Statement from the North East EDL

Another North East demo over and we would like to thank everyone for showing their support yesterday, we had patriots travel 100's of miles from as far as London, Essex, Scotland etc... and it was great to see you all. A special thanks has to go to the people of Middlesbrough who came along and joined us plus shared their stories with us of how much the town has changed and how their concerns and complaints are mostly ignored by the authorities.

We would also like to thank the people who spoke at the protest point, and those 3 brave souls who shared their horrific stories about how they and the family have suffered horribly due to Muslims and Muslim grooming/raping gangs, i am sure anyone there who heard these brave people speak would have been moved and shocked at what they had to suffer at the hands of those vile creatures.
We would also like to thank both the police liaison officers who we worked alongside with, and also the police officers at the demo.

Our fight goes on and the next national demo will be at Batley in Yorkshire on Aug 9th. The NE EDL will be attending and a coach or two will be booked for anyone wanting to travel with us. We will release more details of this (cost/pick up points etc..) at a later date so drop us a message if you may be interested in joining us and putting your feet on the street. NS

Hundreds of EDL supporters march through Middlesbrough town centre

Roads around Middlesbrough were closed off while English Defence League supporters marched through the town centre

Almost 350 English Defence League (EDL) supporters marched through the streets of Middlesbrough today.

During the afternoon, EDL demonstrators had gathered in pubs along Corporation Road with the flag of St George a prominent symbol.

With a counter march taking place earlier in the day , over three hundred police officers from Cleveland, Northumbria and the British Transport Police forces carried out a meticulously planned handling of the demonstrations.

By 1.30pm, the roads along the march route had been closed off while the contained EDL contingent sang, “Whose streets? Our streets,” “England till I die,” and “We love you England we do”.

As the crowd set off, turning the corner from Corporation Road onto Albert Road, it wasn’t long before the singing was broken by the sound of a loud bang.

Police were forced to temporarily halt the march after the bang, from what appeared to have been a firework exploding, shocked many bystanders.

Seconds later, a second firework and a glass bottle were thrown from among the EDL crowd.

As it shattered on the footpath outside Middlesbrough Town Hall, at least one woman was injured and was sat at the road side being treated by an EDL first aider - her foot was bleeding.

Before the march, demonstrators had been warned that banners, flags and placards that might incite disorder would be banned along with anything that could be used to cause injury or damage.

Even so, some of the signs held by EDL supporters were openly hostile in their criticism of Islam.

One read: “Islam causes more deaths a day than cancer does.”

Further fireworks exploded as the procession turned onto Borough road.

As the procession passed some Asian men who were standing at the roadside, certain members of the EDL contingent began chanting “Scum, scum scum.”

Then, as the march turned onto Melrose Street, glass bottles and another firework were thrown in the direction of another group of Asian men, one of whom had a child on his shoulders.

Following this police moved the bystanders away from the march and the missiles which were still being thrown.

Mr Hussein, 37, of Southfield Road, was shocked and baffled by the march.

He said: “I’ve lived here all my life, we live a humble life.

“The people in Middlesbrough have never had these problems before and we don’t want them here now.”

Finally, the EDL supporters gathered outside Teesside Crown Court for speaches.

One speaker said: “When will the government admit that there’s an epidemic of child grooming happening right now.

“Street justice, street justice, is far worse than anything the government can do.”

Still on the issue of child grooming, a second speaker said: “Don’t say this is not a race issue.

“The peaceful majority are irrelevant.”

By the end of the day, two men had been arrested – one on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and one on suspicion for assaulting a police officer.

Gallery and video HERE

Shake-up of Middlesbrough Council procedures to tackle child sex exploitation

A “short, sharp” check of Middlesbrough Council procedures has been ordered in the fight against child sex exploitation in the town.

Better training for care home staff, foster carers and frontline council workers to spot the signs as well as asking the Government to make necessary a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) licence to operate a public hire vehicle of nine seats or more are among the recommendations.

The local authority’s community safety and leisure scrutiny panel investigated the issue and published their findings in a report.

It follows national publicity regarding the problem of child sex exploitation and the panel’s aim was to assess the extent of the problem in Middlesbrough, examine what services are in place to tackle this problem and what additional measures should be taken to combat it.

The recommendations also include: a “short, sharp” check of current council procedures against national guidelines and communications between licensing and safeguarding teams; Tees Strategic VEMT (Vulnerable, Exploited, Missing and Trafficked children group) to explore the improved sharing of information between the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board and health authorities; and increasing activities of Operation Safe to be considered.

Also, as a number of Middlesbrough’s secondary schools are now independently run academies, the panel asked the Children, Families and Learning Department to consider ensuring all schools are regularly reminded of the warning signs of CSE, pooling budgets between schools for training and finding a small amount of funding to provide trained counsellors for schools.

Read HERE

CCTV to help rape investigation

Police have released an image of a man they are keen to speak to in connection with a rape.

Police received the report last November that a 30-year-old woman was raped at a hotel in Seaton Burn.

The incident happened between 3am and 6am, on Sunday, November 10, in a room at the Holiday Inn, Seaton Burn.

Officers are keen to speak to the man in the CCTV, or anyone who recognises the man, as he may have vital information to assist with enquiries.

Detective Inspector Paul Race, from Northumbria Police's Rape Investigation Team, said: "We would ask anyone who recognises this man to contact police as he may be able to help with our investigation. We continue to support the victim and our officers are investigating all lines of enquiries."

Anyone who with information is asked to contact police on 101 ext 69191 or ring Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Police warning ahead of EDL march in Middlesbrough

Protesters have been warned anti-social or criminal behaviour at marches planned this weekend will be dealt with by police.

Almost 350 EDL supporters have said they will march through the streets of Middlesbrough on Saturday afternoon with more considering it.

There have been concerns they may try to march through some of the town’s ethnic minority areas, finishing at the war memorial on Linthorpe Road.

Counter demonstrations are also being planned by groups opposed to the EDL.

Now Cleveland Police has said while groups have the right to stage a peaceful protest, action would be taken if necessary.

A spokesman said officers had been working to ensure the event passed peacefully.
He urged marchers: “Please enjoy a peaceful event, respect the town and respect those who are going about their daily business."

Marchers were warned banners, flags and placards that might incite disorder would be banned along with anything that could be used to cause injury or damage.

Face coverings, masks and scarves if used to conceal someone’s identity are also banned and the distribution of leaflets in Middlesbrough town centre is prohibited.

The last demonstration by the EDL  which went through Middlesbrough town centre in 2011 passed off peacefully despite it being on the same day as a United Against Fascism march.

The police spokesman added: “We aim to use a proportionate number of police officers to ensure your protest remains peaceful and safe. We will however respond to any outbreaks of disorder.

“Middlesbrough is a town of peace - with your help and co-operation we can keep it that way.”

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DETAILS FOR EDL MIDDLESBROUGH DEMO 28TH JUNE 2014

Muster points:

Pig and Iron
37 Corporation Rd, Middlesbrough TS1 1LT
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The Central
39 Corporation Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 1LT
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Travel:
Those arriving by train should depart at Middlesbrough Station - Muster point is a 5 minute walk
Those arriving by bus should depart at Middlesbrough center terminus - Muster point is a 10 minute walk
Those arriving by coach should head to Albert Mews coach park,  TS1 1JL - Muster point is a 5 minute walk

Demo Info:
The March is scheduled to start at 2.00pm.
At the Demo there will be toilets available.
After the Demo you can go back to the pub for a drink before heading home.

Other:
There will be EDL stewards and police on duty throughout the day to direct you to our muster points and answer any questions you may have.
Thank you to everyone who attends for your support.

WHY WE ARE GOING TO MIDDLESBROUGH

"So long as the authorities put the sanctity of inanimate objects above the sanctity of young British girls, the EDL will never be far away."

Appeasement can, at times, be a tantalising fruit. So can wilful ignorance. It buys time, fends off criticism, preserves the status quo, and avoids upsetting those you fear. Neville Chamberlain was without a doubt the most notorious appeaser, and he is often lambasted with criticism for allowing Hitler to re-militarise and annex Germany’s periphery which ultimately led to the invasion of Poland and the start of World War Two. But his was a deliberate decision- a precise calculation. He was willing to allow the German military to mobilise along France’s border in the Rhineland, to annex the Czechoslovakian Sudetenland, and even to permit Germany to swallow entire countries whole as they did in the Austrian Anschluss- anything to avoid war. And therein lies the dilemma; do you placate your adversary by appeasing them, hoping that their inevitable actions are less severe than if you had not appeased them? Or do you push back- and in refusing to capitulate risk even greater retaliation?

In December of last year the Middlesbrough “Smoggies” drew 2-2 against Birmingham City. But the headline from the fixture had little to do with football- two Boro fans reportedly ripped up a Quran. Immediately, the Middlesbrough and Cleveland authorities snapped into action, launching a criminal investigation. Birmingham police described the act as a “hate crime”. The MFC supporter’s group quickly organised an anti-racism march. In February, one Middlesbrough ticket-holder was fined for the incident.

In the case of the Quran-desecrating football fan, the condemnation was firm, the police response swift, and the prosecution decisive. Teesside authorities made it abundantly clear that the disrespectful handling of the Muslim holy book (even though it was handed out by gate-side proselytisers{1}, and most recipients probably binned it shortly after it was foisted on them) is a top priority for them. Perhaps things were slow at the Teesside police headquarters in late 2013…

Except that they weren’t.

In November 2013, two men were convicted as part of a Muslim grooming gang in Middlesbrough and a third was found guilty the following February. The story played out as it has time and time and time again; Muslim men coordinated the luring-in of vulnerable young girls, plying them with favours, affection, drink and drugs- and then raped them savagely to the degree that the girls are now severely psychologically damaged.

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“The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six years….My mother, Um Ruman, came to me when I was playing in a swing with some of my girlfriends...She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house...Unexpectedly [Mohammed] came to me and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of age nine.” -Aisha{2}
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Cleveland police confirmed that it has a number of ongoing investigations into child grooming, and the children’s charity Barnardo’s has said that at least 160 girls are at risk. “This is not a one-off sexual abuse of a child within a family, we’re talking about groups of men who abuse young teenage girls…One thing I'm sure of is that the more proactively you go looking for it, you will find it.”{3}

Barnardo’s says that the Muslim grooming gang convicted recently was but the “tip of the iceberg” and that to think otherwise is “naive.” Why then, did Middlesbrough authorities essentially drop everything to investigate the petty offense of tearing up proselytising literature when a much larger crime was being committed en masse in the city? Could it be because the authorities are more concerned with placating the Muslim community than addressing the greater threat?
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“The apostle of Allah sent a military expedition to Awtas on the occasion of the battle of Hunain. They met their enemies and defeated them and took them captives. Some of the companions of the apostle of Allah were reluctant to have intercourse with the female captives in the presence of their husbands who were unbelievers. So Allah, the Exalted, sent down the Quranic verse, ‘And all married women are forbidden unto you save those captives whom your right hands possess.’” -Hadith Volume 2, 2150
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The English Defence League are going to Middlesbrough because we refuse to accept the appeasement that has allowed these vile acts to persist unimpeded. We refuse to turn a blind eye to egregious crimes while aggressively pursuing petty ones. We demand that authorities put their full effort toward stopping Muslim grooming gangs. Indeed, Middlesbrough has given us a shining example of doing what must be done in the face of a foreboding adversary. As we mark the 70th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, we are reminded of the steadfast courage shown by Middlesbrough native Stan Hollis, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his action during the landings.

Hollis’s medal citation reads;

“Wherever the fighting was heaviest...[CSM Hollis]...appeared, displaying the utmost gallantry....He saved the lives of many of his men.”{4}

Like Stan Hollis, we refuse to appease- we refuse to turn a blind eye. We will not overlook the scourge of Muslim grooming gangs so as to not upset a particular group of people. So long as authorities put the sanctity of inanimate objects above the sanctity of young British girls, the EDL will never be far away.

Citations;
1. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/28/football-fan-fined-ripping-up-quran-match-middlesbrough

2. http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/hadith/bukhari/058-sbt.php#005.058.234

3. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-25119285

4.http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/full-story-teesside-d-day-hero-7212264

For further reading on the problems in Middlesbrough, see the following links;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2648651/Husband-lured-wife-death-dressed-clothes-convince-family-friends-alive-jailed.html
http://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/muslim-arrested-in-london-on-his-way-to-kill-david-cameron/

Another Muslim charged in Operation Sanctuary

A man has been charged as part of Operation Sanctuary.

Randgar Salam Mohammad, 29, of Dean Road, South Shields, has been charged with two offences of sexual assault by touching and appeared at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court this morning, Monday, June 16.

He will next appear at Newcastle Crown Court on June 30. The charges relate to incidents in South Tyneside which happened on March 15 and May 5.

Read HERE

We say:
It is sickening for any decent person to read the extent of child abuse that is happening at the hands of muslim grooming gangs throughout the North East. For years we warned everyone who attended our 'meet and greets' that muslim grooming gangs were in action within the NE.
As details of these muslims are released it occurs to us that quite a few are from the South Shields area, and although we have held a regional demo there on a previous occasion we may be returning and holding another regional demo later in the year.
Details of our demo decision will be released at a later date.

View: The last time the EDL demonstrated in Middlesbrough

The Gazette reported yesterday how the English Defence League (EDL) is planning to demonstrate in Middlesbrough later this month.

Cleveland Police officers are currently in talks with a number of groups over plans by members from as far afield as London and Scotland to gather in the town on June 28.

About 250 EDL supporters have already confirmed they are attending on Facebook - with organisers saying full details of the demo will be released “at a later date”.

The last time the organisation marched through the town - shown in the gallery above - was in July 2011.

Around 500 EDL supporters took part.

They moved from Gurney Street along Corporation Road, Albert Road, Borough Road before finishing on the grassy area in front of Teesside Crown Court.

In a counter-demonstration, the Unite Against Fascism group marched from the cenotaph by Albert Park along Linthorpe Road and finished at the junction between Binns.

There, a United Colours of Middlesbrough carnival was held, organised by For People Not Profit and the North of England Refugee Service.

Cleveland Police said at the time that one person was arrested for a public order offence as a result of the two demonstrations.

Read HERE

Police in talks with EDL as plan to demo in Middlesbrough

A poor and lazy media article about our protest in Boro on the 28th. As usual we are called 'far right', 'racist' and have no say whatsoever. The reporter states that 'the EDL could not be contacted for comment', that alone is a lie as it was us who contacted them to make them aware that we were holding a demo in Boro.
Anyway here is the shambles of a report wrote by the Northern Echo.....

POLICE are in talks with far-right activists over plans for hundreds of marchers to take to the streets of Teesside at the end of the month.

Members of the English Defence League (EDL) from as far afield as London and Scotland are planning to gather in Middlesbrough on June 28.

About 250 EDL supporters have already confirmed they are attending on Facebook, with organisers saying full details of the demo will be released "at a later date".

It is understood they may try to march through some of Middlesbrough's ethnic minority areas, finishing at the war memorial.

Counter demonstrations are also being planned by groups opposed to the EDL.

This evening (Tuesday) Cleveland Police said an EDL representative had contacted the force, but stressed no firm plans had been put in place.

"Groups have a lawful right to gather or protest in a peaceful manner and Cleveland Police will plan for and try to facilitate such events," said Supt Mark Thornton. "We are aware that other groups have expressed their intention to gather and express their own views that day however, as yet, no representatives have come forward to give police a clear indication of their intentions for that day.

"Finally we are in contact with a number of community groups from across Middlesbrough to reassure them of our commitment to the day passing off peacefully, without incident, and with minimal disruption to residents of and visitors to Middlesbrough.

"I would stress that anyone coming to Cleveland with the intention of taking part in anti-social or criminal behaviour will be dealt with robustly."

While the EDL could not be contacted for comment, John Bloom, a spokesman for Teesside Solidarity Movement, said he wanted to ask the "real decent people" of Middlesbrough and Teesside to stand side by side in solidarity against the organisation.

"Let us show those who want to divide us by race and colour that we will have none of it," he said.

"Ours will not be an angry mob like theirs, but a celebration together of what is good about Teesside folk, standing together against the racism. We need to get out in numbers, sing, dance, march, ignore them and unify ourselves together.

"We are all colours and creeds together, just Boro folk trying to get along and make a life together.

"Middlesbrough is a town that was built by incomers, the Irish who built the docks, the Scots who came to work at the steelworks, the West Indians and Asians who came to work in our health service.

"On the 70th anniversary of the D Day Landings we were reminded of the price that we pay when we allow people to try to set us apart from each other by race and religion. Never again."

He said the details of the solidarity parade were being finalised

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Sunderland woman burned, stabbed and bit children

A WOMAN who rubbed chilli into a schoolgirl’s eyes and private parts has been put behind bars.

Rahma Sultana carried out a campaign of sickening violence on two victims, who have been left scarred for life.
Newcastle Crown Court heard one girl was burnt with hair straighteners, bitten on the hands, hit over the head with a glass bottle, had chilli powder rubbed in her eyes and fresh chilli rubbed into her private parts.

A second, younger girl was stabbed with a pen, bitten, burnt with straighteners and punched.

Judge Simon Hickey said the brutal behaviour was “inexcusable” as he sentenced Sultana to two and a half years behind bars for child cruelty.

Sultana, 35, of Killingworth Drive, Sunderland, had denied child cruelty but was found guilty after a trial.

Her denials meant the scared victims had to relive their ordeal from the witness box and be branded liars.

The judge added: “Those children were called, effectively, liars and that they had fabricated their accounts when quite the reverse was true, it was you who was the liar.

“In my judgment you are a manipulative, devious woman. You never owned up to what you should have done, and you put those children through the second ordeal of giving evidence.”

The court heard both girls have been left with permanent scars on their bodies.

One medic said in a statement: “Unfortunately, the scars are permanent and a reminder of this ill treatment.”

Sultana was arrested when the older victim told a member of staff at her school what had been going on.

Prosecutor Katherine Dunn told the court the victim spoke about incidents of physical abuse and the fact she had chillies rubbed into her eyes.

Miss Dunn said there were incidents when the victim was slapped, had a fresh chilli held against her private parts and had her hands bitten and hair pulled.

Both girls bravely detailed their ordeals to police.

The second youngster told how during the assaults she would be stabbed with a pen.

Miss Dunn said the girl revealed Sultana would break the skin and move the pen around, leaving numerous scars across her shoulder blades.

When Sultana was confronted by officials over what she had done she “wailed and prayed”.

Tom Moran, defending, said Sultana had hoped to become a doctor.

References to the court from members of her local community, including the Sunderland Bangladeshi Centre manager, spoke of her being highly thought of and “polite and courteous”.

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Another attempted abduction/rape in Newcastle

The following statement is being post on facebook by the boyfriend of the young lady who was attacked.

"This is my girlfriends neck, after someone Attacked her in Newcastle a few days back. ...

This is not a sympathy post, simply an 'awareness' post to let any ladies who may be out alone to please be VERY careful, especially in the Ouseburn area of Byker, Newcastle and surrounding parts.

The attack happened about 6:10pm on Thursday evening as She was grabbed by the neck, dragged up some stairs and nearly led to somewhere out of sight.

The attacker was a MALE, Black, 6ft 2 with beard. Navy blue hoody, right ear pierced and yellow and black trainers.

Thankfully, this incident was stopped before anything seriously drastic happened but it was heading that way. Please share this post to raise awareness of the cowards and scum that are around 

Very shook up and upset, please be careful all you young ladies who may walking out alone."

Men jailed for EDL bomb plot challenge sentences

Six men jailed for planning to bomb an English Defence League rally are challenging their jail terms, saying they were treated more harshly than non-Muslim extremists.

The West Midlands men were jailed for between 18 and 20 years for plans related to the June 2012 rally, in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

The men are Omar Khan, Jewel Uddin, Zohaib Ahmed, Mohammed Hasseen, Anzal Hussain and Mohammed Saud

They were sentenced in June last year.
Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC carried out the sentencing at the Old Bailey.

Five of the men had taken a bomb, knives and sawn off shotguns to the rally in June 2012 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
The case raises the issue of what some lawyers have called a "Muslim surcharge" on sentences for this type of offence.

Khan, Uddin and Ahmed were sentenced to 19-and-a-half years in prison.
Hasseen, Hussain and Saud were given 18 years and nine months.

All of the men received an extra five-year extension to their terms "on licence".

These were what are known as "extended sentences", which means that the men will serve at least two thirds of their principal sentence in prison.

Once they are released, they remain on licence for the remainder of their prison sentence, and for the licence period.

However, the BBC has learnt that the men's lawyers will argue that comparisons with prison terms given to non-Muslims found guilty of similar offences shows a persistent pattern of much lower sentences.

Read more HERE

Muslim Rapist Hassan Akhtar and accomplice get 21 years in prison

Muslim Rapist Hassan Akhtar has been jailed for 13 years while the sick accomplice, who set up the attacks on a vulnerable girl to help pay her rent, got eight years.

Muriel Coleman facilitated repeated rapes on the girl after falling more than £1,000 behind on her rent, which she owed to Akhtar’s uncle.

Akhtar was convicted of four counts of rape and one attempted rape after jurors returned unanimous verdicts on each count.

The 37-year-old repeatedly raped the teenager at a flat in County Durham and at his home in Northgate, Stanley, when his wife was either visiting a mosque or relatives in Pakistan.

His accomplice, Coleman, who told a “pack of lies” during police interviews, initially denied it was her who helped him seek out the girl.

But she admitted two counts of assisting or encouraging the rape of a young woman.

Jailing the pair at Newcastle Crown Court, Judge Simon Hickey told Coleman: “You exploited her, facilitating these awful acts against her.

“The answer as to why you would do that was provided in the trial. You were in debt and the need for money reveals why you allowed (the girl) to be abused in this way.”

Muriel Coleman, who appeared at Durham Crown Court.Muriel Coleman, who appeared at Durham Crown Court.
Because Akhtar denied the charges, his victim was forced to give evidence.

She told the jury how she had kicked, punched and slapped Akhtar but he did not stop his assaults, instead telling her to “shut up” and that “men liked it”.

She also told how she felt pressured to walk two steps behind him so as not to rouse suspicion.

Akhtar attempted to bribe her by offering to buy her a puppy and claiming he would help her with her future career.

The teenager said the rapes were painful and made her angry but she felt powerless to stop Akhtar as she feared he would hit her.

“I must admit I was a bit scared that he might hit me for telling,” she said.

She added: “He started doing things that I didn’t like and he wouldn’t stop.”

The court heard Coleman rented a flat from Akhtar’s uncle and had not paid her rent for four months and owed £1,190 when the offences came to light in March 2013.

Coleman, 50, of Church Square, Brandon, County Durham, claimed she was in “zombie mode” when she took part in the sickening offences.

During the trial Akhtar attempted to blame Coleman, claiming the pair had a consensual sexual relationship – something Coleman denies – and that she turned nasty when he refused to loan her money.

John Wilkinson, for dad-of-three Akthar, said he maintains his denials and that his wife continues to support him.

Jonathan Devlin, for Coleman, said she was “hopelessly inadequate” and wished she had prevented what happened to the victim.

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NE EDL Angel reports poppy wreaths dumped in Sunderland park

One of our own NE EDL Angels came across poppy wreaths dumped in a Sunderland park, she immediately took photo's and shared them with the other members of the EDL. She then contacted the media whilst others emailed Sunderland council to vent their disgust. Sunderland Echo has reported the story (see below) and we will update you with any reply received from Sunderland council.

FAMILIES of Sunderland’s war dead demanded an apology after council workers left poppy wreaths dumped in the corner of a park just hours before D-Day.

The wreaths, along with wooden crosses, taken from Mowbray Park’s War Memorial, were left outside a council gardening depot along with grass and hedge cuttings close to the Toward Road entrance.

Parents walking to the nearby play area were shocked to see the poppy wreaths left upside down on the ground.

While council bosses today said the poppies had only been removed temporarily to a council depot to allow for regular maintenance work, others have criticised the lack of respect shown during the clean-up.

Janice Murray, mum of Private Michael Tench, who died at the age of 18 in Iraq in 2007 while serving in The Light Infantry, said she had been left disgusted at the way the wreaths had been treated.

Private Tench’s name is among those listed on the war memorial wall at the park.

She said: “This is total disrespect. I’m absolutely furious and sickened.

“Even if workers are cleaning the area, they should have been courteous of the wreaths and crosses.

“Not even a child would heap them in with the waste.

“People travel far and wide to lay wreaths and crosses in the sacred area next to our memorial wall.

“They may be gone but should still be treated with dignity and respect.

“There should be a huge apology from whoever has done this. As for cleaning this area, it should be passed on to people that have respect for our fallen.

“Shame on the people or person responsible for this, I’m totally disgusted.”

Pictures of the scattered poppies were also posted across Facebook.

One comment said: “To see this makes me fume and cry at the same time.”

Another stated: “Surely they could have stored them in a more respectful way.”

Graham Hall, chairman of Sunderland’s Armed Forces Network, said: “I was contacted by a member of one of the families who had lost their son in a recent conflict.

“I went down to the Cenotaph to find many of the wreaths had been moved and later found them in the gardening staff yard.

“After returning yesterday morning, it has been explained to me that many of the wreaths had been removed because of the poor condition that they were in and those suitable were to be returned to the memorial.

“Unfortunately, they were stored outside in public view which may have given the impression of them being put with the waste.

“A lot of the wooden crosses which are made of balsa wood were rotten with all the personal details erased. It is normal throughout the year to remove wreaths that have suffered due to severe weather. Some wreaths have been returned but the badly damaged ones have been removed.

“Some personal photos were recovered from the wreaths by the park staff and I will be returning them to the families.

“It is unfortunate that the wreaths were left outside, as opposed to being stored inside which normally happens during this process, which may have seen to be disrespectful.

“But after talking to the staff and seeing those wreaths which were beyond repair, I’m convinced that the staff acted with the best intentions in wishing the memorial to be in the best condition for D-Day.

“I have spoken to the parks management and I will be working with them to adopt a new removal protocol so there is not a reoccurrence of this situation.

“In my opinion, there was no malice or disrespect intended and the staff have apologised and asked me to convey those apologies to the families and the armed forces community should any offence or upset have been caused.”

Councillor Paul Watson, leader of Sunderland city, said: “Poppy wreaths were temporarily removed from Burdon Road War Memorial to allow regular maintenance work.

“We are in regular contact with families and veterans groups concerned throughout the removal, storage and reinstatement of wreaths.”

 Read HERE

New move to close down Boosbeck Halal slaughterhouse

Motion to be tabled at Redcar and Cleveland Council planning meeting to "discontinue use" of Banaras Halal Meats abattoir in East Cleveland.

A new move to close down a Boosbeck abattoir is set to be put before councillors.

Councillor Dave Williams will table a motion to discontinue operations at the Banaras Halal Meats (BHM) slaughterhouse in Boosbeck, at Thursday’s regulatory committee meeting.

The £3m slaughterhouse has faced major opposition from locals after plans were unveiled in 2011 to revive the dormant facility.

Despite a two-year court battle, the site began operating last February.

Cllr Williams, an independent who represents the Westworth ward, said: “I am putting forward a Section 102 discontinuation of use order.

“The abattoir has been a nightmare for local people, the noise, the smell, the traffic.
"I’m getting calls as a councillor at 3am to 4am in the morning with complaints.
“Once I have tabled the motion, the planning committee will then discuss it and if they agree it will go to the Secretary of State for a decision.
"They are very rare - as far as I can see, there are only three or four that have been granted in the last ten years or so.
“It has been difficult to get this far - now I have the chance to argue the case.”

Helen McLuckie, Redcar and Cleveland Council’s cabinet member for highways, planning and transport, said: “Legal and planning officers have explored the issues surrounding the legislation and a motion will be considered by the regulatory committee on Thursday.”

Dozens of Boosbeck villagers are expected to attend the meeting, to be held at 10am at the new Redcar civic Heart building.

Resident Neville Brown, who lives on Oxford Street, close to the abattoir, said: “We have been battling for two-and-a-half years to get the council to listen to us and it has taken that time to get a motion before the planning committee.

“It will ask the council to discontinue use of the abattoir because of the affect it has been having on residents' lives.

“It is a 24-hour operation.
"The noise has been keeping people up at night.
"It has been a nightmare living with it in the village.”

Responding to complaints, Cllr McLuckie continued: “Planning enforcement and environmental protection teams have investigated a number of complaints but there is no evidence a statutory nuisance has occurred.”

Nobody at Banaras Halal Meats was available for comment.

Source: HERE

Hundreds of illegals demand the French send them to Great Britain

HUNDREDS of migrants in Calais have written to the French authorities demanding to be allowed to travel to Britain “as soon as possible”.

Until they are allowed into the UK, they say, they should be given houses in Calais and freedom from police checks.

Their demands follow the bulldozing of three illegal camps in the Channel port town on Wednesday.

A group representing more than 1,000 migrants still living rough in the area has handed an open letter to Denis Robin, the local prefect, containing a series of “demands” to help speed their passage to the UK.

Besides being given “houses in Calais with respectable hygiene, freedom from police checks, and three meals a day”, the migrants also want “negotiations between France and the United Kingdom” to ensure their arrival in Britain as soon as possible.

“We do not want to live like animals but as normal human beings,” the letter says, stating they want “access to decent living conditions regardless of whether we are documented or not”. Last night one migrant, Younes Sajadi, said: “This would be a sensible solution to our situation. We will never give up on our ambitions to get to Britain and so everybody would benefit if we could go there as soon as possible.”

The migrants mainly come from such war-torn countries as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Eritrea.

Once in Britain they will claim asylum and all the social security and other benefits that entails. Such hospitality is not easily available in France which is why the migrants continually try to sneak aboard lorries heading here. A Sudanese migrant was killed a week ago after ­trying to conceal himself under a British coach in a supermarket carpark.

Calais Mayor Natacha Bouchart has long argued that Britain’s “generous welfare system” is the real cause of the migrant crisis in her town. M. Robin confirmed “negotiations” would continue with the migrants and the British authorities but said EU law stopped France letting undocumented foreigners make their way to the UK without checks.

Since the camps were destroyed many migrants have been wandering around the town. Police have been conducting a “no arrests” policy but that will change as the ­authorities try to stop more camps springing up. A Calais police spokesman said: “We are attempting to keep migrants away from the port area and to disperse them.”

M. Robin said an outbreak of highly-contagious scabies, a skin disease caused by mites, was the principal reason for destroying the camps but he also wanted to stop “build-ups” of migrants near the port.

As well as the “deplorable hygiene” conditions, Mr Robin said many of the migrants were “at the mercy of people smugglers”. About 70 younger migrants considered to be “vulnerable” have been relocated to a holiday camp 40 miles from Calais but they will be allowed to stay for only a few days.

Aid organisations said that dozens of migrants had made last-ditch attempts to get across the Channel during the past few days after being warned of the impending police operation.

Jean-Claude Lenoir, of the migrant support group Salam, said: “As if the situation is not tragic enough, these expulsions are leaving immigrants with nowhere to go.”

Read HERE

Easy Meat

Teenage girl victim of grooming gang ‘raped by 30 men in just six hours including father and schoolboy son’
Rochdale, Birmingham, Newcastle, Sheffield, Derby, Peterborough, Oxford, the list of of cities with grooming gangs grows and grows… For too long the fear of being branded racist has prevented police and social services from investigating these crimes.

We watched the lengthening list of cities and decided that something had to be done. That the police had to stop pretending there wasn’t a problem and DO something. Did they? No. It was easier to call us racist than admit we were right. It’s always been the coward’s way of responding to an argument against which you have no defence – demonise your opponent – call them ‘bigots’ and ‘fascists’, label them ‘far right’ and, when all else fails, call them ‘islamophobes’. But calling us names, shouting us down at demonstrations, disrupting our protests with union-supported gangs of left-wing thugs did not make the problem go away, any more than communist agitators calling UKIP fascist will make the immigration problem go away.

We didn’t go away either. Year after year, faithful supporters, patriots, liberals, gave up their free time, dug deep in their pockets for expensive rail and bus tickets and joined us on the streets up and down the country. We kept up our protests, we refused to be silent and fortunately someone looked a little further than the far-left propaganda and listened …

“None of the official accounts of how the nation woke up to the grooming gang phenomenon mention the effect of the EDL, but it is clear that the EDL were protesting about this issue throughout 2010.

On 3 August 2010, the local Blackpool newspaper reported that “more than 150 members of the English Defence League (EDL), which exists to shun Islam, protested on St Chad’s Headland, in South Shore – claiming to be demonstrating for justice for missing schoolgirl Charlene Downes.”

By May 2011, the EDL had held three demonstrations in Blackpool, focussing on the case of Charlene Downes in particular, but also with reference to the wider problem concerning Muslim grooming gangs. The third EDL demonstration in Blackpool had over 2000 EDL protesters present.

Between the EDL’s first demonstration about Muslim grooming gangs in Blackpool in 2010 and their third demonstration in 2011 Andrew Norfolk began to report on the grooming gangs (after a long period where we can find very little from him on this issue).

It is hard to establish whether the EDL were the cause of this turnaround, but certainly they were campaigning very visibly on this issue in the months before Norfolk wrote an article in The Times attributed with transforming the attitude of politicians and child-care professionals.“

This country seems to be slowly turning the corner and finally, finally, investigations have started and prosecutions have followed; a few prosecutions have followed. Too few.

This is not about race (the children raped can as easily be Asian as any other race), it is about children being abused, our children, and it must be stopped. The police, social services, councils, politicians, must stop hiding behind their walls of political correctness. They must stop refusing to take action in the interests of ‘community cohesion. Until they do, we will continue our protests because we know that where the police don’t succeed, and though they would never dream of admitting it, our demonstrations do. And if the police think that providing protection for our peaceful protesters is too expensive, maybe they should consider the fact that their cowardice is one of the main reasons why we have to demonstrate in the first place.

We are the EDL and we will not be silent. Join us, they are your children too.

Please have a read...

Easy Meat” – Multiculturalism, Islam and Child Sex Slavery

Newcastle cracks down on grooming

From the BBC News website:

'Complaints about the sexual abuse of girls and vulnerable women in Newcastle has led to one of the UK's largest ever investigations into grooming.

The work of Operation Sanctuary has led to 91 arrests in five months. Fourteen men have been charged so far, with around 80 possible victims identified.

Jeremy Cooke spent a day with SCARPA, a charity working with young people in the area at risk from grooming. None of the young people in the report are linked to the on-going investigation.'


You can read the report and view the video HERE

WE SAY
We at the North East English Defence League believe that this unexpected BBC report has only been released to calm the high tensions within the West End of Newcastle. It will also be due to our ongoing threat to flash protest the immediate area where the grooming, drugging and rape of our children is still taking place.

Recently we announced that a regional EDL demo would take place in the west end of Newcastle where these horrific crimes are taking place, we notified the police and followed all rules required by law for such a protest to take place. After 5 weeks of negotiations with the police they unexpectedly released a press statement that we would NOT be allowed to stage any protest unless it was in the city center.
What Northumbria police did that day by banning us from our chosen destination was illegal and proved to us and others that the West End of Newcastle is a 'no go' area where Muslim grooming gangs are free to roam and do as they please.

We have notified Northumbria police that we will NOT be silenced and we WILL be heard and seen within the west end of Newcastle soon, we will not go away and we will protest either with or without their consent.

Flasher jailed after exposing himself in toilets of Newcastle casino

Adrian Dumitru jailed for fourteen weeks after he followed a woman into the toilets at Newcastle's Grosvenor Casino

A revolting flasher lurking in the ladies of a North casino left a young woman terrified as he dropped his trousers and crept up behind her.

Adrian Dumitru waited for his victim outside her cubicle before exposing himself and performing a sex act as she washed her hands.

The 25-year-old of Hampstead Road, WEST END of Newcastle, had followed the woman into the toilets at the city’s Grosvenor Casino in the early hours of December 30.

Despite her calmly telling him he was in the wrong toilet he exposed himself.

Jailing him for 14 weeks at North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court magistrates, chair of the bench, Ann Hill, said: “You still to this day don’t accept the sexual gratification of this action. In fact you find the whole thing rather humorous and maintained your innocence until the morning of the trial.”

The case was explained to Dumitru, who is married, through a Romanian interpreter and at an earlier hearing he had pleaded guilty to one charge of exposure.

The court was told how he had been in the casino and at 4.30am had followed the lone woman into the female toilets.

She saw a shadow emerge on the other side of the cubicle and then to wash her hands.

Prosecutor Claire Thomasson, said: “She went to the wash basin and washed her hands and became aware of the defendant coming out of a female toilet cubicle. She described his trousers down and his hands around his groin area. She states she got a fright but immediately informed the male that he was in the female toilets and he replied ‘sorry, no problem’.”

But he left his trousers down and started to touch himself.

Ms Thomasson added: “She was shocked and frightened about what was going to happen next. The defendant approached her. She knew he was standing behind her and at that point she was extremely frightened.”

He then moved to the side of her and she was able to leave the toilets and call staff, who called the police.

Defending, Alana Wesencraft said: “He doesn’t accept absolutely everything that has been said by the prosecution. I would respectfully submit that it’s not something sinister - he has a version of events.”

She also asked the bench to consider not sending him to prison and to avoid a punishment that would involve him signing the sex offenders register for the impact that it would have on his family.

During the hearing friends in the public gallery LAUGHED as details emerged.
Dumitru was jailed and ordered to pay £250 to his victim.

Evening Chronicle report: HERE