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06/10/2015
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Teenage Boy Assaulted By Older Couple
A teenage boy has been assaulted and robbed by an older couple at a train station in Scotland, British Transport Police (BTP) have said.
The 15-year-old was assaulted at Patterton station on 03 October at 11:30pm.
He was travelling with a group of friends and alighted from the 23.05 Glasgow Central to Neilston service at Patterton when he was punched from behind and then stamped on as he lay on the ground.
He sustained facial injuries, an injury to his eye and his mobile phone was taken.
It is believed those responsible are a man and a woman in their 40s.
Detective Constable Ryan Tierney said: "This would have been a busy service and I am aware there was an altercation between the group of younger boys and a group of older people shortly before the assault took place at Patterton.
"Anyone who was on the train and has information regarding those involved who remained on until it arrived at Neilston at 11.40pm is urged to get in touch as a matter of urgency."
Mechanical Problem Closes Surf Lagoon
A new surf lagoon facility in north Wales has closed early for the winter due a mechanical fault.
Surf Snowdonia in the Conwy valley suffered its third fault last week since opening at the end of July.
The lagoon was filed with over six million gallons of filtered rainwater before its opening, but a fault led to it being emptied in August.
In a statement on its Facebook page, the facility said it has now isolated the section of the wave-generating machinery that needs to be repaired.
The facility is due to reopen next spring.
Home Secretary Reveals UK Asylum Rules Reform
The Home Secretary Theresa May has revealed a major overhaul of the UK's asylum rules during the Conservative Party conference.
Mrs May has pledged to reduce the numbers claiming asylum in Britain while also taking in the 'most vulnerable' refugees from conflicts around the world.
She claimed the current process awards only the "wealthiest, the luckiest and the strongest" and is abused by people who are not at risk in their home nations or have already travelled through safe countries.
The Home Secretary told the conference: "What I'm proposing is a deal - the fewer people there are who wrongly claim asylum in Britain, the more generous we can be in helping the most vulnerable people in the world's most dangerous places."
(LM)
A teenage boy has been assaulted and robbed by an older couple at a train station in Scotland, British Transport Police (BTP) have said.
The 15-year-old was assaulted at Patterton station on 03 October at 11:30pm.
He was travelling with a group of friends and alighted from the 23.05 Glasgow Central to Neilston service at Patterton when he was punched from behind and then stamped on as he lay on the ground.
He sustained facial injuries, an injury to his eye and his mobile phone was taken.
It is believed those responsible are a man and a woman in their 40s.
Detective Constable Ryan Tierney said: "This would have been a busy service and I am aware there was an altercation between the group of younger boys and a group of older people shortly before the assault took place at Patterton.
"Anyone who was on the train and has information regarding those involved who remained on until it arrived at Neilston at 11.40pm is urged to get in touch as a matter of urgency."
Mechanical Problem Closes Surf Lagoon
A new surf lagoon facility in north Wales has closed early for the winter due a mechanical fault.
Surf Snowdonia in the Conwy valley suffered its third fault last week since opening at the end of July.
The lagoon was filed with over six million gallons of filtered rainwater before its opening, but a fault led to it being emptied in August.
In a statement on its Facebook page, the facility said it has now isolated the section of the wave-generating machinery that needs to be repaired.
The facility is due to reopen next spring.
Home Secretary Reveals UK Asylum Rules Reform
The Home Secretary Theresa May has revealed a major overhaul of the UK's asylum rules during the Conservative Party conference.
Mrs May has pledged to reduce the numbers claiming asylum in Britain while also taking in the 'most vulnerable' refugees from conflicts around the world.
She claimed the current process awards only the "wealthiest, the luckiest and the strongest" and is abused by people who are not at risk in their home nations or have already travelled through safe countries.
The Home Secretary told the conference: "What I'm proposing is a deal - the fewer people there are who wrongly claim asylum in Britain, the more generous we can be in helping the most vulnerable people in the world's most dangerous places."
(LM)
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