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could hear it too, very nice was at a set of old garages by the stream near to the meersbrook road/stanley road junction

i think the guy who makes it is also owner (or something) of the cremorne on london road - you could pop in there and ask.

From what I remember Ore was a very different approach forensically than the current circumstance. In Ore I believe those that were arrested and charged in the UK were identified through details held on a server captured in the US which held the credit card details of those that had paid to access child porn websites. The credit card details were held on the server and the persons the card was registered to were identified through the details held by the credit card company. This allowed the police to pretty much say 'come in or we will find you'. The card could only be registered to one person - in fact, Robert del Naja from the band Massive Attack, who was arrested, argued that his card had been cloned and used by someone else and he was released. This is from memory from reading about it at the time though and I can't find a link to back it up. With regard to the Oxford case the link (and I'm going on C4's coverage of it tonight) to those in other cities was through mobile phones. C4's story said the abuse went back years. The suspects may no longer have the phones they used at the time and the phone companies may not have the call records on their databases any more. They weren't held at a central point like the Ore server. Even if they did, identifying the person on the other end must be hard - you can pick phones up for nothing these days on a market stall and not leave any details when you do. One of the victims on C4 said she couldn't remember how many times she was abused, and that they were forced to take drink and hard drugs by the ringleaders. That must make it difficult to get a description good enough to trace to a person - simply 'Mohammed [or otherwise] from Birmingham' would arguably be too slight. The BBC report did say that one of the males was identified through the victim describing him having a gold tooth though, so on some occasions some detail narrowed it down. That said, I hope that Thames Valley police did their damndest to leave no stone unturned in at least trying to identify as many of the 'customers' as possible, as you rightly point out they should.

although i understand what you mean the term 'only' seems a little harsh when there's around 100 pumps to choose from! just luck of the draw as to what's on when you're there i suppose going to have a look along this evening, should be good!

i popped in at 11pm on Friday and the new room was open and lively - thought it looked great. plenty of space and actually, for when it's really busy, somewhere to stand - it gets a bit tight stood round the bar!

sheffield right in the middle of an met office amber warning for snow early tomorrow, with this preceded with a yellow warning after teatime today http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/?regionName=yh appears to be in showers so could be hit, could be miss

i think it's a good thing for the area. although i've never been in the previous incarnation, i did see the news piece on the bomb scare the other week and it just looked like a standard suburban boozer. no problem with that, though they do seem to be the ones that tend to struggle currently. i've been in the hallamshire a good few times and the greystones a couple, they sell decent beer and are decent environment. the staff knew their stuff and most importantly they were busy. if this follows a similar format then i can't see why it shouldn't be positive, in terms of both jobs and as a focal point for the community. i don't think people have a problem with them revitalising tired boozers, just when they develop places large numbers of people still have an affinity to, such as the bath or the stag. clearly busy pub > struggling pub, though a (hypothetical) concern is that if there was a thornbridge on every street corner then they'd just be ordinary - i do like some variety.

i went a few weeks ago with my girlfriend for a special occasion and we both thought that the food was fantastic. the staff were polite and informed and the look of the place was great. my only concern is that apart from us, on a friday night sitting at 8pm, it was empty. this didn't really bother us and the staff did apologise for the lack of atmosphere, though i hope that it picks up and doesn't struggle as it is well worth a visit. three courses and drinks for the two of us came to around £100

i've had a sunday lunch in henry's bar which is no distance from city hall. it's a three course thing and i thought it was pretty good yorkshire pudding starter choice of roast mains, with another pudding cheesecake that's for a tenner, food is cooked well and there's some decent ales on too

couple of quid max, unfortunately they tend not to publish their fare stages for some impenetrable reason. you could also get a shuttle bus from meadowhall interchange to there direct (£2), or just get off the tram at the stop before the final meadowhall one and walk to magna, which'd only be about ten minutes walking distance for most people

as just stated, the police would be a probably be the best start. south yorkshire police will maintain a cold case review team with regard to unsolved serious crime. they have had some good results in recent years they recently put out an appeal around the tenth anniversary of her murder; http://www.southyorks.police.uk/news/02112011/6008/help-south-yorkshire-police-find-michaelas-killer-tenth-anniversary-murder-appeal you can also contact crimestoppers anonymously

Slapper and Kelly is a good introductory law book, as is Elliott and Quinn's English Legal System - they are both commonly used by undergraduates. You don't need both as they cover the same ground. Zander's The Law Making Process is also good for adding context to the rules laid out in the first two. You can get them all in the Blackwell's just off West Street (Mappin Street?) - go in and have a flick through and see which you prefer

although you say you don't fancy crookes, i went into the hallamshire house for the first time on friday and liked it - good looking pub and nice beer i've not been to the blake yet but if it's anything like its sister pub the sheaf view then it's probably pretty good too as said before, depends on what you want out of the pub though

i used to pop in from time to time to watch the football but last time i went in (in March) the barmaid told me they didn't have sky anymore so had to go elsewhere. it was looking a little tired too so am looking forward to see what they do with it. regarding other pubs, as mentioned earlier the sheaf view is only about ten minutes away and is a belter. always busy (which is a good sign), knowledgeable staff and with a good mix of people. the cheapest ale (farmer's blonde, though they have loads of choice) is now £2 a pint rather than £1.80 but it's still a bargain. the white lion is nice enough - more expensive than the sheaf, but still decent ale and they're open later than the sheaf is. they have bands on every thursday and saturday too.

agreed - though it has had some extra rooms added since 2009 so there is a bit more space to spread out the porter valley isn't walking distance from norfolk park, though there will be regular buses at least up to hunter's bar from town equally, you could get the tram from the train station up to shalesmoor (about 15 mins) and make the five minutes walk to the pubs in kelham island recommended earlier. again, these aren't exactly romantic in a candlelit dinner sense, though they are different and have a lot of character. the fat cat has a particularly nice beer garden, with heat lamps if its a bit cold!