My view is simple - if an expectant mother makes it clear to a health professional that she has done this or is doing this - they should inform social services with a view to having the child taken into care.

Damn some people are dumb... and a cull is needed desparately...

seriously, there are some crazy messed up people out there

did you read old boris johnston's comments about how he disagrees with making school dinnners healthy? eh?

bonniepirateanne wrote:

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seriously, there are some crazy messed up people out there

did you read old boris johnston's comments about how he disagrees with making school dinnners healthy? eh?

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Yeah I did and I think he needs a good punch in the goolies for it - I dont mind Boris usually, because he is a loveable 'nice but dim' type - but this time he cant have thought this through.

"... she had heard about the issue anecdotally ..."

Is this the information lawmakers are using to make decisions these days?  Yes, a close friend of the Minister of Defense's milkman's sister says that his Bengali neighbor is a total wanker.  Therefore I propose this legislation to commence the bombing of Bangladesh immediately, using eco-friendly bombs, of course ...

Stead I need you (and your crossbow):

Someone threw a huge lump of concrete through my M&D's lounge window on Wednesday night.  It just missed hitting Dad, but showered him in shards of glass before landing inches away from Mum's feet.

Please help.

No.  We're guessing it's the same ******s that broke Dad's car wing mirror (twice) and smashed his windscreen (all in the last two weeks).

He's so shaken up he won't get out of bed.  I don't know whether to  or

Nope, all they've done so far is complain about a lack of resources and take a few details down.

Mum's got the housing association involved and got them to arrange a public meeting inviting the Police along to officially 'respond'.  A neighbour knows someone on the local paper so has invited them along too to add a little more 'pressure'.

We're still going to hold Mum's birthday party - they may have spoiled her actual birthday (did I mention this happened on her 60th birthday?) but I'm not going to let them mess up the party too.

(Nice smileys BTW.)

Well good on your mum for doing something positive about it, it's just a sad reflection on society that she has to.  Are you sure you want to stop at the local paper?  I've a friend in PR who can probably give some advice on who to approach if you want to take it national?

So any news on the council meeting, Suey?

In other news... another crossbow target for Stead:

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Mom Reportedly Throws Baby at Boyfriend in Domestic Dispute

A woman used her 4-week-old baby as a weapon in a domestic dispute, swinging the infant through the air and striking her boyfriend with the child, authorities said. The baby was critically injured in the attack early Sunday, said District Attorney Bradley Foulk.

"Never, never, never. I can never remember anything like this," Foulk told the Erie Times-News.

Chytoria Graham, 27, of Erie, was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and simple assault. She was held Monday in the Erie County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail.

The infant, whose name and gender were not released, was taken to a hospital in Pittsburgh. Authorities did not identify the hospital, and the baby's condition Monday was not released.

There was no immediate indication whether the man Graham is accused of attacking was the baby's father.

Authorities removed four other children from Graham's home and placed them with the Erie County Office of Children and Youth, Foulk said.

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No more violence thankfully.  We've got CCTV coming on Friday supplied by the Police, paid for by the Housing Assn.

Oh and M&D want to move away from the area.  And me.  Which is good for them.  I w\ant them out of there too.

Thanks for asking

Fancy exchanging your 3 bed semi with theirs?  They'd throw in the lump of concrete as a bonus!!!

Hmm.  Interestingly, I had a viewing yesteday.  And there's another today.

Moving away from Weston can only be a good thing, Suey.  My gran (not the nice one) lives in Weston making it the centre of all evil.  You think my mother is bad... imagine what her mother in law must be like...