‘Alarming’ rise in drugs cocktails BBC News
A study into ecstasy use across Devon and Cornwall has found an increasing number of users also take other hard drugs such as cocaine and amphetamines.
Eight out of 10 people who took part in the survey said they indulged in chemical cocktails for their kicks.
And nearly 75% were using ecstasy weekly, fortnightly or monthly - taking between four and five pills in a typical 24-hour session.
The study was carried out by researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth.
They toured pubs and clubs in the two counties and spoke to 400 ecstasy users.
Police 'concern'
Researcher Tobit Emmens, said: "I think that the extent of use is alarming in the amount of other drugs that are being used.
"We have a youth culture now where drug use is considered acceptable, and possibly even normal.
"What we are getting now is people using a whole lot of stuff together."
He added that the report highlighted the easy availability of drugs.
Detective Chief Inspector Andy Lucock from Devon and Cornwall Police, said: "We are concerned by the findings.
"Our hope is that the research will help people in the criminal justice system - and all other agencies working with drugs users - to provide an enhanced focus to drugs education."
Maui police seek help Honolulu Star-Bulletin
WAIHEE - After a Lahaina teenager was injured seriously in a fight at a huge party last week, Maui police are asking for the public's help in locating "rave" parties where hundreds of people gather and may be involved in illegal activities.
Police said they were called late Friday night to investigate a party at a Kohomua Street home and discovered about 200 people at the party. Portable toilets had been set up to accommodate the large crowd, police said.
"It was a very, very ugly scene," said Capt. George Fontaine, who heads the Wailuku Patrol District.
Police said the teenager suffered head injuries. He was in stable condition at Maui Memorial Medical Center, according to a nursing supervisor.
A 24-year-old Wailuku man, suspected of injuring the teenager, was arrested, said Maui police Lt. Glenn Cuomo.
Cuomo said detectives are continuing to talk to witnesses as they investigate what happened.
Fontaine said officers from Kihei and other districts had to be called to help Wailuku officers in handling the large crowd.
Police are considering the investigation as a riot case, which can result in charges when five or more people are involved in disorderly conduct with the intention of committing a felony.
Fontaine said the fight underscores the problems associated with "rave" parties that are being held throughout the island. The parties involve hundreds of youths, drinking alcohol and using illegal drugs.
He said police need the public's help in locating such gatherings, which may be in remote areas or neighborhoods.
Anyone who sees large groups of young people congregating and suspects illegal activity should call police, he said.
Fontaine stressed that officers don't want to stop residents from having parties to socialize, but he wants police to be alerted to events that appear out of the ordinary or illegal.
"We don't mind coming by and checking it out to see what's going on," Fontaine said, adding that had police been notified, the Lahaina teen's injuries may have been prevented.
"We could have gone out there early on and had a presence there," Fontaine said.
Giant gates bar raves BBC News
Three sets of gates have been put up in an attempt to stop illegal raves on three commons in Somerset.
The gates were installed at a cost of £5,000.
The road entrances to Steart Common, Wall Common, and Catsford Common, near Hinkley Point, are now subject to controlled access.
West Somerset District Council led the campaign for the gates, working in partnership with the Environment Agency and the police.
A council spokesperson said: "These gates will prevent vehicular access to the commons and should therefore resolve the problem by deterring would-be ravegoers."
Rave noise upsets villagers EDP24
March 10, 2003 07:00
All-night ravers partying in a field prompted complaints from people in a village near Norwich at the weekend.
Villagers at Rackheath complained to police about noise and disruption caused by the illegal rave at a landfill site on Salhouse Road from Saturday evening.
One householder, who asked not to be named, said the "dull bass thud" from music could be heard until 11am yesterday. Youngsters attending the party were stopping cars to give details of where it was being staged, including vehicles driven by people from the village who were trying to drive to or from their homes.
A police spokesman confirmed they had received a number of calls about the event, which petered out late yesterday morning.
Details were also passed to Broadland District Council's environmental health department.
another free party FREE PARTY Friday 18th April 2003 @ The Princess Charlotte, oxford st Leicester. The babble rabble will be providing groovin house 9pm - 2am in the main room; April Foolishness will abound upstairs with sets from the Under-Cider, Lobsterfari and friends.strangeness dubness and hip hop... Doji are planning a little something for afterwards too ;-).think free warehouse party near by....more details @ www.babble.org.uk
Psy Trance in the woods…Sat 5th April Fushion Soundsystem out in a nice woodland location s/se
Psy-trance/dub/breaks n beats/& more
Call 079 79 09 4665 after 10.30pm Sat
need space for bus a in london my girlfreind and kids have just exchanged for a flat in west london .
i need a nice family site or place to park up my bus nearby. ive been parked up by a cannal in the midlands for a few yearsIf and have lost contact with most of the traveller community (trying to stay clear of you know what!).If anyone can help
please mail me. bizz
bizzcuit@jedimasters.co.uk
Chichime Vs Psygate 26th of April 2003 at The Fridge! Chichime Vs Psygate
Saturday 26 April 2003
10.00pm – 06.00am
@ The Brixton Fridge
Town Hall Parade, SW9
London
THE PSYCHEDELIC TEMPLE:
Full On Psychedelic Trance…
PHIL CHICHIME
FORTU
Chichime
KRISTIAN
www.transient.com
Growling Mad Scientists
Aka
Gms
(Live On Stage)!!!
www.spunrecords.org
www.tipworld.co.uk
- Spain – Ibiza -
RIKTAM & BANSI BABK TO BACK DJ SET!!!
GMS - Spun Records Uk – Spain
www.psygate.co.uk
Second Room: Chillout
Crew:
Arc-I & Effects – The Sound Man – Headfunk Pyro Circus
– Kwalilox & Stef-
SATURDAY 26 APRIL 2003
BLAST OFF: 10.00 PM
RE-ENTRY: 06.00 AM
@ The Brixton Fridge
www.psygate.co.uk
info@psygate.co.uk
www.chichime.co.uk
info@chichime.co.uk
First 200 Tickets @ £ 10 + b/f from:
www.therecordbox.com
0207 733 22 80
www.accessallareas.org
0207 267 83 20
London Outlets:
Psychedelic Dream Temple (Camden Market) 0207 267 85 28
Access All Areas (117 Kentish Town Road) 0207 267 83 20
Cyberdog (Camden Market) 0207 482 28 42
Cyberdog (Covent Garden) 0207 836 78 55
Silverback Records (40 Bloomsbury Way WC1) 0207 404 94 56
Difjuzen (195 Portobello Road) 07973 906 972
Contacts:
Psygate: 0044 (0) 208 365 89 18 (Tel&Fax)
Chichime : 0044 (0) 7944 933 762
Anastasia: 0044 (0) 7775 88 21 36 (Guest List & Concessions)
www.psygate.co.uk
info@psygate.co.uk
anastasia@psygate.co.uk
(Guest List & Concessions)
www.chichime.co.uk
info@chichime.co.uk
Forthcoming:
Next Chichime:
Saturday 07 June 2003 @ EQ
Next Recoverworld :
Saturday 07 June @ The Coronet Cinema
Next Antiworld :
Friday 16 May = Trance Generators Launch @ The Fridge
And
Break The System Down @ The Fridge Saturday 31 May
See you in The Dance Floors
The Crew!!!!
PEACE & LOVE
THE CHICHIME & PSYGATE CREW!”!”!
Antiworld presents “Neverland” 12th April at The Fridge!!! Antiworld Present:
Neverland !!!
“THE THIRD BIRTHDAY SPECTACULAR SHOW
Saturday 12 April 2003 :
@ The Brixton Fridge!”!”!
10.00 pm – 06.00 am
1 Town Hall Parade
Brixton – SW9
London
The Antiworld Theatre:
The Techno-Trance Arena!!!
Peace
(Antiworld – Recoverworld)
Nick Sentience
Rare Techno Set!!!
(Frantic – Nukleuz)
Nuw Idol (Live On Stage)!”!”!
(Well-Wicked Records)
UK!”!”!
Paul Gaarn Dj Set
(Recoverworld – Antiworld)
Hypetraxx (Live On Stage)!”!”!
(Overdose Records)
Germany!”!”!
E-303 Vs Fabry
(Antiworld – Recoverworld)
Smashing Guys (Live On Stage)!”!”!
“UK DEBUT”
(Wicked Records – Italy)
Beamish Vs Chris Liberator
(Antiworld – Teknoworld)
-Mesh Records – Maximum Minimum!!!!
The Second Room:
A Full-On Techno & Psychedelic Trance Adventure:
Gas Vs Mikelangelo (Acid Park – Teknoworld)
Sexstacy Vs Green Vapor (Psygate)
Animatek Vs Pat.Trix (Teknoworld-Acid Park)
Chris Liberator Vs Beamish (Teknoworld – Antiworld)
D.a.v.e The Drummer (Excl. 3 Hrs Set)
(Teknoworld – Hydraulix)
Crew:
Arc – I & Effects – Nuroptics- The Sound Man-
– Headfunk Pyro Circus –
-Kwalilox Krew –
What of a History in those last Three Years…from The Drome ..To The Rex…To the Fridge...and with loads of other productions such as Alignment, Recoverworld, Psygate, Teknoworld & Trance Generators!!!
Antiworld cannot forget its past (that’s why we play so many different events with different music) but it is surely looking for a massive future!!!!
Thanks for 3 years of Techno Pounding Music…looking forward to the next one////
The Antiworld!!!!
SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2003
BLAST OFF: 10.00 PM
RE-ENTRY: 06.00 AM
@ The Brixton Fridge!”!”!
1 Town Hall Parade
Brixton – SW9
London
Nearest tube: Brixton
Victoria Line!”!”!
“New Special Prices” :
First 15 Jugglers Free Before 11pm
£ 8 Ub40 & Students & Unemployed with Id Before 11pm
£ 12 @ The Door Before 11pm
More Thereafter…>>>
£ 10+b/f in advance from:
www.therecordbox.com
0207 733 22 80
www.accessallareas.org
0207 267 83 20
www.clubtickets.co.uk
0845 602 34 06
London Outlets:
Cyberdog (Camden Town): 0207 482 28 42
Cyberdog (Covent Garden): 0207 836 78 55
Psychedelic Dream Temple Camden
Eukatech Records Covent Garden
Xsf Soho
Dii Fusion Portobello Road
Save Time & Money…get yourself a free ticket…until offer last!!!!
Special Discounts:
Groups welcome:
Buy 5 Tickets and get 1 free
Buy 10 Tickets and get 2 free
The Antiworld Group Events are aware of the crisis which is out there at the moment and wish is going to move on soon to a better time for everyone…
However we are willing to start a new prices system which will make you able to go to your favourite events with all the most fantastic deals that you can ever imagine…
We cannot afford to give to many free tickets away.….due to our famous ""TOP PRODUCTION AND TOP LINE UP"" but we can surely drop our ticket price down from £ 15 to £ 10 and keep the door price from £ 12 to £ 14 (to be confirmed on the night)….and not £ 18 as recently been…
Yes….this is all right….yes….this is all right""""
The same production …the same quality artists playing on stage…only one difference….the price!!!!
Hope you enjoy this fantastic year that will see Antiworld to set into the Class A Hard Trance Events in Town!!!
Take Care Of Yourself….
More Info:
www.harderfaster.net
www.gurn.net
www.epidemik.com
www.raveguide.co.uk
www.NightClubbinUK.com
www.FutureDJ.co.uk
Contacts:
E-303: 0044 (0) 7940 527 867
Antiworld : 0044 (0) 208 365 89 18 (Tel&Fax)
Anastasia : 0044 (0) 7775 88 21 36 (Guest List & Concessions)
www.fridge.co.uk
0207 326 51 00
www.antiworld.net
info@antiworld.net
anastasia@antiworld.net
(Guest List & Concessions)
Forthcoming:
“Chichime Vs Psygate”
Saturday 26 April 2003
Alignment Meets Antiworld
Present:
“Trance Generators Launch Party”
Friday 16 May 2003
Antiworld Present:
“Break The System Down 03”
Saturday 31 May 2003
“Recoverworld”
The Coronet Cinema
Elephant & Caste
Saturday 07 June 2003
More Info:
www.antiworld.net
PEACE & LOVE
THE CREW!”!”!
Recoverworld 4th April 2003 at The Fridge!!!! ANTIWORLD IN ASSOCIATION WITH RECOVER RECORDS PRESENTS:
Friday 04 April 2003:
The Cd Launch Party!!!
Mixed By Simon Eve and Pablo Gargano
@ The Brixton Fridge!”!”!
10.00 pm – 06.00 am
1 Town Hall Parade
Brixton – SW9
London
The Main Room Djs:
Justin Bourne
Fabry
(Antiworld – Recoverworld – Alignment)
E-303 Vs Peace
(Antiworld – Recoverworld)
Simon Eve
(Recoverworld)
Pablo Gargano Dj Set
(Antiworld- Recoverworld)
Andy Farley
(Frantic – Nukleuz)
Tom Harding
(Dance Valley Amsterdam – Holland)
Adam From Lab – 4
Dj Set
(Only London Date In April)
K-90 (live on Stage)!”!”!
(Recoverworld)
WAVESTORM (LIVE ON STAGE)!”!”!
(Recoverworld)!”!”!
The Second Room:
Smyrky
Matt Style
Paul Reeves
Tin Tin
Chris Vincent
KB
Shaf De Bass
Craig Paxton
DirtyDjs.com - One Life, Live It DIRTY!!!
http://www.DirtyDjs.com
SPECIAL GUEST:
Justin Swales
(Technosis)
Crew:
Arc – I & Effects – Nuroptics – Headfunk Pyro Circus –
-Kwalilox Krew -
FRIDAY 04 APRIL 2003
BLAST OFF: 10.00 PM
RE-ENTRY: 06.00 AM
@ The Brixton Fridge!”!”!
1 Town Hall Parade
Brixton – SW9
London
Nearest tube: Brixton
Victoria Line!”!”!
“New Special Prices” :
First 15 Jugglers free before 11pm
£ 8 Ub40 & Students & Unemployed with Id Before 11pm
£ 12 @ The Door Before 11pm
More after…>>>
£ 10+b/f in advance from:
www.therecordbox.com
0207 733 22 80
www.accessallareas.org
0207 267 83 20
www.clubtickets.co.uk
0845 602 34 06
London Outlets:
Cyberdog (Camden Town): 0207 482 28 42
Cyberdog (Covent Garden): 0207 836 78 55
Psychedelic Dream Temple Camden
Eukatech Records Covent Garden
Xsf Soho
Dii Fusion Portobello Road
Save Time & Money…get yourself a free ticket…until offer last!!!!
Special Discounts:
Groups welcome:
Buy 5 Tickets and get 1 free
Buy 10 Tickets and get 2 free
More Info:
www.harderfaster.net
www.gurn.net
www.epidemik.com
www.raveguide.co.uk
www.NightClubbinUK.com
www.FutureDJ.co.uk
The Recoverworld & The Antiworld Group Events are aware of the crisis which is out there at the moment and wish is going to move on soon to a better time for everyone…
However we are willing to start a new prices system, which will make you able to go to your favourite events with all the most fantastic deals that you can ever imagine…
We cannot afford to give to many free tickets away…due to our famous ""TOP PRODUCTION AND TOP LINE UP"" but we can surely drop our ticket price down from £ 15 to £ 10 and keep the door price from £ 12 to £ 14 (to be confirmed on the night)…. and not £ 18 as recently been…
Yes….this is all right….yes….this is all right""""
The same production …the same quality artists playing on stage…only one difference….the price!!!!
Hope you enjoy this fantastic year that will see Recoverworld to set into the Class A Trance Events in Town!!!
Take Care Of Yourself….
Contacts:
E-303: 0044 (0) 7940 527 867
Antiworld : 0044 (0) 208 365 89 18 (Tel&Fax)
Anastasia : 0044 (0) 7775 88 21 36 (Guest List & Concessions)
www.fridge.co.uk
0207 326 51 00
www.antiworld.net
recoverworld@antiworld.net
anastasia@antiworld.net
(Guest List & Concessions)
Forthcoming:
“Chichime Vs Psygate”
Saturday 26 April 2003
Alignment Meets Antiworld
Present:
“Trance Generators Launch Party”
Friday 16 May 2003
Antiworld Present:
“Break The System Down 03”
Saturday 31 May 2003
“Recoverworld”
The Coronet Cinema
Elephant & Caste
Saturday 07 June 2003
More Info:
www.antiworld.net
PEACE & LOVE
THE CREW!”!”!
War on Iraq begins War on Iraq begins
Thursday, 20 March, 2003, 03:13 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2866109.stm
Several explosions rocked Baghdad at dawn on Thursday, signalling the start of the US-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
Anti-aircraft artillery peppered the sky as deep, heavy thuds were heard in the outskirts of the city.
Minutes after the first blasts occurred at 0530 local time (0230 GMT), President Bush's spokesman Ari Fleischer said: "The opening stages of the disarmament of the Iraqi regime have begun."
President Bush is due to make an address at 2215 Washington time (0315 GMT).
After the first strike, a large pall of black smoke was seen in the south of Baghdad and the city fell silent.
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The attack began about 90 minutes after President Bush's deadline for Saddam Hussein to go into exile or face war expired.
As the deadline approached, US-led combat troops in the Gulf - numbering about 150,000 - took up battle positions for an imminent invasion of Iraq.
Earlier, US aircraft attacked Iraqi surface-to-surface missile and artillery installations in the western and southern Iraq, but the Pentagon insisted this was still in support of the no-fly zones and was not the start of the war proper.
An air force colonel briefing reporters at the Pentagon said that the opening hours of the war would be devastating and that he did not believe the potential adversary had any idea what was coming.
With battle looming the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said his thoughts were with the ordinary people of Iraq as they faced the "disaster of war".
He warned the US and UK that "under international law, the responsibility for protecting civilians in conflict falls on the belligerents".
The BBC's Paul Wood in the Iraqi capital says that Baghdad residents are hiding in fortified rooms in their houses or in public shelters beneath large buildings.
The majority of the city's five million residents remain, unable to afford the $1,000 being charged on Wednesday for a seat in a taxi to flee to safer areas.
With their stockpiles of food around them they sit and wait with their families, our correspondent says.
In other developments:
Mr Bush sends formal notification of his justification for military action to the US Congress
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair holds a 20-minute phone call with Mr Bush
The people of Baghdad are preparing to defend their city
Germany expels four Iraqi diplomats for activities considered "incompatible with their diplomatic status"
Seventeen Iraqi soldiers surrender to American forces on the Kuwaiti border
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz appears on state television to refute rumours that he has fled the country or been killed
The Turkish Government is asking parliament to allow US planes to use its air space, with a vote expected on Thursday
Aircraft drop nearly two million leaflets on south-eastern Iraq, urging Iraqi troops to lay down their arms.
Shock tactics
The BBC's Jonathan Marcus in Qatar says General Tommy Franks, the overall US commander, could determine that the shock of the initial onslaught will be sufficient to allow his forces to advance even in daylight.
US aims for swift war
The city of Basra and the oilfields of southern Iraq will be among the first objectives.
The Pentagon has denied a report from Kuwaiti security sources that US troops had passed into the demilitarised zone that straddles the Kuwait-Iraq border.
The White House has said it hopes the war with Iraq will be swift, but has warned the American public to "be prepared for loss of life".
"Americans ought to be prepared for the importance of disarming Saddam Hussein to protect the peace," President Bush's spokesman Ari Fleischer said.
Earlier, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf said Washington was lying to US troops about the number of casualties they could expect.
"To say that invading Iraq will be like a picnic is a stupid idea... they are [sending them to] definite death," he warned.
Labour targets ‘violent minority’ to cut crime Labour targets 'violent minority' to cut crime
By Andrew Grice, Political Editor
07 March 2003
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=384575
Although crime has fallen overall since Labour came to power, there are "deep-seated public perceptions that crime is increasing", the Government admits in its White Paper on antisocial behaviour to be published next week.
The document, leaked to The Independent, attributes this fear to a small number of high-profile, violent crimes and antisocial behaviour, such as harassment and intimidation; creating alarm or fear; noisy neighbours; drunken and abusive behaviour; people begging at cash machines; vandalism and graffiti; damage to property; and dumping rubbish.
The White Paper, Winning Back Our Communities, which will be followed swiftly by an Anti-Social Behaviour Bill, proposes new measures to tackle these problems, many of which will prove controversial.
The document says: "The behaviour of a persistent minority can sometimes ruin whole communities. No one should have to put up with behaviour that causes misery and distress. It is time to support the majority against this minority."
It says the Government wants to "shift the culture away from protecting the rights of the perpetrator to protecting the rights of decent people to a decent way of life".
Reflecting Tony Blair's "rights and responsibilities" agenda, the report says antisocial behaviour "shows a failure to understand that one person's rights are based on the responsibilities we have towards others and towards our families and our communities. And the rights we have as members of society are based, in turn, on the responsibilities to that wider society''.
But the document concedes: "No amount of measures, new powers, new schemes, new ideas can solve these problems alone. A cultural shift is needed and one that is in the hands of the public."
As well as proposing a big extension of the fixed penalty fines of £40 or £80, the White Paper says that the Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme, the most rigorous non-custodial sentence for persistent offenders, will be made "simpler and tougher" to improve its effectiveness.
Youth offending teams will be able to intervene at an earlier stage and draw up "parenting contracts" to cover antisocial behaviour and other offences, under which the mothers and fathers of offenders will often have to agree to attend parenting classes.
The teams will be able to ask the courts to impose compulsory parenting orders when parents do not take active steps to change the child's behaviour. Parents could be required to attend residential courses to improve their parenting skills, a breach of which would be a criminal offence.
The White Paper proposes that those making excessive noise at night be given a warning and 10 minutes to stop. If they do not, local authorities can issue a £100 fixed penalty notice. If that is not paid or does not work, the TV, video recorder or equipment making the noise can be removed or the offenders will be made the subject of antisocial behaviour orders.
Environmental health officers will be given new powers immediately to shut pubs and clubs that persistently make excessive noise.
Police and councils will be able to apply for fast-track injunctions to stop "low-level antisocial behaviour'' on the same day a complaint is made, to put an immediate stop to the problem. It will be an offence to sell spray paints to people aged under 18. Police will get the right to search for items intended to cause criminal damage, such as spray paints. Legislation will allow councils to clear land and force businesses to clean up graffiti and damage. The probation service will be urged to make offenders clean up graffiti.
Council and housing associations should publish "antisocial behaviour" policies. They will have greater powers to take out injunctions, including a power of arrest to exclude people behaving badly "from a specified area and if necessary from their home".
The White Paper says: "Anti-social tenants will lose their secured or assessed tenancies and be demoted to probationary tenancies until their behaviour is addressed. They will lose their right to buy and eviction will be faster if their behaviour does not improve."
Police and councils will be given powers to close "crack houses" within 24 hours and seal properties for up to three months to stop other drug dealers moving in. Laws that cover outdoor raves trespassing on private property will be extended to allow police to tackle smaller, indoor events. It will be an offence to attend a rave within 24 hours of being directed to leave another one.
The courts will be given powers to take away the licences of motorcyclists who drive off the roads in rural areas. Police will be given more powers to crack down on travellers, including evicting them from unauthorised camp sites when a council provides other places for them. Courts will be allowed to issue driving bans to those convicted of kerb crawling. To reward victims or witnesses who give evidence, the Government will bring in a Community Awards Scheme
Only 60 per cent of fines are collected, the White Paper admits, saying: "This must be improved." There will be a discount for prompt payment or increases if the defendant fails to pay on time.
A new scheme will allow offenders to convert fines into community work, by, for example, repairing the damage caused by the antisocial behaviour, if they cannot pay.
The White Paper confirms plans already floated by the Government to crack down on airguns and replica weapons. There will be new offence of "having an imitation firearm in a public place without lawful authority or reasonable excuse".
There will be a ban on the sale, manufacture and importation of air weapons that can be converted to take conventional ammunition, which have been used in seven murders. People who already hold them will have to obtain a licence. The age at which people can own an air weapon will be raised to 17.
'The kids have no respect for authority'
Claire Newbon
The Egghill estate in Northfield, on the outskirts of Birmingham, was once a rundown eyesore, housing hundreds of families within its graffiti-covered concrete walls. The estate was a dumping ground for old tyres, needles and rubble; bricks were used by teenage tenants to smash windows on the lower floors.
Jo Brooke, a 27-year-old single mother, moved to the estate of five eight-storey towers in 1997, when she was pregnant. It was meant to be only a short-term tenancy – before she moved in, she was well aware of the estate's notoriety. But only recently was she allocated new accommodation, and for five years she had to endure a daily barrage of verbal abuse, excessive noise, litter and graffiti.
She says local authorities were slow to respond to her pleas for help and says an understaffed police force contributed to the council's failure to crack down on troublemakers. But she does not believe a fixed penalty system would have been effective. And rather than attempting to target individual troublemakers, to ease the lives of residents the council chose to demolish the entire site.
"I lived through five years of hell and came to realise too much bureaucracy and red tape always gets in the way," she said. "The teenagers that vandalised my house had no respect for authority – I used to overhear them bragging about how they had just broken a window and that the police would never catch them.
"These kids know it takes time for fines to be processed and, like the rest of the litter on the estate, will just end up as bits of rubbish, thrown on to the floor."
Before the blocks were pulled down, most of Ms Brooke's troublesome neighbours were evicted, but such antisocial behaviour orders as had been implemented did not deter vandals from returning.
"Even though we've moved to a new area, it saddens me to see my son has become a nervous child and feels scared even in his new home," she said.
After party at Radius Birmingham 23 March Afta-Shuk will be @Radius on the corner of Thorpe Street and Bristol Street opposite the dome. Pounding Techno Music
6.30am - 11.00am Sunday morning 23Rd March Followed by Shaft 11.00am - 6.00pm with Andy Naylor
Afta-Shuk Dj's
DJ Staw (coming up from London Specially for this party)
Jester, Herne & Carobus (Inukshuk/Hanky Panky)
Mack (Inukshuk/Insurrection)
Also Trance Orbitals
Trance Punk
Digital Pimp
£5.00 on the door £3.00 Members of Inukshuk or with Flyer available after Atomic Jam.
Inukshuk@ The Sanctuary Birmingham Thanks to everyone who brought a food donation for the homeless at the last Inukshuk. It was much appricated by us and the shelter we donate to. We have received a letter from the shelter which will be posted up here shortly.
Here's the next installment of Inukshuk.
In the main room we will be hosting Insurrections 1st Birthday.
Main room (Insurrection)
Ignition Technician's Live
Duncan Disorderly (Atomic Jam)
Ann D (Head Charge)
Jester & Herne (Inukshuk)
Wez Ton Live (We Tek U)
Mack (Insurrection)
Hard House (Shaft)
Mick Cree (Etrax, Dynamic Intervention)
Col aka ColTheMedik (Crunch, Afterssential)
Mark H (Drop Zone, Shaft)
James Birch (Drop Zone)
Projek K (Fluffy, Shaft), Cid & Padge
Breakbeat Hosted by Readings top Breaks Night Cryonix. Danny Macmillans New album "Inlight Sessions" will soon be released.
Danny Macmillan (Inflight Entertainment, TCR)
Haze (Cryonix/Backroom/Breaks FM)
DJ Jurassik (Cryonix)
Creed (Integrale Muzique)
Tizz (Cryonix)
DJ Toiletboy
Naked Electric DJ’s (MBN)
Frankie Dred (Inukshuk)
Deep House (Funked Up)
Paul The Hat (Funked Up)
Ash (Breaks from the Norm)
Shroom, Carobus (Hanky Panky), Sean Dizzyfunk
Dub (Jibbering Records)
Rafiki, DJ Day (Munch Break), Juggla,
DJ TBC & Precussion
The Sanctuary, Digbeth High Street, Birmingham
We've also managed to get a drinks promotion on certain Bottles check flyers for details.
£5.00 on the door or £3.00 if you bring a food donation for the homeless and members.
Please help us help the homeless.
For Membership and info please text only 07967300782.
Ignition Technicians for £3.00!
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