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30/01/2014
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Child Abuse Images Uncovered By House Viewers
Child sex abuse images have been uncovered at the home of a deceased former school teacher.
Police have launched an investigation after potential buyers viewing the home of Christopher Dodson found images of child sex abuse at the address in Chapel Road, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.
Det Ch Insp Mark Hall has said that the investigation will aim to establish the full extent of the offences.
Retired teacher Christopher Dodson died in December 2012. His next-of-kin decided to sell his house last August.
Two Die In 'Serious Incident' At M1 Bridge
Two people have died at a bridge on the M1 in Hertfordshire, in what police have described as a "serious incident" but not a road accident.
Emergency services responded to an incident on the northbound carriageway near Junction 5 near Watford at 10:45.
Is it understood that the road is to remain closed "for some time".
No other information has yet been made available.
V&A To Publish List Of 'Degenerate Art'
Records of artworks declared 'degenerate art' by the Nazi's are to be published online by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Post-impressionist modern art was believed by Hitler to be "evidence of a deranged mind" and he ordered some 16,000 works to be removed from German musuems.
The 'Entartete Kunst' inventory, compiled in 1941-2, was donated to the V&A by the widow of Heinrich Robert (Harry) Fischer in 1996. The term 'Entartete Kunst' translates as 'degenerate art'.
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Child sex abuse images have been uncovered at the home of a deceased former school teacher.
Police have launched an investigation after potential buyers viewing the home of Christopher Dodson found images of child sex abuse at the address in Chapel Road, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.
Det Ch Insp Mark Hall has said that the investigation will aim to establish the full extent of the offences.
Retired teacher Christopher Dodson died in December 2012. His next-of-kin decided to sell his house last August.
Two Die In 'Serious Incident' At M1 Bridge
Two people have died at a bridge on the M1 in Hertfordshire, in what police have described as a "serious incident" but not a road accident.
Emergency services responded to an incident on the northbound carriageway near Junction 5 near Watford at 10:45.
Is it understood that the road is to remain closed "for some time".
No other information has yet been made available.
V&A To Publish List Of 'Degenerate Art'
Records of artworks declared 'degenerate art' by the Nazi's are to be published online by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Post-impressionist modern art was believed by Hitler to be "evidence of a deranged mind" and he ordered some 16,000 works to be removed from German musuems.
The 'Entartete Kunst' inventory, compiled in 1941-2, was donated to the V&A by the widow of Heinrich Robert (Harry) Fischer in 1996. The term 'Entartete Kunst' translates as 'degenerate art'.
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27 July 2012
18 Month Sentence For Child Pornography
A man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for offences relating to indecent images of children. Adrian White admitted 23 counts of making or possessing indecent images and four counts of distributing them. Exeter Crown Court heard how the 52-year-old used the alias "Mr Grippy" when he exchanged extreme images to fellow paedophiles.
18 Month Sentence For Child Pornography
A man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for offences relating to indecent images of children. Adrian White admitted 23 counts of making or possessing indecent images and four counts of distributing them. Exeter Crown Court heard how the 52-year-old used the alias "Mr Grippy" when he exchanged extreme images to fellow paedophiles.
04 April 2012
School IT Manager Jailed Over Indecent Images
A IT Manager at a school in Wales has been jailed following the discovery of 400,000 indecent images of children. Swansea's Crown Court today heard how Jeffrey Gravell, 54, had stolen computers from Coedcae Comprehensive in Llanelli, and used them to download the pictures and videos at his home.
School IT Manager Jailed Over Indecent Images
A IT Manager at a school in Wales has been jailed following the discovery of 400,000 indecent images of children. Swansea's Crown Court today heard how Jeffrey Gravell, 54, had stolen computers from Coedcae Comprehensive in Llanelli, and used them to download the pictures and videos at his home.
09 March 2007
Subliminal advertising 'affects brain'
Invisible subliminal images do attract the brain's attention on a subconscious level, researchers at University College London have claimed. Using brain scans, researchers looked at whether an image you aren't aware of - but one that reaches the retina - has an impact on brain activity in the primary visual cortex, part of the occipital lobe.
Subliminal advertising 'affects brain'
Invisible subliminal images do attract the brain's attention on a subconscious level, researchers at University College London have claimed. Using brain scans, researchers looked at whether an image you aren't aware of - but one that reaches the retina - has an impact on brain activity in the primary visual cortex, part of the occipital lobe.
14 July 2004
45 arrested in internet child porn probe
Police investigating alleged child pornography offences have arrested 45 people in a number of raids at addresses across northern England.
45 arrested in internet child porn probe
Police investigating alleged child pornography offences have arrested 45 people in a number of raids at addresses across northern England.
26 October 2007
Sir Elton's Photography Not 'Child Porn'
A photograph owned by Sir Elton John, which was seized from an art exhibition amid claims that it breached child pornography laws, has been declared as not indecent by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Sir Elton's Photography Not 'Child Porn'
A photograph owned by Sir Elton John, which was seized from an art exhibition amid claims that it breached child pornography laws, has been declared as not indecent by the Crown Prosecution Service.
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