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Page 2 The British Weekly, Sat. November 21, 2015 News from Britain terror plots: cont. from page one increase the staff of intelligence agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ by some 15 percent in order to fight what Cameron called a “generational struggle”. In addition, Cameron announced an additional £2 billion in spending on the British Army’s SAS and other special forces, to new weapons, vehicles and equipment. More of Britain’s aid spending would go towards fragile states, and moderate Muslims in Britain would be helped with funding, protection and political representation, Cameron said. There will also be a doubling of British funding for aviation security around the world, in response to the crash of a Russian plane in Egypt last month that the British government suspects may have been downed by a bomb. British media reported the current funding for aviation security at around £9 million. Britain is engaged in air strikes against IS in Iraq, but has not joined in the operation over Syria. Cameron wants to extend the mission, but has acknowledged that work is required to convince opposition politicians in order to get his plan approved. House prices hit another new record n Average UK home now fetches £286,000 House prices in Britain have risen by 6% over the past year with an average home now costing £286,000. The surge in house prices has been led by a boom in demand in London, the South East and East of England. It means the average home in London now costs a record £531,000 – three times that of than the cheapest area, the North East, where the typical property is £158,000. Prices in the capital have increased by 7.2 per cent year-on-year, and are now nearly 48 per cent higher than the peak before the 2008 financial crisis. Prime Minister David Cameron and senior ministers are to get their own plane for official trips. An RAF Voyager A330 air-to-air refuelling aircraft will be refitted at a cost of about £10m. The government says the move will save about £775,000 a year as the plane will be cheaper than chartering flights. But Labour said the 171 Pier Avenue, Ste. 121• Santa Monica, CA 90405 Tel (310 ) 452-2621• FAX: (310) 314-7653 E-mail:editor@british-weekly.com www.british-weekly.com • twitter.com/BritishWeekly MANAGING EDITOR: Neil Fletcher DEPUTY EDITOR: Nick Stark CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Alan Darby Drake, John Hiscock, Eileen Lee, Dave Kershaw, Anthony Matthews, Carolan Nathan, Anne Shaw, Bernard Sidman, Nick Stark, Craig Bobby Young SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR: Sean Borg FEATURES EDITOR: Gabrielle Pantera ADVERTISING MANAGER: Mark Devlin LEGAL NOTICES & DBAS: Mirelle Woolf DISTRIBUTION: Mirelle Woolf, Mercedes Grey SUBSCRIPTIONS: 6 months: $33; 1 year $54 (1st Class) The British Weekly is published every Saturday and is available at over 250 locations in Southern California. Circulation: 25,000. The British Weekly has been adjudicated as a newspaper of general circulation in Court Judgement No. SS008371. Copyright: No news stories, illustrations, editorial matter or advertisements herein can be reproduced without written permission of copyright owner. All rights reserved. © 2008 The British Weekly. The British Weekly welcomes your letters and accepts unsolicited articles for publication. All submissions - including photographs - become property of the British Weekly and are subject to editing and/or deletion at Editor’s discretion. California’s British Accent - Since 1984 Both the East and South East have seen stronger house price growth this year than London, with prices rising by 8.4 per cent and 7.4 per cent respectively. In England as a whole, house prices increased by 6.4 per cent in a year, pushing the average to £299,000. Within the UK, Northern Ireland saw the fastest house price growth over the last year, with a 10.2 per cent increase to £162,000, while Wales and Scotland saw increases of 1.1 per cent in the average price of a home. Jeremy Duncombe, director of Legal and General Mortgage Club, size of any savings would not be known until he started using the plane while the SNP urged full transparency. Most government departments are facing budget cuts of at least 25% over the next four years. A source said the PM’s flights, using either Royal Squadron planes or long haul charter, cost on average £6,700 per flying hour MEMBER, BRITISH-AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOT MARKET: the average house in London now costs more than half a million said: ‘Given the increase in demand, and that supply remains limited, we expect house price growth to climb further in the final quarter of the year. ‘The scale of the disparity between house and the RAF aircraft would cost £2,000. It would be available for refuelling when it wasn’t in use. The flight would also be available to the Royal Family. When he was prime minister, Gordon Brown cancelled plans drawn up by his predecessor Tony Blair to buy two private jets, which had been nicknamed “Blair Force One” in reference Hare and the Hounds prices in different regions of the country illustrates the need to not only build more homes, but to also ensure that more properties are built of the right size and in the right places.’ But Campbell Rob, to the aircraft used to fly the US president, Air Force One. Downing Street said the plane would save £775,000 a year over “at least the next 20 years”, but it did not give any details about how this had been calculated. The prime minister’s spokesman said the plane’s “primary use” would still be refuelling and it would continue to carry RAF livery, but Santa Has Delivered! 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The British Weekly, Sat. November 21, 2015 You must speak English, Supreme Court tells migrants The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge against immigration rules requiring people to speak English before joining spouses in the UK. The case was brought by two female British citizens whose husbands, from Yemen and Pakistan, want to come to the UK to be with their families. Currently, the men must learn English and pass a test at an approved centre. Their wives argued this was not feasible and breached their right to a family life. The judges did not agree. The London court heard that Saiqa Bibi and Saffana Ali both claimed their husbands would not be able to pass a test before coming to the UK. They argued the men would have to learn computer skills and travel long distances to take their English tests. As such, their right to a private and family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was being breached, the court heard. Since late 2010, the spouse or civil partner of a British citizen or person settled in Britain must pass an English language test before coming to the country. Before the amendment to the immigration rules, they were only required to demonstrate such knowledge two years after entering the UK. The panel of five judges were asked to rule that the pre-entry measure was “ u n r e a s o n a b l e , disproportionate and discriminatory”. The court unanimously dismissed the appeal. Britain’s best known madam Cynthia Payne – who was nicknamed Madame Cyn – has died aged 82, her family has said. Payne was known for running a brothel in Streatham, south London, that was shut down in the late 1980s. In later life, she became an after-dinner speaker and she has been the subject of books and films. She hit the headlines in 1978 when police raided a sex party at her home to find elderly men paying with luncheon vouchers. imprisonment Her life story was told in two films, one starring Julie Walters, and several books, including An English Madam. In 1980, she was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, reduced to six months and a fine on appeal, for running a brothel at her house on Ambleside Avenue. But, in 1987, she was acquitted of controlling prostitutes in a second trial at the Inner London crown court. “This is a victory for common sense. But I have to admit all this has put me off having parties for a bit,” she said afterwards. The BBC reported that she sent the judge, Brian Pryor QC, a copy of An English Madam following the conclusion of the 13-day trial with the inscription: “I hope this book will broaden your rather sheltered life”. ‘very big heart’ Family friend Kevin Horkin described her as “a national treasure” and an “extremely colourful archetypal English eccentric”. “She was a person with a very big heart,” he said. “She is someone who epitomised the phrase ‘what you saw is what you got’. Her beliefs, however, shone through strongly in the campaigning activity she was involved with in order to change Britain’s sex laws, publicising the issue when she stood for parliament on two occasions in the Kensington and Chelsea byelection of 1988 and in the general election of It’ s Time for Tea.... Traditional Afternoon Tea is now Served Mon - Sat 11.30am-4.00pm in our Tea Room (Also available privately for Baby showers, Bridal showers and special occasions). New Kings Head pies now available in our Bakery. Sausage rolls, pastries and delicious cakes, baked daily. Ye Olde King’ s Head, 116 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica CA 90401 1992 in Streatham. She is someone who will be very sorely missed by all who knew her.” ‘best hostess’ Payne’s website read: “I hit the headlines in 1978 when the police raided my home along a pleasant tree-lined avenue in suburban Streatham, interrupting a sex party that was in full swing. “For months afterwards, the media would write of queues of middle-aged and elderly men waiting to exchange IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY STEVEN R. LANDAAL • Green Cards Through Marriage and Family • Employment Visas Monthly Payments Available Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association 1351 Third Street, Ste. 301 • Santa Monica Tel: (310) 395-2828 • email: SRL@LANDAAL.NET Page 3 News from Britain Former brothel madam Cynthia Payne dies at 82 n ‘Madame Cyn’ ran notorious brothel in Streatham, south London, that was shut down in the 1980s LV FOR SOME S&M ON THE QT: Cynthia Payne was famous for allowing her clients to pay for services with Luncheon Vouchers their ‘luncheon vouchers’ for food, drink, friendly chat, striptease shows, and a trip upstairs with the girl of their choice. Vicars, MPs and lawyers were amongst those who considered me to be the best hostess in London.”
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