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Amy Winehouse's father says drug users resort to crime to get rehab - Daily Telegraph 20th October 2009
"Drug users are committing criminal offences so they can go into rehab, the father of troubled singer Amy Winehouse has said. "
Keep a booze diary during Alcohol Awareness Week - St Helens Star 18th October 2009
"TOWNSFOLK are being urged to jot down their weekly intake in a ‘booze diary’ during Alcohol Awareness Week, which runs until next Sunday (Oct 25).
St Helens Council and its Crime Reduction Partners are supporting the Know Your Limits campaign, which is encouraging people to take stock of how much they knock back in a week."
Night on the town: Manchester, 2.46am, and all are not well - The Guardian 19th October 2009
"Plainclothes police officers face an uphill battle trying to prevent drunk people being served more alcohol in pubs and clubs"
Mexico City puts police on diet - The Independent 17th October 2009
"Authorities in Mexico City are putting the police on a diet, in a health campaign in the world's second-most obese country, after the United States.\n\nSome of the 1,300 police officers taking part in the new scheme, run by the capital's Public Security and Health ministries, were weighed, measured and examined in a public ceremony Thursday."
Teen alcohol crackdown 'success' - BBC Health News 15th October 2009
"Thousands of teenagers had a total of 5,171 litres of alcohol confiscated in a summer crackdown on binge drinking, the government has said.
As part of a £1.4m campaign, more than 3,500 youngsters in 69 "priority areas" of England were stopped between July and September. "
Millions more to be subject to Enhanced CRB checks - Daily Telegraph 10th October 2009
"Employers will be able to ask for detailed background checks - including information founded on unproven accusations - on millions more workers under the next stage of the Government’s anti-paedophile database that comes into force next week."
Dangerous drugs stolen from van in Liverpool Mossley Hill - Liverpool Daily Post 7th october 2009
"DANGEROUS prescription drugs have been stolen from a van in Mossley Hill.
Two prescriptions containing 622 tablets made up of anti- depressants and heart and blood pressure were stolen.
The white Renault Kangoo van was parked on Heydale Road at 11.45am yesterday."
Police 'regret' Pilkington case - The Independent 30th September 2009
"The police officer in charge of the force that failed to prevent the years of antisocial behaviour that drove a mother to kill herself and her disabled daughter has stopped short of apologising over the case.
Chief Constable Matt Baggott ran Leicestershire Constabulary from 2002 until after Fiona Pilkington and her daughter were found burned to death in their car in 2007. In a statement yesterday he said: "There are regrets and deep sadness that vulnerable people suffered, so it is wrong to say no one cares."
Fiona Pilkington police chief Matt Baggott refuses to apologise - The Times 29th September 2009
"The police officer who was in charge of the force that failed to protect a mother who went on to kill herself and her daughter today failed to apologise over the case.
Chief Constable Matt Baggott ran Leicestershire Constabulary during the period Fiona Pilkington and her family endured a campaign of violence, bullying and harassment that drove her to despair. "
Youths accused of tormenting the Pilkingtons reject 'street rat' label - The Times 29th September 2009
"One of the youths accused of tormenting the Pilkington family defended his brother today after he was called a “street rat”.
Ross Simmons, 20, said it was "disgusting" that his 16-year-old brother Alex was singled out by neighbours and revealed that his family had received death threats. "
Brown and Johnson to pledge more powers for tackling 'neighbours from hell' - The Times 29th September 2009
"Gordon Brown prepared to relaunch Labour’s crusade against anti-social behaviour today against the backdrop of public fury at the fate of a mother driven by a teenage gang to kill herself and her disabled daughter.
An inquest jury yesterday blamed police and a borough council in Leicestershire for failing to protect Fiona Pilkington from a 10-year campaign of abuse. The 38-year-old killed herself and her daughter, Francecca, by setting alight to her Austin Metro at a lay-by near their home in Barwell. "
Fiona Pilkington: How police and council left feral families to terrorise mother and disabled daughter - Daily Mail 29th September 2009
"The Home Secretary today declared there could be 'no excuses' in the horrifying case where a mother killed herself and her daughter after being terrorised by a gang.
Alan Johnson, speaking at Labour's party conference, admitted the Government needed to do 'much, much more' to tackle anti-social behaviour."
Alan Johnson will tell police to stop violent men returning to their homes - The Guardian 29th September 2009
Violent husbands and partners will be banned from returning to their homes under powers to be unveiled today by the home secretary, Alan Johnson.\n\nThe police will be able to immediately ban anyone arrested for domestic violence from returning to their family home and the immediate neighbourhood for up to 14 days.
Police errors contributed to suicide of tormented mother Fiona Pilkington - The Guardian 28th September 2009
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to launch an investigation into the way the "distressing" case was handled
'Family A' – the notorious Simmonses of Bardon Road - The Guardian 28th September 2009
Family's four boys were seen amongst groups harassing Fiona Pilkington and Francecca Hardwick but deny any wrongdoing
Francecca Hardwick: portrait of a victim - The Guardian 28th September 2009
Despite increasing physical problems, 'Frankie' had a huge sense of fun
Profile: Fiona Pilkington - The Guardian 28th September 2009
38-year-old faced a doubly difficult life: caring for two vulnerable teenage children while coping with mental ill-health
Coroner's drive for full inquest into Pilkington case - The Guardian 28th September 2009
Olivia Davison clashed with police lawyers for asking awkward questions and raising wider social issues
Pilkington case may be a Lawrence moment for disability hate crime - The Guardian 28th September 2009
Campaigners hope case will be a turning point, like the Stephen Lawrence murder was for the policing of racist crime
Why did nobody listen to them? - The Independent 29th September 2009
A series of blunders by police and social workers left a mother feeling so isolated that she burned herself and her disabled daughter to death after a 10-year hate campaign by youths made their lives intolerable.
Fiona Pilkington killed her daughter Francecca Hardwick, 18, and herself by setting light to the family car in a lay-by on the A47 near their home in Barwell, Leicestershire, after giving up on receiving help from police or the local authorities, a jury found yesterday.
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