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David Cameron's attack on Pa-kistan will be counter-produc-tive
and help neither India nor Pakistan a former Foreign of-fice
minister has said. "David Cameron should be seeking to lower
tensions between India and Pakistan and not involve Britain in
one-sided policies which will alienate the im-portant
British-Pakistani com-
munity in Britain,"said Denis MacShane MP, who served for 8
years at the FCO as PPS and Minister " Pakistan is on track to
become the world's biggest Muslim nation on 20 years and should be
handled with care not with foolish in-sults. 70,000 Muslims have
died at the hand of Indian sol-diers and security forces and
there is still no explanation for the terror attacks on Gujerati
Muslims in 2002. Both states and both Indian and Pakistani
politicans and fanatics share responsibility for the violence that
has taken so many lives. Mr Cameron must stop blun-dering into
foreign policy are-nas where he makes matters worse," added
MacShane.
Attack on Pakistan willbe Counter Productive
Cameron Sparks Diplomatic RowWith Pakistan!!!
David Cameron said Islamabad could no longer look both ways by
tolerating terrorism while de-manding respect as a democracy. A
furious diplomatic row erupted be-tween London and Islamabad after
David Cameron accused elements of the Pakistani state of promoting
the export of terrorism. Speaking on his visit to neighbouring
India, the prime minister launched the strong-est British criticism
yet of Pakistan, warning that the country could no longer "look
both ways" by toler-ating terrorism while demanding respect as a
democracy. Angry re-sponses followed from Pakistani officials in
the UK and the foreign ministry in Islamabad. The row comes as
Pakistans president, Asif Ali Zardari, prepares to visit Brit-ain
next week. He is due to stay at the prime ministers country retreat
of Chequers. The leaked docu-ments suggest that the ISI, one of
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Blunkett Welcomes Government Move on Retirement Age
The next phase of Sheffields new household recycling service is
now being rolled out to around 50,000 households. New blue boxes
with information packs are being dropped off to people living in
the second phase of collections, cov-ering the Stannington,
Fulwood, Shirecliffe, Sharrow, Crookes and Crosspool areas. People
in those areas will be receiving the boxes
for recycling their paper and card, with the existing blue bins
being used for glass bottles and jars, cans and plastic bottles in
future. The 50,000 households will now be able to recycle their
paper and card in the blue boxes and glass bottles and jars, cans
and plastic bottles in the existing blue bins at the kerb-side. The
collections will be every two weeks, an increase on the cur-
rent monthly collections. Black bin collections of general waste
will continue to be weekly. This follows two rounds of citywide
consultation last year to find out which waste services local
people really wanted. Councillor Andrew Sangar, the Councils
Cabinet member for Climate Change said: This new service will allow
Shef-fielders to play their part in achiev-
ing our key aims of helping more householders to recycle,
increasing Sheffields recycling rate and mini-mising the amount
sent to landfill. Any queries about the new services can be
answered by calling Veolia Environmental Services on 0114 273 4567
or visiting their web site
at www.veolia.co.uk/sheffield.
NEW BLUE RECYCLING BOXES HIT THE STREETS
Former Work and Pensions Sec-retary, Rt Hon David Blunkett MP,
has welcomed the coalition Governments move to scrap the compulsory
retirement age. Mr Blunkett began the debate on the removal of the
compulsory retire-
ment rule when in office in 2005. Mr Blunkett said: Just for
once, I can actually applaud the coalition for taking a measure
which I tried and failed to complete five years ago. Despite
overwhelming ar-guments in favour of lifting the
restriction, the best I could do in office was to persuade
colleagues to review the situation at a later date. That later date
has now fallen to the new Administration. This is one example of
where the Labour Government might have
acted to take a popular and neces-sary move, alongside raising
the retirement age and addressing the major issue of ageing which I
did manage to successfully argue back in 2005.
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'One-stop' service provision in Rotherham is to get even better
in the future with the news that the town's Central Library is to
be housed within the new civic building. Rotherham Borough
Council's Cabinet Members have agreed that the Rotherham Central
Library will move into Riverside House - the new civic building
currently being built off Main Street. The inclusion of a new
ground floor library, the infor-
mation service and the children's library within the new
building will mean that the public will be able to access a huge
variety of council services all under one roof. Being built on the
former Guest and Chrimes site, Riverside House will become
Rotherham's new Civic Building. It will greatly improve the
services being pro-vided to the Rotherham people by housing all
services in a 'one-stop' shop. As well as the new library,
the public will be able to access a Customer Service Centre and
a public cafe. Once the 172,000 sq ft building is completed - in
the spring of 2012 - the upper floors will also provide office
space for council staff currently using vari-ous buildings around
the town. These valuable town centre sites will then be freed-up
allowing fur-ther redevelopment works to take place as part of the
Rotherham Renaissance regeneration plan.
None of the issues raised by the Home Secretary should be
off-limits for review. After all, parading ones civil libertar-ian
credentials has become an article of faith for the true believers
within the coalition. However, a review that is already
pre-determined in its outcome by the nominees to serve on it and
the individual to oversee it is an insult to the intelligence of
the British people. In particular, the idea that we should not hold
sus-pected terrorists pre-charge for anything more than the seven
days which existed before September 2001 is a demon-
stration of dangerous naivet which can only provide suc-cour to
those who would use our democracy in order to de-stroy it. Mr
Blunkett added: The voice of the worried, the insecure and the
fearful; that of the honest, decent, law-abiding citizen, is
woefully absent from Theresa Mays review. Political posturing is no
substitute for leadership and for demonstrating a grasp of the
enormity of the terrorist and organised criminal threat which, when
allowed free rein, devastates the lives of the innocent.
6 cont.Political Posturing
which has been brought about thanks to the need to reduce the
mountain of debt run up by the previous Labour Government. Cllr
Simon Clement-Jones, Lib-eral Democrat Sheffield City Council
Cabinet member for Fi-nance, said: We can now see the consequences
of having to tackle the 900 billion debt that Labour have left this
country with. There is no doubt about it, reducing the Councils
spend by this amount over four years will be tough and painful.
Local Labour MPs and councillors should hang their heads in shame.
Liberal Demo-crats are determined to protect the essential services
that local people tell us they value the most. Thats why we will be
starting a
consultation so that everyone can have their say about what
should be our priorities over the coming years. The size of the UK
s debt run up by Labour means we owe about 22,400 for every man,
woman and child. Every household will pay nearly 2,000 this year,
just to cover the interest. Simon added Today the Government spend
more on debt interest than we do on running schools in England .
There is no option other than to get the spi-ralling UK debt under
control as interest repayments are crippling the country. But we
are still wait-ing for one single idea from La-bour on how to
reduce spending, whats more we are still waiting for an
apology.
7 cont.200 Million Pain
Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah with Rt Hon Paul Blomfield MP on a visit
to British Parliament
will help put Sheffield at the forefront of the new green
econ-omy. Its a boost for the local steel industry and a boost for
lo-cal jobs. Im delighted that Nick Clegg and the Coalition
Govern-ment are investing in Sheffield . Cllr Andrew Sangar,
Liberal Democrat Cabinet member for Climate Change said: - Liberal
Democrats believe in large scale investment in low carbon
tech-nologies such as offshore wind, so I am pleased that the
Coali-tion Government is making our ideas a reality. This
investment will help our businesses reap the benefits of moving to
greener forms of energy production, as well as lowering costs for
con-sumers around the country.
8 cont.Steelworks
Rotherham Central Library is on the Move
Ed Miliband speaks to prominent member of the muslim community
in Sheffield on a visits the biggest purpose built mosque.
Sheffield Islamic Centre Madina Masjid Trust.
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Liberal Democrats on Sheffield City Council have instructed
Council officers to investigate us-ing legal powers to create a
public right of way through Sheffield Station. The move could end
the long running dispute with East Midlands Trains (EMT) over
public access to a bridge. Only last week the Lib Dem Leader of
Sheffield City Council, Cllr Paul Scriven, criticised EMT refusing
members of the public access over the bridge unless they had a
ticket. Previously the Government had directed that EMT should not
in-stall barriers until a second bridge had been constructed.
However, in the meantime EMT has been blocking access using members
of staff. Cllr Ian Auckland, Liber-al Democrat Cabinet member
for
Business, Transport and Skills, said: Liberal Democrats believe
that as the existing bridge was built using taxpayers money, lo-cal
people should have a right to use it. To spend millions more to
build a second bridge would sim-ply be a waste, especially when we
are facing Labours national mountain of debt. The Council does have
some powers around creating public rights of way. So I have asked
Council officers to report back on how we can use these to create a
compulsory pub-lic footpath through the Station. This might be
difficult but we will use every means possible to try and stand up
for local people and prevent them being denied access through their
Station.
LIB DEM SET TO RESOLVE STATION ACCESS DISPUTE This years Sharrow
Festival was a roaring success. The sun
was out and the crowds came too. Probably the biggest that the
festival has been and this year there were three stages, the new
area being the Hip-Hop stage in the five-a-side courts where the
graffiti walls were being painted. The festival kicked off with the
Noise Blasters on the commu-nity stage giving a taster for their
longer drumming set on the main stage later in the afternoon. The
community stage, hosted by MC Nige saw a boxing demo by a lo-cal
gym, a Kurdish singing group that got the audience dancing round in
circles a belly dancing display and an amazing rendition of Ill be
there by a young lad
called Pallav and some fantastic African Drumming. On the main
stage we had sets from The Noise Blasters, the Mojo All Stars, EYP,
Sun, The Bell Hagg Orkestar, Root One, King Capisce and Rob-ert
Masekoe. Musically it was all there except for bhangra, which we
sadly cant afford because the big names in that scene sim-ply
charge way too much. A 40 minute set from a well established
bhangra act would have eaten up more than half the festival budget.
So if any up and coming bhangra stars want a place on next years
stage get in touch. Away from the Music we had over 75 stalls at
the festival selling and promoting a wide range of things. There
were food stalls offering tasty treats
from all over the world, several South Asian food stalls,
oriental meals, Mexican, Caribbean bar-beques a chips and burger
van and vegetarian food were all available along with tea and
scones and strawberries and cream in the Tea tent. The FURD street
kicks was popular as ever with people com-peting against each other
all day and Sure Start provided plenty of activities for the
younger crowd. People were collecting money for charities,
providing information about a range of social and health issues,
giving out their political message, meditating bouncing on the
inflatable castles riding the bucking bronco and gener-ally having
a wonderful time on a summer afternoon in the park.
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Labour have launched their campaign for the Sitwell ward
by-election for Rotherham Council by urging local resi-dents to
send a message about Tory/Lib Dem cuts to the Build-ing Schools for
the Future pro-gramme in Rotherham. Labour Candidate, Judy Dalton
said: "The Conservative and Lib-Dem coalition have mounted an
un-precedented attack on front line services in Schools, the NHS
and the local authority."This goes well beyond the efficiency
savings promised in the general election. "As a physiotherapist who
has worked extensively in Sitwell Schools and the community I know
how much Sitwell residents value these services and will be
campaign-ing to protect them. "Now is the time for residents to
make their vote count and pass judgment on these unfair and
damaging cuts."
Labour call to oppose BSF cuts
Rt Hon David Blunkett, MP for Sheffield Brightside and
Hillsbor-ough, has welcomed an award of 10,000 given to Burngreave
Youth Development Centre by the Big Lottery Fund. The money will go
towards the setting-up of the Centre, including internet and
telephone connections and volunteer transport costs. It will
also provide social activities for young people and is aimed at
helping to reduce anti-social behaviour in the local area. At a
time when the Lib Dem leader-ship of Sheffield City Council are
cutting thousands of pounds to youth development projects, Mr
Blunkett welcomed the grant. Mr Blunkett said: Of course,
this money cannot replace what is being pulled by the Government
and the Council. However, it is a recognition of the willingness of
people locally to help themselves and the determination that there
is in our community to stand by young people as they try and do a
good job of self-help.
Blunkett Welcomes Grant Made to Youth Project
Visitors to Clifton Park Museum are being invited to dive in and
catch a glimpse of the bust of one of Britains, and Rotherhams,
great unsung sportsmen. Going on display for the first time in the
twice-nominated Museum of the Year, the bust is of Thomas William
Burgess, who was the second man to swim the English Channel in
September 1911. The bust was on display in the old Sheffield Road
swimming baths in Rotherham for many years and it was supposedly
good luck to rub its nose. Collections Officer for Rotherham
Borough Council, Karl Noble, said: Burgess really is one of those
sporting greats whose name has slipped from the
record books somewhat, but, he was, without doubt, one of our
local greats and were glad to be able to celebrate him as such. He
managed to cross the channel, which was an even more massive feat
those days than it is now, at the sixteenth attempt. Maybe he
rubbed his nose on that sixteenth time and thats where the legend
came from. The bust is part of a display of Rotherham Sporting
Greats, which includes four Ol-ympic and Paralympic athletes, Paul
Goodison, Peter Elliott, Kevin Hayes and cyclist Ben Swift. It is
part of the museums new semi-permanent displays and will be
viewable on the run up to the 2012 Olympics.
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innovative scheme which puts people in control of their own social
care. Self Directed Support is a new way of allocating money to
people receiving social care. People have a personal budget which
means they can decide which services best meet their needs. Since
Sheffield began to pilot the scheme in March 2008, 1,356 people
have received a budget. Now Sheffield City Council is as
acknowledging the success of Self Directed Support so far and is
mak-ing sure that it is more widely available. Currently just
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support from adults services have a personal budget. But at
tomorrows Cllrs will note that Self Directed Support will be
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Liberal Democrats on Sheffield City Council are set to give
lo-cal people the opportunity to put forward local green fields to
be protected from development. Lib Dems have put a proposal to next
weeks Council meeting which, if successful, will see local people
asked to nominate a local green field to be protected as a Queen
Elizabeth II Field. The move is part of the national Fields in
Trust to scheme to mark the Queens Diamond Jubilee. The scheme
re-quires local authorities to nominate fields that satisfy Fields
in Trusts criteria, and then a national public vote will take place
in 2011 to se-lect the fields to protect. Cllr Shaf-
faq Mohammed, Liberal Democrat Cabinet member for Communi-ties,
said: We know just how much Sheffielders love their local green
spaces, so Im sure many people will take advantage of our offer and
nominate a field for this national scheme. Not only will this be a
great way to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee, it will be yet
another policy the Liberal Democrats on the Council have put in
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Rt Hon David Blunkett, MP for Sheffield Brightside and
Hillsbor-ough, has reacted with dismay to the proposed cuts to the
Children and Young People services budget published by the Lib Dem
control-led Sheffield City Council. The Council has published its
Interim Budget Report 2010-11 and 2011-12, in which it proposes a
3.15 million, cut in the local education budget by the end of this
finan-cial year and a 70 million cut over four years. Mr Blunkett
said that he was appalled that the
proposed cuts also target the Area Based Grant, which is
directed by its very nature at the most vulner-able areas of the
city. Mr Blunkett said: I will be meeting the execu-tive director
of childrens services, Sonia Sharp, this Friday and I hope to
discuss with her the extent of the catastrophic consequences of
these proposed cuts on provi-sion for early years right through to
child protection. Even at this late stage, I hope that we can
persuade the City Council to abandon their policy of targeting cuts
at the most
disadvantaged communities. Mr Blunkett added: The reductions in
the Area Based Grant sit ill at ease with David Camerons rhetoric
about the Big Society. On the one hand the Prime Minister lectures
us about the need for individuals to help themselves; on the other,
his Government pulls the plug on any possibility of them doing so
by slashing the Area Based Grant while the Lib Dems meekly go along
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What changes Behaviour? Among other things in Pakistan there is
always talk about change in peoples attitude. Why are we the way we
are? Why cant we be more refined? Well one solu-tion lies in the
motorway. Motor-way has been criticised for being very expensive.
It has been hailed as a grand achievement of the Shareefs. Well the
debate can go on forever. What I find most fascinating is what it
does to the unruly traffic in Pakistan? All of a sudden everybody
starts driv-ing like as if you were in some other country. Actually
the whole experience is different. It is as if you have suddenly
left the chaos which is so rife in our country-land landed in an
island of peace.
How do such massive behaviour changes take place? How can we
translate this transformation to the society in general? Well there
are two things. A good facility and even handed justice. You
provide both and you can expect change. Anybody who claims to bring
the change or anyone who wants to bring the change needs to ca-ter
for two things. Even handed justice is a must for any nation to
move on. We are by far not even close. Right now the fight is not
about justice. Its about a justice. When the time comes and we can
differentiate between the two of them we can expect change. Till
then sit in the heat and wait out the VIP movement.
MOTORWAYS
A Charity Curry Night was held in aid of Sheffield Girls
College, Bagh, and charity chosen by lord mayor of Sheffield Cllr
Alan law. The dinner was held on the 18th July 2010 at 6:30pm.In
attendance were: Lord Mayor Cllr Alan Law Nasar Raoof ( Organiser
for the evenings charity curry night) Cllr Ibrar Hussain
Rob Johnson from Thompsons Solicitors, RT Hon MP Paul Blomfield
Cllr Talib Hussain
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Charity Curry Night
Rt Hon David Blunkett, MP for Sheffield Brightside and
Hillsbor-ough, has responded to a joint press release issued on
Tuesday by Sheffield Forgemasters and the Department for Business,
In-novation and Skills. In the state-ment, Forgemasters confirm
that they will be unable to attract suffi-cient private sector
investment to replace the 80 million loan axed by the Lib Dem/Tory
coalition Government. The news follows coverage in the Financial
Times on Tuesday, which confirmed that the directors of
Forgemas-ters had, contrary to public state-ments by Nick Clegg and
David Cameron, offered to dilute their shareholdings in the
company. Mr Blunkett said: Forgemasters offered to give up 40% of
their holding, but any more than this would have simply meant that
the company no longer existed - and
in any case, would have opened them up to a Japanese takeover.
They are now concentrating on stabilising existing business - but
three things arise in addition to the half-apology from Nick Clegg.
Firstly, the Government were wrong in presuming that there was a
private sector solu-tion without selling the company. Secondly,
they were wrong in claiming that the company were not prepared to
relinquish sub-stantial equity. And thirdly, this is not simply a
matter of the 80 million loan, but an unwilling-ness on the part of
government even to 'ensure' or act as guaran-tor to an alternative
loan solution. Nick Clegg is entirely responsi-ble for his failure
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the nature of the company; and he should be ashamed of
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We speak exclusively to Shef-field Born Nasheed Artist and TV
Personality Ahmad Hussain on the International launch of his debut
album I Turn To You.Brother Ahmad, Jazakallah for agreeing to take
the time to do the interview with the Monthly Ilm.No problem at
all, Shukran and Assalaam AlaykumFirstly we would like to
congratulate you on the successful launch of your album I Turn To
You, please tell us a little about the album. Jazakallah, I feel
that this album reflects the inspiration and feelings that have
shaped my life during the last few years. This al-bum has been in
the making over one year and I have put a lot of effort in to it.
The album features some traditional nasheeds in the Arabic and Urdu
language as well as nasheeds that I have writ-ten personally in
order to express my experiences and to create awareness of
Islam.How do you find the inspiration and motiva-tion to write the
nasheeds in this album? Inspiration comes from Allah Almighty. When
I look at the world at present, I witness a lot of pain, suffering,
egoism and lack of respect. This, along with my personal experience
gave me
the inspiration and dedication to write some of the Nasheeds
that feature on the album. I also became very inspired and
moti-vated by the life of our Beloved messenger Muhammad (SAW);
truly he was a mercy to the whole of mankind. From the first
Rev-elation to the last sermon, he edu-cated us on how to live our
lives and how to develop into better humans. Your debut video Aye
Khuda was very successful; please tell us about your new vid-eo
Children of The World.You just have to watch the news for a few
hours to understand the cur-rent situation that we are living in,
by the time we have complet-ed this interview, approximately 10 12
innocent children will die in this world due to war, poverty and
other crimes committed by Humans. This is unfortunately the
heartbreaking and somewhat appalling reality that millions of
children have to face. I pray to Allah that this nasheed will
create awareness so that we can at the least reflect on the plight
of these innocent children.Please tell us a little about how you
spend your time when you are not producing Nasheeds.I try to spend
as much time as possible in learning more
about Islam and I also spend a lot of time around my family and
friends especially with my par-ents, May Allah Bless them. I am
keen on keeping fit so I play a lot of Cricket and football.
Alham-dulillah I have been fortunate enough travel extensively
around the world as I really have a high regard for diverse foods
and cul-tures. What message would you give to young Muslims living
in South Yorkshire?All I can say is that we are first and foremost
Muslims that have been blessed with the gift of Islam; it is our
duty to present this gift to our communities in the best way
possible. Unfortunately, Islam is constantly under attack in most
forms of the media, it is the duty of the youth to carry Islam in a
positive manner just like many of the Sahaba did. I would
recom-mend that the youth take time to read about these influential
individuals, and especially the Seerah of our beloved Messenger
Muhammad (SAW).Tell us about your role as a judge on Ummah
TalentUmmah Talent has be-come one of the most watched and talked
about programme on Islamic Television. I am one of the three Judges
that has the re-
sponsibility of finding the next biggest Naat/Nasheed artist. I
feel that it is a blessing to be part of such a programme and to
see how much enthusiasm and talent the Ummah have. What are your
plans for the near future?I will Inshallah be commencing work on a
full length feature movie to be filmed in Sheffield. I will also be
back in the studio to produce Kamal Uddin and Wajid Akhtars new
albums. You can join me on Facebook or visit www.ahmad-hussain.com
to keep up to date with all our future projects. Well, Thank you
very much for your time and we wish you all the best for the future
and on the release of your album.Jazakallah, and May Allah Bless
everyone as we approach the Holy month of Ra-madhan, please pray
for me and I would like to thank everyone for the support and
encouragement. I Turn To You, the thought provok-ing debut album by
Ahmad Hus-sain is now available to buy from all leading retailers.
Please visit www.ahmadhussain to sample the album or visit the Iqra
Pro-motions Facebook or You Tube page to view the videos.
Exclusive Interview with Sheffield Born Nasheed Artist Ahmad
Hussain
Legal CornerQ1: How will my assets be divided if I do not leave
a Will, will they be divided according to my faith?A: No your
estate would not be divided in accordance with your faith. It would
be administered in accordance with the Administra-tion of Estates
Act 1925.Q2: What is the difference between normal Will and Islamic
Will?A: The basic principles would be the same but an Islamic Will
would be drafted in accordance with Sharia principles.Q3: Who can
be the executors of my Will?
A: Anyone over the age of eight-een can be an Executor, but for
an Islamic Will it would be advisable to appoint a person or
persons with knowledge of Sharia principles.Q4: What are the
benefits of Is-lamic Will?A: Mostly people of the Muslim faith wish
to ensure that their es-tate is administered in accordance with
their faith, and an Islamic Will would take into account the
principles relating to gifts to char-ity, such as a gift to the
Mosque, to people outside the family, and also to necessary
provisions being
made in relation to a second wife and family. Guardians of
infant children could also be appointed by the Will in the event of
a hus-band and wife dying together.Q5: What are the possible costs
of making an Islamic Will?A: The Will would be a Full
Dis-cretionary Trust Will in accord-ance with Sharia Principles.
The costs of making this type of Will together with a Letter of
Wishes would be in the region 350.00 plus VAT at the current
rate.(Disclaimer: Please consult your own solici-tor for any legal
advice).
ISLAMIC WILLS
Mohammed Nazir
[email protected]
A Sheffield man has been hit by a 590 fine after being caught
fly-tipping. The City Councils Environmental Protection team
successfully prosecuted the man after an eagle-eyed witnessed the
fly-tipping incident. The witness saw the male driver of a vehicle
near Handsworth Avenue tip-ping waste in December 2009 and had the
presence of mind to record the vehicle registration plate.
Environmental Enforce-ment Officers followed up the enquiry and
traced the vehicle back to the owner, Mark Elliot (28) of Ashbourne
Road, Shef-field. When interviewed, Elliot initially claimed he had
lent the vehicle to a friend, but he would not identify the person
to the in-
vestigators. But the law allows the person having control of the
vehicle to be prosecuted if it is used in a fly- tipping incident.
At Sheffield Magistrates Court Elliot pleaded guilty to the offence
and was fined 200. Costs of 300 for cleaning up the mess and legal
costs of 75 were also awarded, along with a victim surcharge of 15,
making a total of 590. Cllr Andrew Sangar, Cabinet member for
Climate Change said: We are pleased that the Courts once again have
supported the Council in the fight against fly-tipping. This
re-sult should send a message to any-one considering disposing of
their waste illegally. If they are caught they may face a criminal
record and a hefty fine.
590 FINE FOR ILLEGAL FLY-TIPPING
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Please Note: This Ramadan timetable is according to Madina
Mosque, Wolsley Rd, Sheffield, Other people are asked to follow
thier own mosque timetables.
Donation Appeal: The Masjid is in need of your generous
donations. Please help to pay off all the Qarz E Ha-sna this
Ramadan. You can pay direct into the bank account (HSBC Bank,
Sort-code: 40-37-25 Account No: 72862824) or donate in person at
the Masjid. Eid-ul-Fitr prayer will be held at 10am sharp.
Fitraana: 2 per person Sheffield Islamic Centre Madina Masjid
Trust, 24 Wolseley Rd, Sheffield, S8 0ZU Telephone: 0114 258 5021
email: [email protected] www.madinamasjid.org.uk
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4:00 5:40 2:00 7:00 8:46 10:30 13 3 Fri 3:42 4:00 5:42 2:00 7:00
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Ramzan is the ninth month accord-ing to Islamic Lunar calendar.
Ra-madan is the month in which the Quran was revealed. The Quran
clearly says "O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it
was prescribed to those before you, that you many learn piety and
right-ousness" - Al Baqarah, 2:183. Fast-ing is to be done by all
able bodied men and women and children who have reached puberty. If
a person is sick or has some medical reason or if a women is
pregnant then they are waived from fasting. During Ramadan the
people who fast are not allowed to eat or drink anything (including
water) from dawn to af-ter sunset. Also one has to restrain
other body parts, which may render the fast worthless despite
the main factor of hunger and thirst; so the tongue, for instance,
must avoid backbiting, slander, and lies; the eyes should avoid
looking into things considered by the Lawgiver as unlawful; the
ears must stop from listening to conversation, words, songs, and
lyrics that spoil the spirit of fasting; and finally restraining of
the heart, and mind from indulging, themselves in other things
besides zikr or Allah (remembrance of Al-lah). Also when one is
fasting and feels hunger and thirst he has to re-member other
people in the world who do not have food and water. Charity is one
of the extremely
recommended acts during fasting. Muslims are required to give
mini-mum of 2.5% of their annual sav-ings as charity to poor and
needy people. Also there are various say-ings of the prophet (pbuh)
where he has said that any charity made in Ramadan is multiplied
upto 70 times. If some people are poor and cannot afford to give
money then even a smile is an act of charity. In recent years lot
of research has been done about the medical beni-fits of Ramadan.
The physiological effect of fasting includes lower of blood sugar,
lowering of cholesterol and lowering of the systolic blood
pressure. In fact, Ramadan fasting would be an ideal
recommendation
for treatment of mild to moderate, stable, non-insulin diabetes,
obesity and essential hypertension. There are psychological effects
of fasting as well. There is a peace and tran-quility for those who
fast during the month of Ramadan. Personal hostility is at a
minimum, and the crime rate decreases. Muslims take advice from the
Prophet who said, "If one slanders you or aggresses against you,
say I am fasting.'" This psychological improvement could be related
to better stabilization of blood glucose during fasting as
hypoglycemia after eating, aggra-vates behavior changes. There is a
beneficial effect of extra prayer at night.
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Former Home Secretary, Rt Hon David Blunkett MP, has reacted to
todays figures from the Brit-ish Crime Survey, which have shown a
fall in crime of 9% year-on-year and that crime is now lower than
at any point since records began in 1981. The BCS also indicated
that crime fell by 43% during Labours 13 years in power. Mr
Blunkett said: This very welcome fall in the crime figures is a
tribute first and foremost to the hard work of the
police service, whose efforts we should applaud. It was said at
the start of the global economic meltdown that recession would
lead, as night follows day, to a rise in crime. The fact that that
has not happened is a testament to the strategy which the Labour
Government put in place of neighbourhood policing teams at the
heart of every community. It is a strategy which must not fall
victim to either the coalitions re-fusal to protect front-line
spending on the police, or their widely-criticised plan for
elected local police commissioners. Mr Blunkett added: The contrast
between the fall in crime under Labour during this economic
downturn and the increase during the Tory recession of the early
1990s is marked. During the 90s recession, crime shot up by
18%.
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PROPERTY CORNERby Mohammed MahroofAn EPC is required when a
building is constructed, sold or let, basically if you are thinking
of selling your house or com-mercial building or renting it you
will need an Energy Performance Certificate. The legislation behind
this is the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and
In-spections) Regulations 2007. What is the Purpose of an EPC? It
is simply there to promote the improvement of the energy
per-formance of buildings. When is an EPC Required? It is required
when a building is built, sold or let. The definition of a building
for the purposes of this Act is:a roofed con-struction having walls
for which energy is used to condition the indoor climate and a
reference to a building includes a refer-ence to part of a building
which
has been designed or altered to be used separately It must have
a roof and walls, and use energy to condition the indoor climate
(where a building has any of the following fixed services, heating,
mechanical ventilation or air con-ditioning. Where a building is
ex-pected to have heating, mechani-cal ventilation or air
conditioning installed it will require an EPC based on the assumed
fit-out. In general terms an EPC should re-flect the accommodation
being sold or let. What Happens with a Common Heating System? You
can either have an EPC for the whole building, or an EPC for part
to be used separately and be-ing offered for sale or to let. When
is an EPC Not Required? If it is a place of worship Temporary
buildings with a planned time of use of less than
2 years. Stand alone buildings with a to-tal useful floor area
of less than 50 sq. m. Industrial sites, workshops, ag-ricultural
buildings with low en-ergy demand. Buildings due to be
demolishedWhat if I do not get an EPC? It is a requirement to have
an EPC, and the responsibility lies with the seller or landlord.
There is a penalty if the EPC is not car-ried out, which I believe
is 12.5% of the saleable value of the build-ing subject to a
minimum of 500 and a maximum of 5,000. This article is only for
guidance, and you should take professional ad-vice. If you want to
contact me I am a consultant at Mark Jenkin-son and Son (0114 276
0151 or 0787 901 5095) and I will be more than happy to advise on
any property issues you may have.
ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES (EPC's)
UrgentMeeting Of All Taxi Driv-ers At Pakistan Muslim Centre
(P.M.C) Woodburn Road, Sheffield, S9 3LQ.On Tuesday 3rd August 2010
at 1830hrsAre You Fed Up? Are You?Then Its Time To Act?Please
Attend And Discuss Your Problems So That We Can Find The Solutions
Of Our Problems.Unity Is Strength (P.H.D.A).
Private Hire Drivers Association (P.H.D.A)
British Crime Survey
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People in South Yorkshire have less than two weeks left to give
their views on the future of South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue. The
service launched a public con-sultation back in May, asking lo-cal
people for their opinions on a wide range of topics, including
funding, emergency response, fire stations and staffing, community
safety initiatives, joint-working options, and fire service
priorities and values. Hundreds of people have already responded to
the consultation document, and the
fire service is reminding those who havent yet had their say
that the consultation period ends on Monday 2nd August. Chief Fire
Officer Mark Smitherman said: We want to make sure everyone has a
chance to give us their views on how we cope with the inevita-ble
reductions in our funding. We will use the feedback from local
people and our own staff to help form our plans for the next three
years, which will be published this autumn for further
consultation. Since the consultation began we
have had some excellent responses that will help us as we plan
for the challenging times ahead. There is still time left for
others to have their say, and I would urge people to look through
the consultation document and give us their views. People can view
the consultation document and complete the sur-vey by visiting
www.syfire.gov.uk, or request a personal copy of the pack by
texting FIRE to 87023 or writing to: Consultation, South Yorkshire
Fire & Rescue, 197 Eyre Street, Sheffield, S1 3FG.
Public Urged to have their
Rt Hon David Blunkett, MP for Sheffield Brightside and
Hillsbor-ough, has congratulated the Barrow Road Post Office in
Wincobank for its success, after it was named as one of the top
outlets in the coun-try. The staff at Barrow Road have been awarded
the national Golden Ticket Award, which is given by Post Office Ltd
to highlight the top community outlets. Mr Blunkett said: I am very
pleased indeed to congratulate the staff at the Barrow
Road Post Office on their award. It is a great accolade and
recogni-tion of the tremendous service that they have provided.
Reflecting on the fact that seven years ago, the Barrow Road outlet
was due to be closed, Mr Blunkett added: Post Offices play an
essential part in the life of our community. This award is a
measure of the effort which has gone in to saving the store and
involving local people in securing provision for the future.
Unlicensed waste operators be-ware the authorities are crack-ing
down on the illegal dumping of rubbish in Sheffield. Sheffield
Councils Environmental Pro-tection Service, working with South
Yorkshire Police, recently stopped over 20 vehicles in the city on
a high profile stop and search operation. The officers checked out
vehicles suspected of carrying waste illegally at the roadside.
Nine of the vehicles stopped were found to be carry-
ing waste without a licence. Fol-low up enquiries are being made
that may result in the prosecu-tion of the offenders, although if
the offenders get licensed in the meantime, the Council will
consider a caution instead of a prosecution for a first offence.
Ian Ashmore, the Councils Head of Environmental Regulation was
delighted with the success of the operation. He said: Some
unlicensed operators have been known to dump the waste they
have collected and we hope this action will send out a strong
mes-sage that anyone who breaks the law will get caught. This was
just one of a number of stop and search operations we will be
do-ing alongside the police. Anyone wanting to check whether an
op-erator is authorised can confirm their status by contacting the
Environment Agency on 08708 506 506 or online at
http://www2.environment-agency.gov.uk/epr/index.asp
National Award forlocal Post Office
ILLEGAL WASTE CARRIERS STOPPED
say on Fire Service
A Sheffield restaurant owner is 1,800 out of pocket for
attempt-ing to sell food that could have poi-soned his customers.
Dr Godson Ugwidire of UK Mama on Fulwood Road, Broomhill was fined
1,815 in Sheffield Magistrates Court on Tuesday (6 July). He
pleaded guilty to placing unsafe food on the market. Sheffield
Council's En-
vironmental Health Officers were informed that a party of Summer
School Students who had eaten at the premises had been taken ill
the morning after their meal. It proved to be poisonous and a later
inspection showed there were poor practises in place for cooling
the food. Ian Ashmore, the Councils Head of Environmental
Regulation
said: We are proud of the many eating places in Sheffield, but
we cannot allow food unfit for public consumption to be sold in the
city and are pleased to have support from the local magistrates to
send out a clear message to anyone who tries to break the accepted
hygiene standards.
1,800 Fine for Sheffield Restaurant
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A group of youngsters from Barnsley showed off their newly
learnt fire fighting skills at Barnsley Station on Thurs-day 22nd
July, as part of a multi-agency scheme to boost youngsters
community spirit and promote good citizenship. The group of ten
youngsters aged 10 11 have spent one day a week, over the last
nine
weeks with South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue, South York-shire
Police, Barnsley Council and other local agencies to see how their
area is being devel-oped and improved, in order to promote their
community spirit. At South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue, the group
have learnt about fire safety in the home, the impact of
deliberate
fires on the community and other skills, such as first aid. The
scheme which started on Wednesday in May and con-cluded on July
with a Pass-ing Out Parade, where the youngsters demonstrated their
new skills in front of friends, family and local councillors.
Station Manager Andy Strel-czenie said: The scheme has
given these young people an insight into several organisa-tions
within their area and has educated them about all the work that is
going on in their community. The programme has taught the
youngsters about the importance of team-work and has hopefully
given them a real sense of achieve-ment.
YOUNGSTERS DEMONSTRATE THEIR FIRE FIGHTING SKILLS
Paul Blomfield MP has reacted to announcement by Vince Cable
that the coalition government will explore the option of a graduate
tax to reform higher education funding. Mr Blomfield has long been
a supporter of a graduate tax to replace tuition fees. But
commenting on whether Vince Cables proposals would create a fairer
university funding sys-tem, Mr Blomfield said that the
devil will be in the details of the proposals. Paul Blomfield
said: I have consistently argued for graduate tax because it offers
a fairer funding system, but really the devil is going to be in the
de-tail in what the government are proposing. For me there are
three tests for any new funding system. Will it enable all students
who can benefit to go to university? Will students be able to
choose
their university on the basis of ability, not cost? Will it
provide our universities with the funding that they need to
maintain the quality of teaching and research, and to compete
internationally? Behind the graduate tax head-lines, there are
worrying signs of the Governments real intentions. They are
targeting universities for some of the deepest cuts, they are
reducing places when demand is
growing, and they are encourag-ing the development of private
universities. As I outlined in my maiden speech, university
fund-ing will be one of the key issues for this Parliament and I
will ar-gue strongly for the role our uni-versities play in
transforming the opportunities for young people and contributing to
our economic success.
Paul Blomfield MP reacts to graduate tax proposal
Contract manufacturing specialist MTL Group, will create 50 jobs
in new premises situated in Rother-ham, South Yorkshire. Following
a management buyout in 2006, the business has more than dou-bled in
size and is now relocating from its current premises to a new
300,000 square feet advanced manufacturing facility in Rother-ham,
which will house the com-panys state of the art equipment and will
provide space for con-tinued expansion. MTL Group, which laser
cuts, bends, machines and fabricates steel to custom-ers
requirements has a global
blue-chip customer base includ-ing BAE, Caterpillar, Babcock and
Renault Truck Defence. High profile projects include the supply of
armoured belly-plates for in-creasing IED protection on Brit-ish
Army Vehicles in Afghanistan and key structural components for
offshore wind farms.The compa-ny has recently signed its
largest-ever export contract worth 4m to supply components to a
German defence and aerospace group. It has expanded its export
markets beyond Europe to North Africa, Asia, the Middle East and
North America.
50 Jobs Created as MTL Group
ALYANS SWEETS
Syed Fayyaz Hussain Naqvi, the Chief Editor of Mahana ILM, is
born in a village Kot Ahmed Yar, Rajoya Sadaat District Chiniot.
Initially studied in boarding school in Faisalabad, he also
completed his O-levels, FSC and then went onto complete his
grad-uation in geography and journal-ism. He was always a very
active member of the community, since he has political background,
he was involved in students politics and local politics where he
was elected as President of (Peoples Democratic Alliance) PDA. He
then moved out of Pakistan to Germany in 1992 where he re-sided for
more than 12 years,
F.H.Syed was socially a very active member where he helped many
immigrants to settle in Germany as well as other so-cial work. Mr
Syed then moved to United Kingdom in 2005, he settled in Sheffield,
being a very active social worker, he launched a very first
bi-lingual (Urdu/Eng-lish) newspaper in the history of Sheffield
called Mahana ILM. www.mahanailm.com. He also introduced a new
sports depart-ment in an organistation called (Pakistan Muslim
Centre) PMC, and currently is a chairman of Sports Section of PMC
for last 3 years. Everyone in Sheffield refers to him as
SHAHJI.
Chief Editor of Mahana ILM
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Labour Burngreave Councillor, Ibrar Hussain has successfully
campaigned for improvements to the M20 and 5 bus services. From the
end of July the services will now operate through Pitsmoor, Sturton
Road, Pexton Road, Grimesthorpe, Carwood and Castlegate. These
changes will provide a more comprehensive service for Burngreave
residents. Labour Burngreave Councillor, Ibrar Hussain, said: The
chang-
es will mean that the services will cover areas that have been
requested by residents. Many local people depend on a good bus
service and I am pleased to see that we have managed to achieve
some success in making the improvements. It is good that residents
views have been taken on board in this case and they have got the
improvements that many were looking for.
Burngreave Bus Services
More than 1,000 people in Shef-field are now benefiting from an
innovative scheme which puts people in control of their own social
care. Self Directed Sup-port is a new way of allocating money to
people receiving social care. People have a personal budget which
means they can decide which services best meet their needs. Since
Sheffield be-gan to pilot the scheme in March 2008, 1,356 people
have received
a budget. Now Sheffield City Council is as acknowledging the
success of Self Directed Support so far and is making sure that it
is more widely available. Currently just less than eight per cent
of the total numbers of people receiv-ing support from adults
services have a personal budget. But at to-morrows Cllrs will note
that Self Directed Support will be avail-able to all new and
existing serv-ice users from August this year.
PUTTING PEOPLE IN CONTROL OF THEIR CARE
Paul Blomfield MP has responded to todays joint press release by
Sheffield Forgemasters and the Department for Business, Innova-tion
and Skills. The statement an-nounces that talks between
Forge-masters and BIS which aimed to replace the 80 million loan
axed by the ToryLib Dem Govern-ment ended without private sector
investment being brought in. Mr Blomfield said that the end of
talks was a shameful breach of trust. Paul Blomfield MP said:
"After the Tory-Lib Dem government scrapped the 80 million loan
to
Forgemasters, Nick Clegg said he would work with the company to
find a different way forward. He then failed to meet them as
prom-ised. Today's announcement that talks between the Business
De-partment and Forgemasters have ended after one brief meeting,
confirms that Clegg's words were just empty rhetoric and hot air.
This is a shameful breach of trust with Forgemasters and the people
of Sheffield, who have lost out on new manufacturing jobs and
in-vestment."
End of Forgemaster talks is a Shameful Breach of Trust
A Sheffield man is 700 out of pocket after being unable to
ac-count for the disposal of his busi-ness waste. The trader was
ar-rested as a result of a prosecution case brought by the
Environmen-tal Protection team at Sheffield City Council. Khalid
Parvez (48) of KP Plumbing, Abbeydale Road pleaded guilty at
Sheffield Magis-trates Court this week (13 July). Environmental
Enforcement of-ficers first attended KP Plumbing in early June
2009, after reports of waste accumulating there. Al-
though there were commercial bins at the premises, officers
found that they had not been provided to the business by the waste
compa-nies and there was no contract in place with those companies
for waste to be removed. Written ad-vice was given to Parvez on how
to dispose of commercial waste.A visit later that month showed that
despite the advice, Parvez had not made any arrangements with any
waste contractor to have the shop waste collected. Officers served
a Notice on Parvez to produce doc-
uments showing how he had dis-posed of the shop waste. Despite a
warning no documents were produced. A fixed penalty was of-fered to
Parvez in a bid to resolve the matter, but it was not paid and the
matter was referred to the Magistrates Court. Parvez was summonsed
to court but failed to attend. A warrant was issued and, when he
failed to attend again, Parvez was arrested and brought before the
court. At court Parvez pleaded guilty and was fined 585 with 150
costs and 15 victim
surcharge, a total of 700. Coun-cillor Andrew Sangar, the
Coun-cils Cabinet member for Climate Change said: This was a clear
case of our officers taking a firm but fair line with traders.
Written advice was provided to the trader, clearly explaining how
he should dispose of his waste. This advice was ignored and
officers had no alternative but to take formal ac-tion. We are
delighted that the courts once again backed Shef-field Councils
efforts to keep the city clean.
700 BILL FOR TRADERS WASTE OFFENCE
Labour were disappointed to learn that Sheffield would not
become the UKs first City of Culture, as the mantle was instead
granted to Derry this evening. Sheffields defeat was declared live
from Liverpool, 2008 European City of Culture, on the BBCs One
Show
and local Labour Cllrs heard the news of Derrys victory, as it
hap-pened, at the City Centres Winter Gardens. The UK City of
Culture title would have bagged Sheffield more major events and
cultural attractions, helping to increase not only visitors to the
city, but
also boost participation in culture within Sheffield itself.
Labour Spokesperson for Culture, Sport & Tourism, Councillor
Jackie Drayton, said: This really is sad news for Sheffield, the
City of Culture bid team worked ex-tremely hard to get this
mantle,
but it obviously just wasnt to be. With or without this title,
Sheffield will still be a city of culture. We have a long cultural
tradition on screen, on stage and on canvass. Sheffield is bursting
with culture, and long may this continue.
Labour Sad to See City of Culture Defeat
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The Liberal Democrat Leader of Sheffield City Council has
written to Corus, a local steel manufacturer, to welcome the
announcement that they plan to take on over 150 new members of
staff. The announcement by Corus brings the total number of new
jobs at the Stocksbridge and Rotherham sites to over 310 since just
a few months ago. Cllr Paul Scriven has expressed his delight at
the extra jobs in Shef-field s local economy and has pledged the
Councils support for Corus going into the future. Cllr Paul
Scriven, Liberal Dem-ocrat Leader of Sheffield City Council, said:
- Im delighted that Corus have announced
these plans for expansion, brought about by an outstanding
entrepreneurial sprit from the management. Its a boost for our
local economy and it shows how strong Sheffield businesses are. I
know the Stocksbridge area in particular will be delighted with
this as the success of Corus is vital for the vitality of the local
community. As Council Leader I gave my support to Corus in the
tough times. But I also want to ensure that the Council supports
local businesses in the better times too. Its vitally important for
the message to go out that Sheffield businesses are strong,
expanding and successful going into the future.
Steel Firm Corus Expands
, was encouraging the Taliban as recently as last year. Wajid
Shamsul Hasan, Pakistan's high commissioner, wrote: "One would have
wished that the prime minister would have considered Pakistan's
enormous role in the war on terror and the sacrifices it has
rendered since 9/11. "There seems to be more reliance on
in-formation based on intelligence leaks which lack credibility of
proof. A bilateral visit aimed at earning business could have been
done without damaging the prospects of regional peace."
Cameron Sparks Row9 The prime minister stood by his warning that
Pakistan should not be allowed "to promote the export of terror" in
the world, despite the anger his comments have provoked. Cameron
said he would always talk "frankly" to Britain's friends as he
insisted he had caused no offence and had not blamed the Islamabad
government for promoting terrorism. Speaking in New Delhi this
morning on the second and final day of his visit to India, the
prime minister said: "I don't think the British taxpayer
wants me to go around the world saying what people want to
hear." Miliband rounded on Cameron's comments, claiming there was a
"big difference between straight-talking and being a loudmouth".
Miliband said everyone had "two ears and one mouth" and it was
important to use them "in that proportion" when it came to for-eign
policy. While Pakistan must go "further and faster" in dealing with
the terrorism that has been launched from its own midst, it was
also important to recognise
how much Pakistan itself has suf-fered from the terrorism that
af-flicts the whole of south Asia, said Miliband, who insisted that
he was not seeking to score points as part of his leadership bid.
He told BBC Radio 4's World At One: "It is very, very important
that the prime minister, who in three unscripted appearances at
press conferences has gone off script ... understands that we have
got two ears and one mouth and it is very important to use them in
that pro-portion."
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Sheffield steel manufacturers are set to be at the forefront of
pro-ducing a new generation of off-shore wind technology after
being awarded a 250,000 grant an-nounced by the Coalition
Govern-ment. Specialist metal manufac-turers MTL Group employ more
than 200 local skilled staff and are based on Darnall Road in the
east end of Sheffield. They have been awarded the 250,000 grant to
develop mass manufacturing techniques for components for offshore
wind turbines. The com-
pany was visited by Nick Clegg MP and the Leader of Sheffield
City Council Cllr Paul Scriven in the run up to May's General
Elec-tion. MTL Group is one of seven firms in the UK who will be
shar-ing 5m of government grants aimed at increasing the UK supply
chain for components for offshore wind turbines. Cllr Paul Scriven,
Liberal Democrat Leader of Shef-field City Council, said: - This
grant, which wouldnt have been available through commercial
op-portunities, Cont P5 No 8...
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The Broomhall and Sharrow Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) covers
the Sharrow, Highfields and Broomhall areas and operates from
Meersbrook Police Station. The team provides a visible, accessible
and familiar service to your neighbourhood, working closely with
partner agencies and the local community to tackle the issues that
matter the most to residents. Sergeant Murtaza Awan from the SNT is
dedicated to dealing with the problems that matter to you. Acting
on concerns raised by members of the community the SNT have
achieved the following results between June 2009 and June 2010. A
total 47 warrants have been executed across the SNT area following
information received from the community regarding drug activity.
Seventy-eight people have been arrested for drug and other various
offences. A further 12 people have been given fixed penalty notices
for a range of minor offences. Information provided by the
community enabled officers to seize and destroy cannabis plants
with an estimated street value of over one million pounds.
Hydroponic equipment used for the cultivation of cannabis that was
set up in a number of houses in the area was also recovered. Sgt
Awan said: The team and the community can be proud of what we have
achieved together in addressing local issues. We will continue to
work with residents to tackle local issues. A priority for the SNT
is the ongoing work with different communities living in the area
and form relationships through various forums. This allows the
public to have first hand contact with their team and get to know
the officers on a personal basis. Community meetings are held every
month where members of the community can have their say on how what
should be a policing priority. Broomhall community meetings are
held on the last Thursday of every month between 6 pm and 7pm and
alternate between Broomhall Community Centre and Sunny bank meeting
rooms.
Sharrow community meetings are held on the first Wednesday of
every month between 6pm and 7pm at the Old School, on South View
Road. Engaging with young people and building relationships in the
community is a key role for the SNT. A number of initiatives for
young people have recently taken place including the South
Yorkshire Police (SYP) recruitment event. The SNT held two separate
SYP recruitment events for local youngsters. The events took place
at Broomhall Community Centre and the Israac Somali Centre. The aim
was for local people to learn about SYP and to see the police as an
employer of choice. As a result ten referrals of young black
minority ethnic people were passed on to SYP recruiting department.
Activities including the Kickz football project in Broomhall and
Sharrow and Miss Unique, a confidence boosting session aimed at
girls aged 12-19 and are held at Broomhall Community Centre and Old
Sharrow School. Officers also visit local schools on a regular
basis to talk with pupils and parents, and to encourage them to
speak to officers and raise any issues or concerns they may have.
Sgt Awan added: These initiatives and the efforts of the local SNT
and community have contributed in the reduction in crime in the
area. However there is always room for improvement, members of the
public and our partner agencies are crucial element in our effort
to curb crime. For detail of your next community meeting or to get
in touch with your local Safer Neighbourhood Team type in your
postcode at www.southyorks.police.uk
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Celebrating 150 years of cricket at Millhouses Park. In 1860,
Mill-houses Cricket Club was formed. This year sees the Club
celebrate 150 years of cricket in pictur-esque Millhouses Park by
hosting
a cricket week at the beginning of August. The week will see a
game against the Yorkshire and Derbyshire Cricket League
Representative team on Sunday 1st August, 20/20 evening match-es
versus a Millhouses Legends team on Tuesday 3rd August and a BBC
Radio Sheffield Celebrity XI led by Seth Bennett on Thurs-day 5th
August. The team will include local sports stars and ce-lebrities
such as Radio Sheffield presenters Andy Giddings, Paul Walker and
Toby Foster, boxer Curtis Woodhouse, football sum-marisers John
Pearson and Keith Edwards, ex-Blade Tony Currie, former MP Richard
Caborn and many others. The week of celebra-tion concludes with a
prestigious all-day match against the MCC on Friday 6th August.
Millhouses
Cricket Club nearly ceased to ex-ist 12 months ago with waning
interest and a steep decline in numbers. The Club, now part of
Millhouses Works Cricket Club after an amalgamation with the
Sheffield Works Department Cricket Club, boasts three Saturday
teams, two Sunday teams, two Midweek teams, one indoor team and
three junior teams. The club also are look-ing for past players and
officials of Millhouses CC and Shef-field Works Department CC to
make contact and join the Club as MAWLers Millhouses and Works
Legends. Further de-tails about the Millhouses 150th Anniversary
Cricket Week or information about how to join or sponsor the events
can be ob-tained at www.millhousesworks.play-cricket.com or email
Iain Mallett at
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Left to Right (standing) Hassan Ahmed, Aiman Naeem, Mehtab Khan,
Shahrukh, Front Akheel Khan, Bilal Afzal, Noman Hussain, Ali Abass,
Zain Raja, Amir Riaz. Other players not photographed Moshin Ahmed,
Qaiser Mohammed, Mazaffar Hussain,Usman Aslam.
Speaking in response to the wind-ing up order presented to
Shef-field Wednesday Football Club by HMRC, and as the Member of
Parliament for the Brightside and Hillsborough constituency which
includes the Club, the Rt Hon David Blunkett said: I will be in
immediate touch with Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, as I would
for any other enterprise in my constituency, to offer every
possible assistance - including intervention with Her Majes-tys
Revenue and Customs. I share the clubs concern about pre-emptive
moves particularly where, with the Co-operative Bank, constructive
discussions were in progress. Action of this
kind can only cause both deep distress to the fans and the clubs
management, and undermine the clubs efforts to obtain substan-tial
funding for future develop-ment. Quite simply, this move is deeply
unhelpful in every re-spect and I hope that HMRC will move
immediately to allay fears and to find a sensible solution. In the
meantime, I am making pre-liminary contact with the HMRC Chief
Executive, Lesley Strathie, in order to facilitate the necessary
behind the scenes work to get this matter resolved. Mr Blunkett is
also meeting the Chairman of the fans group, Wednesdayite, at
lunchtime to review the situ-ation.
HMRC Winding Up Order for S . W. F. C
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League Winning Party given to Al-Mahdi & Global CCAl-Mahdi
XI CC formally known as Parkway CC. It changes its name over 3
years ago when it was taken over by Syed Zeeshan Haider Naqvi. He
first started playing for this club when it was formed in 1994. The
club also play in a midweek cricket league called Irwin Mitchell
Alliance Midweek Cricket League and is currently doing quite well
in Division A and should be promoted to the premier divi-sion in
the season 2011. Just over 3 years ago there was as new Sunday
cricket league was started in Sheffield call Allama
Iqbal Sunday Cricket League PMC Sheffield, the initially started
with 4 teams, gradually the league started to become very
attractive and popular to all local of Sheffield and now the league
has grown from 4 teams to 12 teams in season 12 and already the
another 4 teams have registered to participate in season 2011. In
2008 the league title was won by Sehnsa CC, In 2009 a new league
winner emerged called Al-Mahdi, the team is captained by Zeeshan
Naqvi and has been running the team for the past 4 years. Zee-shan
Naqvi is also the league
secretary and he is very dedi-cated contributor to the league.
The team has some fantastic overseas student player. It was a very
successful season for Al-Mahdi XI CC, not only it had won the
league but also won a further two more competitions the Cup
Competition and also the Youm-e-Azaadi (Pakistan Independence Day
Tourna-ment). After a successful 2009 season, they started with a
slow 2010 season but slowly they picked up their form and start-ed
to get some wins under their belt, season recently finished and
Al-Mahdi successfully de-
fended their title and won the league consecutively for the
second time, unfortunately it lost it cup title in semi-final to
Sharrow XI non the less it was ago fight. After winning 2010
season, the league chairman Syed Fayyaz Hussain Shah gave a big
congratulation party and invited more that 40 play-ers, captains
and friends. (Team Players) Syed Zeeshan Haider Naqvi, Nathan
Bandari, Khalid Rehman, Harsha, Mad-hu, Shokat Ali, Mani Setty,
Krishna Bautalla, Liaqat Ali, Sarath Babu, Lucky)
Al-Mahdi XI CC Div A WinnerGlobal CC Div B & Cup Winner
Sharrow A CC
AnnouncementYoum-e-Azaadi (Independence Day) Tournament is on
Sunday 8th of August 2010, Anyone interested in entering a team,
please contact any member of the Executive committee of Allama
Iqbal Sunday Cricket League. Entry forms can found at PMC, forms
must be handed in by Thursday 5th of August 2010. Enrty Fee is 30.
Any money collected for the tounamenmt will be donated to St Lukes
Hospice, Sheffield. Please donate gener-ously for the good cause.
Syed Fayyaz Hussain Shah
Chairman PMC Sports
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Former Home Secretary, Rt Hon David Blunkett MP, has reacted to
the announcement by Theresa May of a review of key
counter-terrorism pow-ers, including the 28-day limit of detaining
terrorism suspects
without charge. Mr Blun-kett, who was responsible for putting
anti-terror legislation on the statute book after the events of 11
September 2001, said: Cont P5No 6...
Leadershipis no Substitute for Political Posturing
Council officers have advised members on Sheffield City Coun-cil
that they estimate up to 200m of savings from the Councils budget
will need to found over
the next four years. The savings are required mainly because of
the reduction in central government grant, Continued P5 No 7
200m of Pain toClear Labours Mess
David Miliband attacks 'loudmouth' Cameron over Pakistan
commentsFormer foreign secretary criticis-es PM for warning that
Pakistan 'should not be allowed to promote the export of terror'
David Miliband said there was a 'big difference be-tween
straight-talking and being a loudmouth'. Photograph: Graeme
Robertson David Cameron was to-
day accused of being a "loudmouth" by David Miliband, the former
for-eign secretary and Labour leader-ship contender, over his
claims that elements of the Pakistani state are responsible for
exporting terrorism abroad. Cont P18 No 10
Lord Nazir Ahmed & Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah outside House of
Lords