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onsunday LUTON January18,2015 Issuenumber:1,032 luton-dunstable.co.uk £1WHERESOLD Advertising feature. Your normal onsunday is inside LUTON FOR ALL THE LATEST NEWS Alan Davies is not up the Creek with AND SPORT VISIT US ONLINE these Little Victories luton-dunstable.co.uk onsunday seeleisureonpage49 January18,2015 LUTON Issuenumber:1,032 luton-dunstable.co.uk BacklaFsollowushonTwittera:@LutongOnSundaay inst pla£1WHERnESOLD to increase funding for cops bYnIcKsMITH [email protected] beforeanyvotesarecastatthestart Still gets freedom of borough ofthefinancialyearonApril1. Mr Martins said government ‘IRRESPONSIBLE’planstoincrease legislation means the referendum the amount paid by taxpayers to canonlytakeplaceonthesameday fund our police force have been asthegeneralelection. slammedbyacouncillor. If there is a no vote, the amount Anincreaseof15.85percenttothe chargedwillrevertto1.99percent, policeprecept,whichwillcomeinto themostthepreceptcanberaisedby effectbeforetaxpayershaveachance withoutareferendum. tovoteonit,hasbeenproposedby Butthiscouldmeanadministrative LUTONTown’smanagerhas Bedfordshire Police and Crime chaosforLutonBoroughCounciland beengiventhefreedomofthe CommissionerOllyMartins. CentralBedfordshireCouncil-who boroughinrecognitionofhis Theproposedhikewouldseethose wouldneedtoensureresidentswere achievementsguidingthe in Band A for council tax paying beingchargedatthecorrectrate. clubbacktotheFootball £16.53 extra a year, while those in The fresh round of billing would Leaguelastseason. BandDwouldpay£24.80more. taketimeandalsocostmoney,which JohnStillsaidhewas‘very, Any increase over two per cent the councils would charge back to veryproud’tohavereceived automaticallytriggersareferendum. BedfordshirePolice. thehonour. Theideahasbeenmetwithfierce Allthewhile,leavingtaxpayersout Hewaspresentedwiththe opposition from Cllr David Franks, ofpocket. awardataceremonyon leaderofLutonLiberalDemocrats. CllrFranks,leaderofLutonLiberal Thursdayinrecognitionof CllrFrankssaid:“It’sthemostirre- Democratswasparticularlyscathing himgettingtheclubpromoted sponsiblethingI’veeverseenfrom oftheeffectthatanovotewillhave backtotheFootballLeague, anelectedofficialtoevensuggestan onlocalcouncils. puttinganendtooneofthe increaseofthissize,letalonethink- Hesaid:“Tobehonest,ifhegoes team’sdarkesteras. ingaboutpursuingit.” aheadwiththereferendumandloses TheHatterswerepromoted Whenaskedifhethoughttherewas itIthinkheshouldpayallthecosts lastseasonafterfiveyears any chance the people of fromhisownpocket.” playingnon-leaguefootball. Bedfordshirewouldvoteinfavourof Inresponsetothecommentsfrom Stillhasbeenmanagerat hptheaAeolnfpianluebcnwrroeaoafinufsielccd,ioavhuloeltdpesosafleoilderc:ttahh“Areirsrni.ee”ydiosnnoeouwtwibathyy sgCpaoolilisdrns:giFb“raiTalhinhteyekasodr,feiCaffeoIyrmeefesnmedvlouitstmhseie.orwneeiilrslaMonsatlrrytoinbnges Fuosl l oown Ka2yen0ea1dnr3iRsl,wehaodasrbvtbrihniodgRsgsojeoao.idfnDesdiangacefenteMhraa1mr0ch cLeuntotnofopneSoupnledawyerreevneoatleidntfahvaotu7r1opfear ke“nThtoeamreajionriftayvoofupreoofpslpeeInhdainvegsapboi-t Tw i t t e r wAerlseotwreocefoivrimngerthceouhnocniolluorrs, 15.85percentincreaseoftheamount moreayearifitmeansextrapolice LabourpoliticianLordBill paBiudtttoaxppoaliyceer.smayenduphavingto ofTfihceerpsraeccreopstsctuhrerecnoutlnytayc.”countsfor @LutonOnSunday DMucnKneinnzgiteoonf,fLourtmoneralnedadVeivrof stumpuptheextracashregardless. 21percentoftheforce’sfunding. LutonConservatives. Ifareferendumdoeshappenitwill Theproposedextraamountwould beonMay7,whileanychangeswill guarantee 100 more officers until havetocomeintoeffectoveramonth 2021,MrMartinssaid. Got a story for us? Call the newsdesk on 01582 707707 or tweet @LutonOnSunday 2|January18,2015|luton-dunstable.co.uk|LUTONONSUNDAY news01582707707|advertising01582700800 news01582707707|advertising01582700800 LUTONONSUNDAY |luton-dunstable.co.uk|January18,2015|3 4|January18,2015|luton-dunstable.co.uk|LUTONONSUNDAY news01582707707|advertising01582700800 Faruk police footage ADvERTiSing Ex-deputy PCC is MediaSalesDirectorforCentral&East: cleared and will SharonHobday [email protected] Advertising:01234304403 won’t be released yet now ‘seek justice’ [email protected] nEwSDESK A FORMER deputy Police & Crime Editor:SarahCox Commissioner who quit over allega- Newseditor:KathrynCain tionsthatsheinterferedinalivecourt [email protected] casehasbeenclearedofanywrongdo- Newsdesk:01582707707 BYNICKSMITH affectionforhimtoensurethat ingandhassaidshewill‘seekjustice’ Picturedesk:[email protected] [email protected] no harm comes to him. For over how the matter was Bedfordshire Police to dictate handled. SPORTSDESK BEDFORDSHIRE Police may asiftheyknowbetterisunac- TafheenSharifresignedfromherpost not release footage of the ceptable. as the county’s deputy PCC last year Generalsportenquiries alleged assault on an autistic “Itisinlightofsuchrepresen- afteracomplaintwasmadetoPCCOlly [email protected] man-evenattheconclusionof tationsbyBedsPolice,asquot- Martins that she had tried to get aninternalinvestigation. ed by yourselves, that more involvedinanattemptedmurdercase Sportsdesk:01908689583 It was announced by transparencyisneededtofully where a member of her family was a Superintendent Mark Upex on explain their conduct and witness. mAnAgingDiREcTOR Mondaythetapewouldonlybe actions,soastoinstiltrustand MrMartinsreferredthemattertothe consideredforreleaseafterthe confidencebackintothecom- BedfordshirePolice&CrimePanelwho RichardDuxbury IndependentPoliceComplaints munityofLuton.” inturnreferredittotheIndependent Commission’s investigation Thetapeisallegedtocontain PoliceComplaintsCommission. Itisaconditionofacceptanceofadvertisementorders intothetwoofficershadended. racistremarksmadeaboutMr This week both organisations said thattheproprietorsofLocalWorlddonotguaranteethe AspokesmanforBedfordshire AlibyPCChristopherThomas they would not be taking the matter insertionofaparticularadvertisementonaspecified Police said: “The decision to andPCChristopherPitts,who forward. date,oratall,althougheveryeffortwillbemadeto releasethetapeisnotonethat wereclearedofraciallyaggra- Cllr Sharif said: “The allegation Bedfordshire Police can cur- vated assault of Mr Ali last againstmethatIhadtriedtoinfluence meetthewishesofadvertisers;furthertheydonot rentlymakeasitstillformspart month. acourtcaseiscompletelyunsubstanti- acceptliabilityforanylossordamagecausedbyany of an ongoing misconduct On Sunday more than 100 ated and unfounded, and in fact, errororinaccuracyintheprintingornonappearance investigation being conducted people took to the streets of althoughdespiterepeatedrequeststo ofanyadvertisement,andreservetherighttoedit byLeicestershirePolice. Luton to protest against thePCC’sofficeforevidenceoracopy ordeleteanyobjectionablewordingorrejectany “Attheconclusionofthemis- FIGHTFORJUSTICE:FarukAli,33 BedfordshirePolice. ofthesocalled‘complaint’,Ihaveto advertisement.Althougheveryadvertisementis conductprocessthequestionof Thiswasfollowedbyspeeches datenotbeenprovidedwithanything. carefullychecked,occasionallymistakesdooccur. whether the tape could be assertion that the non-release by key campaigners outside “Iamnotsurprisedtohearthatthe Wethereforeaskadvertiserstoassistusbychecking released will be discussed of the recording is for Faruk’s LutonPolicestation. matter has come to end, relatively theiradvertisementscarefullyandadviseus again. What must always be benefitandwelfareisamazing Oneofthemainpurposesof quickly. immediatelyshouldanerroroccur. paramount in any decision to andcurious.Wewouldbeinter- theevent,atleastrelatingtoMr “Ihavemaintainedmypositionand releasethetapeisthewelfareof estedtolearnpreciselyhowitis Ali,wasforfootage-whichhas remained patient throughout the Weregretthatwecannotacceptresponsibilityformore FarukAli.” envisaged that release of the beenseenincourtbythejudge, process.” thanoneincorrectinsertionandthatnorepublication This response drew anger saidrecordingcouldbeharm- jury, legal representatives and Cllr Sharif said she had ‘made no willbegrantedinthecaseoftypographicalor fromthoseclosetotheautistic fultoFarukinanyway. hisfamily-tobebroughtinto contactwithajudgeorusedmyformer minorchangeswhichdonotaffectthevalueofthe man. “Nooneisbetterpositionedto thepublicdomain. DPCCpositiontoattempttoinfluencea advertisement.Toensureconsistentlyhighservice AttiqMalik,lawyerforMrAli makethiscallthanhisfamily, Thepolicespokesmanadded: judgeoratrial,misconductorwrong- levels,callsarerandomlymonitoredbyasales andhisfamily,said:“Ifthewel- bywayoftheirin-depthknowl- “There is a significant differ- doing’. manager. fareofFarukAliwasatthefore- edgeofFaruk’smedicalcondi- encetoatapebeingplayedin She added that she was ‘looking to frontoftheirmindthematter tion and factors which would court under controlled condi- seek ‘justice through the right chan- DiSTRibuTiOn would already have been exacerbatehisconditionaswell tionsanditbeingreleasedinto nels’ over how the matter had been addressed and resolved. 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Acouncilspokeswomansaid:“A andsomeexternalstonecleaning.” HattersMoT&ServiceCentre WEWILLNOTBEBEATEN ONPRICE&QUALITY T:01582455962 07508708888 ©LW Voteand seeour gallery Goto luton- dunstable. co.uk OPENFORBUSINESS?:TherearenowanumberofemptyunitsinDunstablebutthecouncilsaiditwasstillinvestinginthetown This town, ain’t coming like a ghost town. . . BYCARLMUNGAZI However, Cllr Nigel Young said coming into town and all these [email protected] around 20 new businesses had businesses are quite different so openedinthepastsixmonths. there’saselection. 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Tweet @CarlMungazi CCTV’s needed in ‘neglected’ ward Café Shimla BYCARLMUNGAZI inMidlandRoad,andMalik “ThebusinessesItalktoare [email protected] Nawaz, from Maximum sufferingbecauseofthis. Nutrition in Old Bedford “IhavebeenaLabourvoter HIGH Town residents and Road,whosaid‘changewas all my life and I am sick of businesses have criticised needed’. them now and we need FinestIndianrestaurantinLuton thecouncilforwhattheysay MrMahmoodsaidacurrent changeinthearea.” isalackofCCTVandlighting consultation on The Paths HighTownwardcouncillor www.cafeshimlaluton.co.uk inthearea. Estatewasnotwide-ranging. AndrewMalcolm,saidLuton Basit Mahmood, a He said: “For years High Borough Council was Gourmet Nights Conservative council candi- TownWardhasbeenneglect- consulting on a strategy for dateforthearea,hasstarteda ed and no-one has been on thewholearea. 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