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Cash relief for
constant pain
A WOMAN who is
in constant pain
from a rare condit-
ion has been award-
ed a disability ben-
efit � after the
Weekly News told
how she had prev-
iously been turned
down for assistance.
Gemma Clements-
Cook, 24, found out she
would get the money after
all on the day the story
telling of her plight
appeared in print.
"I am still in shock and
they are back-paying it to
June which was when my
most recent application
was turned down," said
Gemma, who suffers
from chronic regional
pain syndrome.
"I am happy, it is a kind
of relief at last."
Her condition means
she cannot feel anything
from her hips down, has
permanent pain in her
right arm and is forced to
take morphine.
Gemma, of Beaumont
Close, Hartford, believes
the Department of Work
and Pensions back-
tracked on the Disability
Living Allowance after
being asked about her
case by the Weekly News.
She said the decision,
which helps fund mob-
ility and care, will also
lead to an increase in her
income support, enabling
her to lead a more
independent life.
Gemma, who is hoping
to move into her own
home and start a bus-
iness which she could
manage around her con-
dition, said she had prev-
iously been turned down
for the allowance because
officials believed she
could walk 50 metres
unaided, despite her
having trouble comp-
leting a step without a
crutch or holding on to
someone.
There was also doubt
over whether her
condition existed or not.
Gemma said she had
been convinced of the
merits of her case and
had previously won
support from Cambridge-
shire County Council for
some care.
She said she had been
in constant pain since she
was 15, there was no cure
for her condition and that
her health was con-
tinuing to go downhill.
At present her mother
Madeleine provides most
of her care.
Gemma, who has been
raising funds for the pain
clinic at Addenbrooke's
Hospital where she has
been treated, said she still
wanted to try to live
independently, but a
recent attack which left
her "screaming in pain in
bed" had made her
wonder whether this
would be possible.
AAWWAARRDD . . . Gemma Clements
Cook had previously been turned
down for income support.
Picture: Duncan Lamont 518190.
BY JJuulliiaann MMaakkeeyy
editorial@stneotsweeklynews.co.uk
Police seize drugs
every four hours
DRUGS are seized every four
hours in Cambridgeshire,
according to new figures.
Home Office statistics reveal
the number of seizures leapt by
almost 40 per cent in the most
recent year data is available for.
Among the illegal goods
confiscated that year, 2006/07,
were 7,497 cannabis plants,
eight kilograms of Ecstasy, and
42 kilograms of amphetamines.
Police say the figures dem-
onstrate the success of their
detection strategies, not a prob-
lem spiralling out of control.
The figures show officers
seized illegal drugs on 2,249
occasions in 2006/07, compared
to 1,624 the year before � a 38 per
cent jump. In 1997, 10 years
previously, the number of
seizures was just 510.
The latest figure is equivalent
to six seizures a day. Of
surrounding counties only
Hertfordshire had more, with
2,802 in the year.
The number of cannabis
plants seized is comparatively
high � only seven forces nation-
wide took away more � and
cannabis accounted for more
than three-quarters of all
confiscations.
In June this year, illegal
Chinese immigrant Mei Wang
was jailed for cultivating canna-
bis worth �100,000 in his home
in Teversham.
Months before, Vietnamese
Trong Nguyen was jailed for 18
months and recommended for
deportation after police found
him tending 366 plants, worth
up to �40,000, in Ely.
The amphetamine haul in
2006/07 was the largest in the
country apart from Notting-
hamshire and London.
Counts for many other drugs
were average, or below average.
Chief Inspector Gary Goose
said: "We have improved
facilities for getting intelligence
from the community which in
turn means we carry out more
drugs operations. If we carry
out more operations we will get
more drugs. We see it as a real
success, rather than a sign of a
drugs problem.
"We accept that drugs is a
problem in society � that's a fact
and anyone who thinks
otherwise is unrealistic."
Old fire station
demolition plan
ST NEOTS' old fire station could be
demolished as it is structurally
unsafe and contains damaged
asbestos.
Huntingdonshire District Coun-
cil is seeking conservation area
consent to demolish the existing
building in Huntingdon Street.
It has been unoccupied since 2002
when it was used for storage pur-
poses by the district council.
Findings for a structural report
taken by Richard Herrmann Assoc-
iates Ltd this year show the roof is
particularly vulnerable and if left
to collapse may also bring the
surrounding walls with it.
A Heritage Statement read: "This
could cause disruption and damage
to the busy road in front of the
property and the access road to the
car park to the side."
It said a collapse could also mean
asbestos would contaminate the
surrounding area.
Last month councillors at a
meeting of St Neots Town Council
approved a motion to form a
business group requesting that the
district council releases the
Huntingdon Street site for the use
of a cinema.
A district council spokeswoman
said: "The site will be left vacant
until another use is found for it."

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