“Tougher regulations on the scrap metal trade are needed to combat ‘soaring’ theft, including that of plaques from war memorials, say town hall chiefs.”
BBC News, 12th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“There are renewed calls for a change in the laws controlling the sale of scrap metal after thieves desecrated a First World War memorial.”
The Independent, 4th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teenage girl who vandalised a city’s cenotaph has been told her actions were ‘despicable’.”
BBC News, 18th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who urinated beside a war memorial only weeks after a student prompted a national furore by doing the same thing was ordered to work 160 hours of unpaid community service.”
The Guardian, 6th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A drunken teenager was condemned by a district judge today for apparently urinating on a war memorial.”
The Independent, 7th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A student who admitted outraging public decency after he was pictured urinating over a Sheffield war memorial has been told to do community service.”
BBC News, 26th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Hundreds of war memorials are at risk of being lost or damaged because planning laws fail to cover their preservation, according to a report published today.”
The Times, 6th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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