OVERALL crime levels up by 15 per cent. Muggings and other street crimes up by 70 per cent. Violent crime up by 20 per cent. Detection rates down -- fewer than one in five crimes solved. People attacked by thugs in their cars. Grandfather beaten by thugs in a city centre. Man slashed across the face and mobile phone stolen. Science fiction? No. Britain 2002
Man with more than 35 years' driving experience (clean licence) in a town 150 miles from home is fined £60 and three penalty points endorsed on driving licence for "speeding" at 38mph within a 30mph zone. A joke? No. Britain 2002
To the Government and the Police, I say this -- "Thank you for NOTHING."
Keith Holroyd (motorist)
Greenmeadows
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