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Human Rights groups say the sentences are too tough on the looters?

I suppose when you see the two lads getting 4 yrs for inciting a riot on FB which didn't happen anyway and someone who was actually in the thick of things getting 6 months? Do you think the HR Laws...

triggerhippy

cricket question

who was the first england bowler to be called for "throwing" in a home test match? (steve, let some others guess first)...

bednobs

don't know how long this'll last but i really want to know!

there is a certain intimate thing that couples might do, lets call it blow football. Why does it have that name do you think? when it's the exact opposite (in my experience anyway)

sir.prize

What a shocking picture

Eight onto one http://i.dailymail.co...00578-157_634x507.jpg...

chokkie

Observer Viewfinder 14.8.11

Can't get this at all - is it somewhere in south America? Brazil? "Ever since ancient times, this port city has been a gateway for traders and explorers, including a famous Portugeezer who stayed...

simonbrand

Daily Telegraph GK Crossword

12. Character in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene (11) ?R?G?A?O?I?. 16. The wooly grip of a campanologist's bell rope (5) ?A?L?.

sir.prize

Banned or not?

Home Secretary Theresa May has officially banned a planned march by the EDL tomorrow. However, they are still allowed to congregate and conduct a 'static' demonstration in a rural market town. What's...

sandyRoe

What kind of justice is this?

A parent, probably the mother, of a youth convicted of rioting has been served with an eviction notice. Since when was the concept of collective punishment part of English law?...

nannakath

Sunday Times wherewasi?

has anyone solved `wherewasi this week?

eveofgrays

Pick Me Up Issue 32 £1,000 Crossword

I'm completely stuck on the top left hand corner of this crossword, any help would be much appreciated. 7a Ordeals, 10a Termite-like insects, 12a disagreeable, 1d Rodeo horses, 2d Extend, 9d Laying...

modeller

What papers do you read?

I read the other day that which newspaper a person's reads is a good guide to their beliefs. Is that true ? Gromit claims to read the Telegraph but I would think the Morning Star was more likely....

marg14a

Crusader Wed

1a Dressed journalist following custom ??????D (7) and 5a Result - natter with a consort (7) ??L?A?? - thanks

housemouse

EDL - Morons !!

A large group of EDL morons took it upon themselves to descend on a Pub in Eltham and went on a all day drinking binge and then decided it would be a "Grand Idea" to march on Lewisham - thus...

marval

Glasses

An army private went to see the Medical Captain for a new pair of glasses. The Captain looked in his book of record and said, 'But you just got a new pair last month!' 'Yes sir, b.. b.. but they were...

angelinlace

Mystery Celebrity Anagram

Mystery Celebrity Anagram (8,6) Y L I R A V B A L S E E E H Thanks in advance!...

Steve.5

Where will it kick off tonight......

Brixton, The Bull Ring, Moss Side anybody else like to hazard a guess.

Gromit

Mark Duggen shooting

The story was quickly planted that the police were shot at and an officer hit which resulted in the fatal shot (or shots) that killed Duggen. Now the Daily Mail are reporting that the bullet recovered...

anotheoldgit

Should she get compensation?

http://www.express.co...-family-to-sue-police If this person satisfactory sues the Police for her boy friend's death, then the award she may get should be used to pay towards the damage and cost of...

sp1814

Duggan vs Obama

Can we get some clarity on AB. When Barack Obama was elected President of the USA, there were a number of posts where it was pointed out, "He's not black...he's mixed race". However, Mark...

grahamlong

Where can I watch or download Fish Town - filmed in Brixham Devon ?

Dear good AB'ers - Where can I watch or download Fish Town - filmed in Brixham Devon ? It might of been on Sky Atlantic - thanks good AB'ers GL.

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