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I read / hear of many of cases of thefts, assaults, frauds, vandalism where those with plenty of previous offences get sentences other than prison. Then there is a stupid student who writes vile racist stuff on twitter about an injured footballer, a first offence I believe, and gets a couple of...

I'm not going to debate the rights or wrongs of the Stephen Hester bonus. It is the political war of words that caught my eye today. Especially Mr cameron's response that the contract was made under the Labour gvt so they could do nothing about it. I'd expect this is interesting for many public...

It is to Councillor Ian Parry who is the deputy leader of Staffs County Council (from Newsletter couple of weeks ago). It is not to me. Though it may be to some of the rich forumites..whoever they may be. He was answering a question about an extra £5k of tax payers money being spent on their...

I'm sure there is a staightforward explanation but I'm struggling to do the maths.... For the 100th year running GCSE results have improved http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14661746 But 1 in 5 pupils are illiterate...

Noticed a story in both the Express and Star and Staffs Post (a favourite of forumites I know) relating to 'Yobs' at Victoria Park. Great headlines - short on substance. Anyway, I'm going to try and paraphrase it. Some children (gang, yobs, teenagers, youths whatever grabs you) were climbing on...