11/10/2012
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Child Served Whisky At Restaurant
The Swansea branch of restaurant chain Frankie and Benny’s has apologised after a toddler was served whisky instead of fruit juice at his birthday party.
Sonny Rees drank the 40% proof whisky at his second birthday in the restaurant.
His mother Nina Rees only realised the mistake after he had nearly finished the drink.
Sonny, from Pontarddulais in Swansea, was taken to accident and emergency where doctors kept him under observation.
The restaurant is investigating how the incident happened.
Cameron To Reveal WWI Centenary Plans
David Cameron is set to reveal plans to commemorate the centenary of the start of World War I.
The PM will use a talk in London to underline why young people should be more aware of the sacrifices made by past generations.
It comes as a survey for a think tank suggests 69% of people want Remembrance Day 2014 to be a special national day.
British Future is calling for shops to close and flags to fly at half-mast out of respect for the fallen soldiers.
It also wants sporting fixtures such as Premier League football matches to be postponed and a longer period of silence to be observed.
4 Months For Man Who Wore Shirt Mocking Police Deaths
A man who wore a homemade T-shirt containing an offensive anti-police sentiment in the immediate aftermath of the deaths of PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes has been jailed for a total of eight months.
Barry Thew, 39, of Radcliffe, Manchester, was sentenced at Minshull Street crown court in Manchester to four months in prison, after admitting a section 4a public order offence – displaying writing or other visible representation with intention of causing harassment, alarm or distress.
Thew also admitted breaching a suspended sentence imposed for a previous offence of cannabis production for which he was ordered to serve another four months concurrently.
The court heard that at 2.15pm on 18 September, less than three-and-a-half hours after the officers were killed, he was seen in Radcliffe town centre wearing a white T-shirt with the handwritten message on the front and back. He was arrested and taken into custody after complaints from outraged members of the public.
The front of the T-shirt read: "One Less PiG Perfect Justice." On the back: "KiLL A COP 4 Fun.co.uk HA, haaa?"
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The Swansea branch of restaurant chain Frankie and Benny’s has apologised after a toddler was served whisky instead of fruit juice at his birthday party.
Sonny Rees drank the 40% proof whisky at his second birthday in the restaurant.
His mother Nina Rees only realised the mistake after he had nearly finished the drink.
Sonny, from Pontarddulais in Swansea, was taken to accident and emergency where doctors kept him under observation.
The restaurant is investigating how the incident happened.
Cameron To Reveal WWI Centenary Plans
David Cameron is set to reveal plans to commemorate the centenary of the start of World War I.
The PM will use a talk in London to underline why young people should be more aware of the sacrifices made by past generations.
It comes as a survey for a think tank suggests 69% of people want Remembrance Day 2014 to be a special national day.
British Future is calling for shops to close and flags to fly at half-mast out of respect for the fallen soldiers.
It also wants sporting fixtures such as Premier League football matches to be postponed and a longer period of silence to be observed.
4 Months For Man Who Wore Shirt Mocking Police Deaths
A man who wore a homemade T-shirt containing an offensive anti-police sentiment in the immediate aftermath of the deaths of PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes has been jailed for a total of eight months.
Barry Thew, 39, of Radcliffe, Manchester, was sentenced at Minshull Street crown court in Manchester to four months in prison, after admitting a section 4a public order offence – displaying writing or other visible representation with intention of causing harassment, alarm or distress.
Thew also admitted breaching a suspended sentence imposed for a previous offence of cannabis production for which he was ordered to serve another four months concurrently.
The court heard that at 2.15pm on 18 September, less than three-and-a-half hours after the officers were killed, he was seen in Radcliffe town centre wearing a white T-shirt with the handwritten message on the front and back. He was arrested and taken into custody after complaints from outraged members of the public.
The front of the T-shirt read: "One Less PiG Perfect Justice." On the back: "KiLL A COP 4 Fun.co.uk HA, haaa?"
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