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Water companies pollute rivers and beaches.

  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/03/water-companies-polluting-rivers-beaches?guni=Keyword:news-grid%20main-1%20Main%20trailblock:Editable%20trailblock%20-%20news:Position1  UK water companies are polluting Britain's rivers and beaches Thousands of unregulated pipes dumping sewage into rivers Of all the privatisation scams perpetrated by the then government, the privatisation of water was the greatest iniquity of them all. Not only are these parasite water companies responsible for extortionate charges for the basic commodity of life, but they also pollute our rivers and beaches with, it seems, complete impunity from prosecution or responsibility for their actions. In the unlikely event of criminal charges being brought, the miserly maximum fine of £2 million, would have little impact on the huge profits made by these companies and would in any case, be passed on to their customers in the form of even higher prices. If ever there was a compelli...

Stuart Hall Jailed For 15 Months

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/17/stuart-hall-sentence-unduly-lenient_n_3454685.html?utm_hp_ref=uk Paedophiles Like Hall Do Not Deserve Lenience Stuart Hall   Stuart Hall receives a sentence of only 15 months which in effect means that he could be released in 6 months or even, under certain circumstances, four. The sentence it seems took into account the fact that he pleaded guilty. It has also emerged that, presumably, as part of "the deal", a more serious charge of rape was dropped. It has further been suggested that the 14 counts on which Hall was convicted was only part of a significantly higher number of charges which were not brought.  The sentence was indeed very lenient.   Sky News Presenter Anna Botting A more disturbing observation and comment came on last nights (17th June) Sky News programme during the paper review at 10:30pm. Anna Botting actually said that the offences committed by Hall came at the "lower end" of ...