WEETABIX IS AVAILABLE IN THE USA! New store locator at www.weetabixusa.com! Vol. 32 No. 2 May 2014 YOU ARE WHAT YOU WEETABIX™ Crime 15% Down In England R Leeds Teacher Stabbed And Wales To Death In Class MINISTERS said last month TEACHER Anne Maguire was at- tacked and killed in a multiple stabbing that the 15 percent drop in crime by a 15-year-old pupil during a class figures in England and Wales April 28. Maguire, 61, who had been a teacher represented good news, and re- at Corpus Christ Catholic College, flected on the success of reforms. Leeds, for more than 40 years, was due The Crime Survey for England and to retire in September. Wales reported 7.5 million crimes against Police were interviewing the suspect, households and adults in 2013, the lowest who was not named due to his age. level since it began in 1981. Detective Superintendent Simon Separate police figures showed a two Buldon said: “This is clearly an unprec- percent fall in crime for 2013, with in- edented and tragic incident that’s left creases in areas such as fraud (25 percent) the school and wider community in a as well as a 17 percent rise in reported state of shock.” sex offences following the Jimmy Savile William, Kate and George wave goodbye Pupils left flowers, tributes and pho- scandal. tographs outside the school The CSEW report, published by the to Australia after war memorial visit The school’s chair of governors Office for National Statistics (ONS), es- Martin Dowling said: “This has been a timates crime levels based on how many shocking but isolated incident. Ann was people say they have been the victim of Kate Sails Past William In waterfront to greet them. Prince William, And Family a wonderful, dedicated teacher and will a crime. Race That’s Royal Fun After the racing, the couple took a ride Bid Australia Farewell be remembered fondly by all of us.” Experts said these figures come as no on an amphibious craft called Sealegs, THE DUCHESS of Cambridge has twice School head Steve Mort said: “Ann surprise – crime has been falling almost which drove out of the water at Westpark PRINCE WILLIAM bid farewell to Aus- Maguire was a wonderful, caring indi- continuously since the mid-1990s. What beaten her husband Prince William during Marina to the delight of the crowds. tralia April 24 in the only speech of his friendly racing in America’s Cup sailing vidual. She was an outstanding teacher is unexpected, however, is the size of the national tour, revealing that his baby son and an outstanding leader.” reduction: the 15 percent fall is the biggest boats on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour. Royal Couple Meet First- George had become particularly fond of a percentage decline since the survey began Both had some high-powered team- toy native animal during the visit. Continued on page 4 33 years ago. mates – Kate was paired with Team New Time NZ Parents “We go away with wonderful memo- The 22 percent drop in violence is also Zealand skipper Dean Barker while Wil- ries and George goes away with a cuddly R Camilla’s Brother Dies liam raced with Grant Dalton, the team’s PRINCE WILLIAM, his wife, Kate, and substantially more than in other years – their baby son, George, interacted with wombat that he’s taken to chewing so In US After Head Injury reinforcing recent findings from Cardiff manager and a veteran round-the-world racer. first-time New Zealand parents and their lovingly,” the Duke of Cambridge told a ROYAL OFFICIALS University’s study of people treated for babies last month. reception at Australia’s Parliament House crime-related injuries. The royal couple was on the first part in Britain say that the of a three-week tour of New Zealand and The informal meeting with 10 parents in the national capital Canberra. brother of Camilla, However, increases in some categories was held at Government House in Wel- William, his wife Kate and George were recorded, with incidents of shoplift- Australia. Duchess of Cornwall, It rained again as it has most days on lington. According to local media, all of leave Canberra after veterans’ day com- has died after sustain- ing up six percent and violence against a the babies were born within a week or two memorations, ending a three-week tour of person rising by one percent. their tour but that didn’t put off hundreds ing a serious head IMPROVEMENTS of people who gathered on Auckland’s of Prince George, who was born last July. Australia and New Zealand. injury following a fall The latter is thought to reflect improve- in New York. ments in recording and possibly a rise in Clarence House said that the 62-year- public reporting. Max Clifford Found Guilty Of Indecent Assaults old Mark Shand died in the hospital The rise in fraud comes after a move By Gregory Katz of repeatedly abusing a “Operation Yewtree” to investigate child April 23 after falling late the previous to centralise the recording of the crime. 15-year-old girl after he sex abuse after a scandal surrounding late night. Publicity surrounding Jimmy Savile sex PROMINENT public relations agent Max made friends with her BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile. It said in a statement that Camilla, her abuse claims may have contributed to an Clifford was found guilty April 28 of eight family in Spain in 1977. Savile, one of Britain’s best-known husband Prince Charles and all of her increase in recorded sexual offences counts of indecent assault stemming from She said he convinced TV presenters, was named by police as family members are “utterly devastated And allegations against high-profile attacks on teenagers dating back more her parents he could a “prolific” sexual predator who used his by this sudden and tragic loss.” figures, including those surrounding the 40 years. make her a star before fame to target hundreds of teenagers over Shand, a travel writer, was in New late DJ Savile, were linked to a jump in The publicist, known in Britain for han- taking her out in his car five decades. The allegations surfaced York for an auction in aid of charities recorded sexual offences. dling high-profile celebrity scandals and and sexually abusing her. Max Clifford after Savile died in October 2011. including the Elephant Family, an or- Adam Pemberton, assistant chief ex- representing TV mogul Simon Cowell, A London jury also cleared Clifford, ganization chaired by Shand devoted to had called the accusations “utterly untrue, More than a dozen other show busi- saving the endangered Asian elephant. ecutive at Victim support, said the group 71, of two counts of indecent assault ness personalities have been arrested as welcomed the fall in crime. disgusting lies.” and was unable to reach a decision on Camilla and Charles are due to go on Prosecutors charged in Southwark part of the Yewtree probe. They include a tour of Canada this month. But he added: “It is important to remem- another count after more than a week of veteran entertainer Rolf Harris, 83, who ber that for many of the victims of 7.5 mil- Crown Court that he lured young girls into deliberations. sex by offering them acting roles, includ- has denied charges of assaulting four girls R lion crimes committed last year, the impact He was to be sentenced May 1. from the 1960s to the 80s. His trial was Letter Written Aboard will have been severe and long-lasting.” ing in the hit TV soap opera Dynasty. Peter Watt, director of a national INVESTIGATIONS scheduled to begin late last month. Titanic Sells For $200,000 The figures do not cover Scotland and Clifford’s trial followed the arrests of Former BBC radio DJ Dave Lee Tra- A LETTER written by a passenger on Northern Ireland. child protection group, said Clifford had “rightly been unmasked as a ruthless and other high-profile show business figures vis, 68, is fighting a charge of indecent the Titanic describing the “wonderful In June last year, the Scottish govern- accused of sex abuse. The investigations assault on a woman in 1995, months passage” – hours before the ship hit ment said there had been a 13 percent manipulative sex offender.” In one case, Clifford was found guilty started when British police launched after he was cleared of 12 other counts an iceberg – has sold at auction for drop in recorded crime in the year to £119,000. March 2013. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said In Northern Ireland, crime fell by 2.9 the handwritten note was bought by percent in 2012/13 compared with the an anonymous telephone bidder at an previous year, according to statistics. auction in Devizes, western England, last month. THUNDERBIRDS The price, which includes a fee known as the buyer’s premium, topped the pre-sale estimate of £100,000. The letter was written by second- class passenger Esther Hart on April ARE GO! 14, 1912. “The sailors say we have had a wonderful passage up to now,” she said in the note to family in England. Hours later the passenger liner de- scribed as “practically unsinkable” hit an iceberg and sank, killing more than 1,500 people. 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