PROPOSALS to create a new superforce to police the Yorkshire region are likely to come back on the agenda, it is claimed by a man in the know - Sir Norman Bettison, Chief Constable of Wet Yorkshire and head of future developments at the Association of Chief Police Officers.
This comes when there is a growing feeling among the general public that government is becoming too remote and removed from their daily lives.
Therefore, it can be expected that there will be grassroots resistance to the idea of disbanding local f
orces and replacing them with a regional organisation. For that to happen and the public to offer its support, then it has to be shown that not only is the merger for the greater good but also that a new, bigger force will not lose sight of the little issues which most affect people.
Derby-jammed season beckons
DONCASTER Rovers go into their biggest games in half a century tonight, when they travel to Southend for a crunch play-off game.
Promotion won over their rivals would see them elevated into the Coca Cola Championship and then we can look forward to a derby-jammed season ahead as they battle it out among the elite of Yorkshire clubs.
Chairman John Ryan has created huge momentum at the town’s new Keepmoat Stadium and manager Sean O’Driscoll and his players are desperate for the club to break into the second tier of English football for the first time since 1958.
Good luck lads, see you in Sheffield and Barnsley next season!
Nagged to drink...
BAD news for blokes...experts have discovered that nagging really does work. Researchers claim that a constant stream of questions and orders will leave the subject open to persuasion. And the only way to escape this verbal assault? Spend more time down the pub of course!
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