The Brighton skyline THE council has taken much longer to bring its empty homes back into use over the past year and blamed the coronavirus. The average number of days that council houses and flats stood empty between tenants leaving and new ones arriving increased to 135 days from 43 days, according to a new report. More than 200 council properties changed hands in the year to the end of March – and almost 450 in the 2019-20 financial year. The issue was raised by residents’ representatives at the Brighton and Hove City Council housing management panels that were held this week. Roy Crowhurst, who chairs the residents’ association for Woods House, in Sackville Road, Hove, a council block for over-55, was one those to speak out.
Knife crime on Teesside: The dangerous defendants put behind bars for stabbing othersÂ
A number of defendants have been jailed for using a knife over the past few months
Some of the people who have been convicted of knife crime
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Knife crime has been on the rise across the country in recent years.
The names of Teesside trio accused of firearms offences linked to alleged organised crime
Kyle Hamilton, 23, Martin Dougan, 38, and Michaela Westoby, 30, are set to go to trial in September
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Police on scene following a series of raids (Image: Cleveland Police)
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Suzanne Kelly Teesside Crown Court heard how there was no direct evidence that Perren had encouraged Kelly to supply him with the sex abuse images after they met while he was working as a DJ in a local pub. Paul Abrahams, prosecuting, said Perren had a number of previous convictions for sex offences dating back more than a decade. The court how Perren s home was raided in November last year after concerns about his internet use. In total officers recovered 3,417 Category A pictures and videos, the more serious offence; 2,331 Category B images; 18,339 Category C and 9,489 extreme pornography images.
Jay Perren
Detectives welcome sentence of perverts, Suzanne Kelly, left, and Jay Perren, right, who have been jailed for child sex abuse DETECTIVES who helped to bring two perverts to justice have welcomed the prison sentences they received. Suzanne Kelly was jailed for six years for making indecent photographs and videos of young children before sharing them with depraved Jay Perren. Convicted sex offender Perren was sentenced to four years and four months after detectives discovered a huge stash of child sex abuse images in his Stockton home. Teesside Crown Court heard how the pair met when Perren was working as a DJ in a local bar.