to expose corruption within courts is losing his battle norman scarth spoken of world war two veteran has lost an appeal against a six month jail sentence for recording a court hearing without permission. but reports the eighty five year old is determined to fight on with his campaign for transparency. british prisons full to bursting the cool so working overtime sending young people to jail for the role in the recent riots in england. to leave prison they'll be languishing alongside eighty five year old norman scarth he played the arctic sea cheering the second world war serving his country taking essential supplies to the soviet union on the most dangerous journey in the world and now he's serving six months in prison on the whim of a british judge. his crime recording a court hearing he said he did it because he's hard of hearing but the judge didn't accept that it was a very harsh sentence and i believe it was because season covering the corruption that the judiciary you see them frown upon a scarth is no stranger to the legal system he won a case in the european court of human ri

norman scarth has vowed to keep fighting to expose corruption just as he fought all those years ago to keep fascism out of his country the irony is the country he fought for is now the one he's fighting against you know and it's r.t. london new york is bracing itself for what could be a historic storm as approaching hurricane irene has forced the mayor to order evacuations from the city public transport including the subway will also be shut down for the first time ever artie's marina gauges the mood in new york city. more than eight million new yorkers are preparing for what's expected to be again tourists and possibly disastrous hurricane on its way to new york city this hurricane is expected to hit new york by nine pm saturday evening parts of the city was was filled with crowds of people as you saw officials evacuating new yorkers from parts of areas that were deemed extremely dangerous for the first time in history the new york city mayor ordered mandatory evacuation of what he called lone rise areas these are areas all throughout new york there are very close to the water as of t

norman scarth has vowed to keep fighting to expose corruption just as he fought all those years ago to keep fascism out of his country the irony is the country he fought for is now the one he's fighting against laura and it's artie london a major cities along the eastern seaboard of the u.s. including new york are bracing themselves for the wrath of here again irene well it's expected to flood at parts of lower manhattan as public transport including the subway has been shut down well despite it weakening to a category one storm forecasters say it remains extremely dangerous and president obama has warned it could be historic. meyer has more from new york. public transportation in new york city including the metro and buses have come to a halt as new york city prepares for this dangerous and possibly destructive hurricane parts of the city was was filled with crowds of people as you saw of fishel zx evacuating new yorkers from parts of areas that were deemed extremely dangerous for the first time in history the new york city mayor ordered mandatory evacuation of what he called low rise

norman scarth has vowed to keep fighting to expose corruption just as he fought all those years ago to keep fascism out of his country the irony is the country he fought for is now the one he's fighting against laura and it's artie london. as i received bailout money and they are now reporting profits but the financial recovery of u.s. carmakers isn't filtering down to the streets of the country's ones booming automotive capital detroit increasingly looks like a ghost town and its residents are literally surviving on scraps as i. discovered. this was once a city that symbolized america's innovation and manufacturing might. but today detroit is the third most violent city in the u.s. with unemployment estimated at up to fifty percent according to officials the once glamorous motor city now has more people living in poverty than cars on the streets home foreclosures continue flight to the suburbs which takes the tax base away from the city and there's more and more of that the decline in the school system. is making people leave the city and so there's no money they're really in there no

norman scarth has vowed to keep fighting to expose corruption just as he fought all those years ago to keep fascism out of his country the irony is the country he fought for is now the one he's fighting against laura and it's london. now if the u.k. government is determined harsh justice will help man it's broken society author owen jones says it's the lead which sets a bad example to those committing crimes useful injury is coming up in about ten minutes time. or maybe once in cities on the planet the minimum wage in the country is not enough to live on you can't support a family with it these are huge social problems which aren't being addressed and we have these problems at a time when people at the top are richer than ever so yes we have a bunker he plunged the internet cannot crisis with the politicians he stole from the taxpayer we recently have the news international scandal where police were being bribed by journalists what happened was more disorderly that all but the example being set by the top. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world syria's presid

norman scarth has vowed to keep fighting to expose corruption just as he fought all those years ago to keep fascism out of his country the irony is the country he fought for is now the one he's fighting against laura and it's artie london this is on the program we take a trip with our russia close up team. and we travel a thousand kilometers from moscow to the city of cairo and the remarkable story of ninety percent of the baby orphans that are finding a new family before they turn six. turns over a new political chapter with the former vice president elected as the country's new leader and xander succeeds president sergei bugout sure died in office in may the victory again nearly fifty five percent of the vote ahead of two other candidates according to a chairman of the election commission the turnout was the highest in the party's soviet era barton reports now of other challenges the new president faces. former vice president alexander un viber is now the president of the caucasus republic of cars here in the central election commission announced that he took fifty five percent of th

norman scarth has vowed to keep fighting to expose corruption just as he fought all those years ago to keep fascism out of his country the irony is the country he fought for is now the one he's fighting against laura emmett artie london. later in the program we'll take a trip with russia close up t.v. and we travel at thousand kilometers from moscow to the city of carob and they were . ninety percent of the lupins that point of view finally before they turn and say . right now reports of the phones deaths are coming from north carolina and virginia as hurricane irene launches coastal cities in the two states with one hundred eighty five kilometer per hour winds u.s. authorities say six people including in the eleven year old boy have been killed so far by falling trees and enormous gusts this storm has toppled palm lines and almost one million people are now without electricity irene is heading for new york where flooding is expected in parts of lower manhattan the city's public transport system as a service including the subway has been shut down and residents had to leave some coasta

norman scarth has vowed to keep fighting to expose corruption just as he fought all those years ago to keep fascism out of his country the irony is the country he fought for is now the one he's fighting against laura and it's arty london. quarter past the hour here in moscow you would see now major cities along the eastern seaboard of the u.s. including new york are very seen themselves for the wrath of hurricane irene it's expected so you flood parts of lower manhattan as public transport including the subway will be shut down despite a weakening to a category one storm forecasters say it remains extremely dangerous and president obama has one it could be his story he's really for tonight has more from new york . more than eight million new yorkers are preparing for what's expected to be a dangerous and possibly disastrous hurricane on its way to new york city this hurricane is expected to hit new york by nine p. am saturday eight evening parts of the city was was filled with crowds of people as you saw officials evacuating new yorkers from parts of areas that were deemed extremely da

norman scarth has vowed to keep fighting to experience corruption just as he fought all those years ago to keep fascism out of his country the irony is the country he fought for is now the one he's fighting against laura and it's london. now with the u.k. government apparently determined to use tough justice to mend its broken society jones says it's the elite which sets the bad example to those committing crimes is a full interview is coming your way in about ten minutes time. it's very convenient for the government to say actually all these people are going to point out that if it. is their own behaviors that fall and that's what needs to be sorted out there's a problem of lack of jobs we've got two and a half million people unemployed then of the million incapacity benefit was to put into work there's less than half a million vacancies there's not enough jobs to go around so these are huge social problems which aren't being addressed and we have these problems at a time when people at the top are richer than ever what happened is more disorderly than all that but the example be set b

norman scarth has vowed to keep fighting to expose corruption just as he fought all those years ago to keep fascism out of his country the irony is the country he fought for is now the one he's fighting against laura and it's artie london. this is the program we take a trip with russia close up to. travel a thousand kilometers from moscow to see to hear about the remarkable story of ninety percent of baby orphans that point to news from many before they turn say. reports of the first deaths are coming from north carolina and the genius hurricane irene lashes coastal cities in the two storeys with one hundred eighty five kilometer per hour winds u.s. authorities say six people including an eleven year old boy have been killed so far by falling trees enormous gusts the storm has toppled power lines and more than four hundred thousand people are now without interest irene is heading for new york where flooding is expected in parts of. this is public transport service including the subway has been shut down and residents ordered to leave some coastal and low lying areas marina point nine t

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