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Viewing Round Up (w/c 24/08/2009)

As seen on TV this last week – TV programs & DVDs…

Monday 24/08/2009

Wallander 1.9 The Container Lorry The Wire 5.2 Unconfirmed Reports

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Trainspotter Targets Tyre-Biters

Trainspotting photographer files police complaint

The trainspotting photographer who sparked a terror alert in Wales has filed an official complaint against the police, Amateur Photographer (AP) has learnt.

Stephen White was quizzed by police after taking shots of some locomotives at an oil depot.

Police said he had been seen acting suspiciously near the [...]

Utter Nonsense

I seem to recall hearing this (just the once) of a kids show in the 60/70s called Tomfoolery;

I went to the pictures tomorrow, and got a front seat at the back. A lady gave me some chocolate, so I ate it and gave her it back. I said to the woman behind me, “Do [...]

Have the ‘Meibion Glyndwr’ Resurfaced!!

Photographer told Wales is ‘hotbed for terrorism’

The trainspotting photographer quizzed by police after taking shots of some ‘interesting engines’ at an oil depot says police told him West Wales is a ‘hotbed for terrorism’.

Police said they stopped holidaymaker Stephen White because he had been seen acting suspiciously near the oil refinery at [...]

Winding Up Coppers

My reply following a comment from a user on the AP forum;

… and winding up coppers isn’t the fun it used to be…

I don’t think it’s about ‘winding coppers up’, per se, it’s more about being allowed to go about one’s business without let or hindrance – in particular when one chooses to [...]

Album Art Game – August 2009

How to play

Twitter Updates for 2009-08-26

@shitmydadsays The one to watch. Hilarious! #

AP Investigates Daily Wail Story

Transpotting photographer sparks terror alert, report claims

Amateur Photographer (AP) is investigating a report that police in Wales stopped a trainspotter after a mission to take pictures of ‘some interesting engines’.

Stephen White was pulled over by a police officer, ‘blue lights flashing’, after he was spotted on CCTV taking the photos, unaware the [...]

Rozzers Swoop on Trainspotter!

Innocent trainspotter suspected of being a terrorist by police after taking photos of trains

When trainspotter Stephen White noticed some interesting engines, he wasted no time in taking pictures of them for his collection.

It was the start of a bizarre sequence of events involving midnight phone calls, police raids and even, it is [...]

HMG Publish Guidance to Togs & Rozzers

Photographers and police: Government issues guidance

A tourist’s innocent snapshot of a police officer is not likely to pose a terrorism threat, police chiefs have been told.

Earlier this year photographers staged a mass protest outside Scotland Yard when it emerged that it is now an offence to obtain or attempt to obtain ‘information’ [...]