Isn’t it time we legalised brothels?

Posted by on Nov 2, 2006 in Uncategorized | 24 comments Cambridgeshire police smashed a “vice ring” in its university city which raked in £5 million a year. They successfully prosecuted 11 men and women who managed, or assisted, in the management of prostitution. Only it seems nobody worked there against their will, what took place behind those closed doors was between consenting adults who agreed their own terms and conditions. Yet...
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Retired vicar languishes in Spanish hospital because there is no NHS bed

Posted by on Nov 2, 2006 in Uncategorized | 4 comments You really couldn’t make it up. You go away for a late autumn break to a Spanish island when you suddenly become ill and have emergency surgery. Your insurance company tries to make arrangements to fly you back to the UK – only to be told there is no available hospital bed. Canon David Wall, 67, has been waiting almost two weeks to return, but is stranded in Palma, Mallorca after...
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