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jon ironmonger reports.rt at the dorchester but this time it is the target and this time there is a barrier. around 200 demonstrators surrounded the five—star hotel, this afternoon, calling for a global boycott of the business, one of a number of uk interests owned by the sultan of brunei. the laws that he has introduced are comparable to the extreme sharia laws that were imposed by isis when it ruled in its so—called caliphate in syria and iraq. we are hoping to hit the sultan financially in the pocket. quite clearly he has not listen to reason or compassion so therefore when money talks, we want to make sure that money talks to him. earlier this week, the sultan of brunei introduced further ultraconservative islamic laws that will make gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning to death. it led to a public outcry. with eltonjohn tweeting that he will refuse to stay at the dorchester in future. this protest began outside barriers here at the dorchester hotel, but the crowd have since pushed through those ba
jon ironmonger reports.rt at the dorchester but this time it is the target and this time there is a barrier. around 200 demonstrators surrounded the five—star hotel, this afternoon, calling for a global boycott of the business, one of a number of uk interests owned by the sultan of brunei. the laws that he has introduced are comparable to the extreme sharia laws that were imposed by isis when it ruled in its so—called caliphate in syria and iraq. we are hoping to hit the sultan financially...
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jon ironmonger, bbc news.rm of epilepsy that leads to hundreds of seizures every day. mrs appleby purchased a three month supply of medicinal cannabis at a pharmacy in the hague yesterday for her daughter, tegan, it cost £a000, money raised through crowdfunding. as she prepared to board her plane back to the uk she knew that the home office had threatened to confiscate it. nervous, but ready, see what happens, if they take it i will fight to get it back. mrs appleby said she was forced to make this trip because doctors in the uk was legally able to prescribe medicinal cannabis are generally refusing to do so because of a lack of evidence. general position is that we practice evidence—based medicine so we are interested as to whether these cannabis mate based medicines may be helpful, so are advice would be until we get that evidence, we wouldn‘t prescribe them. on arrival at southend mrs appleby and her father were them. on arrival at southend mrs appleby and herfather were met by borderforce appleby and herfa
jon ironmonger, bbc news.rm of epilepsy that leads to hundreds of seizures every day. mrs appleby purchased a three month supply of medicinal cannabis at a pharmacy in the hague yesterday for her daughter, tegan, it cost £a000, money raised through crowdfunding. as she prepared to board her plane back to the uk she knew that the home office had threatened to confiscate it. nervous, but ready, see what happens, if they take it i will fight to get it back. mrs appleby said she was forced to make...
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jon ironmonger reports. many protester at the dorchester, but this time it's the target.d 200 demonstrators surrounded the 5—star hotel this afternoon, calling for a global boycott of the business. one ofa number of global boycott of the business. one of a number of uk interests owned by the sultan of brunei. the laws that he's introduced are comparable to the extreme shira laws that were imposed by isis, when it ruled in its so—called colour phase in the syria and iran. we are hoping to hit the sultan financially in the pockets. he has not listen to reason oi’ pockets. he has not listen to reason or compassion, pockets. he has not listen to reason oi’ compassion, so pockets. he has not listen to reason or compassion, so therefore when money talks, we want to make sure that money talks to him. earlier this week, the sultan of brunei introduced to further ultra conservative islamic laws that will make gay sex and adultery punishable death. it. to a by stoning to death. it led to a public withoutjohn by stoning to death. it led to a public - withoutjohn tweeting
jon ironmonger reports. many protester at the dorchester, but this time it's the target.d 200 demonstrators surrounded the 5—star hotel this afternoon, calling for a global boycott of the business. one ofa number of global boycott of the business. one of a number of uk interests owned by the sultan of brunei. the laws that he's introduced are comparable to the extreme shira laws that were imposed by isis, when it ruled in its so—called colour phase in the syria and iran. we are hoping to...
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jon ironmonger reports. many protests start at the dorchester, but this time it's the target.nded the 5—star hotel this afternoon, calling for a global boycott of the business. it's one of a number of uk interests owned by the sultan of brunei. the laws that he's introduced are comparable to the extreme sharia laws that were imposed by isis, when it ruled in its so—called caliphate in syria and iran. we are hoping to hit the sultan financially in the pocket. he has not listened to reason or compassion, so therefore when money talks, we want to make sure that money talks to him. earlier this week, the sultan of brunei introduced further ultra—conservative islamic laws that will make gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning to death. it led to a public outcry, with eltonjohn tweeting that he will refuse to stay at the dorchester in the future. this protest began outside of barriers here at the dorchester hotel, but the crowd have since pushed through those barriers, and they have gathered outside the doors, which have been locked by the management. what we want? human rights!
jon ironmonger reports. many protests start at the dorchester, but this time it's the target.nded the 5—star hotel this afternoon, calling for a global boycott of the business. it's one of a number of uk interests owned by the sultan of brunei. the laws that he's introduced are comparable to the extreme sharia laws that were imposed by isis, when it ruled in its so—called caliphate in syria and iran. we are hoping to hit the sultan financially in the pocket. he has not listened to reason or...
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our reporter, jon ironmonger, asked mr tatchell to explain why the campaigners chose to protest outside the dorchester and its staff, our beef is with the sultan, and we urge the british government to suspend diplomatic economic and military ties with that regime, and we also appeal to the queen to stop her close contact with the sultan. she and the sultan have been very, very closely allied for many years, even though he was a dictator way back, i think that's quite wrong, the estate should reflect human rights values of our country, and not collude with dictators like the sultan. country, and not collude with dictators like the sultanlj country, and not collude with dictators like the sultan. i was just told you there peter, and we are going to take another look back at the crowd actually, because i think in the past few moments you can have a look yourself as well, it looks like the protesters have managed to jump over the looks like the protesters have managed tojump over the railings, and crowd around the front of the hotel. i'm not sure if this is an attempt to actually get inside
our reporter, jon ironmonger, asked mr tatchell to explain why the campaigners chose to protest outside the dorchester and its staff, our beef is with the sultan, and we urge the british government to suspend diplomatic economic and military ties with that regime, and we also appeal to the queen to stop her close contact with the sultan. she and the sultan have been very, very closely allied for many years, even though he was a dictator way back, i think that's quite wrong, the estate should...
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jon ironmonger, bbc news.immon, has announced an independent review into the quality of its housing after increasing concerns about the standard of its new builds. but the property advice group, the homeowners alliance, has told the bbc that issues with new homes aren't limited to just one developer. here's our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith. this was supposed to bejustin‘s dream home. door bell rings he'd saved up for a new build... good morning. we've got zero insulation. ..thinking he wouldn't need to do any work to it. we've moved out twice. every ceiling in the entire property has been removed. justin bought his house from one of the biggest developers, taylor wimpey, under the help to buy scheme. it's well below standard, and trying to negotiate with the builders has been an endless trauma from day one. insulation issues, damp issues, cold—bridging issues. a couple of doors up, lynn lives in an identical home with her partner and three daughters. this is not isolated to this particular pr
jon ironmonger, bbc news.immon, has announced an independent review into the quality of its housing after increasing concerns about the standard of its new builds. but the property advice group, the homeowners alliance, has told the bbc that issues with new homes aren't limited to just one developer. here's our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith. this was supposed to bejustin‘s dream home. door bell rings he'd saved up for a new build... good morning. we've got zero insulation....