Ambulance service managers say such behaviour will not be tolerated and have pledged to do all they can to prosecute people who attack their crews.

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Community support officers have joined housing officers, the fire service and anti-social behaviour teams in the visit around Amber Valley.

BBC: Community urged to raise concerns

Loopt, which is rumoured to be a potential takeover target of Facebook, has added software that automatically monitors its service for suspicious patterns of behaviour.

ECONOMIST: Location-based services on mobile phones

The middle ground might consist of a complete set of protections and assurances that Microsoft would not intimidate or attempt to control the behaviour of Internet Service Providers and computer manufacturers, he said.

BBC: News | The Company File | Microsoft ruling imminent

The NSPCC spokeswoman Claire Liley said the organisation had seen a rise in the number of children being referred to its service centres across the country with "harmful sexual behaviour".

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"I have to say I'm very proud to be the deputy chief constable - we have a very proud record of service - but in terms of the context of these four officers' behaviour, this is not my proudest day, " she said.

BBC: Deputy Chief Constable Judith Gillespie

The 4x4 will come into service in April and will support a team that has been tackling anti-social behaviour in the Nuneaton and Bedworth area since October 2007.

BBC: Coventry & Warwickshire

Vehicles have been clamped before in Glasgow but the Scottish Court Service (SCS) said this was the first for failing to pay a police antisocial behaviour fixed penalty ticket.

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Lord Ramsbotham argued that because no-one in the prison service was responsible and accountable for young people, there was no overall strategy aimed at challenging their criminal attitudes and behaviour or preparing them for a future free of offending.

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