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Names of top politicians, royal aides and a famous pop star on list seized by police investigating child paedophile ring at suburban B&B
Liberal MP Sir Cyril Smith
- List found among documents after raid at the home of former child protection worker
- MP Tom Watson sparked probe after his speech in Commons
Police investigating allegations of a child pedophile network have seized a list naming top politicians, members of the royal household and a world-renowned pop star, it was reported today.

They were allegedly visitors to a bed and breakfast guest house which operated as a brothel where youngsters were abused at gay sex parties.

The names were recorded on a handwritten note found by police at the North London home of child protection worker Mary Moss during a raid.

She had initially declined to co-operate with the investigation. Documents and a laptop were seized and Ms Moss later handed over other 19 files she had put in a neighbour’s shed.

The papers include a list of men who went to sex parties in the 80s at the Elm Guest House, in Barnes, south west London.

Among them were two former Conservative Cabinet ministers, four other senior Tories, a Labour MP, a prominent Irish republican and a leading National Front member, according to the Sunday People.

The note also allegedly names two members of the royal household – one a former Buckingham Palace employee – plus the owner of a multinational company and two pop stars.

One of those is a best-selling musician, but like some others on the list he is not suspected of being involved in any child abuse.

The list emerged at meetings in 1988 between child protection officials and the guest house’s manager Carole Kasir, who died aged 47, two years later from a suspected overdose.

The paper said that 16 boys from nearby Grafton Close council home were allegedly trafficked to the guest house and abused.

Now detectives are to check social services records from Richmond, Wandsworth, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Hounslow.

Officers will also be examining copies of cash receipts and the guest house’s visitor records.

Famous names linked to child sex rings include Liberal MP Cyril Smith in Rochdale and disgraced traitor Anthony Blunt, the former Keeper of the Queen’s Pictures.

A complaint by Labour MP Tom Watson during a speech in the House of Commons sparked Operation Fernbridge. He claimed a paedophile ring used high-level connections to escape justice.

Ms Moss told the People: ‘They [police] were friendly enough but I thought it was heavy handed and a complete violation of my privacy..

The Met confirmed their statement to the Mail Online. ‘The investigation will be led by the Child Abuse Investigation Command.

‘The allegations under Operation Fernbridge were initially assessed under Operation Fairbank, which was from information passed to police by Mr Tom Watson.’

Daily Mail
January 20, 2013
UK Letter Bomb: Viable Device Sent To NI Officer

Postal workers have intercepted a letter bomb addressed to a senior police officer in Northern Ireland.

The suspicious package, meant for Chief Inspector Andy Lemon, was discovered in a sorting office in Strabane, Co Tyrone.

Bomb disposal experts examined the package and said it was “a small viable device”, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said.

The device was made up of a battery pack and accelerant and was packed into a brown envelope. It was taken away for further examination.

Six roads around the sorting office were closed for several hours this morning but all have since been reopened.

Chief Inspector Lemon said the vigilance of postal staff had saved lives.

“This was a very dangerous device and I would like to praise the Post Office staff for noticing it. One of them, or one of my officers, could have been injured had they opened it,” he said.

He added: “I do not believe this is a personal attack but more a general attack on the police.

“Because I am area commander, a lot of mail would come into the police station addressed to myself, but I do not open any of it. That is done by other members of staff.

“This was an attempt to kill or injure police.”

Chief Inspector Lemon said the PSNI was keeping an open mind about who was responsible but said dissident republicans were the most likely suspects.

Northern Ireland’s first minister Peter Robinson and his deputy Martin McGuinness condemned the attempted attack.

“There can be no justification for this calculated and callous behaviour,” they said in a joint statement.

“This was not just a planned attack on a police officer but also on the postal workers involved and society as a whole.”

They urged anyone with information to contact police.

Last month, an explosive device was found under the car of a police officer in east Belfast.

Sky News

January 18, 2013
Carwyn Jones ‘pursuing leads’ on trade visit to Turkey

Wales needs a strong presence in emerging economies, First Minister Carwyn Jones said as he began a day of meetings in Turkey.

Carwyn Jones has meetings in Istanbul

Mr Jones said he was pursuing potential deals that could benefit the Welsh economy.

It is the first in a series of overseas trips he has lined up in the first six months of 2013.

He warned if the Welsh government “sit back” it will lose opportunities for foreign trade to competitors.

Speaking from Istanbul, Mr Jones told BBC Radio Wales’ Good Morning Wales programme that he had meetings with representatives from banking, manufacturing, academia and government.

We can’t afford to sit back because other people will be out here”

Carwyn Jones First Minister

“It’s quite clear when you come to Turkey that you see an economy that’s growing, a very dynamic population as well,” he said.

“They are going to be a power-house in years to come. It’s important then that we have got strong business and commercial links with them.”

Although he could not disclose “commercially confidential” details, he said the Welsh government was pursuing two “very promising” leads.

He arrived on Wednesday and leaves on Friday morning as part of a “hectic schedule”.

“You spend all your time in meetings – that’s the way it should be – and in pursuing business contacts,” he said.

“So it’s always a pretty hectic schedule. We can’t afford to sit back because other people will be out here.”

Later this month Mr Jones will be in Dublin to address the inaugural conference of the British-Irish Chamber of Commerce.

Next month the Welsh government will take a trade mission to San Francisco and the first minister will be in New York in March and in June he will visit Japan.

‘Sell Wales’

As first minister he has already made official visits to China, the US and India.

“You have to go out and sell Wales. No-one else is going to do it,” he said.

While he acknowledged that exports to China and the EU had deteriorated recently, exports to the US and India were improving.

The most trade recent figures published by HM Revenue and Customs show the value of Welsh exports in the third quarter of 2012 was £3.1bn – down from £3.3bn at the same time in 2011.

After meeting bosses from the steel giant Tata in India last April, Mr Jones hailed a pledge by the company to invest £800m in Wales over five years.

However, in November Tata said it would be shedding almost 600 jobs at plants in south Wales.

Mr Jones said: “What you have to do is go to countries and make sure Wales is on their agenda. There’s no point going somewhere then disappearing for years – people will forget about you.

“One of the messages we have learned is that if you want people to take an interest in Wales you have to make sure that you have a strong presence in those countries that are going to be important in years to come.

“They are countries like India, like China, like the USA and of course now like Turkey.”

In total, the Welsh government is planning 16 overseas trade missions this year, although it has not been confirmed that a cabinet minister will attend all of them.

The Conservatives called on the first minister to make sure the trips deliver for Wales.

Welsh Tory assembly leader Andrew RT Davies said: “The first minister must demonstrate that his globe-trotting serves a purpose and amounts to more than hunting winter sun.”

via BBC News – Carwyn Jones ‘pursuing leads’ on trade visit to Turkey.

January 18, 2013
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January 15, 2013
UK Jimmy Savile sex abuse spread far and wide

The Operation Yewtree report shows how Savile’s victims ranged from eight to 47 years old, including 174 females and 40 males.

Police have released a UK map outlining the horrific geographical range of Jimmy Savile’s ‘predatory’ sex offending.

A report released by the Met Police and NSPCC today details the huge extent of Savile’s sex abuse, which spread far and wide across

The Operation Yewtree report shows how Savile’s victims ranged from eight to 47 years old, including 174 females and 40 males.

It emerged that 50 of his attacks took place at hospitals, 33 at TV or radio stations, and 14 at schools.

But presenting the daunting range of facts and figures underlying the catalogue of offences, Britain’s biggest children’s charity, the NSPCC, said “behind every number is a person who suffered”.

The shocking police report also reveals that Savile was at his most prolific in the south east – he committed 43 offences in the Metropolitan Police area, and 30 in Thames Valley.

A further 34 of the Leeds presenter’s offences took place in the West Yorkshire, along with 14 in Great Manchester.

Here is a snapshot of victims who came forward to reveal their experiences:

1960 – A 10-year-old boy saw Savile outside a hotel and asked for his autograph. They went into the hotel reception where he was seriously sexually assaulted.

1965 – A 14-year-old girl met Savile in a nightclub. She later visited his home and was raped.

1972 – A 12-year-old boy and two female friends attended a recording of Top of the Pops. During a break in filming Savile groped the boy’s genitals and the breasts of his two friends.

1973 – A 16-year-old female hospital patient was befriended by Savile. He led her to an office where he kissed her, touched her inappropriately and then subjected her to a sexual assault.

1974 – Savile took a 14-year-old schoolgirl for a drive in his car and seriously sexually assaulted her.

2009 – A 43-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by Savile when he put his hand up her skirt while talking to her on a train journey between Leeds and London.

Yahoo News

January 11, 2013
UK: EDL leader jailed over passport

Stephen Lennon

The leader of the English Defence League has been jailed for 10 months after admitting using someone else’s passport to travel to the United States.

Stephen Lennon, 30, pleaded guilty to possession of a false identity document with improper intention, contrary to the Identity Documents Act 2010, at Southwark Crown Court.

Lennon used a passport in the name of Andrew McMaster to board a Virgin Atlantic Flight from Heathrow to New York, but was caught out after his fingerprints were taken by customs officials.

He left the airport and entered the US illegally but left the country the following day, using his own passport to return to the UK.

Press Association

January 7, 2013