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GV of the Libra Club, Summerhill Road, Birmingham.   Six crooks who ran a multi-million pound brothel which serviced up to 200 customers a DAY were sentenced yesterday (18/10).  See NTI story NTIBROTHEL.  Police raided the Libra Club and discovered more than a dozen women inside along with sex paraphernalia.  It is estimated the brothel, in run-down Summer Hill Road, Birmingham, generated £7 million before it was shut down after the raid in February last year.  The club - advertised as a massage parlour - was connected to an arson attack where a petrol bomb was thrown at the front entrance on September 25, 2014.  On another occasion gunshots were fired at the premises.  Officers from West Midlands Police seized tens of thousands of pounds in cash believed to be profits from the club after searching a number of suspects' homes.  Yesterday three men and three women admitted involvement in management of a brothel for the purposes of prostitution and were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court.  They admitted involvement in management of a brothel for the purposes of prostitution at a previous hearing and were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court today.

Multi-Million Pound Brothel Shut Down by Police

A brothel in Birmingham was shut down by the police after generating £7 million in revenue. The Libra Club was allowed to be run by six crooks serving some 200 customers a day, with more than a dozen women inside along with sex paraphernalia. It is estimated the brothel generated millions ...

Attacks against LGBT people up 147% post-Brexit

More worrying news has emerged in post-Brexit Britain, with a 147 per cent rise in homophobic attacks in the UK in the three months since the UK voted to leave the EU. There have already been reports of a rise in racist attacks, but the rise in attacks on the ...

It’s time to accept that integration is a two way street

Emily Loud, from the Wonder Foundation, discusses integration in modern Britain  Immigration and the challenges of community integration scarcely leave the news these days, and everyone seems to have an opinion on how or why it should be achieved. Most recently it was Labour’s Chuka Umunna's turn to weigh in. ...

Brits Would Rather Live In the TARDIS than a Millionaire Manor

Whether it’s the manor in Charmed or Rachel and Monica’s apartment in Friends, television characters have a habit of living in impressive homes. And why shouldn’t they? Behind the scenes a lot of work goes in to making the sets as appealing as possible. Now a new study has charted ...

ANOTHER state sponsored attack – 500 million Yahoo users hacked

Another day, another hack into huge data banks. This time Yahoo has said that a “state-sponsored” group of hackers managed to steal information from around 500 million users. If this is found to be correct it would be the largest cyber-breach in history. The hackers were able to gather personal ...

Syrian aid convoys suspended by UN after fatal attack

The UN has decided to halt all aid convoys in Syria due to an airstrike that hit a group of vehicles attempting to give much needed supplies to people trapped in Aleppo. The attack, on Monday, has left the UN with no choice but to stop aid convoys incase of ...

5 Certainties General Election 2015

Five Paradoxical Lessons From David Cameron

By Titus Alexander As the party conference season starts and David Cameron fades from political memory it is time to draw lessons from his ten years at the top of the Conservative Party and his swift departure after the Brexit vote. His period in power restored Conservative confidence as a ...

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