Tuesday 28 September 2004

By Shirley Kumar and Sally Gillen

Ethnic minorities are majority in three
boroughs

Ethnic minorities have now become the majority in three London
boroughs.

People from black and Asian groups now outnumber whites in Tower
Hamlets, Newham and Brent.

Source:- The Daily Mail, Tuesday 28 September 2004,
page 10

Child attacked

An intruder who tried to rape an 11-year-old girl has been
jailed for 11-years at the Old Bailey.

Scott Lockett of Peckham, south London, followed the girl into
her flat in 2002 and ordered her to strip. She fought him off and
he fled.

Source:- The Times, Tuesday 28 September 2004, page
14

Mum charged with murder

A 22-year-old woman has been charged with murdering her
15-month-old son.

Marianne Williams of Tidworth, Wiltshire, appeared at Winchester
Crown Court in connection with the death of her son Joshua in
February. Pathologists found high levels of sodium in Joshua’s body
prompting fears of a salt overdose.

Source:- The Western Mail, Tuesday 28 September 2004,
page 4

Boy admits arson

A 13-year-old boy set fire to a newsagents after he was stopped
from buying a copy of Playboy, Inner London Crown Court heard.

The boy of south-east London had a history of starting small
fires. The case has been adjourned until 8 October.

Source:- The Western Mail, Tuesday 28 September 2004,
page 4

Voluntary work ‘helps to ease stress’

Voluntary work could help the 12m people in the UK who suffer
from mental health problems combat stress and depression, reveals a
survey by Community Service Volunteers.

The poll of more than 600 volunteers also found 63 per cent of
25-34 year-olds and 62 per cent of over 65s said volunteering
reduced stress.
Source:- The Western Mail, Tuesday 28 September 2004, page
5

Police hunt three teenagers

South Wales police are hunting for a girl and two teenage boys
in connection with an attack on a middle aged man.

The gang punched and kicked the man in Wesley Street, Cardiff,
during the early hours of Sunday.

Source:- The Western Mail, Tuesday 28 September 2004,
page 5

Debate on children with autism

A debate on integrating children with autism into mainstream
education will take place at a one-day course on Tuesday 5 October
at the Thistle Hotel in Cardiff.

The course is being organised by Autism Cymru, Wales.

Source:- The Western Mail, Tuesday 28 September 2004,
page 5

Welsh papers

‘Stay in’ order for city menace

A 20-year-old man with a four year history of terrorising local
residents has been ordered to stay indoors at night for two
years.

Christopher Price has been made the subject of an Antisocial
Behaviour Order which has also banned him from drinking alcohol for
three years.

Source:- The South Wales Echo, Tuesday 28 September
2004, page 3

Shamed by porn charges

A steel worker is to receive sex therapy after admitting down
loading computer child pornography.

Roy Oyston was given three-years rehabilitation with attendance
on a sex offenders group work programme by Cardiff Crown Court.

Source:- The South Wales Echo, Tuesday 28 September
2004, page 12

Scottish newspapers

Urgent talks on bed crisis threat

A huge rise in bed-blocking has raised fears of a winter
hospital beds crisis in Edinburgh. Urgent talks are being held in
an attempt to solve the problem. The closure of three private
nursing homes in Edinburgh has had an impact on the city’s
hospitals. Over a month the number of people delayed in hospital
has gone up from 378 to 401. Patients have been unable to be
discharged because care home places have been snapped up by the
council to accommodate elderly people left homeless by the closure
of their care home.

Source:- The Scotsman, 28 September 2004