MK News - 09/07/2008 digital edition

BY
ROB
GIBSON
rob.gibson@
mk-news.co.
uk
A
PA
TIENT
ran
ri
ot
at
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
Ho
spital
after
br
eaking
into
the
ro
of
of
the
Ac
cident
and
Emerge
ncy
Depar
tment
.
The
depar
tment
was
closed
at
ar
ound
6am
on
Mo
nday
and
ambulances
wer
e
for
ced
to
take
patien
ts
to
hospit
als
in
Ay
lesbur
y
and
No
rt
hampton
after
the
patient
ra
n
amok,
destr
oy
ing
ceil-
ing
tiles
and
bursting
water
pipes
.
Ho
spital
secur
ity
battled
to
re
str
ain
the
26-y
ear
-old
man
until
the
polic
e
arr
ived.
He
was
arr
ested
on
suspicion
of
causing
cr
iminal
damage
and
was
later
re
leased
on
police
bail
until
Au
gust.
Ot
her
patients
who
we
re
being
tr
eated
in
A&E
we
re
ev
acuated
to
other
par
ts
of
the
hospital
and
the
ambulance
ser
vice
was
told
to
take
new
cases
to
the
closest
other
hospitals
.
Tw
o
ambulances
we
re
diver
ted
as
a
re
sult.
Re
pair
men
we
re
called
in
immediately
and
began
to
mend
the
pipes
and
ceiling
tiles
.
The
fir
e
br
igade
wer
e
called
to
clear
the
flooded
ar
eas
of
A&E.
The
department
re
-opened
at
10.30am
once
the
re
pair
wor
k
was
complete
but
one
cubicle
re
mained
closed.
A
spokesman
said
the
hospital
would
be
much
busier
because
of
the
incident
and
ur
ged
new
patients
to
use
the
on-site
walk-in
centr
e
or
call
NHS
dir
ect
if
they
we
re
suffer
ing
fr
om
minor
injur
ies
.
BY
LA
URA
HANNAM
laura.
hannam
@mk-ne
ws.co.
uk
THE
battle
agains
t
a
wind
far
m
set
to
be
built
near
Em
ber
ton
has
re
ached
the
Hi
gh
Co
ur
t.
Bu
t
pr
otesters
challenging
plans
for
a
seven-turbine
wind
far
m
must
wait
to
hear
whether
they
hav
e
succeeded
in
their
challenge
.
Mr
Ju
stice
Andr
ew
Co
llins
has
re
ser
ved
judgment
in
the
case
in
which
Andr
ew
Fi
nn-K
elcey
,
is
challenging
per
mission
gr
anted
by
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
Co
uncil
in
Ja
nuar
y
for
the
125m-high
tur
-
bines
to
be
er
ected
on
land
at
Pe
tsoe
Ma
nor
Fa
rm
,
Ember
ton.
He
will
no
w
give
his
judgement
in
wr
iting,
probably
later
this
month
though
no
date
has
yet
been
set.
Mr
Fi
nn-K
elcey
,
who
ow
ns
land
nor
th
of
the
site
including
Sh
epher
d8217
s
Hov
el,
To
p
Fa
rm
and
Clifton
Pa
stur
es
,
is
a
member
of
the
local
campaign
gr
oup
opposed
to
the
wind
far
m,
Bu
cks
Lacks
Enough
Wi
nd
(BLE
W)
.
BLE
W
is
sceptical
about
the
fig-
ur
es
for
the
wind
far
m8217
s
annual
electr
icity
output
that
we
re
put
to
the
council.
They
say
ther
e
is
not
enough
wind
in
the
ar
ea
to
justify
the
har
m
the
turbines
will
do
to
the
landscape
.
Lawy
ers
for
MK
Wi
ndfar
ms
ar
gue
that
the
challenge
should
be
thr
ow
n
out
because
it
was
not
br
ought
pr
omptly
enough.
And
they
say
that,
because
of
the
long
lead
in
times
for
wind
turbine
manufactur
e,
any
fur
ther
delay
will
pr
ejudice
its
ability
to
hav
e
the
wind
far
m
oper
ational
by
2010,
and
pr
ejudice
the
contr
ibu-
tion
it
is
expected
to
make
to
the
Go
ver
nment
8217s
tar
get
of
having
10
per
cent
of
the
countr
y8217
s
ener
gy
need
s
met
by
re
newable
sour
ces
by
that
year
.Judge
takes
time
on
wind
farm
case
Hospital
A&E
closed
as
patient
runs
riot
TEA
CHERS
and
police
officers
will
be
taught
ho
w
to
tackle
homopho-
bia
among
yo
ung
people
.
Mo
re
than
30
education
wor
kers
,
police
and
community
support
officers
will
attend
a
pr
esentation
on
Fr
iday
to
debate
ho
w
to
re
duce
the
pr
oblem
at
schools
in
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
and
the
re
st
of
Thames
Va
lley
.
The
ev
ent
has
been
or
ganised
by
St
onew
ell,
a
char
ity
gr
oup
which
campaigns
for
equality
for
les
-
bians
,
gay
men
and
bisexuals
.
It
will
focus
on
what
outlines
homophobic
bullying,
the
effect
such
behaviour
can
hav
e
on
yo
ung
people
and
what
can
be
done
to
pr
event
and
deal
with
it.
Ja
y
Andr
ews
,
fr
om
Thames
Va
lley
Po
lice
8217s
diversity
unit,
said:
8220T
he
idea
to
involve
St
onewall
came
fr
om
our
Ga
y
Po
lice
Association,
who
saw
an
oppor
tunity
to
br
ing
together
police
and
education
pr
ofessionals
and
identify
ways
of
wor
king
togeth
er
to
impro
ve
the
way
we
deal
with
and
pr
event
homophobia.
8220W
e
alr
eady
do
a
lot
of
wor
k
with
the
gay
and
lesbian
community
acr
oss
the
Thames
Va
lley
but
this
taps
into
a
new
audience
and
gives
us
a
way
of
engaging
with
our
ow
n
staff
in
a
bid
to
impr
ov
e
understanding
and
encour
age
a
pr
o-active
re
sponse
.8221
St
onewall
8217s
senior
education
officer
,
Chr
is
Gi
bbons
,
said:
8220I
8217m
ve
ry
encour
aged
by
the
positive
attitude
to
war
ds
solving
homo-
phobia
this
demonstr
ates
.8221Gay
cops
prompt
homophobia
deba
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