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11/05/2011
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Londoner Jailed For Heroin Smuggling
A man from London has been sentenced to seven years in prison at Canterbury Crown Court after pleading guilty to heroin smuggling. The court heard that Florim Amerllahi was arrested on 27 February 2011. At the tourist controls at Dover officers searched the British registered VW Sharan he was driving. When questioned, Amerllahi said he was returning from a three week visit to family in Kosovo. During the search officers found 20 packages of heroin hidden in the fuel tank. When removed from the tank the total weight of the drugs was approximately 10 kg with an estimated street value of £750,000. Amerllahi pleaded guilty at Canterbury Crown Court and was sentenced on the same day.
UK Provides Satellite Images In Crisis
Today the UK assumes leadership of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters. The Charter is an organisation that coordinates space agencies worldwide in gathering vital satellite images of disaster-stricken regions - providing the images to civil protection authorities to inform their response efforts and save lives. As Chair of the Charter, the UK Space Agency will take responsibility for implementing strategy and policy, and has committed to finding ways of widening national access to the Charter’s services. Uniquely, the UK is a member on a public-private basis that makes optimal use of the available government and commercial expertise. The UK Space Agency holds a seat on the Charter’s Board, providing direction and examining ways to improve Charter performance in future.
Met Office Signs Agreement With Singapore
To help Singapore build up climate science capabilities to prepare for climate change, the Met Office has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore National Environment Agency (NEA). The collaboration aims to enhance the NEA Meteorological Services Division's climate science capability to produce reliable projections of Singapore's rainfall, temperature, wind and sea level for different time-scales up to 2100. The collaboration is expected to last for at least three years, covering the joint development and implementation of climate models, the exchange of scientists and the undertaking of regional climate science research. This long-term partnership is an important step towards building a sustainable climate science capability in Southeast Asia.
(BMcN)
A man from London has been sentenced to seven years in prison at Canterbury Crown Court after pleading guilty to heroin smuggling. The court heard that Florim Amerllahi was arrested on 27 February 2011. At the tourist controls at Dover officers searched the British registered VW Sharan he was driving. When questioned, Amerllahi said he was returning from a three week visit to family in Kosovo. During the search officers found 20 packages of heroin hidden in the fuel tank. When removed from the tank the total weight of the drugs was approximately 10 kg with an estimated street value of £750,000. Amerllahi pleaded guilty at Canterbury Crown Court and was sentenced on the same day.
UK Provides Satellite Images In Crisis
Today the UK assumes leadership of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters. The Charter is an organisation that coordinates space agencies worldwide in gathering vital satellite images of disaster-stricken regions - providing the images to civil protection authorities to inform their response efforts and save lives. As Chair of the Charter, the UK Space Agency will take responsibility for implementing strategy and policy, and has committed to finding ways of widening national access to the Charter’s services. Uniquely, the UK is a member on a public-private basis that makes optimal use of the available government and commercial expertise. The UK Space Agency holds a seat on the Charter’s Board, providing direction and examining ways to improve Charter performance in future.
Met Office Signs Agreement With Singapore
To help Singapore build up climate science capabilities to prepare for climate change, the Met Office has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore National Environment Agency (NEA). The collaboration aims to enhance the NEA Meteorological Services Division's climate science capability to produce reliable projections of Singapore's rainfall, temperature, wind and sea level for different time-scales up to 2100. The collaboration is expected to last for at least three years, covering the joint development and implementation of climate models, the exchange of scientists and the undertaking of regional climate science research. This long-term partnership is an important step towards building a sustainable climate science capability in Southeast Asia.
(BMcN)
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A chilly start with a widespread frost and some freezing fog, any freezing fog slow to clear. Otherwise bright with sunny spells and coastal showers. Light winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C.Tonight:Coastal showers dying out with a widespread frost developing along with freezing fog, which could become extensive. Winds remaining light. Minimum temperature -3 °C.
