Geez, why do we have to wrap ourselves in a stupid bloody flag about these things. Both Olympics were well organised and run...but many countries have done much the same without wetting a paiir of union flag boxers with excitement about it. And while it is easy to screw these things up, as ever, it was the international olympians and paralympians who made the show. Anything else was an added bonus. Just the legacy and the bill to settle, so all is not done and dusted yet.
I just finished eating a pizza so I don't care about this article now.
RIGHT NOW LOOK HES SHAGGED IT HOPE YOURE ALL HAPPY AND THEY CAN LEAVE ME AND MY FOOTAGE ALONE ...
TimMiddleton
9 September 2012 12:24AM
Has the Graun / Observer lost all interest in what happens on its own side of the Atlantic?
An excellent point, Tim. I can't help feeling Cartoonist Rowson will be sharpening his pencil and preparing a visual dig at Heathrowgate as we write... ;-)
Response to katosw6, 9 September 2012 11:21AM
katosw69 September 2012 11:21AMIt's funny, hilarious, etc, but at the same time terribly insulting!!! Obama is, for all we know, the President of the United States of America. He deserves some respect!!!
The office may do but surely the incumbent needs to earn respect and that comes from his deeds, not his promises.
WOULD THE ENTITY PLEASE LEAVE MY NEIGHBOURS ALONE. THE PERSON HE IS TALKING ABOUT HAS A NASTY MILDEW PROBLEM AND I WILL NOT BE VISITING HER ...
I mean not that i agree with this right but apparently enders was given permission to tortuer me to split us up ...
how then does trix have permission to torture me for leaving him ?
12.49, 9.09.12.
A DEAF girl of 10 was trafficked into the UK, repeatedly raped, kept in a cellar and treated as a virtual slave for almost a decade, a court heard today.The orphaned youngster from Pakistan, who is profoundly deaf and has no speech, was locked in a cellar each night where she would sleep on a concrete floor and by day was forced to work for no money and was sexually assaulted, Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester was told. Her alleged abusers were Ilyas Ashar, 83, and his wife, Tallat Ashar, 66, who deny charges of false imprisonment, human trafficking, sexual offences, violence and benefit fraud.If their alleged victim displeased them she would be forced into their cellar where the girl would "sit there for hours crying and locked in", the court heard. They kept the girl, now aged between 19 and 21, at their home in Cromwell Road, Eccles in Salford, Greater Manchester, after bringing her into Britain from Pakistan in June 2000, Peter Cadwallader, prosecuting, told the jury.But it was a "mystery and matter of concern" how a child that age could get through immigration and there may be "significant and proper" criticism of the Border Agency, whose role had a "good deal to answer for", the prosecutor said.Instead the girl was made to cook, clean, do the washing and ironing for the Ashars and clean the houses and cars of their family and friends, the court heard. She was also kept in the cellar to work for hours packing football shirts and clothes and mobile phone covers, the jury was told. "They would be upstairs while she was doing the work," Mr Cadwallader added. "She was the subject of forced labour in that she was made to work for Ilyas and Tallat Ashar as a domestic servant and do other work for them and members of their family. "The Crown say she was the ideal target for this exploitation as she is and was extremely vulnerable. "The Crown's case is she was physically abused. She was sexually abused, which included being raped by Ilyas Ashar."She was exploited economically, in that benefits, state benefits in this country, were obtained in her name, the money being kept by the Ashars."There were no washing or toilet facilities in the cellar so that if she needed to use the bathroom during the night she had to bang on the cellar door in the hope that she was heard and the door opened. She cannot read or write. She was however taught to write her signature - so her name could be used to claim benefits, it is allegedDespite her disabilities the victim has an average, or higher, intelligence level, the jury was told. Mr Cadwallader added: "We believe you will find her to be a remarkably resilient young woman who tells things as they are." The victim's true age is not known but it is thought she was aged between 10 and 12 when she came to the UK, allowed in by immigration on the basis she was to work as a domestic servant
um hang on an 11 year old allowed in to the country to work????
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/disabled-girl-kept-as-slave-was-raped-1116281
