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0845 1300 667 Local News Al Gore appointed new The new sports strip - Are RAG and the Uni-Link boss AU protecting their members? wessex 1st December 2006 Priceless News SCENE Death, fire, God and Surge- all the university local and national news Politics Political fallout: Radiation in Russia, mid- terms in the US Music The Edge takes a look at the best albums of 2006 Film Casino Royale pays out Season of goodwill with RAG, Stop Aids and STAR Ashleigh Toll red to Red Kinki at the Cube, or of Southampton STAR recently 17 November. A diary entry writ- by simply pausing to think of the spending a week raising aware- ten on the night by STAR Presi- Kat Slowe 40 million people worldwide liv- ness for the cause of destitute dent Chris Hearle said: “While Southampton University Stop ing with HIV/AIDS. asylum seekers living on the sleeping rough I felt like a living AIDS Society, a small group of Money raised from the bal- streets in the UK. The group re- ghost - ignored and without a members who actively campaign loon sponsorship will go to the jected home comforts to sleep voice. All I could do was watch for global access to AIDS treat- Student Partnership Worldwide on the floors of willing friends, from ground level at everyone ment, will be raising awareness who co-ordinate the national and were allowed to carry a bag walking above me who seemed of the disease by releasing 1000 Student Stop AIDS Campaign, filled with clothing necessities so superior.” red balloons on 1 December to and more locally, the Ribbons only. They also had to give up The total money raised mark World AIDS Day. Stop AIDS Centre: a drop-in centre in their mobile phones, and were throughout the week was is encouraging students to get Southampton for the 300 peo- not allowed to pay for their own £564, which will be given to involved with the campaign on ple living with HIV in the area. food or transport. the Southampton and Winches- Highfield Campus, by sponsor- Student campaign groups The week culminated with ter Visitors Group to fund ‘fes- ing a balloon in the balloon race, have had a regular presence on group members enduring a cold tive boxes’, containing essential signing an action card, wearing campus of late, with members night outside the Cube on Friday ... continues page 2 www.bamuk.com Student Media Buyers www.wessexscene.co.uk 0845 1300 667 Local News Page 2 ... from page 1 items such as food parcels and sleeping bags for destitute asy- Student house burns lum seekers. SWVG figures indicate that 75 destitute asylum seekers in Southampton were offered sup- port during the period of August Knocked-over lamp causes blaze that destroys home of four students 2004-2005, despite estimates Kylie Maclellan fore it was due to be raided by suggesting that up to 1,780 asy- police. The raid was part of a se- lum seekers are currently living Fire has devastated a student ries of searches being carried out in the South-East. house in Priory Road, St Denys. by Southampton’s Drug Investi- STAR also plans to present a The blaze, which was caused gation and Intelligence Team on petition comprising 150 student by a bedside lamp coming into homes suspected of being used signatures to local MP’s, to cam- contact with bedding after be- to cultivate the Class C drug paign for more support for asy- ing knocked over late the previ- cannabis. A preliminary search lum seekers. ous night, has left four students of the property found both can- Fundraising initiatives have homeless. nabis plants and the equipment not just been confined to cam- The fire started at about needed to grow the plants. Po- pus however. The RAG Society’s 7.45am on Thursday 9 Novem- lice are unable to begin their in- recent Jailbreak event required ber at a house that was home quiries, however, until a fire in- its participants get “as far away to four students, two studying vestigation has been carried out. from Southampton as possible” at Southampton University and The other raids, one on Brick- in 36 hours without paying for two at Solent University. One field Road and one on Northcote transport. Tom Fletcher and of them, Ian Turnbull, a sec- Road, were more successful. Six The fire destroyed the entire first floor of the house James Ignotus won the event by ond year Yacht Manufacturing people were arrested and police reaching Poland. So far this year, and Surveying student at Solent how he had to escape through not yet been given a date by seized more than £3000 worth RAG has raised £5,527.83. For University, described the fire his bedroom window after dis- which the house might be re- of cannabis. news on their naked AU Christ- as: “One of those things you covering the fire. The whole of stored, but it is likely to take a Meanwhile, Southampton mas calendar, see Wessex Sport think will never happen to you. the first floor of the house was long time, and all are currently University recently hosted a chip (page 28). It was a shock, it all happened destroyed, and the ground floor looking for alternative accom- pan fire demonstration at High- The commenedable efforts to so quickly, there was no time to suffered smoke and water dam- modation. field campus to alert students to raise much-needed funds and to think about it.” age. Three of the students are In an unrelated incident, the dangers of leaving an oil pan educate students will go a long Ian and two of his house- now living in university accom- fire swept through the upstairs unattended, as part of Govern- way in helping those less fortu- mates were at home at the time modation while the fourth is rooms of a house on Broadlands ment-led national ‘Fire Safety’ nate than ourselves. the fire started, and he described staying with friends. They have Road in Portswood minutes be- campaign. Death in Bevois Valley Man run over by taxi just hours after contacting police claiming to have been assaulted Emma Lenanton then left him on his own. He then the very serious nature of the continued down Bevois Valley incident and the clear concerns A 41-year-old man has died af- Road and stopped to speak with of the community.” She also de- ter an accident involving a taxi two people for a number of min- clared that the IPCC will consid- in Portswood. The incident oc- utes. A short time later, Mr Bul- er the actions of the ambulance curred close to the popular stu- laleh continued along the road service personnel and police of- dent haunts, The Hobbit and where CCTV footage shows him ficers. She continued: “We have Jesters, on Bevois Valley Road in falling and lying down. Two cars a clear duty, in the public inter- the early hours of the morning swerved round him before a taxi est, to obtain the fullest possible of Sunday 12 November. ran him over at 3.45am. He was answers to all the questions that Ali Farah Bullaleh suffered se- pronounced dead at 4.31am af- are raised by this disturbing in- rious injuries after colliding with ter being rushed by ambulance cident.” a taxi and was taken immediate- to Southampton General Hospi- The IPCC is appealing for wit- ly to Southampton General Hos- tal. nesses to the series of incidents pital. Because the man had had Bevois Valley Road was closed that occurred between 2.30am contact with the police a few for ten hours following the acci- and 3.45am. They are looking hours before the accident, The dent so police could investigate. for anyone who saw Mr Bullaleh Independent Police Complaints The taxi driver has been charged with the police and ambulance Commission was informed. with death by dangerous driving crew and the two people that Mr Bullaleh had called the and is currently on bail for ten spoke to him shortly before he emergency services at 2.30am weeks. A breathalyser test was was hit by the taxi. They are also claiming he had been assaulted not positive. searching for information about and requesting ambulance and Rebecca Marsh, IPCC com- the drivers of the two vehicles police attendance. Police and missioner, states that the IPCC which were seen to swerve ambulance staff spoke with him have decided to investigate the around Mr Bullaleh as he lay in Mount Pleasant Road, but events of that night: “Due to Mr Bullaleh was talking with two men shortly before the accident prone in the roadway. Local News www.wessexscene.co.uk TRYing to keep quiet Rugby team do their bit for neighbourhood relations by marshalling streets near the Cube Paloma Kubiak take the punishment but did this far beyond the call of duty and The University Rugby Society did the Union a very good serv- adopted the role of ‘street mar- ice, have set a good example shals’ in the area surrounding and have helped the local com- the Students’ Union recently, af- munity.” ter being identified as the worst He warned however: “If the offenders in terms of noise and Cube closes down or has its disruption after a Friday night hours reduced this would mean out drinking. financial ruin for the Union. AU The SHHH! campaign saw 45 and societies budgets would be players take to the neighbour- slashed. All the money that you ing streets of University Road, spend goes straight back into Church Lane and Glen Eyre Road your union, so do your bit and to ask students to keep the noise keep quiet on the way home.” down as they walked home from Highfield Residents Asso- the Cube, following the banning ciation Chair, Jerry Gillen, also of two rugby players from the commended the ingenuity of Union for unruly activity.
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