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Monday, April 2, 2012
Old City of Jerusalem built in ice
March 28 - The old railway station in Jerusalem is transformed into an arctic version of the holy city by 35 sculptors of the first International Ice Festival. Elly Park reports.
Squatters evicted from �4.2m Clifton Wood mansion in Bristol
SQUATTERS have been kicked out of multi-million pound Clifton Wood mansion, leaving it trashed.
Once Bristol's most expensive property – on the market for £4.2 million – many of the house's rooms today lay in tatters.
In the end, it took more than 50 police officers to clear the building.
Yesterday's eviction came after nearby residents began complaining on Saturday evening about a noisy party at the gated mansion in Clifton Wood Road.
The party continued to get louder throughout the evening, with more people seen going into the property, which squatters moved into in February.
Officers got into the main room in the house where the party was being held at about 6am yesterday, but were met by a group of around 35 "hostile" revellers.
Some of the squatters climbed onto the roof to pelt officers with bottles.
Police arrested four people and continued to monitor the property before returning at 7.30am.
A fracas between police and squatters then broke out in the street, believed to have been sparked when further sound equipment was seen being taken into the house.
Three officers received minor injuries during the incident.
Dozens more police – around 50 officers in total – arrived at the scene and streets around Clifton Wood Road were closed off for most of yesterday morning. Officers then entered the house and removed the squatters.
Eleven people were arrested during the night and are currently helping police with their inquiries.
The building has been left strewn with rubbish.
The kitchen lies in tatters with graffiti scrawled across the walls and the indoor swimming pool has been partly filled and strewn with rubbish.
A private security firm was called in to board up and secure the property to stop further squatters getting inside.
Following an order of possession being granted last week at Bristol County Court in favour of the building's owners, The Bank Of Scotland, bailiffs had been planning to evict the squatters.
Some squatters – many who said they moved to the mansion after being evicted from the Occupy Bristol Camp at College Green – accused the police of brutality and told the Evening Post they had captured the police's "forced entry" on video.
The squatters claimed the police did not have a warrant to evict them and that they were simply holding a party for a friend's birthday.
Police told Evening Post they cleared the building using powers to stop raves under the Criminal Justice Act and no warrant was needed.
Traveller Dexter Josephs, 19, said: "We were just having a party for a friend's birthday and we were not making a noise." Fellow squatter Raoul Duke, 22, said: "The police have treated us quite horribly. All the neighbours have been fine with us.
"The police asked us to turn down the music, which we did.
"They were outside in the riot vans and then kicked in the doors and pushed through the metal gates.
"We locked what doors we could inside to slow them down, but they continued to boot in the doors.
"They put my arm behind my back and pushed me out.
"We don't feel we have done anything wrong. Essentially, this course of action has just left around 35 people homeless."
But residents living near the 10-bedroom property said they were glad to see the back of them.
Retail assistant Yeeyan Yip, 30, who lives at Randall Road, said: "When they first moved in they didn't make much noise, but they started having raves at night in the last few weeks.
"Only the other week they were on the roof knocking off golf balls which were hitting nearby homes and cars.
"We heard the party about midnight on Saturday and we heard a fight break out outside the house and that's when we called the police.
"We then woke up this morning to see the road filled with police.
"We are very happy the squatters are gone as it's been a nightmare for local residents."
Resident Trina Gately, 31, has lived at Church Lane just a few hundred metres from the mansion for two years.
She said: "They have totally trashed the house and the rubbish outside the house had really piled up.
"I heard the commotion at around 2am and there were people in the street and climbing over the walls. This is a quiet area and I hope now they are gone, peace will be restored."
Once the building was empty, squatters were then allowed in one by one, accompanied by police, during the morning to collect their belongings.
Many remained sat out on the street continuing to protest at their removal and singing and playing the guitar.
Others, laden down with carrier bags, rucksacks and quilts, slowly made their way from the scene to look for a new place to stay.
One protester, who would not be named, said: "We are not sure where to go now, but I am sure we will find another squat."
Police remained outside the house for most of the day.
Duty inspector Dave Leyden said: "We received numerous calls from concerned residents living adjacent to the property from around 9pm on Saturday and we monitored the situation through the night.
"During our first attempt we were unable to seize any of the equipment and unable to stop the rave.
"We forced entry into the main room and officers were met with a very hostile atmosphere, so withdrew from the property.
"Officers returned to the scene at around 7.30am where there was an incident and three officers were assaulted. Their injuries were not serious and did not need hospital treatment."
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Sunday, April 1, 2012
Box Office: Greek gods, Snow White no match for 'The Hunger Games'
The movie collected an additional $61.1 million this weekend, according to an estimate from distributor Lionsgate, bringing its total to $251 million.
The movie collected an additional $61.1 million this weekend, according to an estimate from distributor Lionsgate, bringing its total to $251 million.
The movie collected an additional $61.1 million this weekend, according to an estimate from distributor Lionsgate, bringing its total to $251 million.
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Commission votes to close eight schools, keeps two open
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted Thursday night to close eight public schools - but it spared two high-performing schools whose communities have rallied for months to save them.
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South Bristol Community Hospital is formally opened - after 60 years of waiting
AFTER more than 60 years of waiting the doors of South Bristol Community Hospital have opened, something described as a "dream come true" for local people.
Nurses tended to the first patients in the urgent care centre within half an hour of its opening yesterday and the first people used the X-ray service over the course of the day.
The relocated Knowle West walk-in centre, which benefits from the addition of X-rays and other diagnostic tests, was the first service to open at 8am. It was later followed by general X-ray appointments.
The £45 million community hospital, which will serve a population of 155,000 is opening in phases with more services moving over to Hengrove Park over the next two weeks.
The first patient through the doors was Wendy Redman from Hartcliffe who needs regular blood tests because she is on medication for a heart condition.
"I used to go to the walk-in centre at Knowle but this is easier because I only live five minutes away.
"It is very nice with very friendly staff here – a lot of them have come from the walk-in centre so I know them quite well.
"I didn't realise I was the first in. Considering I'm in and out of hospitals all the time it makes a change to be the first person to try something new.
"This hospital is just long-waited for. I signed the petitions because we have needed this in the area."
She was followed by Lucy Perry, 24, of Felton took her four-year-old daughter Lily Perry-Coggins to the urgent care centre because she was unwell.
"I came here because I rang the walk-in centre at Knowle and they said it had moved over here," she said.
"It's quite exciting being here because it's all new and it is a lot bigger than I had expected."
The urgent care centre will see patients with minor illnesses and injuries but will also be able to X-ray patients with suspected minor fractures and will be able to start their treatment rather than referring people to the larger hospitals.
Urgent care centre lead, Sarah Brierley said: "It is amazing that the hospital is finished and we are here as it has been years in the building.
"The last three months have been incredibly busy for the staff getting ready for it. It is a fantastic facility and a really beautiful, light environment for the patients that has got better facilities than we had before."
Gemma Collings, who works for Bristol Community Health was the manager for the project to prepare the new hospital for its opening.
"Things were a bit chaotic at times but I think the end result is pretty astonishing," she said.
"I am really relieved and really privileged that we have been able to deliver this. It has been long-awaited and to be part of the team to make this happen is a privilege. It is wonderful for the people of south Bristol."
There will be 30 patients transferred from Bristol General to South Bristol Community Hospital when it closes next week.
It will be followed by the community dental teaching unit from Bristol Dental Hospital and then day surgery, which will include cataract operations, gynaecology and orthopaedics.
Matron at Bristol General and the new hospital, Neina English, said: "It has been a really exciting day to see the hospital finally get there and ready to open and see it operating from a working building.
"We have still got a way to go and a hospital to close, which we have lots of plans for."
Programme director from NHS Bristol, Ben Bennett, led the hospital project and attended numerous public meetings to talk to people about plans over the last eight years.
"It finally feels real now," he said.
"It is going to affect everybody in south Bristol and touch everyone's life. They will either be patients or have relatives or loved ones who are patients or will work here.
"I'm thrilled and an just looking forward to seeing it in a month's time and seeing how it gets used.""
Now the hospital has opened the running has been taken over by University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the Bristol Royal Infirmary and its staff will be holding clinics and surgery at South Bristol.
Bristol South MP Dawn Primarolo cut the ribbon to open the hospital she campaigned for.
She said: "I have never opened a hospital before. This is actually a dream come true for the people of this area. Many of them campaigned for it over the decades and regrettably never saw it because they have died of old age. Many of them campaigned and dreamed of this hospital but never believed it would be here, or I would ever be here.
"The late Geoff Scaife (head of the former Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority) in 2003 believed in this project and supported me all this way and encouraged me. It is a great regret that he is not here."
Ms Primarolo thanked the people from NHS Bristol who led the project along with those from the council who worked on bringing the whole of the Hengrove Park project together.
But she saved her biggest thanks for the people of the area who campaigned for their hospital.
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