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"London mayor Boris Johnson has rescued a woman who was being attacked by an armed group of young girls, chasing them down the road on his bicycle."
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Well I find this whole thing quite funny... still perhaps this is all one big conspiracy :O perhaps he payed them to attack her so he could come to the rescue...
I'll leave you to decide, along side the image of Boris chasing a gang of hooded girls down the road with an iron bar in hand.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8340865.stm"London mayor Boris Johnson has rescued a woman who was being attacked by an... more
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As the media portrays teenage boys in an increasing unfavorable light, using words like 'hoodies' and 'yobs', is it pitting them against each other? A new study had nearly a third of the boys samples say they were 'always or often' wary of teen boys they don't know,As the media portrays teenage boys in an increasing unfavorable light, using words... more
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According to police figures, 3,868,000 complaints of aggression, yobbishness and intimidation in England and Wales were recorded last year. But some say the real number of incidents could be as much as 35 million, as nearly 3/4 of people who have run-ins with yobs don't bother reporting it to the police. The statistics showed 388,000 anti-social behaviour incidents recorded in London, more than a quarter of a million in Greater Manchester, and 172,000 in the West Midlands in 2007/08.
It seems like there have been a lot of initiatives passed to tackle such unruly behaviour, but they seem to be ineffective. Perhaps it's because they're going at it the wrong way, like trying to ban hoodies, for example, rather than focusing on the underlying issues.According to police figures, 3,868,000 complaints of aggression, yobbishness and... more
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Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has earmarked £60 million for local councils to fund youth crime, and will make her formal announcement today. The funding is part of a Youth Crime Action plan, and will pay for after-school patrols of police, ex-gang members and youth workers aimed at reducing the number of young criminals.
Ms Smith said: "I know the vast majority of young people are on the right track but there is a minority whose behaviour causes disruption to their communities. I want young people to be able to fulfill their potential but that means intervening as soon as possible to prevent offending and to ensure that unacceptable behaviour is tackled effectively."
While I am hopeful that these task forces will help alleviate some of the problem, there should also be more efforts to give kids things to do after school besides wander around getting in to trouble. We have to ask why youngsters are getting in to crime. Preventative measures need to attack the problem from its roots as well.Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has earmarked £60 million for local councils to fund... more
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