It’s truly devastating to hear that now over 20,000 Chinese have lost their lives to the earthquake,

All our prayers and thoughts are with those who have friends and family who are either missing or have lost their lives.

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It’s been a while since my last post about the Home of Horrors, Haut de la Garenne in Jersey. Up until now there was not a lot of new news involving the home, but recently in this past week forensic detectives have found more evidence of the disturbing goings on in the home.

Last week while in the final two chambers to be scrutinized, sniffer dogs led forensic detectives to an area where they discovered pieces of human bone from a child or children aged around four or five and two milk teeth, bloodstained items were also recovered from one of the rooms possibly confirming that abuse was going on in the home, The abuse of more than 100 children had been happening since the 1950s to 2002 when the home was closed.

Police are also investigating two suspicious pits on the grounds that are lined with lime, last week a man came forward and told police that he was called to the home and asked to dig out the two pits with a digger, the following day after doing as they requested he was asked to fill them back in, at the time he hadn’t noticed anything untoward. So far police have uncovered numerous items to confirm the barbaric acts going on in the home, A child’s skull under the stairwell, A concrete bath with human bloodstains, on the wall next to the bath read the haunting words ‘I’ve been bad for years and years’ and a set of shackles as well as the newly discovered bones and teeth.

As of yet only one man has been charged in connection with the inquiry, Gordon Claude Wateridge was charged with three offences of indecent assault on girls under 16 between 1969 and 1979 when he was warder at the home. The 76-year-old is on conditional bail and will next appear in Court on May 12. Another man was arrested this week,  68 year old Claude Donnelly, of St Brelade,  accused of one count each of rape, indecent assault and gross indecency, Case files from the home were also handed into the police lawyers,  which could lead to more arrests.

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I was shocked to hear of yet another appalling crime involving imprisonment and abuse from a person you are supposed to trust and respect. It mirrors the news of young Austrian girl Natascha Kampusch who spent eight years locked up in a windowless cell before escaping in August 2006.

The 42-year-old Austrian woman, told police that her father Josef Fritzel had lured her into the windowless basement of the block where they lived in the town of Amstetten in 1984, and drugged and handcuffed her before imprisoning her for 24 years, and fathering seven of his daughter’s children, all unbeknown by his wife, who had believed her daughter had ran away  from home to a new life. Three of the children were locked up since birth in the basement of the drab, building along with their mother and had never seen sunlight or received any education police have said.

The case only unfolded when a 19-year-old girl, the oldest of the three, became seriously ill and was hospitalised,where doctors then appealed for the girl’s mother, who was believed to have disappeared, to come forward to provide more details about her medical history.Josef then brought Elisabeth and her remaining two children out of the basement, telling his wife that their "missing" daughter had chosen to return home, police said.

What is this world coming to, how many more people are hidden away in secret chambers for another persons amusement, sadly for 24 years this woman had lived in that situation and if it hadn’t been for her daughter requiring hospital treatment it is highly unlikely that anyone would have known she existed, it also seems ironic that in both cases of Natascha and this latest victim are Austrian.

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Since my last post about young Shannon Matthews stepfather Craig Meehan being arrested for child porn, there have been further arrests one including her own mother.

Earlier in the week the mother of Meehan and three sisters, one whom was a neighbour of Matthews were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice respectively in the disappearance of Shannon, while on Thursday her mother Karen Matthews, 32, was charged with perverting the course of justice and child neglect. Prosecutors allege that the mother, who led a high-profile campaign to find her missing daughter, concealed information from police about where the girl was.

Police investigating the alleged kidnap of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews have urged the local community not to take vigilante action against anyone they believe was involved. on Wednesday the courtroom was packed with media, residents in Matthew’s area and Matthews’ friends, as well as court officials and lawyers where there were shouts of "yes" when district judge Jonathan Bennett refused bail and remanded Matthews in custody.

The more you here of this story the less surprising it is, the family of young Shannon all look as if they could do with a few bob and perhaps planned to use funds that they gained from the campaign to live a better quality of life. The McCanns have received thousands of pounds to help them with their campaign and are using them to help try and find their daughter. in their case little Maddy is genuinely missing and her where abouts unknown.

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Yesterday five people were killed in a plane crash in my original home county of Kent.

The light aircraft left Biggin Hill Airport due for France, but immediately began to have problems and the pilot was reported to have called mayday seconds before it crashed, while trying to do an emergency landing back at Biggin Hill, unfortunately it crashed less than five miles of the runway into two houses in Farnbourough before being engulfed in flames, both houses were also ablaze. There were three passengers destined for France and two pilots who were all killed.

Emergency Authorities are saying that it could have been much worse if it had crashed further into the small estate where children were playing outside, witnesses say they saw the plane crashing through fences less than 25 yards from their homes, also eyewitnesses have described seeing panic on the faces of those inside the aircraft before the twin-engined Cessna Citation I clipped a building and crashed.one man rushed to the scene as he thought that his son was playing near the houses where the plane crashed, but found him unharmed, he also said that there was nothing that anyone could have done to save the passengers or pilots. The couple of one of the houses destroyed was away on holiday at the time.

Those who died have not yet been formally identified but they are said to include pilot Mike Roberts and passengers David Leslie, 54, a former British Touring Car champion driver and Richard Lloyd, 63, the boss of Apex Motorsport who was also a former touring car champion.

Our thoughts and prayers go to those that have lost family and friends on this flight and also to the deceased.

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I’ve just been sitting here watching the news and had to turn away as it was so distressing. I cant believe men can be so cruel as to slaughter poor defenseless animals like the seal pups. Canada has now entered the culling season, which I think is so f@#king wrong. How a man can just club and batter the poor things is beyond me, being an animal lover this makes me so wild and to be honest makes me think evil thoughts against these perpetrators. Is there nothing that can stop this evil  and downright barbaric act.

I don’t get how anyone can eat these beautiful creatures surely there is something more tastier to eat also I am anti fur and can’t understand how a famous person or those with riches would want to wear any animal skin, whether it died of natural causes or killed deliberately. IT LOOKS BETTER ON THE ANIMAL NOT YOU. I think it just makes the person who is wearing it look real ugly, what if fashion decided to make garments out of human skin, would they be as quick to own one then, I think not.

So Please do something to help stop the culling,

sign the pledge visit

http://www.hsus.org/index-seals.html

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A young Indian boy was  abandoned at a London bus stop last week, he then walked into a health center. Police have been trying to find out where he has come from, it was established that he could only speak Punjabi and that a white ‘uncle’ had been looking after him since his parents died.

 He came to England 3 years ago around the same time a 6 year old was snatched from his home in Aurangabad in the eastern state of Bihar. When his picture appeared on Indian TV a young couple said he resembled their son who had been snatched,

Authorities are now trying to determine whether the child is theirs. The child who is 9 is in care of social services while they determine where he is from. Some reports are saying that he may have been the victim of human trafficking. With luck I hope that this is the young boy that the couple claim to be theirs, it must have broken their heart when their son went missing.

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So heather Mills finally got what she wanted, a whopping 25 million pounds in her divorce settlement after being married to Sir Paul Mcartney for just four years. Even then she still was’nt content with such a huge amount and appealled saying she needed more to support her daughter,which I’m glad the courts turned down, the amount of money she recieved would set up several people for life, let alone a single mum and a  four year old.

As well as wanting more money for supporting her child she still wanted 40 grand a year for wine, which she does’nt drink no more and 35 grand for horses that she doesnt even ride, I can only dream of possesing such money, thats in my life time and several more after, not bloody four years. I cant help think, as I’m sure others do, that she is just a gold digger. I know Sir Paul has millions but in honesty what gives her the right. From the beginning of their relationship I thought it was dodgy that such a young woman would want to be with a much older man unless it was for financial purposes.

So beware all you old croonies with loadsa wads, you may pick a pretty pal, but is she after your wallet or you, the chances are it will be the latter.

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