Local newspaper headlines |
1994: Mar 4th ‘BURGLARIES FED DRUG HABIT’ Mar 18TH ‘COCAINE & HEROIN WILL SOON BE ON OUR STREETS’ Oct 14th ‘£2000 WILL HELP DRUGS BATTLE’
1995: Feb 10th ‘TOWN POLICE ESCAPE CUTS – ARE THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY’ Mar 3rd ‘GLOWING REPORT FOR POLICE FORCE’ Mar 10th ‘ON SCENT OF BAD GUYS’ April 21st ‘POLICE BATONS ISSUED’ May 26th ‘POLICING LIKELY TO SUFFER MORE’ Jun 9th ‘NEW COURT HAS APPEAL’ Jun 16th ‘1.8 MILLION BOOST FOR POLICE’ July 28th ‘ARMED POLICE ACTED ADMIRABLY’ Aug 25th ‘POLICE WANT RESIDENTS TO FORM CRIME FIGHTING UNITS’ Sep 15th ‘CHAMBER PUSHES FOR CCTV’ Sept 22nd ‘POLICE PROPOSE PARTNERSHIP AGAINST CRIME’ Oct 6th ‘SUPPORT FOR COMBINED EFFORTS AGAINST CRIME’ Oct 13th ‘EARLSFIELD MAY GET MORE POLICE’ Oct 20th ‘POLICE WELCOME DRUGS INITIATIVE’ Dec 15th ‘SUSPECTS ACCUSE POLICE OF USING EXCESSIVE FORCE’
1996: Jan 19th ‘CCTV GO-AHEAD’ Feb 2nd ‘CROW BAR APPEAL LOST’ (Man accused policeman of hitting him with a crowbar) Feb 9th ’11 CAMERAS FOR TOWN CENTRE’ Feb 16th ‘EARLSFIELD – ESTATE OF FEAR’ Mar 1st ‘POLICE SWOOP ON TROUBLED ESTATE’ ‘GHETTO MENTALITY NO HELP – EARLSFIELD COUNCILOR’ ‘ANTI-DRUGS PACKS SENT TO SCHOOLS’ Mar 15th ‘CASH BID FOR EARLSFIELD’ Jul 5th ‘POLICE PRAISE FOR PUBLIC EFFORTS’ Aug 2nd ‘EXTRA HELP FOR TOWNS POLICE’ Aug 16th ‘NEW GRANTS TOP TACKLE DRUGS’ Aug 23rd ‘TOWN ESTATE – ALL OUT WAR’
1997: Aug 15th ‘POLICE BROUGHT IN OVER MISSING MORPHINE’ Sep 19th ‘LUCKY DRUG USER ESCAPES JAIL FOR CHANGING WAYS’ Nov 21st ‘CENTRE SET UP ON DRUGS HIT ESTATE’ Dec 19th ‘HAD HEROIN’
1998: Feb 6th ‘HEROIN ADDICT WELL AND TRULY CAUGHT ON CCTV’ Apr 10th ‘ADDICT LOST TEMPER AND TERRIFIED STAFF’ May 22nd ‘TOWN GP's REFUSE TO HELP HEROIN ADDICTS, COURT TOLD’ Jul 3rd ‘£2000 WORTH OF DRUGS CHARGES’ Aug 14th ‘HORROR AS YOUNGSTERS FIND DRUG SYRINGES’ Aug 28th ‘HEROIN ADDICT SENT TO JAIL’ Sep 25th ‘DRUG WRAPPED IN NOTE’ Oct 2nd ‘THREATENED TO STICK OFFICER WITH NEEDLE’ Oct 23rd ‘TWO YEAR JAIL FOR DRUG USER’ Nov 20th ‘HEROIN ADDICT WANTED JAIL TO HELP KICK HABIT’
1999: Feb 26 ‘HEROIN REACHES NUMBER 1’ April 16 ‘HEROIN ADDICT, 19, MUGGED PENSIONER’ April 30 “Jobless junkie. . . . .” July 9 ‘NEEDLE BOY FACES AIDS TEST TRAUMA’ July 30 ‘ADDICT STOLE ITEMS AFTER HALLUCINATING’ October 8 ‘APPEAL TO CLOSE OF DRUGS WASTELAND’ October 15 ‘HEROIN ADDICT IN POLICE CHASE’ October 22 ‘ADDICTS NEEDLES ON VILLAGE GREENS’ October 29 ‘EARLSFIELD HEROIN HELL’ November 12 ‘RIOT POLICE RAID HEROIN STASH FLAT’ November 26 ‘HEROIN ADDICTS, 18, STOLE TO FEED HABITS’
2000: Jan 21st ‘TACTICS FOR DRUG WAR’ Jan 28th ‘TOWN IN GRIP OF DRUGS EPIDEMIC’ Mar 3rd ‘ADDICT VICTIM OF TOWNS HEROIN SUBCULTURE’ Jul 28th ‘DRUGS KILLED HEROIN ADDICT’ Aug 18th ‘ONE FATHER FACES THE TRUTH: MY SON IS A HEROIN ADDICT’ Nov 10th ‘MY ADDICT SON WILL DIE WITHOUT IMPLANT’ Copyright(C) 2007 - 2025. All rights reserved. |