Sunday, 31 October 2010
‘LYING’ TEACHER OFF SICK 6 YEARS COSTS YOU £180K
TAXPAYERS have been left to foot a £180,000 bill for a teacher who was off sick on full pay for six years.
Anna Yerrakalva, 57, claimed she was injured when a colleague fell on top of her during an epileptic fit.
She said she was pinned down for 15 minutes and suffered damage to her neck and spine. But after an investigation the school said her injuries could not have been caused in the way she described.
Education chiefs in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, continued paying her salary until she was sacked for gross misconduct in January this year for making false claims.
On top of the huge wage bill, Barnsley council faces legal costs of £100,000 fighting her employment tribunal claim for victimisation and unfair dismissal.
A hearing in Sheffield yesterday heard how Mrs Yerrakalva went sick from her post at Dearne Carrfield primary school in Bolton-on-Dearne, South Yorkshire, after the alleged incident in November 2003. She returned briefly, but was struck by a bus in June 2004, and has never worked since.
Headteacher Stephen Poxton told the tribunal that the accident allegedly happened as she knelt down to set up a display.
A teaching assistant did have a fit, but an investigation concluded Mrs Yerrakalva had lied and “her injuries were not sustained in the way she described”.
Mrs Yerrakalva later filled in Department of Work and Pensions forms claiming disability living allowance and industrial injury benefit in 2006 and 2007.
She said she needed help eating, dressing and going to the toilet, and suffered learning problems and panic attacks. Yet in August 2006 she told her employers she was fit to return to work.
Mr Poxton said that Mrs Yerrakalva was sacked after lying about her health. “Her claims caused a considerable amount of aggravation for the school and an irreparable breakdown of confidence.”
Mrs Yerrakalva refused access to her medical records and had made “vague and unsubstantiated” complaints against others.
Mrs Yerrakalva disputes much of the council’s case and will give her evidence when the hearing resumes next year.
Friday, 29 October 2010
BARNSLEY BNP OCTOBER MEETING
Barnsley BNP experienced an encouraging increase in support at last night's meeting.Barnsley branch organiser, Ian Sutton opened the meeting with shocking news that Barnsley's birth rate from non-British mothers had risen to a disturbing 194% and said that Barnsley will not be immune from the kind of ghettos we see in major towns and cities up and down the country.
First speaker of the evening was Chris Beverley, BNP Regional Organiser.
Chris gave an in depth speech about the hard work he puts into helping Andrew Brons MEP and congratulated Barnsley BNP activists for their commitment to the party which has gained a significant increase in votes over the past few years.
Chris has recently been working on the Andrew Brons Annual Report news letter which gives a good description of the work carried out by Andrew over the past twelve months.
Hundreds of thousands of these news letters will be leafleted across the Yorkshire and Humber region by dedicated BNP activists.
Chris reminded the audience that Labour have created the mess we are in today, but with Cameron's coalition cuts, Labour will try and capitalise on it at the next election - don't be fooled.
The next speaker was Jordan Ponts, BNP Crusader Organiser. Jordan is putting all his spare time and effort into getting young people together to join the Crusaders. The group is open to 18 to 30 year olds and you can view the BNP Crusaders profile on Facebook HERE. Why not get involved with the BNP crusaders, join them today.
Last speaker up was the magnificent Richard Edmonds.
Richard was born in London in the middle of WW11, he has witnessed first hand the decline in communities and states very firmly that civilisation is in danger of collapsing in major cities.
The meeting was enjoyed by all who attended. Many thanks to Chris Beverley and Richard Edmonds for sparing the time and sharing their experiences with Barnsley folk. Much appreciated.
For anyone who missed our meeting last night, below is a video of Richard in action from about four years ago.
Thursday, 28 October 2010
ISLAMISATION OF BRITAIN CONTINUES....
Mohammed has become the most popular name for newborn boys in Britain.Wednesday, 27 October 2010
COLLEGE LOSES LICENCE FOLLOWING IMMIGRATION PROBE
INVESTIGATION Former lawyer Liaqat Malik is chief executive of the college
A college has had its Home Office licence suspended as part of an immigration investigation.
Border agency staff are reviewing the Manchester College of Higher Education and Media Technology following complaints it had broken immigration rules.
The Cheetham Hill college has been temporarily removed from the government list of organisations allowed to sponsor overseas students.
Overseas students are only allowed to study in institutions on the approved list and colleges must notify the authorities if students miss ten or more classes.
The college’s chief executive is disgraced former lawyer Liaqat Malik. He was struck off after an M.E.N investigation revealed he had a criminal record for dishonesty and had previously been banned from practising as a solicitor.
The college charges up to £6,500 a year for courses include accountancy, business, and law. It shares its premises with cable station DM Digital TV, also owned by Mr Malik. The station was fined £17,500 by watchdogs earlier this year for a ‘misleading’ advert in which a spiritual healer promised to find love for viewers.
A UK Border Agency spokeswoman said: "We regularly check and monitor all sponsors in order to ensure they are meeting their obligations as a sponsor of migrants. As a result of our investigations, suspension action has been taken against over 200 sponsors.
"Where there is a breach of immigration control or the sponsor is unable to meet their duties, we will take action against them."
The college did not return calls from the M.E.N.
Friday, 15 October 2010
ISLAMIC SHARIA BRITAIN - TODAY
A MUSLIM cleric sparked outrage yesterday – saying there is no such thing as rape within marriage.
Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed, who runs the largest network of sharia courts in Britain, claimed husbands who rape their wives should not be prosecuted because “sex is part of marriage”.
When asked if he believed non-consensual marital sex could be rape he said defiantly: “No.
“Clearly there cannot be any rape within the marriage. Maybe aggression, maybe indecent activity.”
He said the “aggression” of reporting the man to police was greater than the “minor aggression” of forcing a woman to have sexual intercourse against her will.
He claimed many married women who alleged rape were lying.
“In most of the cases, they have been advised by solicitors that one of the four reasons for which a wife can get a divorce is rape.
“Why it is happening in this society is because they have got this idea of so-called equality, equal rights.”
Sheikh Sayeed said the concept of rape within marriage was “not Islamic”.
He said: “It is not an assault, it is not some kind of jumping on somebody’s individual right.
“When they got married, the understanding was that sexual intercourse was part of the marriage, so there cannot be anything against sex in marriage.
“Of course, if it happened without her desire, that is no good, that is not desirable.”
He said husbands can be dealt with under sharia law, but there is no need for the police to be called in.
Asked how husbands accused of rape should be dealt with, he said: “He may be disciplined, and he may be made to ask forgiveness. That should be enough.”
As campaigners, police and women’s groups reacted angrily to his remarks yesterday Sheikh Sayeed stood by his claims adding: “In Islamic sharia, rape is adultery by force.
“So long as the woman is his wife, it cannot be termed as rape. It is reprehensible, but we do not call it rape.”
Sheikh Sayeed moved here from Bangladesh in 1977.
He is now president of the Islamic Sharia Council which operates 16 courts in Britain, including in Birmingham, Bradford and London.
Dave Whatton, Chief Constable of Cheshire and spokesman on rape for the Association of Chief Police Officers, said the sheikh’s opinion “fundamentally undermines everything we are trying to do”.
He said: “We know that the majority of rapes do not take place through strangers attacking women late at night but between acquaintances and within marriages and partnerships.
“Sharia law should not replace the laws of the UK.”
Muslim tribunals exploit a legal loophole which allows sharia courts to be classified as arbitration courts, with their rulings binding in law.
Douglas Murray of the Centre for Social Cohesion, said: “Under sharia women are second-class citizens at best; chattel at worst. Sharia courts are incompatible with British democracy. There’s no such thing as moderate sharia. It’s a backward, bigoted, discriminatory body.”
1,200 JOBS TO GO IN BARNSLEY COUNCIL CUTBACKS
TOWN Hall bosses painted a bleak future for Barnsley as they announced at least 1,200 council jobs will have to be axed over four years. Council leader Steve Houghton said the impact of the Government's budget squeeze would be felt in every part of Barnsley society, laying the blame squarely at the door of the coalition's decision to cut the national deficit in five years.He said Barnsley Council would cut £40 million from its budget by 2015 - made up of £16m next year and £8m for the next three years.
But he estimated that would result in £100m being lost from the Barnsley economy, as the surge in unemployment and reduced public spending hits the private sector.
Around 1,500 staff have been sent consultation letters about the forthcoming redundancies.
Of those, 335 will be axed by April, with hundreds more to lose their jobs each year until 2015.
The announced redundancies come on top of 181 workers who have already been axed, 112 of whom are home carers.
Coun Houghton said he felt for the 1,500 who have received letters.
He said: "They will each be sitting on these letters thinking, 'Is that me?' They will be thinking that until January when we make the final decisions.
"Unfortunately this is only the beginning. The current forecasts are we are going to have to do this again and again and again.
"These are real numbers, not something we have just picked out of the air.
"These are without question the biggest cuts in Barnsley Council's history. The is the same for all councils up and down the country."
He said the council would get the true picture of the size of the challenge only when the Government releases new information about their budgets in November or December.
He insisted trade union representatives would be fully consulted, with "all options on the table" to mitigate the number of losses, including pay cuts.
Council chief executive Phil Coppard, who has worked at the Town Hall since the 1980s, said all "discretionary spending" has been scrapped from the budget, and the council will have trouble meeting even its basic statutory responsibilities.
He added: "I don't think it has ever been as bad as this, even in the really, really bad times."
His team has met up with businesses in the town to see if any can recruit some of the laid-off council workers - an initiative he said has been met "with enthusiasm".
But Coun Houghton added: "We want as many council staff as possible to get new jobs.
"But the downside is there are 26,000 people already on working age benefit. They will now go to the back of the queue.
"This is the direct result of trying to get rid of the deficit in five years. In my view it is an ideological drive to create a smaller state."
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Rotherham Labour MP Suspended After Complaint From The BNP
The Commons Committee on Standards and Privileges, which oversees Mr Lyon's work, said it agreed Mr MacShane's "conduct" should be reported to the Met.
It is understood the complaint was submitted in June last year by the British National Party in connection with allowances, and Mr MacShane's work in Europe on politics and anti-semitism.
Mr MacShane said he would "co-operate fully".
"While I obviously regret this development I will of course co-operate fully with the police as I have with the Commissioner," he said. " I will make no further comment."
A short report published by the Committee said: "The Committee agreed the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards should report to the Metropolitan Police Service the conduct of the Rt Hon Member for Rotherham, Denis MacShane. In accordance with procedures agreed between the Committee on Standards and Privileges, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, and the Metropolitan Police, the Commissioner's inquiry into a complaint against Mr MacShane will be suspended until the question of possible criminal proceedings has been resolved."
Scotland Yard confirmed it is considering the complaint along with "a small number" of other outstanding expenses-related allegations.
The Labour Party said it had withdrawn the whip from the MP while the police investigate the allegations.
A spokeswoman said: "Following a referral by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to the Met Police Service, the Labour Party has today suspended Denis MacShane from the Parliamentary Labour Party and the whip pending the outcome of any investigation."
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Thursday, 14 October 2010
CHANGING FACE OF BARNSLEY
It's now twelve months on from the video below and the Office for National Statistics announces that the data for Barnsley births from non-British mothers shows an alarming 194% increase.
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Wednesday, 13 October 2010
DOCTOR JAILED OVER FALSIFIED MEDICAL RECORDS
A doctor who falsified medical records in a bid to prevent a patient suing him has been jailed. Puthyadthu Kartha Venugopal, 61, was jailed for eight months by a judge who described his actions as "dreadful and shameful".As part of his mitigation, Venugopal's lawyer handed the court a letter from his then MP Ed Balls.
Leeds Crown Court heard Venugopal, a GP at Newland Surgery, in Normanton, near Wakefield, had made up false paperwork to protect himself from a civil claim made by one of his patients.
He failed to visit Janet Moore after she had been discharged from Pinderfields Hospital after an intestine operation in December 2001.
As a result of the missed visit, Mrs Moore developed an abscess which led to her developing a significant disability. Mrs Moore took civil
action against West Yorkshire Primary Care Trust and the doctor.
Jonathan Sharp, prosecuting, said Venugopal, "no doubt to his horror", checked his professional indemnity insurance to find he was not covered for the claim. He said Venugopal "put his head in the sand" before trying to create a paper trail to show he had made visits to Mrs Moore.
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HALAL MEAT PRODUCING COMPANY FINED
£10,000 fine for meat firm: Sheep left with no water for days
A HALAL meat producing company have been fined almost £10,000 after hundreds of sheep were left without drinking water or room to move.
Calderdale Magistrates heard how 864 sheep in the slaughterhouse were left for days
without drinking water, enough space to lie down, stand up and turn around and were caused unnecessary pain and suffering.
Mr Howard Shaw, prosecuting for DEFRA, said that sheep were standing on top of each other and that drinking water troughs had been turned off.
The sheep had been forced into the pen by a delivery driver and the abattoir supervisor after a mix up regarding what time sheep would be delivered.
In total 11 sheep died during the incident which took place at the end of February of last year, many through asphyxiation and being trampled.
A senior meat hygienist said that "he had never seen anything as bad as this" when he visited the slaughterhouse, Mr Shaw told the court.
Debbie Wilson, who attended court as a representative of Halal Meats, said that the company had made significant changes to the way they operated following the incident.
"There is no excuse and we have to take responsibility," said Mrs Wilson.
The case against the slaughterhouse supervisor Mohammed Hussain, who failed to attend court, was re-listed to be heard on 27 October.
Premier Halal Meats are a relatively new company, having started trading in June 2009. In October 2009 they were sent a letter by DEFRA advising them about the number of sheep kept in pens after concerns were raised.
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Sunday, 10 October 2010
McHALAL CHICKEN AT McDONALD'S
Fast-food giant McDonald's has admitted selling halal chicken without telling its customers. The poultry was used in popular menu items such as Chicken McNuggets and the McChicken Sandwich in its 1,200 British outlets.SOURCE
