A leading homelessness charity, police and politicians
are calling on the government to scrap a 195-year-old law that criminalises
homeless people for rough sleeping and begging in England and Wales. A report
by Crisis, backed by MPs and police representatives, outlines the case for
repealing the 1824 Vagrancy Act, which critics warn makes poverty a crime and
pushes rough sleepers away from help. The act hit the headlines when the head
of Windsor council suggested police use the law to clear “an epidemic of rough
sleeping and vagrancy in Windsor” ahead of last year’s royal wedding. Read more
on the Guardian website.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
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