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MELILLA, Spain (Reuters) - Spain has more than doubled the strength of security forces at its North African enclave of Melilla, after about 500 people stormed its fences in the biggest border rush for years.

Madrid sent 100 more police on Tuesday and Wednesday, raising the total to 150, a source at the Interior Ministry said, and will reinforce the rapid response unit with 20 more personnel, bringing the total to 80.

Immigrants from all over Africa regularly dare the razor-wire fences of Spanish enclaves Ceuta and Melilla, which are surrounded by Moroccan territory and sea. The numbers have multiplied as increased naval patrols discourage attempts to get to Europe by boat.

Some 1,074 people breached the 12-kilometre-long fences around Melilla in the whole of 2013, according to the source, and more than 1,600 have done so since the beginning of 2014.

Once in Melilla or Ceuta, the immigrants are fed and given clothes and beds in special centres.

Many end up in continental Spain and either stay there or travel elsewhere in Europe.

Young men gathered at the centre in Melilla said on Wednesday they were happy to have come down from the mountains surrounding the enclave, where many had spent months living rough waiting for a chance to rush the border.

"We've made it! We've passed into Europe," said one of a group of men from countries including Guinea, Mali, the Ivory Coast and Togo.

The internment centre where immigrants await processing has been overwhelmed, prompting the army to put up tents around it.

There are now around 1,800 people housed in a facility with an official capacity of 480.

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Archie Mead has yet to impress over fences, though he's generally been aimed at much better contests than this. Coole Avenue has been placed once in eight starts over the bigger obstacles and has rarely shown his best form after a fall at Limerick a year ago, though he had Kashline well behind when runner-up there in December. Dushrembrandt was a progressive hurdler back in 2012 and his latest start over fences behind Cadspeed over 3m here offers some encouragement and Shamiran should be ready to do better after a couple of runs over trips too short. Manor Court made a promising return to action behind Bright New Dawn at Punchestown in December before a poor effort at Fairyhouse but in a tricky race it's STONEY who is given the nod as he looked likely to do much better when staying on nicely on his chasing debut at Clonmel a couple of weeks ago.

Archie Meade (IRE) 20-1 (9-13) Rear of mid-division, ridden and no extra 6 out, weakened and pulled up before 3 out, in a race won by On His Own (11-6) at Gowran Park 3m 1f hcp chs in Jan, 18 ran.

Kashline (IRE) 14-1 (11-7) Mid-division, 7th 4 out, ridden from next, no impression, 8th of 15, 19l behind Hold Em Cowboy (10-4) at Fairyhouse 2m 5f hcp chs 0-116 sft in Jan.

Manor Court (IRE) 9-1 (11-12) Led and disputed lead, slow 6th and headed, 4th halfway, pushed along in 7th approaching 4 out and no extra before straight, eased, completely tailed off,, 6th of 9, well behind Civena (10-12) at Fairyhouse 2m 5f beg chase in Jan.

Moss Grove (IRE) 50-1 (11-12) Chased leaders early, soon mid-division, towards rear halfway, ridden 5 out, no impression next, bad mistake 2 out, 10th of 15, well behind Leavethelighton (11-9) at Gowran Park 2m 2f beg chase hvy in Feb.

Waterloo Chateau (IRE) 66-1 (11-7) Mid-division, weakened from 4 out, never a factor, 12th of 17, well behind Foxrock (11-11) at Fairyhouse 2m 5f beg chs in Nov.

Coole Avenue (IRE) 33-1 (9-4) Soon mid-division, ridden 3 out, no extra before next, 11th of 16, 26l behind Jetson (10-5) at Punchestown 3m hcp hdl hvy in Feb.

Stoney (IRE) 25-1 (11-12) Soon mid-division, closer in 6th approaching straight, no impression from before 2 out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 14, 18l behind Kandinski (11-12) at Clonmel 2m 4f beg chase.

Shamiran (IRE) 5-1 (11-9) Held up, 7th halfway, progress into 5th 5 out, ridden before 3 out, no impression in moderate 4th last, kept on one pace, 5th of 9, 24l behind Touch The Eden (11-12) at Navan 2m 4f beg chase.

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Emma Shaw was hit with 240 volts as she tried to stop her flat being flooded in December, 2007

A young mum died of a catastrophic electric shock after negligence by two construction workers turned her flat into a death trap, a court heard.

Emma Shaw was hit with 240 volts as she tried to stop her flat being flooded in December, 2007.

Richard Matthews QC, prosecuting, told Wolverhampton Crown Court the negligence of electrician Christopher Tomkins and supervisor Neil Hoult resulted in her death.

Through their negligence an extremely dangerous situation was allowed to persist for at least 21 months until the events of 2007 unfolded, Mr Matthews said.

The court heard Miss Shaw, 22, was advised by her mother to turn off the stopcock, inside a cupboard, when she found flooding in her West Bromwich flat.

But she did not know the stopcock had become live after a screw penetrated an electric cable during construction work at her home in Grafton Road, West Bromwich.

Miss Shaw, who left her year-old son Brayden in the lounge as she tried to stop the flooding, was pronounced dead at Sandwell General Hospital.

Tomkins, 52, of Rowley Village, and Hoult, 53, of Dane Terrace, both Rowley Regis have each denied breaching Health and Safety at Work regulations by failing to discharge their duty correctly.

Mr Matthews said the pair were employed by Anchor Electrical and Building Services and had been engaged to carry out electrical work at the flats.

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Earlier this week a slew of individuals and organizations, including the Animal Legal Defense Fund and the ACLU-Idaho, filed a lawsuit against Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden over the ag-gag law, which the governor signed into Idaho code earlier this month. Today, the AFL-CIO and Idaho Building Trades Council joined the fray, announcing their intention to file an amicus brief with the court against the controversial law.

Where the litigants in the case largely oppose the law because of the constraints it places on First Amendment freedoms and animal welfare, the unions worry that it creates a hostile work environment for construction and agricultural workers.

"With much of the conversation rightly focused on animal welfare, we want Idahoans and the court to also understand that this law has the potential to imperil workers, and infringes on workers' rights to a safe workplace," said AFL-CIO of Idaho President Rian Van Leuven in a press release.

According to the law, any unauthorized documentation of farm, dairy or ranch practices is a criminal offense, punished with a misdemeanor charge of obstructing agricultural production, a fine of up to $5,000 and/or a year in prison. Those who plead guilty to the charge must pay twice damages in restitution. That doesn't sit well with Idaho unions seeking to ensure that tens of thousands of agricultural, construction and engineering workers have the right to inspect real and potential workplace hazards.

According to Marty Durand of the Idaho Building Trades Council, the protection afforded to the agricultural industry by the new law also creates an imbalance in workplace safety between agriculture and other Idaho industries.

"If you're an electrician and you're looking at a box full of wires, you'd take a picture of it and send it to an engineer and say, 'What's going on?' That's a crime," she said.

Durand said that her beef with the bill is its breadth.

"Construction workers aren't there to photograph cows, but this law is so broad that it captures way more than I think even those who drafted it intended to capture. It's prohibiting helpful conduct," she said.

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Tudhoe Cricket Club looks for volunteers to help with new season spring clean

3:55pm Thursday 20th March 2014 in News

A CRICKET club is looking for volunteers to help it rejuvenate its sporting facilities for the coming season.

Tudhoe Cricket Club, near Spennymoor, is taking part in the Natwest CricketForce project for the fourth year.

The England and Wales Cricket Board volunteering initiative aims to help club members and helpers to tidy up teams facilities.

This year Tudhoe will take part on Friday, April 4, Saturday, April 5, and Sunday, April 6, between 10am and 6pm each day.

Lynne Newton, club volunteer, said: Its a general tidy up outside and a chance for a spring clean inside the clubhouse.

Anyone can come along and take part and were hoping to attract enough people to get the tea room decorated this year.

We have paint but if anyone wants to donate some they can call the club and well arrange to pick it up or they can leave it at the clubhouse.

Tudhoe Cricket Club, on St Charles Road, can trace its history back to 1866 and its first team plays in the Durham Cricket League Division One. The new season starts on Saturday, April 26.

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The state has yanked a New Britain contractor's license for overcharging five customers, including an elderly woman, more than $30,000 for shoddy, incomplete or unwanted driveway paving and for lying on his license application, authorities say.

The state Department of Consumer Protection said Thursday it revoked the home-improvement registration for Brian S. Curylo, doing business as Hot Top Paving.

The agency also said it ordered Curylo to repay the five customers the $30,990 he defrauded from them, plus $5,750 more in civil penalties.

According to state investigators, the action stemmed from numerous complaints the agency received beginning last March about paving jobs that were unfinished, overpriced or of inferior quality. In one case, Hot Top workers even began excavating an existing driveway despite being told immediately beforehand that no driveway work was wanted at that time, investigators said.

The agency said it investigated and last October leveled an administrative complaint against Curylo, charging him violating the state's home-improvement and unfair trade practices statutes.

In a separate case, Curylo charged a 68-year-old woman $6,450 for an inferior paving job on her driveway, then returned uninvited over three more days in less than two weeks to do more work on the same driveway, the state said. He then handed her three more bills, which she immediately paid.

In all, he billed the woman $21,050 for work that a different contractor later had to be called in to do the job right for less than $4,000, the state said.

Investigators found other complaints against Curylo for not completing work for which he was contracted and paid for, nor did he respond to his customers' requests for a refund.

The state also said it discovered Curylo lied on his home-improvement contractor's license about a 2004 felony conviction for third-degree larceny. That alone was grounds to revoke his license, the state said.

Curylo couldn't be located Thursday for comment. A message on Hot Top's phone line wasn't immediately returned.

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Ivor Souter, 66, came home to find markings outside his bungalow The passenger pick-up point now sits squarely at front of his home And buses arrive at the stop every three minutes Mr Souter, from Sheffield, South Yorks, said: 'It's absolutely barmy'

By Leon Watson

PUBLISHED: 11:02 EST, 20 March 2014 | UPDATED: 11:10 EST, 20 March 2014

A pensioner says he is a prisoner in his own home after a busy bus stop was placed at the end of his drive.

Retired caretaker Ivor Souter, 66, came home one day to find the yellow bus stop markings outside his bungalow.

Mr Souter, of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, says local services now regularly pull up in front of his driveway - every three minutes.

Retired caretaker Ivor Souter came home from a hospital visit to find the entrance to his home had been turned into a bus stop

The markings take in the entire entrance to Mr Souter's bungalow, making him a prisoner in his own home

It also means the passenger pick-up point now sits squarely at front of Mr Souter's home.

He said he was stunned to discover his local council had extended an existing bus stop to outside his drive.

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BLACK LICK A neighborly experiment has been called off in Burrell Township.

As a courtesy to the Sheetz convenience store that opened in late 2012 along Route 22, the Burrell Township board of supervisors agreed to take down the 10-ton weight limit signs on Lintner Road beside the store.

It was only meant to allow big trucks to turn off the highway at Lintner and use the driveway opposite the busier entrance from Corporate Campus Drive onto the Sheetz property.

Its not working, Supervisor Anthony Distefano said Wednesday.

Trucks have run over curbs, damaged the berm of the road and repeatedly hit a telephone pole at the corner there, said Larry Henry, chairman of the supervisors.

Distefano and Henry voted to put the weight limit signs back up and to ask the state Department of Transportation to post signs along Route 22 to advise drivers of the restriction on Lintner Road.

The limit would be enforced by state police, Henry said.

Henry and Distefano unanimously approved all items of business to come before them at their monthly business meeting. Supervisor John Shields was absent from the meeting.

In other action, the board:

Awarded road maintenance supply contracts, based on bids opened and tabled at a special meeting March 13.

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