Should owning a gun become illegal? Following the shootings in Cumbria questions have been raised over why the gunman who went on the killing spree in Cumbria was allowed to own a firearm. The shootings in Cumbria was the third of it’s type in the UK in the last 23 years. In 1987 a gunman roamed the streets of Hungerford in Berkshire killing 16 people and injuring another 15. In Dunblane in 1996 17 people were shot, 16 of them school children, which all took place in a primary school. In all incidents the gunman has turned the gun on himself before the police could intervene. Many believe owning a gun should become illegal, however no action over gun regulations is likely to be taken following the latest incident due to the fact that all three massacre’s are random attacks without a known motive. The gun regulations will come under further scrutiny over the next few months.

A taxi driver in Cumbria went on a killing spree on Wednesday morning which ended up in twelve people being killed. Eleven other people were wounded and seven of the wounded are still in hospital. The killings took place within the space of three hours before the gunman turned the gun on himself. Three people known to the gunman were shot first, including his twin brother, fellow colleague, and solicitor. The remaining shootings were random attacks. Police are investigating to discover the reasons behind the ruthless attack, but it is believed that the attack was a result of financial and family issues, and possibly from a dispute over a will. Investigators have stated there is a good chance they will never discover the full reasons behind the attack.

A report has been released by the Foreign office showing the countries where British Citizens are most likely to be arrested. The country with the highest number of British arrests, outside of the UK, is Spain with almost 2300 arrests. The USA is second with over 1500 arrests. The report show’s that overall there were over 6900 British arrests abroad in 2009. The report also shows that were almost 1000 drug related arrests, over 5500 British death abroad, and over 3000 Britons hospitalised. However comparing the number of arrests to the number of visitors, the country with where British people are most likely to be arrested is the United Arab Emirates.

A teacher who was accused of assaulting a pupil with a glue stick has been cleared. The female teacher allegedly injured a twelve year old boy by slamming a pritt stick down on his thumb, however it has been discovered that the boy has behavioural and learning difficulties and a history of false allegations, therefore the allegations against the teacher were dropped. The teacher, who has been teaching for 30 years, broke down in tears after being cleared.
Allegations by pupils have to be taken very seriously, but when the allegations involve teachers who are quite obviously innocent you can only imagine how difficult the whole process can be for them. Pupils have a lot more protection than teachers and even the smallest allegation can end a teachers career. Children and young teenagers sometimes don’t realise the severity of the allegations they make.

A woman has been arrested following the death of her two children at a hotel in Spain. The woman left a sign on the hotel room door stating the children were ill and they should not be disturbed. She then went to the hotel reception and requested that an ambulance is called. The hotel staff asked why an ambulance should be called and the woman stated to the hotel staff ‘you will see when you look in my hotel room’. The woman was arrested and is being tested for psychiatric problems. Since then the husband of the woman arrested has been also been arrested for sexually assaulting a young girl 15 years ago. The husband and his wife fled to Spain in 2007 following accusations against him relating to the assault,s and have been on the run ever since.

An investigation is taking place into the murder of a woman who was killed by her husband. The husband, who is a chef, killed his wife with a griddle pan and stored her body in a freezer for three years. The body was discovered in a wheelie bin by the landlord of the rented property with a sleeping eye mask still covering her face. The man killed his wife the day before inviting round a woman who he had started dating. He even had the audacity to have sex with the woman in the bed where he had killed his wife. The relationship didn’t last long and the man soon moved away with a new girlfriend to Malta.
He told his wife’s family and friends that she died of natural causes but when they asked for a death certificate he would always provide them with an excuse. The man has admitted manslaughter but denies murder.

I recently relocated from living in a town center to a lovely area located a few miles outside of the town center. It is so refreshing not to hear screaming and shouting outside your front door. I would frequently hear people fighting, vandalizing, and shouting abuse. Most of the violence was alcohol induced and during the day time time the incidents were few and far between, but hearing and seeing these incidents on a regular basis could make anyone feel on edge. I think town center violence is a real problem and seriously affects the people living there as well as local retailers. I have watched the town center I lived in slowly deteriorate as a result of all the violence and the town struggles to generate visitors as it has now built up a bad reputation.

Family members who treated a man as a slave have been found guilty of murder. The man’s body was found in a lake in Bedfordshire in May last year. Three members of the family were convicted of murder and two were convicted of familial homicide. During the time of being treated as a slave the man had been repeatedly hit with a bat, shot with an air rifle and stabbed, many of these incidents were filmed using a mobile phone. The victim was chained up during the evenings and stripped almost naked during the day. The victim’s body was found decapitated in the lake and police believe the head was removed by the use of the saw.
Police are struggling to find a motive behind the murder but many of the family members have offended on many occasions. It is known that the family stole the victim’s benefit money.

An 18 month old girl was mauled to death by her uncles American bulldog. The attack happened in from of the child’s sister, mother and grandmother. Men working nearby managed to get the child free form the dogs jaws but unfortunately the child died from facial injuries. The uncle has been released on bail pending further investigation. The dog is to put down at the earliest opportunity.
This has been a string of dog attacks on young children over the last few years and could lead to more types of dog breeds being added to the ‘banned dogs list’.

The number of stop and searches under counter-terrorism laws has dramatically increased over the last year. The increase is reported to be over sixty five percent. This dramatic jump has not resulted in a noticeable increase in arrests or charges. According to the reports about half a percent of the people stopped and searched resulted in an arrest, and a mere nine offenses were related to terrorism.
There are concerns that this counter terrorism law is being abused by police officers and that the introduction of this increase by Labour has crushed the general public civil rights. The majority of searches were in and around the major cities with ninety five percent of the total searches being in the London area.