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Legal aid and advice contacts for the UK If you're ever in trouble with the law in UK information is available to you from the 'Release' advice line on 020 7729 9904 (10am - 6pm Mondays to Fridays) or from their 'Emergency Helpline': 020 7603 8654 (at all other times).
Alternatively try you could try Tash's bust advice page:
here.
Other contacts include the following:
Tony Stoke
4 Clifton Road,
Kingston,
Surrey,
KT2 6PW,
UK.
Tel: 0208 549 4282 (after 5.30 - 0973 119 364)
Greg Powell
290 Kilburn High Rd,
London,
NW6 2DD,
UK.
Tel: 0207 624 8888 (after 5.30 - 01459 118 181)
The Johnson Partnership
Cannon Courtyard,
Long Row,
Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire,
NG1 6JE,
UK.
Tel: 0115 941 9141
Mike Shwartz
275 Greys Inn Rd,
London,
WC1X 8QF,
UK.
Tel: 0171 833 4433 (after 5.30 - 01459 136 205)
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Temporary Event Notices here are some basic guidance notes to help you fill in a Temporary Event Notice (TENs) if you choose to go down this route for any party you are throwing
the TENs has been designed as a 'soft-touch' license for small, one off events. Applying for one means that if things go badly wrong, the authorities will have your name. If your party is well organised, you shouldn't have anything to worry about and your party can't be stopped by the cops unless you are breaking the conditions in the TENs
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Temporary Event Notice Application Form*
(this may vary in your district / ward)
Application for a temporary event notice licence to be granted
under the Licensing Act 2003
CHECKLIST
Send two copies of this notice to the licensing authority for the area in which the premises are located
Send a copy of this notice to the chief officer of police for the area in which the premises are located
Send two copies of this notice to each additional licensing authority
If the premises are situated in one or more police areas, send a copy of this notice to each additional chief officer of police
Make or enclose payment of the fee of £21 for the application
Sign the declaration in Section 9 [/quote]
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Temporary Event Notice
Information on the Licensing Act 2003 is available on the website of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (http://www.culture.gov.uk/alcohol_and_entertainment/default.htm) or from your local licensing authority.
Before completing this notice please read the guidance notes at the end of the notice. If you are completing this notice by hand please write legibly in block capitals. In all cases ensure that your answers are inside the boxes and written or typed in black ink. Use additional sheets if necessary.
You should keep a copy of the completed notice for your records. You must send two copies of this notice to the licensing authority and an additional copy must be sent to the chief officer of police for the area in which the premises are situated. The licensing authority will endorse one of the two copies and return it to you as an acknowledgement of receipt.
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I, the proposed premises user, hereby give notice under section 100 of the Licensing Act 2003 of my proposal to carry on a temporary activity at the premises described below.
this is where you grit your teeth and commit to saying that you are confident that your party is well organised enough and that you and your crew (although ultimately, just you) are capable of remaining in control of the event
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Part 1 - The personal details of premises user (Please read note 1)
Title
Surname
Forenames
PREVIOUS NAMES (Please enter details of any previous names or maiden names, if applicable. Please continue on a separate sheet if necessary)
Title
Surname
Forenames
Your date of birth
Your place of birth
National Insurance Number
YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS (We will use this address to correspond with you unless you complete the separate correspondence box below)
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
E-Mail Address (optional)
we know where you live!
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Part 2 - The premises
Please give the address of the premises where you intend to carry on the licensable activities or if it has no address give a detailed description (including the Ordnance Survey references) - (Please read note 2)
for those to lazy to search, note 2 says
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"For the purposes of the Licensing Act 2003, “premises” means any place. Premises will therefore not always be a building with a formal address and postcode. Premises can include, for example, public parks, recreation grounds and private land".
so we're talking the exact location, nature and description of a piece of private land. get your self an Ordanance Survey map (from the local library?) and make sure you aren't pointing that 10K hooner at a farmhouse, retirement home, or at the home of a senior policeman, of course!
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If you intend to use only part of the premises at this address or intend to restrict the area to which this notice applies, please give a description and details below. (Please read note 3)
this is up to you to describe. Any natural boundary is helpful. Just don't be trampling in the neighbouring farmers fields looking for a quiet place to have a poo. how will you ensure this?
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Please describe the nature of the premises below. (Please read note 4)
ie. a field, a barn etc.
pubs, social clubs, village halls can also apply
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Note 4 says: A description of the nature of the premises assists the chief officer of police in deciding if any crime prevention issues are likely to arise. You should state clearly that the premises to be used are, for example, a public house, a restaurant, an open field, a village hall or a beer tent.
so, WHATEVER THE LOCATION, what measures do you have in place to allow emergency vehicle access? (in one instance we put up signs in narrow areas of the lane saying "no parking, emergency vehicle access only. We also sent sober stewards up the lane to check and occassionally stopped the music to bollock people who had ignored the signs, making sure they rectified the problem before the volume went up again... took 5 minutes)
Please describe the nature of the event below. (Please read note 5)
putting "AN ILLEGAL RAVE" won't help you one iota.
Note 5 says: A description of the nature of the event similarly assists the chief officer of police in making his decision whether or not to make an objection. You should state clearly that the event taking place at the premises would be, for example, a wedding with a pay bar, the supply of beer at a particular farmers’ market,
try "recorded music and dancing at private birthday celebration" or whatever is relevant to your party (leaving party, wedding party, beltane etc)
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Part 3 - The licensable activities
Please state the licensable activities that you intend to carry on at the premises (please mark an “X” next to the licensable activities you intend to carry on). (Please read note 6)
The sale by retail of alcohol
The supply of alcohol by or on behalf of a club to, or to the order of, a member of the club
The provision of regulated entertainment
The provision of late night refreshment
Please state the dates on which you intend to use these premises for licensable activities. (Please read note 7)
this should be straight forward
i haven't gone for a bar yet, but if you know a friendly publican or off license, there is scope to sell alcohol. we've only taken the hot food and drinks route thus far, but knock yourself out and come and tell us all how it went, bar-side
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Please state the times during the event period that you propose to carry on licensable activities (please give times in 24 hour clock). (Please read note 8)
you have 96 hours
I would recommend planning for setting up, testing out your equipment, the main event as well as packing up time.
you have 96 hours!
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Please state the maximum number of people at any one time that you intend to allow to be present at the premises during the times when you intend to carry on licensable activities, including any staff, organisers or performers. (Please read note 9)
don't know why they ask this, as the maximum is 499 (inc staff, performers and every other mutha etc)
you should have at least 1 steward to every 100 people at any one time. at least some of these should be trained in fire safety, first aid, security etc.
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If the licensable activities will include the supply of alcohol, please state ....
check your local form for more detail.. they are available free!
but you can sell / supply beer if you want to...
now you've completed your form, you want to check that it's accurate, because the declartion you will need to sign at the end goes like this
I understand that it is an offence:
(i) to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with this temporary event notice and that a person is liable on conviction for such an offence to a fine up to level 5 on the standard scale; and
(ii) to permit an unauthorised licensable activity to be carried on at any place and that a person is liable on conviction for any such offence to a fine not exceeding £20,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both
good luck and enjoy the party! :wink:
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UK : Scot: Ochone! Auld pair up before fiscal for naked hotel rampage.. penalty seems fair enough (they would not be poor to afford to attend such a hotel) but I pity any care home that might have to take these two in, unless they are given proper treatment to address their behaviour (or restricted from alcohol). it does perhaps also hint they were drinking on top of benzos or other meds that old people are regularly prescribed - in which case he should never have been driving to start with!
what I do find a bit unfair is every healthcare worker for 80-100 (myself included) must have a DBS check with England or Scotland that we are not criminals or violent - but its not (yet) required for residents!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-41122909
AU / DK : prince carded, refused entry from bar until diplomats intervene.. chap is 49, and would have been surrounded by foreign feds plus his family; should have been fairly obvious he wasn't an underage yobbo :D
just shows though how heavy the social control laws are getting these days..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41005510
UK : East : Cops, volunteer Ambulance service use "illegal rave" for training This of course wasn't a real rave/hall party, if you look in the photos of the news articles everyone there is way too old (the frightwig though isn't too far off some of the fashions I have seen :D)
On a serious note the Emergency Services regularly do hold exercises like this which is by and large a good thing, and its perfectly normal for them to try and base them on real life scenarios.
Alas it is not unusual for violence to break out at some of the raves/hall parties held in this region in recent times; nothing major compared to London or other big cities but still requiring investigation and treatment. As well as freakouts and OD's from NPS or party drugs, all of this has happened here in recent years.
Also in many rural areas the St Johns volunteers (who are well trained) can actually get to a remote location quicker than the main Ambulance service due to road congestion, local knowledge and often lack of available vehicles at Eastamb (who are already dealing with the casualties from the licensed premises..)
http://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/st-john-ambulance-holds-casualty-simulation-exercise-in-lowestoft-1-4956962
UK : East : Cops to focus on Ipswich following violent crime "spike". To be fair this is no worse than what it was like 11 years ago when I first moved here from SE England but I'm originally from London so have seen a lot worse. If anything the cops are doing a decent job of catching the people who are committing the worst offences, but more needs to be done to work out why it is happening.
I wouldn't say I'm more apprehensive of cycling around town which I do at all sorts of hours, but I generally avoid "talking to strangers" and ride at 20-30 km/h, which leaves a lot of potential trouble far behind in the distance. Traffic safety is far more of a concern to me than anything.
I don't go into town for "fun/leisure" any more since about 7 years and whilst I never felt specifically threatened always thought everyone in the town was on a "short fuse" (irrespective of whether they have anything to do with drugs/alcohol) and trouble could erupt at any moment.
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/police_to_focus_attention_on_ipswich_to_prevent_violent_crime_getting_out_of_hand_1_4920120
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/spate_of_violent_crimes_have_left_people_of_ipswich_apprehensive_about_walking_around_town_1_4920168
I read that most UK’s departements will be able to see your 12 past month Web History I read that most UK's departements will be able to see your 12 past month Web History.
That seems strange unless you didn't do a crime that private intrusion!!!
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Here's everyone who will be able to see your full internet history under 'Snooper's Charter' | ShortList Magazine
UK : NE : Ukelele or banjo used as weapon in North Yorkshire I wonder if the copper was leaning on a lamp post? :laugh_at:
Police and an ambulance crew were sent to the scene.
A 22-year-old man from the city centre has been arrested.
A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said the initial reports were that the attacker hit the victim in the face with a banjo, but a witness said he believed the attacker used a ukulele and a police source has now told The Press they are leaning towards believing it was a ukulele.
UPDATED: Man attacked with banjo or ukulele in York - suspect arrested (From York Press)
UK : East : Cops now using roadside drugs testing against ravers Interestingly by the sounds of it they didn't lock off the entire rave (which was fairly large) and there are few other news reports that it even happened.
There are many areas of Breckland (where Thetford Forest is) where there are few houses around and it is possible to make all sorts of noise without being noticed; however lots of these are still active MOD training areas (for the very same reason!) - and this particular area is very near a military training camp.
The times of the report to the Police hint that it wasn't the rave that might have been noticed but the behaviour of drivers trying to attend it.
Me and my friends have been personally advised (albeit 15 years ago) by Police officers from the Thames Valley Roads Policing (one of them later was commonly seen on the reality crime show "Road Wars") that raves themselves (provided they did not cause noise nuisance, pollution or damage) weren't as much of an issue in comparison to traffic offences such as DUI and other dangerous driving - which in fact harms far more young people (as well as risking innocent bystanders) than any drug use!
At The last EA rave I went to I saw a nasty RTC occur amongst people leaving (large SUV type vehicle lost control and rolled over) - this put me off going to them again. The vehicle driver and passengers all needed hospital treatment and one young woman suffered injuries that are likely to cause her chronic pain problems for years if not the rest of her life.
One problem with todays outdoor raves is they go on much longer on Sunday (the cops themselves admit the site was not clear by 19:30) - that isn't good as people are going to be even more sleep deprived and full of drugs (making driving home much more risky), previous ones started winding down around 10:00 and were voluntarily ended by about 12:00-13:00 on Sunday.
Also if the cops when they arrive see a rave standing down and clearing the site, many would prefer getting back to their families for Sunday dinner as opposed to working overtime locking off the event and seizing the rig (which requires extra units, paperwork etc). Cops like food (especially Norfolk ones from those I have seen over the years) :laugh_at:
another factor is there is a very high level of road traffic collisions across the region where young drivers and passengers have been killed or seriously injured. This is as much a fault of wider British society and our countrys poor transport infrastructure; reading between the lines also suggests that the cops had insufficient public order units to close down the rave "hard" and seize the rig but plenty of specialist traffic units (although what they did here seems fairer in the long run)
(this quote below is from Norfolk/Suffolk Constabulary combined press office)
25 August 2016
Three people who attended an unlicensed music event at Bodney, near Thetford, at the weekend have been arrested on suspicion of drug driving.
It follows an incident which happened on Sunday when police were called at 7.40am about suspicious activity at the location.
Officers arrived on scene to find an unlicensed music event which at its peak was attended by 500 people with 200 vehicles on site.
Police vehicles were used to close entrances to the site to prevent further vehicles from entering and the event was monitored throughout the day with the site cleared by 7.30pm.
A number of vehicles were stopped with drivers drug tested using roadside kits and three people were arrested on suspicion of drug driving.
Two men, aged 20 and 29, were questioned at Wymondham Police Investigation Centre and released on bail until 10 October while enquiries continue. A third man, aged 21, was arrested and questioned but released without charge.
Inspector Jon Chapman, from the Norfolk and Suffolk Roads Policing Unit, said the arrests served as a warning to people attending such events.
He said: "The event on Sunday was-well established by the time police became aware of it and measures were put in place to prevent it from escalating.
"A number of people driving home from the event were stopped by roads policing officers, concerned about the manner of driving and three people tested positive for drugs at the roadside.
"Driving under the influence of drugs or drink impairs your judgements and will make your reaction time slower, therefore increasing the chances of you becoming involved in a serious or fatal collision. We will pro-actively target such offences at these events.”
UK : SE : British cops experiment with mobile data in 1969! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0sOpqF1a7w
although it took until until 2005/6 the UK cops actually got anything like this in operational use; not only was tech like that way more expensive in 1969; the patrol car wouldn't go much faster than 50 km/h once it was weighed down with the extra equipment (on top of radio transmitters that still then used valves) and the data transmissions blew rude raspberries into the ears of the coppers using the telephone handset for voice radio comms on nearby frequencies :laugh_at:
UK : East : Suffolk’s crime rate rises at twice national average At first I thought the rise in reported sexual offences was caused by the historical investigations of the crimes of middle aged, affluent male celebrities, teachers and religious folk as Suffolk has always been a comfortable bolthole for these types - but the spike in incidents relates to urban Ipswich whereas richer people tend to settle in the semi rural Mid Suffolk district.
Allowing for the accidental double counting of crimes mentioned in the article (due to a change in the systems used to record them) I think the cops are to be fair telling the truth - Suffolk remains one of the safest bits of England to live in.
What i do also think is happening is a rise in crimes where the victims and offenders are both young, linked to the increasing use of digital devices. Its fairly obvious that during a bitter economic depression and rise in inequality which has gone on for some years robberies would increase when people openly use these high value items in the street; added to which arguments on social networks do often increasingly lead to real fights.
Young people need to make a Police report to make insurance claims, there is also a high level of Police monitoring of social networks here assisted by British Telecom at the world famous research centre, and more young people (compared with my generation) are prepared to report a crime to Police rather than try and take matters into their own hands.
This might not be a bad thing for overall public safety (rather than estates held to ransom by "gangs") but is not unrelated to the Snowden revelations; amongst many less tech aware young people they now genuinely think "the feds are all over Facebook etc and there is nothing we can do about it (as we don't want to give up using FB) so we may as well just try and behave/fit in with the system".
Suffolk?s recorded crime grew at twice the national rate - News - Ipswich Star
Can the police read private messages? Hey Peoples!
Just a quick question. So i was wondering how secure the private message function is on this website... So say if someone were saying something sensitive.... could that be.. intercepted by the police do you think?
Hmm
Paranoiaaa.. lol12
[username] is the POLICE, checking ALL messages and emails RIGHT NOW! Hi all ,
FOR REAL .....I suspect [username] is police or WORKS for them ...
To cover her tracks , she tried to divert attention away from her activities by picking on a 1 day newbie to this website ....
For years she has been getting info on all of u ......
This is SERIOUS !!!
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Lauri Love case: NCA’s legal backdoor for crypto keys bid rejected by judge The yanks are gonna be well pissed off that they couldn't get the British to force him to do something that would be a complete violation of his 6th amendment rights if he were actually in America. TBH, I was shocked enough when they threatened him with incarceration until he provided the decryption keys for his drives while suspected of no crime in the UK. Especially after what happened with Gary Mckinnon.
Lauri Love case: NCA?s legal backdoor for crypto keys bid rejected by judge | Ars Technica UK
