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HAWOLD – LORD OF THE MANOR FIGHTS BACK  BUT SHOULD WE BEWARE OF SIRENS SOUNDING LIKE PUPPY DOGS? Flying Sporran’s Weekly Diary. Briton Geoffrey Bond, Lord of the Manor of Hawald, a title which like many others can be acquired on the internet for £25, has written in to complain and ask for withdrawal of […]

BUT ANALYSTS DID NOT PREDICT MURDER, SUICIDE AND OTHER ‘RUMOURS’ MGMB Asset Management  regarded by many as the cream of the financial companies has issued a statement in the light of the exposure on the website Offshore Alert that an associated company was described as possibly ‘the biggest offshore criminal financial enterprises in history’. Paul […]

BEHIND THE WATER PIPES MEN’S TOILET – THE ‘CLASSROOM’ – PATTAYA Following the last story it is quite clear that some people are not very discreet in taking care of their secrets – and when it comes to foreigners working illegally in Thailand  – as boiler room share scammers – these mistakes can be costly. […]

Zed: Edwards. Let’s put it on.  Edwards: Put what on?  Zed: The last suit you’ll ever wear.  Would you have these guys at your Christmas Party?  Well if one of them is handling the crystal meth from North Korea I guess some might. The man on the left is Scott Stammers, former manager of the […]

A young British woman, Hannah Davies, aged 21, has been re-united with her mother in Bangkok, who flew out after fearing for her daughter’s safety. Ms. Davies had been seen in the Mall, Bangkapi looking ‘unwell’ last week. Her mother Theresa Davies from Portsmouth, Hants, created a website asking for further information as to her […]

FAMILIES OF MURDER VICTIMS ABROAD TO GET MORE ASSISTANCE The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office is to set up an ‘Access to Justice Unit’ to help the families of victims of murder and manslaughter overseas. The move follows criticism from the families which included demonstrations in London and a review by the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs […]

TRADER QUITS BANGKOK HIDEAWAY TO RETURN TO BRITAIN. It may be a lot safer! Runaway Forex Trader Joe Lewis has returned to Britain after being tracked down to hideaway in the thai capital Bangkok. But before packing his bags he denied stories that he had made off with up to £150 million pounds worth of […]

PROMISING YOUNG BRIT, 24, ‘TOOK HIS OWN LIFE’ ON SECOND DAY OF HOLIDAY IN THAILAND. USED GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO ANSWER POLICE QUESTIONS. Khao Sarn Road Police ‘wanted 400,000 Thai baht’ – claim Thai police yesterday declined to be questioned on the death of a young Briton while in their custody in Bangkok on the second […]

The death of Joy Williams at the SP Cosmetic Surgery Clinic will not be the first or the last as Thailand cashes in on medical tourism.  Joy died while under anesthetic for an operation to enhance her bottom. The first operation had gone wrong, and the operation in which died was meant to be corrective. […]

An inquiry is under way in Bangkok into how a 24-year-old British woman died under anaesthetic while undergoing simple plastic surgery. The body of the woman (name withheld) was taken from the SP Clinic in the Huay Khwang District of Bangkok late on Thursday. Thai authorities say a British woman has died under anaesthesia during […]