single new one at £870,000.

An additional cost of £127,000 will also be incurred to make them "fit for purpose" for use in London.

A Home Office spokesman said: "We are keen to ensure that the police have the tools and powers they need to maintain order on our streets."

It said Chief Constable David Shaw, as the national policing lead, had written to the home secretary to request water cannon be authorised for use by the police in England and Wales and Ms May was considering the request.

The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) said that each cannon had a life-expectancy of five years, or longer with good maintenance, and if approval was not given by Ms May, then they could be re-sold.

The Metropolitan Police has welcomed the move.

A spokesman said: "Following learning from the riots of 2011, the [Met] requested that water cannon be made available to address a gap in public order tactics, allowing us to more effectively and safely tackle the most extreme disorder.

"We believe that as a tactic they would be rarely seen and rarely used on our streets."

In its briefing document MOPAC said its decision to purchase the cannon now was "driven by the enhanced risk" that they would be sold to another police authority.

It added that it also meant they could be in place for the summer, when "although there are no expectations of violence, such tools are most likely to be needed".

'No convincing argument'

The purchase is not without criticism. Joanne McCartney, Labour's London Assembly member for Police and Crime, said she was "deeply concerned".

"There is still confusion over the reasons behind the purchase of water cannon and exactly how the process of their deployment will work."

Greater Manchester's Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd said a "full public debate" was needed before water cannon was deployed on the street.

"No convincing argument has been made for their deployment. For example, they would have been useless during the last period of major disorder - the riots of 2011," said Mr Lloyd.

Concerns have also been raised about the dangers of water cannon by a German man who was blinded after he was hit in the face at a protest in Stuttgart four years ago.

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Approval has been given for the Metropolitan Police to purchase three water cannon for London. Stephen Greenhalgh, deputy mayor for policing and crime, authorised the force to buy the cannon from the German Federal Police. The mayor's office said: "By purchasing them now we are able to save over £2.3m compared to buying new devices."

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a BBC article from March 2014. "The Alliance Party has been accused of abandoning its "middle ground position" after a high-profile member (Anna Lo) declared her preference for a united Ireland

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The Alliance Party has been accused of abandoning its "middle ground position" after a high-profile member declared her preference for a united Ireland.

Anna Lo described herself as "anti-colonial" and said the partition of Ireland was "artificial".

Ms Lo, who is the party's European election candidate, made the comments in an interview for the Irish News.

Alliance said its policy remained that it was up to the majority of people to determine the future status of NI.

In the interview, published on Thursday, the South Belfast MLA said a united Ireland would be "better placed economically, socially and politically".

Her comments come just weeks before the 22 May European election.

In response, DUP MLA Arlene Foster called on Ms Lo to apologise for her "deeply insulting language".

Ms Foster added: "It is not entirely surprising to hear such clear Irish, nationalist aspirations coming from within the Alliance Party.

"It is vital however, that Anna Lo answers some questions, particularly about the language she chooses to use.

"What exactly does her reference to being 'anti-colonial' mean? Does Anna Lo believe that Northern Ireland is comparable to a colony and does she view unionists as colonists? Northern Ireland is not a colony; it is a full and equal part of the United Kingdom.

"That kind of deeply insulting language and prejudicial viewpoint is usually only ever articulated from the extreme edges of republicanism but is now coming from the selected Alliance Party candidate for Europe."

Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson said Ms Lo's comments seemed to be "yet another attempt by the Alliance Party to distance Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom".

"Describing Northern Ireland being part of the United Kingdom as 'artificial' as Anna Lo has done, is another sign that the Alliance Party is fast becoming a cold house for unionists," he said.

"If Anna Lo's comments are reflective of the Alliance Party's position, it can no longer claim to be a middle-ground party.

"I now call on the leader of the Alliance party, David Ford, to clarify the party's position on whether or not support for a united Ireland is now official Alliance Party policy."

Duncan Morrow, who is an Alliance party candidate in the local government elections, said Ms Lo's comments could be squared with the party's support for the principle of consent.

He said: "I think the party position is definitely that we are fully part of the UK by consent and that's the way it is, but that people can aspire to be British, Irish or both.

"In that sense, Anna is in line. Her position is an aspiration that won't be shared by everybody but that's the nature of Alliance.

"She has maintained policy but she has expressed her own view."

The principle of consent is one of the key points of the Good Friday Agreement and states that it is for the people of Northern Ireland to decide their own future.

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The Alliance Party has been accused of abandoning its "middle ground position" after a high-profile member declared her preference for a united Ireland. Anna Lo described herself as "anti-colonial" and said the partition of Ireland was "artificial". Ms Lo, who is the party's European election candidate, made the comments in an interview for the Irish News.

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I live near Exeter and although I had read a little about the Respect Festival, I will definitely go next year! There is a good write-up about the festival in the Western Morning Newshttp://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Videos-Respect-Park-celebrates-diversity-Exeter/story-19155664-detail/story.html. To avoid trouble the festival had a slight different this year, as it was alcohol free.
Another comment by Ghee Bowman, of Exeter Global Centre, said: "This is really Exeter's summer festival, where everybody gets together. This weekend, when there are English Defence League marches going on and anti-Islamic nonsense, I think something like the Exeter Respect Festival is really important at this time because we have to keep reminding everybody that this is a multicultural society, that we welcome multiculturalism and want to encourage integration and educate people about each other. That includes educating people about what English culture, British culture and Devon culture is about, as well as educating people about other cultures.”
This helps me feel proud to be British.

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Sport in Northern Ireland has been associated with cultural identity so that soccer might be perceived as Protestant/Loyalist and GAA football as Catholic/Republican.

Basketball has a neutral association and there has been a lot of good work done to encourage young people from all communities to share in the enjoyment of playing this sport affording them opportunities to meet people from different backgrounds.

One such cross community organisation is

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Some parts were much worse affected than others during the Troubles. There's an interesting documentary on YouTube about the effect of the conflict on children. It's based in Creggan during 1974, and shows four and five year olds at school drawing guns, soldiers and army helicopters because that was their daily experience. At a slightly older age these kids would be out on the streets lobbing rocks at soldiers. One boy was blinded by a rubber bullet, another was killed by a bomb left on the school grounds and other children describe seeing people mutilated, beaten, arrested etc.

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Documentary about the effect the conflict had on young children in Derry's Creggan estate and Belfast in 1974.

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I understand how, particularly when we are examining how identities are formed and contested, it may not paint the most positive picture of Northern Irish society. As I am sure you are aware, the spectrum of identities here is broad and fluid. The Northern Ireland Life and Time Survey (http://www.ark.ac.uk/nilt/) provides statistical analysis about NI identity and how people self-identify, and if you want more information which may help answer some of your questions, you can check out their results. In the most recent census (2011) 40% surveyed identified as British, 25% as Irish, 21% as Northern Irish (the first time this category was given), 9% as having two or more identities, and 5% designated as other.

There is a difference, however, between how people identify when they are asked on a survey and how, or when, they enact these identities in everyday life. As we have shown, there are many identities here that are as much defined in what they are not as in what they are. I would argue this is true in most situations where you find oppositional identities as we've discussed throughout this course, individuals have multiple identities that they enact at various times of their days and lives. Ethno-national identities are very important to a large percentage of people in NI but I would argue that most people do not enact these identities throughout all parts of their days and lives. These identities, here and elsewhere around the world, are complex and diverse and as such are enacted in certain circumstances or scenarios where they are deemed to be the most important. The nature of identities performed in conflict situations is inherently contested, however, it is a much more complicated situation than we can explain, even in a six week course.

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Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey Homepage

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I think that the problem orientated policing model might inform the state and "parade" organizers with ways in which to help better manage these events. Here is an excerpt from the following link:

Problem-oriented policing can be applied at various levels of community problems and at various levels in the police organization. It can be applied to problems that affect an entire community, involving the highest level of police agency, government, and community resources. It can be applied at intermediate levels (for example, a neighborhood or a police district), involving an intermediate level of resources. Or it can be applied at a very localized level (for example, a single location or a small group of problem individuals), involving the resources of only a few police officers and other individuals.

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Center for Problem-Oriented Policing | About CPOP

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The mission of The Center for Problem-Oriented Policing is to advance the concept and practice of problem-oriented policing in open and democratic societies.

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I am studying conflict resolution and reconciliation in NI and I am very interested in the notion of 'space' and in particular the positive use of engaged theatre (some refer to it as community-based or artist-based theatre) within conflict resolution. I am currently looking at two artist-based projects, one delivered by Kabosh Theatre Co (Belfast) - Those you Pass on the Street (commissioned by Healing Through Remembering) and the other commissioned by Derry/Londonderry's Verbal Arts Centre - Crows on the Wire. Both plays aim to address subjects with are not often addressed in public, in one case - grief (dealing with the past) and in the other case, the untold stories of RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) which also has an educational (digital) component aimed at teenagers. Different topics, approaches yet same goal: create a space where people can gather, practice deep listening and namely through post-show discussions, express their thoughts, concerns and voice their own stories. I am also very interested in site-specific performances and invite you to visit Kabosh's website for some examples like The West Awakes http://www.kabosh.net/prodarchive.php?page=2

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You will find a report of the economic benefits on the Orange Order web site:http://www.grandorangelodge.co.uk/publications#.U46v2PldX4s .

The police regularly produce figures of the costs of parading and they are frighteningly high. Even if you took away the contested parades the huge number of parades in Northern Ireland is a significant drain on public resources.

However, on a human rights basis it is always problematic to make people pay for their right to parade (see the Skokie case week 5).

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The policing of Notting Hill seems all good fun and relaxed but that is as a result of much work by the Met and the community. It wasn't all like that and it still isn't like that
http://www.tmponline.org/2012/08/29/i-came-to-notting-hill-carnival-to-party-what-i-saw-made-that-impossible/
Although having said that the Met are under instructions to be lighthanded in their policing. I think what makes the difference is the political intention of the event, or, equally importantly the PERCEIVED political intention.

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I am unsure who is policing the events as none of the footage is from the police and I cannot be sure the sources avoided having police in their images. I agree there is diversity amongst the images as countries, activities, purpose, emotions, intent and levels of distress. Consistency appears to be police training in which impacts include focus upon community relationships/interactions. In the UK policing has recently undergone a rebranding resulting in new Ethics and internal structure. However many of the events upon Padlet occurred outside of Britain and prior to UK police rebranding.
My most recent experience of policing at Greater Manchester and Cheshire events has been fantastic and without conflict yet identities remaining strong. Events include University of Salford when Peter Fahy spoke at my debate group, and Four Heatons Farmer’s Market Stockport, Jodrell Bank Live 2013, and Moss Side Carnival.

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Quarterly crime statistics released earlier in the month shows once again that crime is falling with forces rising to the challenge of making savings while cutting crime and delivering a better service to the public. But there is no room for complacency - particularly in relation to sexual offences, shoplifting and, of course, the continuing underlying threat of cyber enabled crime. Nonetheless, these continue to be very encouraging figures and shows the impact of the work you all do.

In this edition you'll be able to read about the work of the new National Crime Agency ( NCA). The NCA plays a key role in cutting serious and organised crime, the framework of which is set out in the Government's new serious and organised crime strategy that was also published this month - news of which is included in this update.

Another of our new national organisations, the College of Policing, launched an important consultation document this month, the draft Code of Ethics for Policing. It emphasises the importance of personal integrity, honesty and fairness in policing and I'd strongly encourage you to take part in the consultation process. Details are in this months update.

You should also be aware that following a cabinet reshuffle earlier in the month, Norman Baker joined the Home Office as Minister of State for Crime Prevention.

After nearly five years in this role, I am moving on next month to a fresh - and rather daunting - challenge, leading the work across the West Midlands to tackle child sexual exploitation and other serious harms to vulnerable people and communities, in partnership with local authorities, the police and many other agencies. My successor here as interim Director General will be Mary Calam. I would like to thank all of you for your continuing commitment and professionalism in reducing crime and protecting our communities over the last few years. This has been a hugely challenging time for all of us - especially with the unprecedented and relentless reductions in public spending - and the collective response has, in my view, been outstanding. I have always thought that - as money gets tighter - so effective partnerships become more central and fundamental to the delivery of public services, and so it is turning out to be. None of us have the time or money to spend doing pointless bureaucracy or working in silos, and let's make sure in moving forward that we become even more joined up, with shared objectives and business processes that meet those objectives. That is what being professional is going to be all about. Thank you.

Stephen Rimmer, Director General Crime and Policing Group

2. New serious and organised crime strategy launched

On Monday 7 October, the Home Secretary announced wide-ranging plans to tackle the threat of serious and organised crime as the government's new serious and organised crime strategy was published. The new strategy, alongside the formal establishment of the National Crime Agency ( NCA) on the same day, signifies a step change in our approach to cutting serious and organised crime.

Police and law enforcement agencies estimate that there are over 5,500 organised crime groups operating in the UK involving around 37,000 individuals and costing the UK more than £24 billion each year.

The strategy uses the counter terrorism framework to set out action that will be taken at every opportunity to relentlessly disrupt serious and organised criminals. It focuses on preventing people from getting involved in organised crime, improving Britain's protection against serious and organised criminality and ensuring that communities, victims and witnesses get the support they need when serious and organised crimes occur.

3. Inside the National Crime Agency - the UK's new crime-fighting agency

The National Crime Agency ( NCA) is a new crime-fighting agency with national and international reach and the mandate, partnerships and powers to bring the full weight of law enforcement to bear in cutting serious and organised crime both within the UK and internationally.

Formally established on 7 October 2013 the NCA brings together a number of precursor agencies, including the Serious and Organised Crime Agency ( SOCA), Border Policing and the Child Exploitation and On-line Protection Centre ( CEOP).

The NCA responds on a 24/7 basis, targeting the criminals and groups posing the biggest risk to the UK and its borders and it does this three ways:

by conducting its own operations;

by providing operational and specialist support to its partners' operations, and;

by providing clear national leadership which ensures that UK law enforcement makes the best use of its collective resources and targets criminals and criminal groups most effectively.

The NCA is lead by Director General Keith Bristow, who is supported by Deputy Director Phil Gormley, and a team of Directors, each of whom head an NCA 'Command': Intelligence Command, Organised Crime Command, Economic Crime Command, Border Policing Command, CEOP Command and the National Cyber Crime Unit.

For more information about how the NCA works, its role and activities, visit our website. For quick updates and to keep in touch with the NCA, then join us at Facebook.com/NCA or follow us on Twitter@NCA_UK.

4. College of Policing launches consultation on draft Code of Ethics

The public, police officers and police staff are being asked for their views on the first Code of Ethics for policing in England and Wales.

The consultation on the draft code, launched by the College of Policing, runs until 29 November 2013. The final code is expected to be published next spring.

The Code of Ethics will set out the standards of behaviour expected of everyone in policing. It will apply to more than 220,000 police officers and staff across England and Wales. It emphasises the importance of personal integrity, honesty and fairness.

Chief Constable Alex Marshall, Chief Executive of the College of Policing, said: "The Code of Ethics is a first for policing in England and Wales. It is a national document reflecting the core principles and standards of behaviour that every member of the police service should strive to maintain.

In drafting this code, the College of Policing has worked with representatives of the Police Federation, the Superintendents' Association, ACPO, UNISON and Police and Crime Commissioners.

We do not want this to be 'just another document' for officers and staff to read. It must be one that is used to help people make professional decisions - to do the right thing in the right way. It encourages officers and staff to report improper conduct and never ignore unprofessional behaviour by a colleague."

The draft Code of Ethics can be accessed on the College of Policing website

5. Direct entry into policing: government response to consultation

Earlier this month, Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims Damian Green, announced that under new plans, people with the right levels of experience will be able to apply to join the police at either superintendent or chief constable rank. In addition, graduates will be able to apply for a fast-track scheme which would see them join as a constable, but become an inspector in just three years. The fast-track scheme will also be available to officers already serving at lower ranks.

It will now be for the College of Policing to design the new direct entry schemes, with the first of the new cohort expected to join next year.

Full details can be found in the government's response to the direct entry consultation.

6. College of Policing APP at your fingertips

The College of Policing has launched online policing guidance to the public, making it available from smartphones and tablets for the first time.

Called Authorised Professional Practice ( APP), the consolidated guidance significantly reduces the amount of national guidance in circulation. The guidance is available via www.app.college.police.uk.

College of Policing chief operating officer, Deputy Chief Constable Rob Beckley, said " APP streamlines existing knowledge products and guidance into a simpler online format giving officers and staff instant access to authorised practice and the ability to see how it links to other policing business areas.

The feedback from officers and staff was that there were too many manuals and getting quick and easy access to them was not always simple. APP has been designed for use on smartphones and tablets so the latest content is available at the touch of a button while on the frontline."

7. Conference to support the digital work of police forces

The Digital Pathfinders Programme was launched in May 2013 to support forces achieve the digital capabilities set out in the National Policing Vision 2016. Its aim is to map the current usage of digital technology by those forces that signed up to the programme, share that knowledge, and then provide any required support.

On 11 November 2013 the College of Policing, with the Home Office, is hosting a conference for the 29 forces that have so far signed up to be Digital Pathfinders. The purpose of the conference is to give forces and police and crime commissioners:

an opportunity to hear from the Damian Green, Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims;

an overview of the roles of the College of Policing, the Home Office and the Information Management National Policing Business Area;

an overview of the progress police forces across the country have already made in exploiting this technology;

the opportunity to share the experiences of specific force projects, such as the creation of digital evidence and information sharing with partners, and so establish some useful networks;

access to relevant suppliers, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises;

further information about the support which forces can access from the College of Policing regarding business improvement, culture change and evaluation, as well as technical expertise from the Home Office's Police ICT Company Directorate; and

the chance to shape the next steps of the Digital Pathfinders Programme.

If you would like more information about the conference, please contact the College of Policing at digital@college.pnn.police.uk

For more information about the Digital Pathfinders Programme more generally, please contact the Home Office at PCDenquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

8. Interactive innovation through collaboration event

On 10 December 2013 the Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims will chair an interactive 'innovation through collaboration' event for police and crime commissioners and chief constables. The purpose is to encourage and inspire further collaboration and provide an opportunity to think about bidding for the Police Innovation Fund. The event will be held at the Home Office.

In 'Policing in austerity: rising to the challenge', HMIC found a deeply disappointing overall picture of collaboration, as well as an ambition amongst many PCCs to galvanise existing collaborations and develop new and innovative approaches. HMIC recommended that chief constables and PCCs should review their plans for collaboration and consider the scope to deliver better value for money and improved capability and capacity through joint working with other forces, the public and/or the private sector.

This event will bring together learning from the experience of existing collaborations about what works and how barriers have been overcome. There will be opportunities to discuss collaboration at other events during the autumn and those discussions will feed in to the December event. For further information contact Raza Hussain at Raza.Hussain@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk or telephone 020 7035 6289.

9. Revised Codes under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE)

Following statutory consultation, PACE codes A (stop and search), B (search of premises and seizure of property), C (detention of suspects), E (audio recording of interviews), F (visual recording of interviews) and H (detention of terrorism suspects) have been revised. The revised codes were laid before Parliament on 21 October and came into operation on 27 October 2013.

Revisions to the codes achieve consistency with relevant domestic legislation and a European Union Directive, and compliance with a recent High Court ruling relating to 17-year-olds in detention. Notable revisions include ones to Codes C and H that:

require the police to provide 17 year olds with access to an appropriate adult when detained;

transpose into UK domestic law European Union Directive 2010/64/EU on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings.

The Home Office has published a single response to the two consultation exercises, and is grateful to all those who responded.

Home Office Circular 012/2013 summarises the revisions to the six Codes, and includes links to each of the revised versions and the consultation response.

The Home Office is currently analysing responses to the stop and search consultation which closed on 24th September 2013.

10. New Victims' Code published

The new Victims' Code, which was laid before Parliament on 29 October, aims to give victims a louder voice in the criminal justice process.

The new Victims' Code, sets out what support and information victims of crime are entitled to from criminal justice agencies, from the moment they report a crime until after the trial.

For the first time, the revised code places a new duty on criminal justice agencies and Police and Crime Commissioners to include information about the Victims' Code on their websites to raise awareness more broadly of victims' entitlements.

The revised code provides enhanced support for three priority categories of victims and new entitlements include victims being able to choose to read their Victim Personal Statement or have it read out in court, allowing them to explain how the crime has affected them either physically, emotionally, financially or in any other way.

A stronger complaints mechanism has also been built into the code for victims who do not receive the support they are entitled to.

The revised code is part of the government's vision to transform the criminal justice system by putting victims first and creating a more responsive system that is easier to navigate. The new Victims' Code is expected to come into force in December 2013.

11. Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill completed its passage through the House of Commons on 15 October and had its Second Reading in the Lords on 29 October. The government tabled a number of amendments and new clauses at the commons report stage. The key new additions to the bill are outlined below.

11.1 Reform of civil preventative orders under the Sexual Offences Act 2003

Following a campaign by Nicola Blackwood MP, what is now Part 9 of the Bill will repeal three of the existing civil orders provided for in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (the Sexual Offences Protection Order, Foreign Travel Orders and Risk of Sexual Harm Orders) and replace them with two new orders, the Sexual Harm Prevention Order and Sexual Risk Order. The measures in the bill will address gaps in the current system and ensure that the police and National Crime Agency have the powers they need to manage those who pose a risk of sexual harm.

11.2 Violent offender orders

The bill now also closes a gap in relation to violent offender orders ( VOO) which can be used to impose restrictions on offenders convicted of specified offences who pose a risk of violent harm to the public. It will now be possible to obtain a VOO in cases where someone has been convicted of murder overseas.

11.3 New powers for police community support officers (PCSOs)

Clause 135 to the bill enables chief officers to confer on PCSOs the power to issues a fixed penalty notice to an individual for cycling without lights.

Letters detailing the various government amendments made to the bill at commons report stage and revised fact sheets providing further information about the provisions in the bill are available on GOV.UK

12. Get to know the Compact during Compact Week

Compact Week takes place across England every year, and aims to promote and celebrate the Compact: the longstanding agreement that sets out shared commitments and guidelines for partnership working between government and the voluntary sector.

This year's Compact Week is running from 4 to 8 November, and there are numerous activities taking place to raise the profile of cross-sector partnership working. Local authorities, public bodies like clinical commissioning groups, police and crime commissioners, and local Fire and Rescue Services will be using the week to celebrate how they are working with the voluntary and community sector.

Compact Voice, the national charity who work to support the Compact, have a range of ideas and resources online for Compact Week 2013.

If you'd like to know more about the Compact, how it can help you to better engage with the voluntary sector and how to get involved in Compact Week, email compact@compactvoice.org.uk

13. This is Abuse

To raise awareness of abuse within young people's relationships the Home Office has run two successful campaigns since 2010; the Teenage Relationship Abuse and Teenage Rape Prevention campaigns. The campaigns aim to prevent teenagers from becoming victims and perpetrators of abusive relationships and encourage teenagers to re-think their views of violence, abuse, controlling behaviour and what consent means within their relationships. The campaign directs them to the This is Abuse website where they can get further help and advice on these issues.

Since, 2010 there have been over 1 million visits to the This is Abuse website and comments left by teenagers on the discussion forums indicate that the campaign is contributing towards changing attitudes and behaviour.

"I've broken up with my boyfriend of nearly 6 months. After watching this video, the exact words of 'you're pathetic, are you gonna go cry to your friends' echoed in my mind. He has said those exact words to me on many occasions. He put me down, stopped me from talking to my friends who were boys, checked my inbox, my texts, physically pushed me around. I don't see why I didn't see this before."

The campaign is due to re-launch later this year. If you would like to receive a copy of the campaign brief with further information please email VAWGcampaigns@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

14. Youth Report

The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services ( NCVYS) have launched Youth Report, a new intelligence hub focused on young people. It will be the place to go for data and statistics on young people and youth services as well as those looking for information on current youth policy initiatives and youth research. It will provide a knowledge bank for effective youth support practice and impact. At the heart of Youth Report will be a website making existing intelligence more accessible. NCVYS are in the process of developing the project and will be launching their first product at Creative Collisions - a one day conference to harness the energy of the youth sector and create sparks, momentum and change (6 November in London).

15. Speeches

16 October - Policing Minister Damian Green's speech at the College of Policing 24 October - Home Secretary's speech at the College of Policing

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Quarterly crime statistics released earlier in the month shows once again that crime is falling with forces rising to the challenge of making savings while cutting crime and delivering a better service to the public. But there is no room for complacency - particularly in relation to sexual offences, shoplifting and, of course, the continuing underlying threat of cyber enabled crime.

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the policing of the Notting Hill Carnival helped define British public order policing from the 1970s onwards. Compare the dancing police officers with this:

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Notting Hill, Ladbroke Grove Riot - London, 1976, Lord Tokyo

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Riots & demonstration has griped all over the world. In India we have communal riots, demonstration against government, we also had protest against a nuclear plant in Jaitapur after the earthquake that occurred in Japan.

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Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project - Wikipedia

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The proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project is located at the west coast. It has an average elevation of 90 feet (27 m). This project will spread over 968 hectares (3.74 sq mi; 9.68 km 2) of land. Jaitapur is on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri district in the southwestern part of Maharashtra, India.

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Riots & demonstration has griped all over the world. In India we have communal riots, demonstration against government, we also had protest against a nuclear plant in Jaitapur after the earthquake that occurred in Japan.

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Muslim riots in India   Barbarism of Islam revealed again

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Riots at Miraj, Where Muslims vandalized Ganesh Mandap broke Ganesh Idol and thrown stones on Ganesh Idol and also devotees. Later Police lathi charged all the Ganesh devotees and forcibly took away the broken Idol for immersion. To do so they beat all those Hindus mercilessly while give treated those Muslim vandalize-rs utmost respect.

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I think this is so right - a move to adopt integrated planning for sustainable, Eco-friendly villages would be a way of countering the individualistic and hostile mentalities of a lot of cities/residential areas. The replacement of terraced houses in the 60s with high rises was a planning disaster : what critics call the creation of 'slums in the sky' have severely negative effects on sociability and wellbeing. There are many designers working on alternatives to the proliferation of segmented structures which separate people into isolated units dependent on consumption alone and hostile /fearful of outsiders, turning them instead into communities

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There was an interesting programme on Radio 4 last week on Educating Ulster. The programme looks at the movement towards integrated schools in Northern Ireland - asking if they work, who chooses them and why there are so few of them. Seehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b044gpxh I agree that music is a great way of pulling people together across the divides as is sport.

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Andrea Catherwood examines the movement for integrated schools in Northern Ireland.

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The national youth orchestra is a great example , I think

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Metro finds out how the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq, dubbed the bravest orchestra in the world, is bringing joy to both sides of the conflict.

'I steadfastly say I'm here as a musician, not a peacekeeper,' says Paul MacAlindin, conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq. 'And the truth is, the rehearsals are so intense there's simply not a lot of time for people to conflict with each other. It all contributes to the reconciliation process.'

The NYOI has been called 'the bravest orchestra in the world' and the superlative seems justified.

Despite the continuance of terrorist attacks and sectarian violence in the country, a group of dedicated young Iraqi musicians - both Arabs and Kurds, men and women, and mostly all self-taught - meet once a year to play in an orchestra, auditioning for the group via YouTube.

This year, with the help of the Scottish government (which is using a small chunk of a multi-million pound fine against the Weir Group engineering company for breaching UN sanctions against Iraq), the orchestra has travelled to Scotland. And after two concerts there (it plays with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow on Saturday and at the Edinburgh Festival on Sunday), it will come to the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on Tuesday. As well as works by both Arab and Kurdish composers, it will perform Schubert's Tragic Symphony and Fauré's Élégie with cellist Julian Lloyd Webber.

'There's almost nothing to support these musicians,' says MacAlindin. 'Lots of them have taught themselves to play on battered instruments using nothing more than YouTube masterclasses and on only four hours of electricity a day. They use music partly as a way of shutting out the chaos and violence. It's their solace. And they have an incredible hunger to play orchestral music.'

The orchestra was founded four years ago by then 17-year-old Zuhal Sultan, a young pianist and student activist. With the aid of the British Council, she sent out a call for a conductor to help with her dream of setting up an ensemble.

MacAlindin, a Scot now based in Cologne, saw the advert and was immediately fired up. 'I bet I can make that work,' he said to himself, and he has. If you listen to some of the YouTube clips of the orchestra in its early stages, and then from last year's concert, you can hear how impressive their collective achievement has been.

The journey has been full of surprises for everyone. 'Last year, Arabella Steinbacher came to play the Beethoven Violin Concerto and you could see the jaw of every guy in the first violins hit the floor,' says MacAlindin. 'They'd never seen anybody play like that. And certainly not a woman. In traditional Iraqi society, women are not encouraged to make art. About a quarter of our orchestra is female and you can see they've worked ten times as hard to get here.'

Lloyd Webber says he's been looking forward to these concerts more than any other. 'This shows just how much music really is a way of bringing people together, even people who have suffered appallingly,' he says.

He thinks the haunting Fauré Élégie is an apt choice. 'We can never forget a lot of people have lost their lives on all sides of the conflict in Iraq,' says Lloyd Webber. 'The Élégie says a lot about how I feel about the situation, and I think it's a way to commemorate the dead.'

Daniel Barenboim has tellingly said of his similar Palestinian-Israeli ensemble: 'It's not an orchestra for peace. It's an orchestra against ignorance.' Is there a political message in the NYOI too? 'I notice a lot of people still come to me with problems that are nothing to do with music,' says MacAlindin.

'That's partly the way authority is perceived in Iraq. I don't mind but it's not good for the organisation. We've got to help them nurture their own leadership. It's a slow process.'

However, the learning has been a two-way process. 'Working with professional musicians, you have to be efficient and fast,' says MacAlindin, 'but sometimes that can lead to a disconnect with one's emotions. This orchestra has put a lot of emotionality back into me.'
NYOI play Glasgow's Royal Conservatoire on Saturday, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, on Sunday and London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on Tuesday. www.nyoiraq.com

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Music to heal a world of trauma with the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq

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Metro finds out how the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq, dubbed the bravest orchestra in the world, is bringing joy to both sides of the conflict. 'I steadfastly say I'm here as a musician, not a peacekeeper,' says Paul MacAlindin, conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq.

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There has been a lot of interesting material on young people and the city. Take a look at this Demos report:

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Young people are often very comfortable in a "mixed" environment in my experience but return home to separate zones without regular positive contact with other "communities .”
I agree Carole that parents and other community gatekeepers are hugely influential in restricting the space and time available for young people to mix comfortably. This may be out of fear but also it is as likely born of the need for influential people to maintain their status.
At a recent presentation by Dr Chris Allen, www.chris-allen.co.uk, on Islamophobia, he presented statistical evidence of the differing attitudes to Islam between the generations. Similar polling has lately examined attitudes to immigration in the UK. There is a clear difference between the negative opinions of the elder members of society and the more tolerant attitudes of the young.

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In early 2012 amidst fears of Iran's growing nuclear program, an Israeli graphic designer, Ronny Edry, started a social media campaign to connect Israeli and Iranian civilians over the web, which involved posters of ordinary Israelis and Iranians in their daily lives expressing that they don't want to bomb them.
In a sense, Edry was creating a "virtual space" across which Israelis and Iranians could see each other's faces and make the personal connections on a grassroots level, which revealed that they are both people who want peace.
I met Ronny 2 years ago in Israel, and he explained that since Israel and Iran are such different and separated societies, Israelis hardly know what Iranians look like, let alone understand that they were just like them, and did things like go out and post photos of their lunch on Facebook too. Connecting them online started to break down these barriers that made it easier to demonize the other.

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As days went by, the conversations on the page grew deeper. People were asking each other questions, sharing their stories and their lives, talking about everything; from Judaism to the Iranian regime.

Never before in history did two people from two enemy states have the power to communicate in such a way. People from Iran who were brought up and taught to trample on the Israeli flag at school every morning wrote with tears in their eyes of how moved they were by this simple sentence: "We love you." Ecstatically, they answered back loud and clear, "We love you too."

Years of hate propaganda on both sides were being stripped away and people finally discovered the other side, not as enemies, but as people.

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As days went by, the conversations on the page grew deeper. People were asking each other questions, sharing their stories and their lives, talking about everything; from Judaism to the Iranian regime. Never before in history did two people from two enemy states have the power to communicate in such a way.

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I don't know to what extent people in the mainland are aware of Belfast and NI as tourist spots but we've definitely seen a huge uptick in visitors because of attractions like the Titanic Belfast (mentioned above) and many of the cultural events that we've hosted in the past years. These events and attractions have attracted cruise liners and Belfast has become one of the most busy cruise ports in Europe. Here's a recent article from the Belfast Telegraph on the increase in tourism. However, in contrast to this, the more negative aspects of the cultural/economic/identity divide in Belfast gain a lot of news coverage, and I would argue, certainly impact people's decisions to visit NI.

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The number of tourists coming to Northern Ireland has risen slightly - reaching levels above those before the recession took hold.

New data from the Annual Tourism Statistics Bulletin for 2013 shows there were 2.1 million overnight visits from external residents last year - an overall increase of 6% on the year before and worth £531m to the Northern Ireland economy.

That is slightly above the figures recorded for 2008 just before the economic recession.

Although the year-on-year hike was boosted by an influx of visitors from Britain (13%), as well as small rise in people from outside the UK and Ireland (2%), there was a noteworthy fall (of 7%) in those coming from the Republic. The report revealed that Northern Ireland's tourism sector saw a 2% increase in numbers of all holidaymakers in 2013.

This was despite positive publicity from events like the G8 summit in Fermanagh.

However, according to government statistics, the sector saw estimated revenues jump by £33m (or 5%) from 2012 to £723m. The growth of the market last year was mainly driven by people from Britain visiting friends and family.

Tourism Minister Arlene Foster said she was "very encouraged" by the figures which she showed "a positive tourism performance".

"Our key Programme for Government targets for visitor numbers and tourism revenue have been achieved for 2013 and we are well on our way to achieving our 2014 targets," said Ms Foster.

"This keeps us on track to succeed with our long-term goal to make tourism in Northern Ireland a £1bn industry by 2020.

"Visitor numbers and tourism expenditure are both showing healthy increases and it is encouraging to note that the number of external visitors continues to rise. The key GB market is continuing to show growth with a 13% increase in visits when compared to 2012."

She added: "I also welcome the boost in business tourism with numbers up by 20% overall. These are typically higher-spending visitors and growth in this area is important if we are to increase tourism expenditure and maximise the benefits to the local economy." The figures - published by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency - revealed that the number of external visitors coming to Northern Ireland for a holiday last year was 632,000, virtually unchanged from 2012. Most were Americans.

As well as the G8, Northern Ireland also staged the World Police and Fire Games, while Londonderry was UK Capital of Culture.

The Giant's Causeway in County Antrim displaced Titanic Belfast as the most popular attraction.

The Causeway saw visitor numbers jump by 44% to 754,000.

Titanic Belfast had 604,000 visitors, down 9% on 2012.

Tourism will be further boosted if a proposed air link between Northern Ireland and Turkey is confirmed.
Factfile
Cruise ships are not included in the official overnight visitor figures from the Annual Tourism Statistics Bulletin. By the end of the 2013 cruise season, Belfast welcomed 57 cruise ships bringing more than 100,000 passengers and crew, with a further five ships visiting Londonderry. Tourism Minister Arlene Foster said the tourism industry as whole recorded a "strong year" in 2013. She added: "High rates for hotel room occupancy continued last year, with the number of hotel rooms sold up by 1% to 1.8million."

Belfast Telegraph

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Tourist growth boosts Northern Ireland economy: Overnight visitors jump by 6% in one year... and they're worth £531m - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

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The number of tourists coming to Northern Ireland has risen slightly - reaching levels above those before the recession took hold. New data from the Annual Tourism Statistics Bulletin for 2013 shows there were 2.1 million overnight visits from external residents last year - an overall increase of 6% on the year before and worth £531m to the Northern Ireland economy.

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The Shared Future and Cohesion Sharing and Integration Initiatives look very comprehensive and appear to be aiming in the right direction. I think the section on Empowering the Next Generation is an excellent approach because it will be the next generation that will probably make the most difference. It would be nice if we could have some feedback on how these initiatives are working to date and if they have made a significant change. I also believe that cultural festivals are a great way of bringing people together.

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Welcome to the home page of the The Executive Office (The Executive Office). The Executive Office is part of the Northern Ireland Executive.

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This is how the word cloud for woman changed over the weeks.

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This is how the word cloud for man changed over the weeks.

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This is how the word cloud for non-gender specific changed over the weeks.

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The idea of communities policing themselves will only start to happen once the police, and especially the PSNI relax and allow themselves to be more community orientated. After all, for a long time they were quasi military, working with the army to Police events and protect the troops and themselves from the community. They need to focus a bit more on the word Service and one day, while the Metropolitan Police are not the best example, when we see this on the streets of Belfast we will know that a suitable relationship of trust between communities and police has built up so that the communities will be trusted by the state to organise and manage events in the public spaces on their own.

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Notting Hill Carnival 2013 Police Dance Off

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3 of the Metropolitan Police's finest engage with the community with a light hearted dance off whilst at Notting Hill Carnival 2013 To license this video contact info@lpe360.com

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....published Home Office figures show that England and Wales are in the middle of the European murder league at 13.5 deaths per million population. Finland tops the table at 23.4, followed by Scotland at 21.4, and Ireland on 20 per million. Northern Ireland now has a murder rate well below Scotland at 15.2. Austria has the lowest murder rate in Europe at 6.1 per million.... so you are a migrant would you pick Dublin, Glasgow , or any other Scottish city, in preference to Belfast if you did not chose Austria for whatever reason?

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Statistics of Deaths in the Troubles in Ireland

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Statistical breakdown of deaths in the 'Troubles'

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....published Home Office figures show that England and Wales are in the middle of the European murder league at 13.5 deaths per million population. Finland tops the table at 23.4, followed by Scotland at 21.4, and Ireland on 20 per million. Northern Ireland now has a murder rate well below Scotland at 15.2. Austria has the lowest murder rate in Europe at 6.1 per million.... so you are a migrant would you pick Dublin, Glasgow , or any other Scottish city, in preference to Belfast if you did not chose Austria for whatever reason?

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to fill this in even for a parade of floats to celebrate a local village fete - how is it possible, you just would not know who is attending 30 days out

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Marathons are not perhaps a good example with the necessary policing involvement and cost with road and traffic management. You may not see a policeman every 50 m along the route but the background involvement is huge

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The U.S. will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from its closest neighbors and allies, raising the specter of a trade war. The EU, Canada and Mexico said they would hit back with their own tariffs.

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The U.S. will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from its closest neighbors and allies, raising the specter of a trade war. The EU, Canada and Mexico said they would hit back with their own tariffs.

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is this truly ecumenical or is it just a reaction to the rapid falling away of all church attendance in the UK and an attempt to at least fill one place of worship in any district on a regular basis

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ONE of Blackpool's Grade II listed buildings is back on the market less than 12 months after it was sold.

The synagogue in Leamington Road is on offer for £130,000 freehold by Thompson Property Investments, which bought it last year.

While the former place of worship - featuring distinctive Accrington brick Byzantine style - is for sale, the other buildings at the rear of the site are the subject of a planning application to build five luxury apartments.

However, the move has been criticised by Jewish Heritage.

Dr Sharman Kadish, from the organisation, said it was on their list as one of 10 former synagogue buildings in the UK which ought to be preserved.

She said: "Ideally we would like to see it preserved, possibly used as a holiday facility.

"It is up for £130,000 for just the synagogue.

"We are not against flats on the site but we think revenue from the flats should be used for the upkeep of the synagogue."

Elaine Smith, from Blackpool's Civic Trust, said it was one of the most important architectural buildings in the town.

She said: "It has the most beautiful stained glass, among the best I have ever seen.

"It would be a terrible shame if anything were to happen to it.

"Ideally it could be used for community use."

Adam Taylor, from commercial estate agents Duxbury's in Blackpool, confirmed it was up for sale at £130,000.

"He said: "It is a beautiful building of great character and there is a lot of interest in it."

Blackpool Council say the planning application is currently on hold pending the consideration of a more detailed heritage statement submitted by the applicant.

A spokesman added: "We are aware of the heritage considerations when it comes to this building and these factors will be taken into account in determining the application."

The synagogue is believed to have been built between 1916 and 1926 and was later altered in 1955 and 1976.

It was in use until 2010 when the last Rabbi, David Braunold and most of the remaining congregation left for the nearby St Annes Hebrew Congregation.
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ONE of Blackpool's Grade II listed buildings is back on the market less than 12 months after it was sold. The synagogue in Leamington Road is on offer for £130,000 freehold by Thompson Property Investments, which bought it last year.

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is this truly ecumenical or is it just a reaction to the rapid falling away of all church attendance in the UK and an attempt to at least fill one place of worship in any district on a regular basis

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Our list of current properties for sale includes particulars and viewing details which can be downloaded below. Further information can be obtained by phoning 0131 240 2263.

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is this truly ecumenical or is it just a reaction to the rapid falling away of all church attendance in the UK and an attempt to at least fill one place of worship in any district on a regular basis

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Clergy resources | The Church of England

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Practical information and advice for clergy.

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When the occupants of the 'other space' are made to believe that those in the 'other space' are never in any way like them at any moment to merit 'space sharing', then we are sure to continue witnessing entrenched positions. To break the cycle, then, may require a 'renewal of the mind' (and more) about the 'other' and an exemplary demonstration of it as happened between apposing forces in World War I as captured at:

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Citation: C N Trueman "Christmas 1914 and World War One"
historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 31 Mar 2015. 31 May 2018.

Many myths and legends surround World War One and Christmas - especially the first Christmas of the war in December 1914. The British public and the soldiers fighting in the mud of Flanders were given the impression by those in charge that the Germans, fighting possibly less than100 metres away, were blood-lusting psychopaths bent on destroying all in their way. Any form of friendship between the two sides fighting the war, would have been seen as detrimental to this impression. While the Germans remained the "evil Hun", the government and the military could justify their respective tactics.

However, the first Christmas of 1914 clearly broke the impression that those in charge wanted to portray. For many years - even after the war - the government wanted to maintain the image of the dastardly Hun and any references to any fraternisation between both sides was clamped down on. There were whispers here and there but no actual evidence. The same happened with the football match between the British and the Germans. The image that the German soldiers were just like the British and the French would not have worked for the Allies. But recent research by Stanley Weintraub has proved that there was fraternisation - improvised at the time in December 1914 but with some 'rules' quickly built in.

Weintraub has found that the first smatterings that something was not quite right took place in the trenches where the Berkshire Regiment faced the XIX Corps of the German Army. The XIX's were from Saxony. The Saxons started to put up small conifers on the parapets of their trenches - akin to our Christmas trees. The Berkshires could see many of them lining the tops of the XIX's trenches. Groups of the Berkshires and the Saxons met in No-Mans Land and officers from both sides turned a blind eye to this fraternisation which broke military law. In fact, the officers in these trenches agreed to an informal truce between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

During the next 24 hours, impromptu cease fires occurred throughout the Western Front. The British High Command - stationed 27 miles behind the trenches - was horrified but little could be done. A military directive had been issued which stated:

This was ignored. British High Command then informed the front line that an attack by the Germans was expected on Christmas Eve:

This, too, was ignored. Troops on the front line had already got into the festive spirit as German troops had received Christmas trees and gifts and the British troops had received a Christmas gift from Princess Mary, the daughter of George V. The king had also sent a Christmas card to the front with the message "May God protect you and bring you home safe."

On Christmas Eve many sectors along the Western Front did not experience any fire or very little when compared to the previous days in December. Christmas carols were sung between trenches. In the dark of night time, groups of German and Allied soldiers met in No-Man's Land. No one is sure who started this truce and impromptu meetings but they certainly took place in many areas on the Western Front. Captain R J Armes of the 1st North Staffordshire Regiment arranged, with a German officer, for a cease fire in his sector that was to last until midnight on Christmas Day.

Christmas Day itself started with unarmed German and British soldiers collecting their dead from No-Man's Land. This has been a pre-condition for a cease-fire. On Christmas Eve night, when the soldiers from both sides had met, they had done so among the bodies of their fallen comrades. In one burial service, German and British dead were buried alongside each other near Lille.

With this task over, both groups of men then exchanged gifts - primarily food. Sauerkraut and sausages came from the Germans while chocolate was given in exchange. In some sectors, it was reported that both Germans and British got together for a communal hunt for hares so that Christmas Day could be celebrated with fresh meat. The regimental records of the 133rd Saxon Regiment also records a football match which they won 3-2. This score was also supported by a letter published in "The Times" from a British major in the Medical Corps.

As midnight on Christmas Day approached, men from both sides drifted back to their trenches. Pre-arranged signals had been decided on to allow the men to get back. The use of a flare was enough to warn men to get back and that the cease fire was over.

On Boxing Day, the shooting started again.

Field Marshall Sir John French's HQ issued a statement that the lack of firing on the Western Front was "a comparative lull on account of the stormy weather."

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Christmas 1914 and World War One - History Learning Site

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Many myths and legends surround World War One and Christmas - especially the first Christmas of the war in December 1914. The British public and the soldiers fighting in the mud of Flanders were given the impression by those in charge that the Germans, fighting possibly less than100 metres away, were blood-lusting psychopaths bent on ...

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These institutions must deliver to agreed standards education, R&D, published work/field trips (respectively), CO2 reduction, and satisfaction/league table status and be affordable. My case study: Harvard University provides some fantastic opportunities for online learning with their justification including global availability. National Tables 2012/14 statistics illustrate study leave is not a popular reason for absenteeism in education in England. This may of course be because study leave has been authorised by your local authority. University participation rates don’t provide any statistics. Therefore I ask in view of Cs whether online learning is available for students to attend revision classes from their home.

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These institutions must deliver to agreed standards education, R&D, published work/field trips (respectively), CO2 reduction, and satisfaction/league table status and be affordable. My case study: Harvard University provides some fantastic opportunities for online learning with their justification including global availability. National Tables 2012/14 statistics illustrate study leave is not a popular reason for absenteeism in education in England. This may of course be because study leave has been authorised by your local authority. University participation rates don’t provide any statistics. Therefore I ask in view of Cs whether online learning is available for students to attend revision classes from their home.

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These institutions must deliver to agreed standards education, R&D, published work/field trips (respectively), CO2 reduction, and satisfaction/league table status and be affordable. My case study: Harvard University provides some fantastic opportunities for online learning with their justification including global availability. National Tables 2012/14 statistics illustrate study leave is not a popular reason for absenteeism in education in England. This may of course be because study leave has been authorised by your local authority. University participation rates don’t provide any statistics. Therefore I ask in view of Cs whether online learning is available for students to attend revision classes from their home.

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Harvard Online Learning | Harvard Online Learning Portal

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Gain access to Harvard's extensive, world-class online courses and learning content.

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queen's university of belfast (organization)

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Identity, Conflict and Public Space Mooc

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QUB WK6 'Identity, Conflict and Public Space'

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Panel discussion for the FutureLearn MOOC course by Queen's University on 'Identity, Conflict and Public Space: Contest and Transformation'. Dr Dominic Bryan, Dr Sam Pehrson, Dr Milena Komarova and Dr Neil Jarman discuss examples of conflict transformation.

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Our our geo-tagged images illustrating the policing around President Obama’s visit to Belfast during the G8 summit.

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Our our geo-tagged images illustrating the policing around President Obama’s visit to Belfast during the G8 summit.

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The work of our colleagues Frank Gaffikin and Malachy McEkdowney and Gavin Rafferty ‘Public Space for a Shared Belfast ‘ a research report for Belfast City Council.

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The work of our colleagues Frank Gaffikin and Malachy McEkdowney and Gavin Rafferty ‘Public Space for a Shared Belfast ‘ a research report for Belfast City Council.