Be on guard for radicalisation

Each and every day we seem to read of the horrors of the radicalisation of young people.

This type of evil behaviour can happen anywhere and can be committed by people often thought of as pillars of our society.

The disturbing case of Zameer Ghumra, who is from Leicester and worked as a chemist in Oundle, proved that.

We should all make sure we are on our guard and vigilant.

The pharmacist was jailed for six years for showing graphic beheading videos to a young child as part of a plan to radicalise two young children.

Quite what terrible effect this has had on these children only time will tell.

Ghumar’s sickening IS training videos included images of how to behead someone – with him saying if the child truly believed in Allah, then they would do it.

This despicable attempt at brainwashing young people really shows how low these radicals can stoop

Thankfully, he has has been caught and jailed.

And I am sure we all thank those brave children who gave evidence to stop him in this tracks.

Jonathan Bullock MEP

East Midlands ripped from their communities.

The last time the council asked for people to come from London Boroughs was when there was a slump in external migration from the EU - you see if we don’t grow by attracting any communities from wherever, with whatever needs, there is little if any migration to Peterborough.

The Housing Needs Assess- ment shows net migration from the local population to be negative - i.e. more people move away.

There is a table from a report on Peterborough’s sub-regional housing needs assessment - without international i.e. EU migration, nobody wants to come to Peterborough - the few commuters from nearby neighbours are actively choosing to move away - not to the city.

The council wants to continue with an aggressive growth strategy. Why ? Why not grow incrementally, building quality into our growth - it is very difficult to cope with such an unbalanced population decade after decade.

To build more affordable housing the council should invest in housing any way it can given current restrictions .

The biggest cause of homelessness is eviction by private landlords and 80% of people on Universal Credit are in rent arrears.

With a low waged population, in-work benefits will be high here. Helen Daly