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05/05/2011
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Appeal Following Attack On 14-Year-Old Boy
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following the violent attack on a 14-year-old boy in Tooting last year. On Wednesday 21 April 2010, police were called to a hospital in south London to reports of a 14-year-old boy who had been robbed and assaulted earlier that evening in Furzedown Park, Ramsdale Road, in Tooting, south west London. The incident had taken place at around 9pm and it is believed a group of approximately ten black youths attacked the victim in the park area. The boy suffered head and internal injuries and spent a considerable time in a critical condition in intensive care. To this day he remains under the care of a hospital and is still being treated for his injuries. Police are asking anyone with information about this attack to come forward. Four teenagers aged between 14 and 17-years-old were arrested during November 2010 and February 2011. They have all since been released with no further action to be taken.
Hertfordshire Farm Fined For Worker's Roof Plunge
A father and daughter who own and run a farm in Hertfordshire have been fined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an employee fell through a fragile barn roof and suffered multiple fractures. Last August, Stefan Wasilewski, 39, was cleaning the roof of a barn at Ugley Hall Farm, Ugley, Bishop's Stortford. Mr Wasilewski and a colleague stood on scaffold boards placed over the roof and brushed the area with brooms, as instructed by their employers, James and Elizabeth Reay. The asbestos cement roof cracked and Mr Wasilewski fell five metres onto the concrete floor below. He suffered multiple fractures to his pelvis and ribs and was unable to walk for several months. Both Elizabeth and James Reay, trading as H R Reay, pleaded guilty to breaching the Work at Height Regulations 2005. Elizabeth Reay was fined £4,000 and James Reay was fined £4,000. They were ordered to pay £2,083.30 in costs to be shared between them.
Hundreds Sign Up For 'Spring Online'
More than 1,500 organisations will give older people a free taste of using computers and the internet for this year’s Spring Online with Silver Surfers Day. From 16-20 May, taster sessions will be held across the UK in a variety of venues from cafes and universities to libraries and pubs. The event is delivered by Digital Unite, in partnership with UK Online Centres and Race Online 2012, the campaign to get as many people as possible online by the end of next year. Although computers and the internet are an essential part of life for many people, a fifth of those aged 55-64 have never been online. This rises to three in five among those aged 65 and over.
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Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following the violent attack on a 14-year-old boy in Tooting last year. On Wednesday 21 April 2010, police were called to a hospital in south London to reports of a 14-year-old boy who had been robbed and assaulted earlier that evening in Furzedown Park, Ramsdale Road, in Tooting, south west London. The incident had taken place at around 9pm and it is believed a group of approximately ten black youths attacked the victim in the park area. The boy suffered head and internal injuries and spent a considerable time in a critical condition in intensive care. To this day he remains under the care of a hospital and is still being treated for his injuries. Police are asking anyone with information about this attack to come forward. Four teenagers aged between 14 and 17-years-old were arrested during November 2010 and February 2011. They have all since been released with no further action to be taken.
Hertfordshire Farm Fined For Worker's Roof Plunge
A father and daughter who own and run a farm in Hertfordshire have been fined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an employee fell through a fragile barn roof and suffered multiple fractures. Last August, Stefan Wasilewski, 39, was cleaning the roof of a barn at Ugley Hall Farm, Ugley, Bishop's Stortford. Mr Wasilewski and a colleague stood on scaffold boards placed over the roof and brushed the area with brooms, as instructed by their employers, James and Elizabeth Reay. The asbestos cement roof cracked and Mr Wasilewski fell five metres onto the concrete floor below. He suffered multiple fractures to his pelvis and ribs and was unable to walk for several months. Both Elizabeth and James Reay, trading as H R Reay, pleaded guilty to breaching the Work at Height Regulations 2005. Elizabeth Reay was fined £4,000 and James Reay was fined £4,000. They were ordered to pay £2,083.30 in costs to be shared between them.
Hundreds Sign Up For 'Spring Online'
More than 1,500 organisations will give older people a free taste of using computers and the internet for this year’s Spring Online with Silver Surfers Day. From 16-20 May, taster sessions will be held across the UK in a variety of venues from cafes and universities to libraries and pubs. The event is delivered by Digital Unite, in partnership with UK Online Centres and Race Online 2012, the campaign to get as many people as possible online by the end of next year. Although computers and the internet are an essential part of life for many people, a fifth of those aged 55-64 have never been online. This rises to three in five among those aged 65 and over.
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