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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Berek on February 14, 2008, 12:21:28 PM
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Just been on the news that the Stephen Lawrence Centre in London has been vadalised and 8 windows worth 15 grand EACH have been smashed !!
who the fuck thought it would be a wise thing to pay that amount of money on glass ?? and better still who paid for it ????
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I can beat that one, try £60,000 to rehome 4 NEWTS!!!
Cheshire County Council is calling for a review of EU legislation after being forced to spend £60,000 to move four newts from a school development site.
Great crested newts are an endangered species and are protected by EU law.
When four were found on land at Fallibroome High School, Macclesfield, they had to be trapped, moved and have a new pond built to house them.
Councillor Barrie Hardern called the £60,000 cost of the scheme before the school could build "ludicrous".
When the amphibians were found on the site where the school wanted to build new sports facilities and an extension a costly mitigation exercise had to be undertaken which meant a new habitat had to be built.
Natural England, the government body charged with protecting the newts said it is important to look after every colony no matter how small.
But Mr Harden said: "I find it extraordinary that the law requires public money to be spent at such a ludicrous level."
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Newts are lovely.
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they are too small to see though, I had some when I was a kid and needed a magnifying glass... whistle:
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they are too small to see though, I had some when I was a kid and needed a magnifying glass... whistle:
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Just been on the news that the Stephen Lawrence Centre in London has been vadalised and 8 windows worth 15 grand EACH have been smashed !!
who the fuck thought it would be a wise thing to pay that amount of money on glass ?? and better still who paid for it ????
This bit pissed me off tho! cussing:
Mr Livingstone said: "I am disgusted by this racist attack on the Stephen Lawrence Centre.
"This latest outrageous act of racism follows several others over the past few months on the centre.
Racist? How the fuck does he know - the police haven't even investigated it yet! Angry9: