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By:
evski
When: 18 Jan 10 13:12
course it is, I stand corrected.
By:
orioles
When: 18 Jan 10 13:12
Is there a glen?
By:
Child of the Rafalution
When: 18 Jan 10 13:14
selina - There is obviosuly a deal of interpretation that needs to be applied when viewing comments on a forum. I dont think it was a giant leap to assume their were racist overtones in your comments. That said perhaps they were born out of ignorance or lack of articulation. I certainly dont mean to brand you a racist off the bat and I do genuinely apologise should you feel I was in some way unfair, this was merely my interpretation and sadly I think more often than not I am correct.
By:
madsimon
When: 18 Jan 10 13:14
no evski but compared to other cities it leaves off many of its more 'sedate ' suburbs and hence a distortion in crime rates
By:
evski
When: 18 Jan 10 13:15
I've a bottle of glenfiddich, does that count.

Anyway where is charlie, I want to gloat that I won in the "who lives in the shyttest area" comp.
I want to see him eat humble pie.
By:
Alex69
When: 18 Jan 10 13:15
Re: Selina's

So by suggesting that being British (or any other nationality) could possibly be viewed as a "state of mind" rather than just having a british passport I am condemned as being a racist. Strange how you have somehow jumped from my mention of rejoicing in terror to me being anti muslim this is certainly not the case. I am however a nationlist (of sorts) and find it a very odd concept that people should wish to emigrate to a new country but then make little or no effort to integrate themselves into their new environment - and just to make this absolutely clear I am not just talking about muslims or this country in particular post

What's your views on all the white Brits living en masse in Spanish holiday resorts?
By:
orioles
When: 18 Jan 10 13:16
So Robin Hood never went 'riding through the glen'? Bleedin' chancer!
By:
selina
When: 18 Jan 10 13:16
Child of the Rafalution - peace.
By:
evski
When: 18 Jan 10 13:16
Maybe there used to be a glen, now all there is is a Halfords, a macdonalds and a newly refurbished matalan.
By:
madsimon
When: 18 Jan 10 13:18
Robin Hood also lives in Nottinghamshire as opposed to Nottingham but contributes to high crime within the Castle area of Nottingham when he does 'drive bys' with his gang of hoodies
By:
madsimon
When: 18 Jan 10 13:19
Alas, the only people who steal money from the authorities in Nottingham now are icelanders
By:
mitchell downie
When: 18 Jan 10 15:35
good question, wherever the magic flea, sibaroni orioles and other lefties live will probably provide the answer.
By:
superam
When: 18 Jan 10 16:18
Ilson, enter at your peril
By:
orioles
When: 18 Jan 10 16:23
Sib? A leftie?

He's part of that traitorous legacy. PAH!
By:
04/09-04/10 another 100k
When: 18 Jan 10 16:30
liverpool
doncaster
barnsley
Portmouth
wakefield
bristol
cardiff
scunthorpe
newcastle
sunderland
By:
Big Charlie
When: 18 Jan 10 18:11
evski 18 Jan 14:01
BC you are cherrypicking you info

Am I feck.

I live in notts city and and the incidence of violent crime is 32/10000 compared to 31 in newham. Nottingham city, 288,000 people, is ranked 372/373 districts newham is 370/373.

I never stated incidents of crime, which means all crime, I said SERIOUS crime. Pick a date in the future so I don't get accused of cherrypicking :) but not Cheltenham week as I won't be here.

We'll copy the serious crime news headlines from the respective local rags, and let the forum decide which area is worst for serious crime.

Murders, shootings, stabbings, rapes, brutal muggings and big drug busts.

Not nicking milk off a milk float, spitting angrily at a motorist or a14 year old getting mugged for a phone in Bowthorpe Park, which was all Norwich could offer against 2 shootings, a stabbing and a mega value cocaine bust, just to mention a few that happened in the same week.

If anybody wants to lay Newham at evens in a two horse race to report more serious crime than Nottingham, he would get klilled in the rush by those who have lived there.

And there used to be 28 of us betfairians who USED to live there, counted in a survey in 2007.

Jamesofbeckton still lives there, but in Beckton I should think :) on the borders, and Pumphol works there in East Ham.

Somebody on politics works in Stratford, but I can't remember who it is.

That makes James on his own who will say it's okay to live there, against at least 27 who moved out.

Perhaps all 27 were racists and wanted to get away from the evil immigrants (along with 160,000 others in the last 30 years)
By:
Big Charlie
When: 18 Jan 10 18:29
ttt
By:
Big Charlie
When: 18 Jan 10 18:34
ttt
By:
chatname
When: 18 Jan 10 19:00
I also read an article about Ripley. It stated that it was the most English town in England and many / most people can trace their roots back many generations.

It is no coincidence that it is a place where community spirit has survived better than other areas that have witnessed more population change despite its traditional industries going to the wall (textiles/coal etc.).
By:
Stan2
When: 18 Jan 10 19:04
Barnstaple
By:
monmore man
When: 18 Jan 10 19:12
Makes me laugh when someone can compare Nottingham to Newham. Nottingham is lovely in relation to Newham. Newham vs Nottingham is like Afganistan playing Switzerland.
By:
evski
When: 18 Jan 10 19:13
Ripley is a sh1thole, It's rough and the people are nasty. You wouldn't want to go in a pub if you don't know someone that is a local. Hardly the pargon of olde english culture you make it out to be.

BC you use stats until they don't support your arguement then you want to rely on the local rag as a form of objective assessment of an area. on todays papers its about equal, not that that means anything.
Why don't you just accept that the**bags in this country are froma ll races, and your beloved "indigenous" whites can be every bit as evil as any other race?
By:
macarony
When: 18 Jan 10 19:30
towns in britain with large british communitys


Carlisle and any town in the rest of Cumbria.
By:
chatname
When: 18 Jan 10 19:55
Why don't you just accept that the**bags in this country are froma ll races, and your beloved "indigenous" whites can be every bit as evil as any other race?

I never said otherwise.

There are plenty of pubs in Ripley where it is possible for a good night out even if you are not from the local area.
By:
Vamos-mi-Sevilla
When: 18 Jan 10 20:10
What is a British Community ?

A white one or one with British Muslims and British Islamic ?
By:
good value losers
When: 18 Jan 10 20:12
pmsl @ the fred title. can't decide if it's a fish or shokkingly sad
By:
Coachbuster
When: 18 Jan 10 20:39
whichever towns they are i can guarantee they will be the biggest shyteholes in the country .


places such as Skelmesdale etc come to mind
By:
orioles
When: 18 Jan 10 20:39
It is the apotheosis of the Chit Chat thread title, and yet also manages to express in a few words the crushing stupidity of the bonehead racists that pollute the Betfair fora.

Frankly, it is unalloyed genius! :)
By:
Coachbuster
When: 18 Jan 10 20:44
:D
By:
macarony
When: 18 Jan 10 20:55
Vamos-mi-Sevilla 18 Jan 21:10


What is a British Community ?

A white one or one with British Muslims and British Islamic

That depends on what or who you consider to be British.
By:
chatname
When: 18 Jan 10 21:19
yes given the thread title my answers refer to the question

towns in britain with large english communities
By:
Big Charlie
When: 18 Jan 10 22:41
evski 18 Jan 20:13
BC you use stats until they don't support your arguement then you want to rely on the local rag as a form of objective assessment of an area. on todays papers its about equal, not that that means anything.

The stats come from the paper, where do you think I got them from ?

Why don't you just accept that the**bags in this country are froma ll races, and your beloved "indigenous" whites can be every bit as evil as any other race?


**bags are from all races - I never said they weren't.

In areas where there are loads of immigrants...sorry, non-whites.... pro rata, the non-whites commit more serious crime than the whites.

This is not cherrypicked, it is a stone cold 100% fact about Newham

And anybody who thinks that's a false statement can kiss my facking ringpiece.

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NEWHAM RECORDER - ON THE NET - NOW

A youth aged 17 was arrested yesterday morning and is currently in custody at a south London police station over the murder of Mahmood Jama,

Detectives are still appealing for witnesses and information after the murder in a block of flats at Forest Gate.

Police were called at approx. 01.10am on January 6 to reports of shots fired in the vicinity of Whyteville House, Upton Lane.

Mahmood 21, was found on the first floor landing, suffering a gunshot wound to the abdomen - he was taken to Royal London Hospital where he died at 03:44am

A post-mortem gave cause of death as a shotgun wound to the chest.

Detectives believe that an altercation took place between two groups of youths on a former garage forecourt in Studley Road at its junction with Upton Lane and continued into Whyteville House where the victim was shot.

Local people at the scene said the area had become populated by drug dealers and police are probing this line of inquiry.

Here's the link for the lefties that think I make these up.

http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED17%20Jan%202010%2009%3A34%3A07%3A293
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POLICE have updated appeals following an attack on a mini-cab driver who was beaten by thieves who stole his vehicle.

The attack happened on October 17 last year in Tollgate Road, Beckton, at the junction with Stansfeld Road, just after 1am.

The mini-cab driver was taking a woman passenger he had collected in Whitechapel to Beckton, when he cab was surrounded by three men, one of whom got inside anmd attacked him. The minicab was driven off with the passenger inside, who was released unhurt.

In a report on our website last year, we incorrectly stated that the vehicle involved was a taxi.

It was not and we thank Mr Lee**lin for pointing out our error. We apologise for giving the wrong information. The vehicle was involved was a minicab and not a black taxi

LINK :

http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED15%20Jan%202010%2011%3A05%3A15%3A740

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DETECTIVES tomorrow will revisit the scene in Beckton where two teenagers were stabbed to renew their appeal for information and witnesses.

Officers will be in and around Tollgate Road and Dove Approach from 7pm handing out appeal leaflets and speaking to the community to gain information.

It was at around 9pm on January 9 that police raced to a disturbance in the area of Neatscourt Road/Dove Approach and All Hallows Road.

In Osprey Close they discovered a 16-year-old boy suffering from stab injuries to the chest.

He was taken by ambulance to an east London hospital where his condition remains critical.

A second victim - a 15-year-old boy - was identified as having been stabbed in the leg during the same incident. He attended hospital but has since been discharged.

Police understand the victims had attended a party in Neatscourt Road. At some point a group of males arrived and a row began outside the address, spilling into surrounding streets and ending in the victims being stabbed.

The suspects, described as black teenagers like their victims, then made off.

At this stage police are keeping an open mind about the motive for the attack.

Detective Inspector Tony Lynes, from Newham police said: "This was a violent attack that has left a young man seriously injured. We are keen to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time and in particular at the party, which was attended by 60-plus people. If you saw or heard anything suspicious or have any information relating to this incident please come forward urgently."

LINK
http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED15%20Jan%202010%2012%3A29%3A04%3A917
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A NEWHAM man is the alleged mastermind of a gang that stabbed a shop boss to death in a bungled raid.

The Old Bailey has heard Simeon Jumah, 25, of Eighth Avenue, Manor Park, was the ringleader behind the killing of Jamie Simpson, 33, who was knifed when the gang tried to steal takings from his store after closing time.

Jurors heard Mr Simpson had swapped his shift with another manager only the day before the attack in March 2008 at Matalan in Hackney.

The court was told a gang of seven robbers hoped to steal up to £30,000 in the raid. They included Mr Simpson's colleague, Matalan security guard Roy Williams, 31.

It is said he allowed three masked men to slip into the store just before it shut and wait for Mr Simpson to empty the tills by hiding in a stairwell.

Williams would have made fellow gang members aware of the change in personnel before the raid took place, it was said.

The shop manager was stabbed to death with a "fearsome" knife after "refusing to yield" when allegedly challenged by Kobina Essel, then 17.

The gang eventually fled with nothing, leaving Mr Simpson for dead.

The court heard Jumah and friend Jamal Chambers, 18, would have only arranged the four-man robbery team, which included a getaway driver, in the couple of days before the raid.

The court heard this was done in a series of calls and text messages between the men.

Mr Simpson's family wept in the courtroom as they were shown CCTV footage of him being attacked.

Jumah; Owusu; Maina; Williams, of Enfield; and Essel, Chambers and the 17-year-old, all from Poplar, all deny murder.

Williams, Chambers and Owusu also deny conspiracy to rob between December 1, 2007 and March 23, 2008.

Jumah, Essel, Maina and the teenager who cannot be named have admitted the charge. The trial continues

LINK

http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED13%20Jan%202010%2009%3A28%3A07%3A163

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THREE teenagers - including one from Forest Gate - appeared at the Old Bailey to deny beating a homeless man to death.

Sami Bourjaoui, 24, was found suffering severe head injuries in White-chapel on Sept-ember 21.

He died later at the Royal London Hospital, White-chapel.

Nahid Ahed and Abu Tahir, both 19, and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named, denied one count of murder during a short hearing.

The trial, expected to last four weeks, will start on March 1.

Judge Timothy Pontius told the defendants they would remain in custody until then.

Tahir is from Romford Road, Forest Gate; the 17-year-old is from Whitechapel, and Ahed is from Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green

LINK

http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED12%20Jan%202010%2017%3A21%3A13%3A723

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NOTTINGHAM NEWS - ON THE NET NOW

A MAN charged with the murders of Darran Lancashire and Brian Flaherty today appeared in court.

Peter Brown, 41, of Main Street, Kimberley, appeared before Nottingham Magistrates' Court charged with a total of 11 offences. He wore a white t-shirt and jogging bottoms.

The body of Mr Lancashire, 43, was found in a flat above the Post Office in Main Street, Kimberley, on January 6.

Mr Flaherty, 31, was found dead at a house in Derby Grove, Lenton, at around 6.30pm on January 12.

Post-mortem examinations revealed both men had been stabbed.

Brown has also been charged with five robberies, one attempted robbery, two assaults with intent to commit robbery, and one assault occasioning actual bodily harm, which occurred in the Kimberley, Arnold, and Netherfield areas on the December 31 and January 1.

Brown was remanded in custody and will appear via video link at Nottingham Crown Court on March 1

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FOUR men have been arrested in connection with a robbery at a Long Eaton Tesco's.

Police are holding the men on suspicion of conspiracy to commit robbery.

The incident happened at the store, in Cranfleet Way, last Thursday.

One of the offenders jumped over the counter and stole cash from the till after he threatened staff and customers.

Three of the men arrested are from Nottingham, Derbyshire police have said. Two are 44 and one is 40. The other man, 48, is from Long Eaton. Police investigating the crime have recovered a stolen car, with false number plates, in Cheviot Road in the town. Weapons have also been found.

Police would like to hear from anyone who saw the stolen car, a silver Citroen C4, any time between Wednesday January 13 and Sunday. It had damage to the front nearside wing and headlight.

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A MAN charged with the murder of a teenager who broke into his home has today appeared in court.

Omari Roberts, 23, of Heathfield Road, Old Basford, has been charged with the murder of Tyler Juett, 17, and with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to a 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

Roberts appeared at Nottingham Crown Court in front of Mr Justice Flaux.

The alleged offences happened on March 13 in Basford.

Tyler was found by paramedics at around 2pm on March 13 and died shortly after arriving at the QMC. A postmortem found that he died of a stab wound.

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A MAN wanted by police in connection with a hit-and-run flew back from Pakistan after he saw an online appeal on the Evening Post's website.

Mohammed Naveed Iqbal fled Nottingham within 48 hours of the incident because he said he had to plan his wedding in Pakistan. He did not return for 18 months,

Nottingham Crown Court heard yesterday he got married and stayed on, after he was due to fly back, because his uncle died.

Back in Nottingham nine men were sentenced at the crown court for violent disorder.

A 10th defendant, friend Majid Hussain, 29, of Ena Avenue, Sneinton, was locked up for 20 years after he was found guilty of attempted murder in relation to the fracas.

Hussain ran over pedestrian Christopher Willis in a Vauxhall Astra in Warser Gate.

The incident happened in the early hours of March 24, 2008, after trouble in a nightclub.

Hussain was also convicted of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm after he struck another man with the car and violent disorder.

It was only after they were sentenced in July last year that police issued an appeal to find Iqbal, and so he returned to face the music.

Detective Sergeant Mike Allen, officer in the case, was waiting for him at Birmingham Airport on Saturday, September 5, last year.

"When he was arrested, he had informed us that he knew he was wanted because he read of the fact on the Evening Post website and went so far as to joke that he didn't like the picture that we had released of him, which is ironic considering the seriousness of the matter he was facing.

"He realised his arrest was sought and decided to come back and face the music.

"The internet is a good medium to get the message to criminals that no matter where they are in the world the police, with the help of local authorities, will find them."

Iqbal, 28, of St Christopher Street, Sneinton, was sentenced to 13 months in prison yesterday after he admitted violent disorder.

He was part of the joint enterprise to look for the victims and went along with the idea that they should be taught a lesson.

Mr Justice Akenheadsaid: "You were involved to a limited extent from the telephone traffic that took place with co-ordination, namely before and after the incident."

Iqbal was a front seat passenger in a black Renault Clio that had been in convoy with the Astra in the area.

Mr Willis was attacked by others before he was run over.

Iqbal got out of the Clio but did not use any violence himself.

Andrew Easteal said in mitigation: "This simply wasn't the case of taking flight because he feared what would happen. He had already in place the plans to get married and did."

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I'd say Newham had the upper hand, even though it's been a relatively quiet week

This is where Ghostdog posts ' cnp -zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz'

Such a shame that the cnp is all true. He'll be SEETHING :^0
By:
baracouda30
When: 18 Jan 10 22:59
Fine, we've had the raw data.

Now, what is your analysis or conclusion?
By:
jamesbeckton.
When: 18 Jan 10 23:02
The people in Newham are British; they are just not white
By:
Big Charlie
When: 18 Jan 10 23:06
My conclusion is that you should go back to politics and play with your mates.
By:
baracouda30
When: 18 Jan 10 23:11
Oh come on BC, fact upon fact is no good without a conclusion. Otherwise, it's meaningless.

Come on, get it off yer chest.
By:
Big Charlie
When: 18 Jan 10 23:22
Read the thread
By:
chicken shack
When: 19 Jan 10 00:01
basingstoke,moved from hackney london due to poverty which will never change.poverty is the cause of all problems and if you have got more money ,you can sleep .
By:
Mc Moonbeam
When: 19 Jan 10 00:09
We'll copy the serious crime news headlines from the respective local rags, and let the forum decide which area is worst for serious crime.

Murders, shootings, stabbings, rapes, brutal muggings and big drug busts.

Not nicking milk off a milk float, spitting angrily at a motorist or a14 year old getting mugged for a phone in Bowthorpe Park, which was all Norwich could offer against 2 shootings, a stabbing and a mega value cocaine bust, just to mention a few that happened in the same week.



Nottingham ...or should i say Shottimgham is Gun Capital of the UK

Not Newham .. or even bleedin London
By:
Mc Moonbeam
When: 19 Jan 10 00:19
WORST PLACES FOR CRIMES
Vehicle crime: Nottingham
Rape: Portsmouth
Assault: Leicester
Burglary: Stockport
Robbery: Manchester
Gun crime: Bradford
Murder: Nottingham
Source: Reform report
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