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	Shepherd's Bush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shepherd's Bush is a district in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham situated 4.9 miles (7.9 km) west of Charing Cross.
		Also in W12 are Hammersmith Hospital, Hammersmith Park and HM Wormwood Scrubs Prison.
		There will also be a station on the West London Extension line, (West London Line) which lies to the east of the site and runs between Clapham Junction and Willesden Junction, sited between Kensington (Olympia) and Willesden Junction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shepherd's_Bush (721 words)

	Wormwood Scrubs, London, England
		Wormwood Scrubs is a place in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London, England.
		It is the location of HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, built between 1875 and 1891.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wo/Wormwood_Scrubs.html (50 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Documents seized in Scrubs probe
		Prison Service investigators have seized documents from Wormwood Scrubs prison in London as part of their probe into allegations of brutality at the jail.
		Two inmates were moved out of the west London prison under armed guard on Saturday - one to hospital and the other to another jail - after the inquiry's head, Peter Atherton, offered them a transfer for their own protection.
		Wormwood Scrubs is one of the biggest prisons in Europe, holding almost 1400 inmates, both on remand and serving sentences.
	news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk /1/low/uk/68458.stm (418 words)

	England, London, travel to England, hotels, tours, tourism in England with www.Info-England.ru
		Detectives are to begin questioning a group of London bomb suspects arrested in a series of dramatic armed raids in the capital and in Rome on Friday.
		Roads were sealed off in west London on Friday as dozens of police, many armed and some wearing gas masks, surrounded properties, on Friday.
		The as yet unnamed man, arrested in Tavistock Crescent, is said by police to be of "significant interest" in relation to the events of 21 July.
	www.info-england.ru /news.php?lang=en&nid=93932 (759 words)

	A London Diary
		London has attracted fresh jealousy from the rest of the UK after our city was revealed as the richest place in Europe.
		Londoners' response when confronted with the fact of their relative wealth has traditionally been to sneer at their unfortunate cousins, be they countryside in-breds or northern Neanderthals.
		Now London is living in fear that world leaders, as with India and Pakistan, will impose tough sanctions on this celebrity graveyard of a city, threatening the whole edifice of Cool Britannia, the Blair government, and life in the next millennium into the bargain.
	www.londonnet.co.uk /ln/london-diary.html (12721 words)

	United Kingdom: Public statement on Wormwood Scrubs
		The criminal investigation into some of the allegations regarding Wormwood Scrubs led to the prosecution of 27 police officers and to the conviction of six, three of whom have been sentenced today.
		Brutality against prisoners at Wormwood Scrubs in the 1990s did not consist of a few isolated incidents but of a pattern of systematic abuse by prison officers, according to evidence collected by lawyers over the years.
		Amnesty International was informed that the police investigation was examining allegations made by approximately 40 inmates and former inmates of Wormwood Scrubs covering the period of October 1996 to March 1998.
	www.amnestyusa.org /stoptorture/document.do?id=B28D5F008460B43580256ACA004584A7 (978 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| London \| Jail conditions at Scrubs improve
		Wormwood Scrubs Prison has greatly improved after making fundamental changes since the last visit by the chief inspector of prisons.
		Accusations of mistreatment at the jail led to the biggest ever criminal investigation at a British prison, with 27 officers suspended from duty and prosecuted - three of whom were convicted.
		He had been held in the segregation block, which was later the focus of an inquiry into allegations of beatings by prison officers.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3559561.stm (291 words)

	England, London, travel to England, hotels, tours, tourism in England with www.Info-England.ru
		A package found in a park in north-west London may be linked to Thursday's failed bomb attacks, police said.
		On Sunday a series of "controlled explosions" were carried out on the package, which was found in bushes in Little Wormwood Scrubs on Saturday.
		They have also asked Londoners to store the number in their mobile phones, so if they see or hear anything suspicious, they can report it quickly.
	www.info-england.ru /article-92114-en.html (296 words)

	The News in London/England On the Boming in the UK - Katy's World ~ A little Bit Of Everything (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		London police were authorized to shoot and kill suspects they believed might try to set off more subway bombs.
		London is a palace of variety, unrivalled by any other city and a treasure-house of tongues.
		In London yesterday, Ismael Abdurahman, 23, became the first person to be charged in connection with the terror attacks in the capital.
	katy.dimono.com /blog/Lostinfo/bombs.html (8280 words)

	New Statesman: Royal greens and mucky commons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Guidebooks to London often boast that it is one of the greenest cities in the world.
		Only those adventurous souls who make their way to the bleak expanses of Wormwood Scrubs or Peckham Rye will discover that not everything in the garden is quite so lovely.
		London's 19th-century cemeteries provide some of the best rustic walks and havens for wildlife: the mid-Victorian part of Highgate is now accessible again, as well as the newer bit across the road that accommodates Karl Marx.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4481_129/ai_61945886 (1500 words)

	Wormwood Scrubs -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Wormwood Scrubs is a place in the (additional info and facts about London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham) London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London.
		It is the location of (additional info and facts about HM Prison) HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, built between 1875 and 1891.
		A large open space, the area also includes the (additional info and facts about Linford Christie) Linford Christie (A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments) stadium and the North Pole sidings used by the (additional info and facts about Eurostar) Eurostar trains.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wo/wormwood_scrubs.htm (163 words)

	Protracted torture and abuse at UK "flagship" prison
		Wormwood Scrubs was previously held up by the Prison Service as its “flagship” institution despite its overcrowded state and persistent rumours and allegations of a regime of brutality towards and intimidation of prisoners.
		A police investigation into allegations of staff brutality at the prison during the late 1990s resulted in the suspension of 27 prison officers and the convictions of six for assault.
		The prisoner said that he believed a Wormwood Scrubs governor was present at this time.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/jan2004/pris-j15.shtml (1815 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Breakfast \| Inside Wormwood Scrubs
		Wormwood Scrubs holds around 1100 inmates - that's its operational capacity.
		Because the prison is full many inmates are shipped out to other jails half-way through their course to create space.
		Keith Munns, the governor of Wormwood Scrubs told me: "What we're here for is to prevent people re-offending when they go out again.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/breakfast/2001665.stm (426 words)

	London Drug & Alcohol Network- HOME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Though injectors in London are not sharing much more than elsewhere, the higher force of infection in London could be down to the increased prevalence of HIV among injectors in London and of injecting drugs, especially crack.
		Darian Mitchell, assistant chief officer of London Probation, spoke about the community orders which came into effect in April and are intended to provide offenders with a more joined-up package of support and treatment requirements tailored to their individual needs.
		London Initiatives was part of a wider project with Alcohol Concern and Turning Point to put pressure on the government to produce the long-awaited National Alcohol Strategy.
	www.ldan.org.uk /cms/view/latest.asp?chapter=29 (18854 words)

	Independent, The (London): Scrubs staff back at work after sit-in
		PRISON OFFICERS mounted an angry protest at Wormwood Scrubs jail yesterday after 25 colleagues were told they would be charged over alleged assaults on inmates.
		The crisis at Wormwood Scrubs, once the Prison Service's flagship jail, was first highlighted two years ago by the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Sir David Ramsbotham, who said it was "dead in the water".
		Daniel Machover, of the London solicitors Hickman & Rose, which represents many of the alleged victims, has called for a public inquiry into the whole Wormwood Scrubs affair.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990617/ai_n14229132 (571 words)

	Victorian London - Directories - Dickens's Dictionary of London, by Charles Dickens, Jr., 1879 - "H"
		With the exception, perhaps, of Queen Victoria-street, this is the finest piece of street architecture in the City of London, and its effect is greatly increased by the fact that it is built in a curve.
		Most London houses of any pretensions are let upon lease; and upon the estates of the large landholders, particularly, the restrictive covenants, and the covenants to repair, maintain, and uphold, are very stringent.
		The use of porous bricks in the walls, and the absence of a damp-proof course to arrest the absorption of moisture from the earth in contact with the lower portions of the wall, is of frequent occurrence.
	www.victorianlondon.org /dickens/dickens-h.htm (6522 words)

	Discover Wormwood Scrubs answers to your scrubs questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Park package may be fifth bomb The package was found in bushes in Little Wormwood Scrubs A package found in west London at the weekend may have been a fifth bomb intended for last Thursdays...
		Wormwood Scrubs is owned by a large family, originally under the name of Taylor.
		Welcome to the Friends of Little Wormwood Scrubs website Latest News Black History Month The Dalgarno SRB are holding their last fl history celebration on Thursday 28th October, between 5 8pm...
	1st-in-scrubs.com /scrubs/wormwood-scrubs (500 words)

	Daily Telegraph (London, England): Notebook A word to the wise: don't walk by Wormwood.(Features)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Last Sunday, I went for a walk on Wormwood Scrubs.
		As soon as I stepped from the woodchip path and caught sight of the massive red-brick prison, the joy began to drain from life.
		The above preview is from Daily Telegraph (London, England), April 28, 2005.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:131953839&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (234 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - They also Bombed Wormwood Scrubs - A3241036
		I was born in 1935 in Shepherds Bush London.
		The sewers were also bombed and because of possible pollution and for hygiene reasons, canvas baths were built in the roads with screens around them disinfectant was added; people in the area stripped off their clothes and bathed in them.
		They also bombed Wormwood Scrubs (it was believed that Rudolf Hess was a prisoner inside at the time), quite nearby was an Army barracks so I am not sure if it was the barracks or the Scrubs the bombers were aiming at.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A3241036 (443 words)

	London Underground Maps 1933-
		This is a catalogue of official maps of the underground railway system of London, from 1933 onwards.
		Mr Henry C. Beck, a technical draughtsman employed by the London Underground Companies on a contract basis, devised in his spare time a diagram that mapped the underground railways of London.
		The map was similar to the standard-issue underground maps of his day (which had been designed by Mr F.H. Stingemore in the 1920s), but were stylised in a diagrammatic way.
	www.ursasoft.com /maps/London/london-post-1933.htm (833 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| Rugby league \| Broncos facing life at Wormwood Scrubs
		London Broncos are hoping to end their nomadic existence by taking joint ownership of a new stadium near Wormwood Scrubs by 2004.
		The Linford Christie stadium, an athletics venue between Wormwood Scrubs and White City, is understood to have been identified as a site ripe for development.
		"We have moved back to west London consciously because we think that the greater percentage of rugby league fans are in the west," Hughes said.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /rugbyleague/story/0,10069,649711,00.html (461 words)

	CELL CULTURE Asylum Seekers in the UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		But the letter was written in Wormwood Scrubs prison, west London, where the writer, a 28-year-old Algerian asylum-seeker, had been incarcerated for the past four months while the Home Office considered his asylum claim.
		The writer was to spend a further six months in Wormwood Scrubs before being released and granted asylum.
		Write to your MP at the House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA, to let him or her know of your concern about the arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers; ask him or her to urge the Home Secretary to bring detention practice into line with the Bail Act 1976, and with international human rights standards.
	www.amnesty.org.uk /journal_sept/uk.html (831 words)

	wormwood - definition of wormwood by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
		Artemisia frigida, prairie sagewort, wormwood sage - silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets
		Artemisia stelleriana, beach wormwood, old woman, dusty miller - herb with grayish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
		It begun then--at the time of the trouble with her lover," nodded Old Tom; "and it seems as if she'd been feedin' on wormwood an' thistles ever since--she's that bitter an' prickly ter deal with.
	dict.thefreelibrary.com /Wormwood (431 words)

	Wormwood Scrubs, London, England : Wormwood Scrubs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		terms defined : Wormwood Scrubs, London, England : Wormwood Scrubs
		All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
		This having been done, he went on to say.
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	scrubs (?)
		'Scrubs' are the special clothes surgeons wear during operations.
		FYI, in BrE, 'The Scrubs' is Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London.
		Scrubs - also called "greens" - are not autoclaved.
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	The Independent (London, England) : Taxpayer to foot pounds 2m bill for prison brutality scandal.(News) @ HighBeam ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		THE HIDDEN cost of the prison officer brutality scandal at Wormwood Scrubs in London is expected to exceed pounds 2m, with the Government compensating inmates in a succession of out-of-court settlements.
		In a case at the Central London County Court on 11 September last year, government lawyers admitted they were facing about 50 claims for damages from brutality, that the claimants' legal costs already exceeded pounds 200,000 and would ultimately rise to
		Read 'The Independent (London, England): Taxpayer to foot pounds 2m bill for prison brutality scandal.(News)' with a FREE Trial for instant access »
	static.highbeam.com /t/theindependentlondonengland/february112003/taxpayertofootpounds2mbillforprisonbrutalityscanda/index.html (262 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| London \| Park package 'may be fifth bomb'
		Police carried out a controlled explosion on the package found on Saturday in bushes in Little Wormwood Scrubs, a park not far from the prison.
		Home Affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford said the package found in bushes in Little Wormwood Scrubs appeared to be a similar design to those used on Thursday, with explosives, nails and shrapnel.
		Police want anyone who saw anything suspicious around the park to call the anti-terrorism hotline, which they are also asking Londoners to store in their mobile phones.
	newsrss.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/london/4712227.stm (442 words)

	The Mail on Sunday (London, England) : Murphy's back and winning. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Start / T / The Mail on Sunday (London, England) / November 10, 2002 / Murphy's back and winning.
		Three weeks ago, Murphy was still a prisoner in Wormwood Scrubs, where he was serving a six-month sentence for drunken behaviour and indecent assault of a stewardess on a flight from Japan last year.
		Eight days ago, he returned to racing and yesterday lifted the Paul Nicholls-trained Santenay past the long-time leader Castleshane in the dying strides of the K J Pike & Sons Elite Hurdle.
	static.highbeam.com /t/themailonsundaylondonengland/november102002/murphysbackandwinning (212 words)

	Victorian London Public Institutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hospital for Consumption, Fulham Road, S.W. London [1888]
		London Temperance Hospital, Hampstead Road, N.W. London [1888]
		London House (Lunatic Asylum), South Hackney, HACKNEY [1861]
	www.gendocs.demon.co.uk /institute.html (2828 words)

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