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News Matters
Reframe the Night
campaign launched
RESIDENTS, visitors and late-night
businesses in the City of London and
Hackney are being encouraged to “Reframe
the Night” as part of a collaborative poster
and social media campaign to prevent
harassment on nights out during the festive
season.
The Reframe the Night campaign, led by
the City of London Corporation, Hackney
Council and Good Night Out, challenges
some of the common myths about
harassment in night-time spaces.
The scheme sees posters displayed in
pubs, clubs, bars, and cafés, promoting
a safer and more inclusive night-time
environment, and including information
on how to report harassment and to seek
support if you have been affected.
Good Night Out, an independent
organisation which works with bars,
clubs and student unions to help them
better understand and respond to sexual
harassment in their venues, has developed
the messaging - drawing from their
extensive research and experience in
tackling sexual harassment in night-time
spaces.
In one example, the messaging ensures
the onus is on the perpetrator and tackles
the damage culture of victim-blaming.
Alongside the campaign, training has
been funded through the Late-Night Levy to
be delivered by Good Night Out Campaign.
It will be offered to licensed venues signed
up to the City Corporation’s Safety Thirst
Scheme and will run in February 2020,
raising awareness of how licensed venues
should respond to sexual harassment, and
ensuring victims receive appropriate care
and support.
“ISSUE PROBABLY OCCUPYING MOST AIRTIME TO FORCE”
Audit report critical of
custody suite delays
“A HUGELY critical” audit found that an
appraisal of a suitable site for a new specialist
police custody suite and accommodation
costing £30million to £45m failed to realise it
did not meet strict government requirements
and saw projected costs soar to £139m, writes
Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter.
The hunt by the City of London Corporation
and the police force for possible new sites in
the City started back in 2012.
They looked at using space at Guildhall
Yard East, where the police force has a base,
Walbrook Wharf and the police HQ at Wood
Street.
Investing
It was estimated to cost £30m to £45m and
would have been partly funded by selling off
the former police hostel at Bernard Morgan
House, Bishopsgate and Snow Hill.
Other options included investing in the
existing custody suites.
Eventually by 2015 estimated costs soared
to £139m before a decision was made to build
a combined court and custody suite at Fleet
Street.
The police force is independently funded
and regulated by the Home Office.
The City of London’s performance and
management committee of the Police
Authority Board considered the saga at their
meeting on Friday (Nov 15).
Lay member Kenneth Ludlam said: “It’s
been a major failure in project management so
far and the corporation and police and could
have wasted money all along the line. It seems
to me that we need to keep the pressure on it.”
Acting commander Dave Evans said the
issue “is probably occupying most airtime
to the force.” But he said the current custody
accommodation was “not fit for purpose”
External consultants were paid £43,000 to
look at the options in 2012. Two years later a
£2.4m contract was given to create a specialist
design team to draw up designs for the options.
However, an internal audit for the City
of London Police and the Police Authority
published this month, said “the City Police
failed to provide robust challenge to the
options pursued” in the police accommodation
programme.
It said a tender document drawn up in
2014 “failed to set of (sic) the City’s detailed
requirements in relation to producing detailed
designs for the police accommodation
programme.”
And the internal audit report highlighted
a failure to take into account “the
security requirements required for the
accommodation.”
It pointed out that the proposed sites “are
on main thoroughfares which make them
vulnerable to terrorist attacks and impossible
to secure the perimeter.”
The report said there was “no evidence that
consideration was given to obvious security
issues prior to committing resources to this
option.” However, it said the City of London
Police force had looked at the security issue
“and did not consider that they posed a major
obstacle”.
But the report said that the proposed site at
Walbrook Wharf in Upper Thames Street did
not meet Home Office criteria which bans
custody suites close to rivers or bridges “due
to suicide”.
The internal audit concluded that if more
money was spent on “more robust feasibility
studies” Walbrook Wharf would have been
ruled out sooner.
By 2015 the City Surveyor’s department
drew up options for refurbishing Guildhall
Yard East and building a new tower and filling
in the courtyard at police HQ at Wood Street
– a scheme which got the green light from
councillors.
Disposing
It was estimated it was likely to cost £95m
but would be partly funded by £65m from
disposing of buildings.
However the report said there was a problem
at the Grade II listed Wood Street site,
which did not have “the requisite bomb blast
resistance in the event of a terror attack” which
should have ruled it out.
By October 2017 costs had increased to
£139m – less £71m expected from selling
assets.
Finally a feasibility study was done for the
new build at Fleet Street. This £278m project –
less £97m for selling off police assets – sees the
City and Police join forces with the Courts and
Tribunals Service for a purpose built court and
custody suites.
Drug dealer caught with £10k
of crystal meth behind bars
A DEALER caught with over £10,000 worth of
drugs commonly supplied for the purposes of
chemsex, has been jailed.
Dariusz Jakubik, 39, of Felixstowe Court,
London (E16), pleaded guilty to 17 charges
of drug possession, including with intent to
supply, and one charge of possession of criminal
property.
He was sentenced to nine years in prison on
29 November at Blackfriars Crown Court.
On 24 April 2017, Jakubik’s vehicle was
stopped and searched by police in the City of
London.
A holdall bag was found on the rear passenger
seat of the vehicle containing large quantities of
class A, B and C drugs.
This included MDMA, crystal meth, cocaine,
ketamine and GBL. These drugs are often sold
together for the purposes of chemsex.
Also recovered from the holdall were
diazepam tablets and Viagra, again, often
supplied within the chemsex scene. Other drugs
in Jakubik’s possession, which were prepared
and packaged for onward supply, included
cocaine, cannabis and speed.
Drug experts have estimated the total street
value of the drugs found in Jakubik’s vehicle to
be up to £13,665.
Jakubik was arrested on suspicion of
possession with intent to supply a class A drugs
and later released on bail.
On 28 February 2019, while on bail, officers
from the Metropolitan Police executed a search
warrant at Jakubik’s home in Islington. A
large quantity of class A, B and C drugs were
found in the property alongside other drug
paraphernalia. Officers also found a large
amount of cash in Jakubik’s car.
He was arrested on suspicion of possession
with intent to supply and taken into custody
before being charged in March.
An investigation also found Whatsapp
messages on Jakubik’s phone offering to supply
drugs and deliver them to addresses across
London.
Detective Oliver Gent, from the City of
London Police, said: “The City of London Police
will not tolerate the sale of drugs. Our officers
will not hesitate to stop and search those acting
suspiciously in the Square Mile to prevent such
crimes from occurring.
“The drugs that were being supplied by
Jakubik are extremely dangerous and in some
cases lethal. The public should feel reassured
that such a large quantity of these drugs are now
off our streets.”

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Christmas magic at
Leadenhall this December
Live music, daily ‘snow’ flurries and
on Saturday 21st a Harry Potter
festive celebration!
For full details visit www.leadenhallmarket.co.uk

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Each number in our Cross Code grid represents a different letter
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MAGIC SQUARE
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Using all 16 letters of the phrase above, form
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NONAGRAM
A R K
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D A N
How many words of four
letters or more can you
make from this
Nonagram? Each word
must use the central letter,
and each letter may be
used only once. At least
one word using all nine
letters can be found.
Guidelines:
22 Good; 26 Very Good;
30 Excellent.
Any word found in the Concise
Oxford Dictionary (Tenth Edition) is
eligible with the following
exceptions: proper nouns; plural
nouns, pronouns and possessives;
third person singular verbs;
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and abbreviations; vulgar slang
words; variant spellings of the
same word (where another variant
is also eligible).
Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9, and so must each 3 x 3 box.
Quiz Challenge
1. The mining engineer Peter
Nissen is most famous for
which invention?
2. Comedian Sarah Millican was
born In which coastal town?
3. In which war did the volunteers
known as the International
Brigade sign up to fight
Fascism?
4. To which bird family does the
jackdaw belong?
5. What is the cricketing term for
a ball pitched to land under the
bat?
WORD PYRAMID
Spell out a 15-letter word or
phrase by moving from one
chamber to another within
the pyramid. You may
only enter each of the
chambers once and
may only proceed
through openings
in the walls. The
first letter may
appear in any
chamber.
FIVE ALIVE
9 1
8 2
5 8 4 7
8 1 3 6
9 3
2 1
5
7 4 3 5 9
2 7 5
6. What name is given to the
Scottish exams equivalent to
English A-levels?
7. What was a bayadère, as seen
in the ballet La Bayadère?
8. In which TV show has Ian
Hislop appeared in every
episode?
9. Which island is separated from
mainland England by the
Solent and Spithead?
10. Which supermarket empire
began as a market stall in
London’s East End run by Jack
Cohen?
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work out which
letters belong
to which
crossword.
EQUALISER
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6 2 1
5 3
6 4 4
4 4
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subtract, multiply, divide)
one in each circle so that
the total of each across
and down line is the same.
Perform the first calculation in each
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
1
8
9
11
16
20
22
10
ACROSS
2
12
11
17
21
1. One with constructive
ideas (9)
6. Quantity of money backed
first three musicians (3)
8. Private hospital fixed up on
a return journey? (8,5)
9. Speaker takes a stand on
this (5)
10. Band will move round the
square (7)
11. Concerned with history of
meal (6)
13. Among maids performing
before tea, say (6)
16. Organised parties with
foreign currency (7)
18. Nurse right in fashion (5)
20. Said the cape was not in
first with frankness (13)
22. Service return from a great
distance (3)
23. Providing a coat of 12
Down (9)
1
8
12
18
26
29
21
2
16
19
13
3
17
23
3
11
20
28
15
9
4
10
15
QUICK CROSSWORD
21 25
13
13
16
DOWN
5
14
18
6
19
7
21
1. Be quiet under a tree (3)
2. Arrived with nothing but a
small gem (5)
3. Where fashionable patients
go? (7)
4. May leave broken machinery
to improve the quality (6)
5. Tribe wandering through
Rome (5)
6. Mean to have left one in the
group (7)
7. Negotiated about time, it was
thought (9)
9. Cannot be made light of (9)
12. Dressing to cover the
wall (7)
14. Meet in a new show (7)
15. Involuntary movement in a
short coat (6)
17. Come to the point but only
gradually (5)
19. Resin some of the clientele
misused (5)
21. Most of the pudding will go
down (3)
4
8
10
14
17
22
22
27
30
5
23
15
6
24 26
7
25
SOLUTIONS
31
32
NONAGRAM:
abed; abrade; baaed; bade; bake;
baked; baker; band; bander; bandh;
bane; bank; banked; banker; bard;
bare; bared; bark; barked; barn;
bead; beak; bean; bear; beard; bend;
berk; brad; brae; brake; braked; bran;
brand; brane; bread; break; bred;
debar; debark; drab; HANDBRAKE;
herb; kerb.
Across – Splay; Cocoa; Split.
Down – Sucks; Local; Yeast.
Across – Ethic; Nuked; Indue.
Down – Ennui; Hiked; Cadre.
(2)
FIVE ALIVE:
(1)
QUICK CROSSWORD:
Across – 1 Damask; 4 Stream; 8 Senior; 10 Litter; 11 Papal; 12
Grocer; 14 Cereal; 16 Wade; 17 Edam; 19 Cost; 22 Step; 26 Creepy;
27 Arnica; 28 Arena; 29 Allure; 30 Supine; 31 Larder; 32 Manger.
Down – 1 Design; 2 Minnow; 3 Sloped; 5 Toiled; 6 Esteem; 7
Morale; 9 Rare; 10 Lace; 13 Canoe; 15 Raven; 18 Scrawl; 19 Cellar;
20 Sparse; 21 Tyre; 22 Sans; 23 Trauma; 24 Piping; 25 Career.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD:
Across – 1 Architect; 6 Sum; 8 Homeward bound; 9 Floor; 10
Circlet; 11 Repast; 13 Amidst; 16 Piastre; 18 Trend; 20
Outspokenness; 22 Far; 23 Rendering.
Down – 1 Ash; 2 Cameo; 3 Inwards; 4 Enrich; 5 Tiber; 6 Squalid;
7 Meditated; 9 Fireproof; 12 Plaster; 14 Matinee; 15 Jerkin; 17
Taper; 19 Elemi; 21 Sag.
H
U
EQUALISER:
Clockwise from top
left – add; divide;
multiply; subtract.
Total: 8.
WORD PYRAMID:
By hook or by crook.
MAGIC SQUARE:
prom; rave; oval;
melt.
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9 6 5 8 7 4 1 3 2
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9 7 4 3 5 6 8 1 2
3 8 2 7 1 9 6 5 4
6 1 5 2 8 4 9 3 7
EASY SUDOKU HARD SUDOKU
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M
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CROSS CODE
1 2 3
QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 The Nissen hut; 2 South Shields; 3 The Spanish Civil War; 4 The crow family; 5 A yorker; 6 Highers; 7 A Hindu dancing
girl; 8 Have I Got News For You; 9 The Isle of Wight; 10 Tesco.
ACROSS
1. Patterned linen (6)
4. Brook (6)
8. Elder (6)
10. Rubbish (6)
11. Of the pope (5)
12. Food supplier (6)
14. Edible grain (6)
16. Walk through
water (4)
17. Dutch cheese (4)
19. Price (4)
22. Pace (4)
26. Scary (6)
27. Medicinal plant (6)
28. Stadium (5)
29. Charm (6)
30. Lying face
upward (6)
31. Pantry (6)
32. Stable place (6)
DOWN
1. Scheme (6)
2. Small fish (6)
3. Inclined (6)
5. Laboured (6)
6. Regard (6)
7. Team spirit (6)
9. Uncommon (4)
10. Shoe fastener (4)
13. Small boat (5)
15. Large bird (5)
18. Write untidily (6)
19. Wine store (6)
20. Thinly spread (6)
21. Wheel
covering (4)
22. Without (4)
23. Emotional
shock (6)
24. Upholstery
trim (6)
25. Vocation (6)

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