A LANDLORD whose failure to fit smoke alarms led to the near-death of one of his tenants has been ordered to pay more than £30,000 by a judge. Dharmendrasinhji Chauhan, 44, did not fit smoke detectors, fire doors or fire extinguishers at his rented property in Abbey Street. When a blaze started in the shared house last year, tenant Ben Mousley was forced to escape from his third-floor bedroom window, falling 20ft and breaking his neck. Appearing at Derby Crown Court, Chauhan was told his attempt to cut corners had put the lives of others at risk. The case was the first time a prosecution had been brought in Derbyshire under new fire safety legislation. Handing down a fine of £20,000, and costs of more than £10,000, Judge John Burgess said: "I want to send the message to other people in your situation that they will have to take their obligations seriously."
A LANDLORD whose failure to fit smoke alarms led to the near-death of one of his tenants has been ordered to pay more than £30,000 by a judge.
Dharmendrasinhji Chauhan, 44, did not fit smoke detectors, fire doors or fire extinguishers at his rented property in Abbey Street.
When a blaze started in the shared house last year, tenant Ben Mousley was forced to escape from his third-floor bedroom window, falling 20ft and breaking his neck. Appearing at Derby Crown Court, Chauhan was told his attempt to cut corners had put the lives of others at risk.
The case was the first time a prosecution had been brought in Derbyshire under new fire safety legislation.
Handing down a fine of £20,000, and costs of more than £10,000, Judge John Burgess said: "I want to send the message to other people in your situation that they will have to take their obligations seriously."
Los Angeles police and city officials will be scrambling through the weekend to prepare for a memorial for Michael Jackson on Tuesday in an attempt to prevent the scenes of chaos and confusion that have marked the eight days since his death.With the family finally settled on a Tuesday morning event at the Staples Centre in downtown LA, the city now is now bracing itself for the gathering of what is expected to be an enormous crowd of Jackson fans. The Staples Centre has a capacity for up to 20,000 at most, which most involved in the organisation agree is wildly inadequate.The event will be opened to the public, with 11,000 tickets distributed free and the remaining 9,000 seats presumably being offered to friends of the family and music industry representatives.But that will still leave a massive over-spill. Dennis Zine, an LA city council representative, said: "If you can imagine 100,000 people show up and you have 20,000 capacity, there is not sufficient room. Now you have a crowd-control problem."
Los Angeles police and city officials will be scrambling through the weekend to prepare for a memorial for Michael Jackson on Tuesday in an attempt to prevent the scenes of chaos and confusion that have marked the eight days since his death.
With the family finally settled on a Tuesday morning event at the Staples Centre in downtown LA, the city now is now bracing itself for the gathering of what is expected to be an enormous crowd of Jackson fans. The Staples Centre has a capacity for up to 20,000 at most, which most involved in the organisation agree is wildly inadequate.
The event will be opened to the public, with 11,000 tickets distributed free and the remaining 9,000 seats presumably being offered to friends of the family and music industry representatives.
But that will still leave a massive over-spill. Dennis Zine, an LA city council representative, said: "If you can imagine 100,000 people show up and you have 20,000 capacity, there is not sufficient room. Now you have a crowd-control problem."
The singer, wearing a stage costume, will be laid to rest in a gold-plated coffin, along with tokens from his life in music, including one of the white gloves he loved to wear.But, according to US media reports quoting a friend of the family, the Jacksons want the coffin entombed in concrete immediately after the funeral - which is expected to be held in secret before Tuesday's public memorial service - because of fears that a crazed fan could try to dig it up.
The singer, wearing a stage costume, will be laid to rest in a gold-plated coffin, along with tokens from his life in music, including one of the white gloves he loved to wear.
But, according to US media reports quoting a friend of the family, the Jacksons want the coffin entombed in concrete immediately after the funeral - which is expected to be held in secret before Tuesday's public memorial service - because of fears that a crazed fan could try to dig it up.
According to the London Telegraph, men attending St. Stephen's church in Barbourne, Worchester on Father's Day were handed bottles of beers by children to slake their thirst during the service. Other churches offered bacon rolls, chocolate bars, and even a hog roast as manna to those struggling through the carbohydrate desert between breakfast and lunch. A study recently found that less than 20% of men in England attend church monthly, perhaps because they became so peckish. The archdeacon of St. Stephen's defended the beer giveaway, comparing it to the flowers that are given to mothers on Mother's Day. I wonder how many mums wouldn't have minded a cold one instead? One bishop responded to the charge that the church was encouraging alcohol abuse by pointing out the gospel story in which Jesus turned water into wine. "He was all in favor of partying," said the bishop.
According to the London Telegraph, men attending St. Stephen's church in Barbourne, Worchester on Father's Day were handed bottles of beers by children to slake their thirst during the service.
Other churches offered bacon rolls, chocolate bars, and even a hog roast as manna to those struggling through the carbohydrate desert between breakfast and lunch. A study recently found that less than 20% of men in England attend church monthly, perhaps because they became so peckish.
The archdeacon of St. Stephen's defended the beer giveaway, comparing it to the flowers that are given to mothers on Mother's Day. I wonder how many mums wouldn't have minded a cold one instead?
One bishop responded to the charge that the church was encouraging alcohol abuse by pointing out the gospel story in which Jesus turned water into wine. "He was all in favor of partying," said the bishop.
All I can say to that is that anyone who drinks Bavaria beer on the asumption that it's a German quality product deserves everything they get. It's blatantly obvious that it's not german, it isn't hidden on the back of the label. Also the label is obviously faux gothic in a way real german labels aren't.
And if you actually go so far as to taste it ... (which I have out of curiosity). keep to the Fen Causeway
As the head of any teen-filled household knows, young adults have hardly abandoned TV for new media. Yet according to a new report from Nielsen Company, U.S. adolescents are actually watching more TV than ever -- up 6% over the past five years. Another perhaps counterintuitive finding is that while teens clearly love the Internet, they actually spend less time online than mature adults. Nielsen's study on the state of teen media usage finds that teens spend 11 hours and 32 minutes per month online -- far below the average of 29 hours and 15 minutes for which adults are presently responsible.
Another perhaps counterintuitive finding is that while teens clearly love the Internet, they actually spend less time online than mature adults.
Nielsen's study on the state of teen media usage finds that teens spend 11 hours and 32 minutes per month online -- far below the average of 29 hours and 15 minutes for which adults are presently responsible.
