Hall battles sex claims
VETERAN BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall, who is fighting historic sex offence allegations, said he might have considered taking his own life had it not been for the support of his family.
Speaking outside Preston Magistrates' Court yesterday, the 83-year-old described the accusations as "spurious" and vowed to clear his name and restore his reputation.
Earlier, the former It's A Knockout presenter made his first appearance in court charged with one count of rape and 14 offences of indecent assault.
THE number of women who have twins and triplets is on the rise, figures show.
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More than 11,000 women in England and Wales gave birth to more than one baby in 2011, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
In the decade to 2011, the "multiple maternity rate" increased by 8.8%. Of every 1,000 women who gave birth in 2011, 16.1 women had more than one baby - a rise from 15.7 in 2010, the ONS said.
In 1976 the rate stood at just 9.6 women out of every 1,000.
FEWER than one in five public sector workers are consulted about important decisions in their organisation, and more than half do not trust their bosses, according to a new study.
The findings help to explain the low level of employee engagement, said the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Its survey of more than 2,000 adults showed that those in private firms were more likely to trust their leaders and be consulted. The CIPD said there was a "worrying" deterioration in employees' satisfaction with being able to put forward their views.
THE Queen has said her "thoughts and prayers" are with the people of the Solomon Islands who have been affected by a tsunami in which several people were killed.
A powerful earthquake off the South Pacific island chain generated two 5ft waves which hit the western side of Santa Cruz Island, damaging between 70 and 80 homes.
2 Comments
by HermesThelema
Sunday, February 10 2013, 10:36PM
“The man Stuart Hall is undoubtedly from the post war era of the philosophy of "treat every stranger as your friend, every child as they were in guardian your own, for as strange it may seem our lost friends every return their friends to see us, and above all we shall endeavour when all look back that after it all there is at now a world now at peace regardless of what may have happened to each friend in the war", so one may understand the sadness of a man that spent a career attempting to make others laugh and treat all as his own family. Given justice must endeavour to uphold the tradition that "justice must be seen to be done in the eyes of the Law" and that all in witness must see to it that justice is done, and above all in the minds of those affected or in pain inflicted by any crime shall at least have the right to have their say heard in presence witness in order that any injustice or doubt raised in any mind may be set to rest in the ever peace and forgiveness of all assembled in God's witness. Golden Dawn. Stuart Hall may have said, "Sorry", were it not for the fact that this may have been seen as an admission of guilt by some.”
by BS_Hater
Friday, February 08 2013, 12:20PM
“The sad truth is he will never clear his name because such an allegation regardless of being charged and/or convicted means your guilty in the eyes of the pa_do crazed British public.
Unfortunately the majority are tabloid reading retards who suck down the garbage printed by the press as fast as the suck up their benefits.
"no smoke without fire" - "why would she make the allegation?" (thats a hard one, NOT) etc etc.
No doubt many are guilty but where is the evidence? What possible evidence can their be after such a period of time?
What this boils down to most probably is one persons word against another.
We should have a statute on these crimes limiting the length of time accusers can point the finger.”