Hundreds of children and young people with autism/learning disabilities and mental health problems across the uk are being shipped miles away from their families because there are no provisions in their own locality. As Norman Lamb said " we wouldn't ship a child hundreds of miles away for a broken leg, why are we doing to children with mental health problems." This has disastrous consequences for not only the child, but their loved ones. Often families find it financially difficult to travel, emotionally draining having to listen to their loved one heartbroken in an unfamiliar environment 100s of miles from home, their condition often deteriorates leaving their recovery period much longer and more painful, children are often drugged and restrained as a means of treatments (control) This barbaric treatment has to stop, children should be in their own locality and received the necessary treatment they need surrounded by their family. If no such provision is available then bespoke placements should be built around the home locality of that child and specialist experts in their condition be available. Children and young people have a voice and should be heard, they should be listened to and every effort made to adhere to their wishes and feelings and not ignored and dismissed as the NHS says EVERY CHILD MATTERS!!!!

This petition is highly important to myself and my family, our friends and the local community. This is because on 6th September 2015 my cousin Jarrad Joseph Grainger took his own life, he was only 21 years old. I am starting this petition on behalf of my auntie Nadine West - Jarrad's mother. We are wanting to stop this from happening to more people as this is an all to common occurrence these days. We need help in reinstating 24/7 care for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Kingston upon Hull. Vulnerable patients do often need 24/7 care and sometimes need to stay in units for anywhere between a few days and months at a time, the closest unit to Hull is approximately 42 miles away meaning that when children/adolescents need to stay in the units they are kept many miles away from their families making it hard for them to visit making them feel even more isolated. We need to improve the care that Hull and East Yorkshire currently has to make it ALOT better than it is, patients need better care and for it to be more accessible. People searching for help who contact these Charities are often left for days or weeks without a reply to the shout for help, we need to change this urgently! The stigma surrounding Mental Health and Illness needs stopping, we need to raise more awareness about this to give people a better understanding, the more people that know about Mental Health/Illness the better chance we have at helping those in need. We couldn't help Jarrad and we lost him, we were too late. So we will do this in his memory, we will help those we still can. We will improve the services in Hull and East Yorkshire and we will prevent people deteriorating from Mental Health/Illness and we will save them. Jarrad Joseph Grainger, Forever Young - this is for you xx

UK military intervention will cause nothing other than further misery for the people of Syria who already face terror and chaos in their lives. The UK should aim to cease the arms deals in the Middle East to achieve a peace, not contribute further to the bloodshed. After a majority of Labour MPs voted in favour in an illegal war based on lies, that was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, Labour MPs should stand firm in a rejection of further military actions in the Middle East. Only this action can show the public that history has not repeated itself and that their position as public servants is one they hold with honour. Let the Labour Party stand for negotiations for peace, not votes for death and destruction. Peace for people, not war for mongers.

At the Sanctuary on Sea launch event in June 2015, Brighton & Hove was named 'Sanctuary on Sea' in recognition of the city-wide efforts to create a culture of welcome for people fleeing conflict and persecution. At the event, you underlined the city's commitment to welcome refugees to our city. Now is an important time to deliver on that commitment.

David Cameron announced we’ll welcome 20,000 more Syrian refugees. But there’s a catch. This will take 5 years, leaving thousands of refugees in limbo. It’s now up to us to show that in cities, towns and villages all across the country we’re ready to welcome people now. Aylan, the toddler who drowned fleeing Syria, was just three years old. His town was under attack by Isis. His five year old brother and his mum also died trying to reach safety.We don't want Britain to be the kind of country that turns its back as people drown in their desperation to flee places like Syria. So let's stand up for Britain's long tradition of helping refugees fleeing war. Let's show the Prime Minister that we, the people of the UK, are proud to do our part and provide refuge to people in their hour of need. Please sign and share, or start your own petition for your town or city here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/efforts/refugees-welcome

Oliver Campbell was convicted because he suffered from a brain injury and is of low IQ and very suggestible. He 'confessed' to murder to the police in the absence of his solicitor. His co-defendant, Samuels, also convicted of murder, told the police that Oliver wasn't present at the crime and had nothing to do with it, but because he didn't give evidence at the trial, the jury was never aware of this. Since then Samuels has repeated that Oliver is innocent, but the CCRC refuses to use this evidence as grounds to refer the case for a second appeal. Oliver has now been released, but still seeks to have his murder conviction overturned. Back in 2002 A television investigation cast doubt on the murder conviction and produced a documentary as part of the series Rough Justice showing their findings......... (the following is an extract from an old article) Oliver Campbell has been in jail for 10 years of a life sentence for the murder of an East End off licence owner, Baldee Hoondle, during a robbery in July 1990. Although Campbell confessed to the crime under interrogation, his lack of legal representation at the time and the strategy employed by the police to gain a confession from a 20-year-old man of limited mental ability have already been said to cast doubt on the case against him. Campbell has since persistently protested his innocence. Next Sunday the BBC programme Rough Justice will present an analysis which challenges the prosecution's case. It contains a statement from an accomplice to the robbery which, if true, exonerates Campbell, and it claims to be able to name the person who fired the fatal shot. A crucial piece of evidence was a baseball cap dropped by the murderer as he ran from the off licence. During interrogation, the police told Campbell that his fingerprints were found at the scene and the hairs on the cap matched his. In fact, the forensic tests had not been completed. When they were, no fingerprints of Campbell were found and the hairs were not his. There is, allegedly, no forensic evidence linking him to the scene. Later, at an identity parade, neither of the two witnesses to the crime picked out Campbell as the man in the cap. The two robbers were said to be 5ft 10in or 5ft 11in; Campbell is 6ft 3in. Campbell is left-handed while the shot was fired most probably by a right-handed man. Campbell had lived in a number of foster homes and is claimed to be borderline mentally defective. An accomplice to the crime, Eric Samuels, who was sentenced to five years for robbery, said that Campbell was not the killer. But his evidence was never heard in court. Campbell may have contributed to the police case by admitting to knowledge of the crime which he had actually got from a BBC Crimewatch programme.

Amina is a Tunisian national who is 35 weeks pregnant. I cannot visit Tunisia for the birth of our first child because of the FCO's restriction following the attack there this summer. There is one more week before she cannot fly from Tunis to the UK. The Home Office Helpline said the "Surinder Singh route" was appropriate for us - this is where a UK National has transferred his life to another EU country and while there has created and strengthened family ties with a non-EU National. In these circumstances EU rules apply (as set by the Surinder Singh case and subsequent rulings). The non-EU spouse then has the right to enter the UK with their husband/wife, as is the case in any other EU Country. This case was refused because the Entry Clearance Officer thought that couples also had to live in the EU after their marriage. (We went to Hong Kong for 12 months post-doctoral research work in a University, then came back to the UK.) In fact subsequent clarifications from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) show that the family relationship must be created and strengthened within the EU - we were both resident in France at the time of our marriage. There is no requirement to live in the EU for any further period of time. This mistake in implementing the law can be overturned from within the Home Office. At the moment we are denied our right to a family life together and in particular will be apart for what should be the best day of our lives - when our child is born. Aside from personal issues, it is ridiculously difficult for a British national to bring their spouse to the UK. In our case, the overwhelming response of friends and family is "surely she can be with him as his wife".... The British public are unaware of the issues facing genuine legal immigrants and need to be told how the UK's isolated stance on Borders and Immigration is creating misery for individual families in so many ways. It must also be noted that two UK members of parliament have been in touch with the Home Office on our behalf due to the tight time-scale involved. Their best efforts to help us have been met with bureaucratic brick walls, un-informed ‘contact centres’ and a complete absence of communication links with anybody in a position to accelerate our urgent case. My attempts to contact UKV&I were similarly un-fruitful, although quite lucrative for the visa service who charged me in excess of £10 on a telephone call to simply tell me that Amina’s case had not yet been assessed. The UKV&I email enquiry service on the gov.uk website seemingly generates automatic responses based on key words in the original question asked by the user, with replies ranging from unhelpful to absurd. Two important and quite general questions are raised as a result of this experience; firstly, how can the UK government get away with not applying EU immigration law, requiring many cases that fall outside the letter of previous rulings to go through ECJ appeals? The UK is part of the EU and the laws of the wider union come before national law. The UK’s ‘pick and choose’ attitude towards EU policies is evident here, with the government being very keen to remain part of the economic treaties, whilst shirking its responsibilities on other matters, particularly immigration. The government’s refusal to participate in the proposed quota system to distribute migrants in the current crisis, as well as Theresa May’s recent announcement that the EU’s ‘Freedom of Movement’ policy is actually a truncated version of ‘Freedom of Movement to a job’ are other clear demonstrations of this irresponsible attitude. Secondly, how can the government justify branding people as ‘illegal immigrants’, when even those seeking to follow the law and obtain visas through proper channels are refused leave to enter the country? The current visa system is incomprehensible and completely un-yielding, refusing to adapt to an individual’s circumstances or provide information to those elected to represent the public: our MPs. The Home Office and those working in it are supposed to be providing a public service, and even acknowledge this through referring to users of the visa system as ‘customers’. Immigrants are already ineligible for state benefits, and must pay the Immigration Health Surcharge regardless of whether or not they use NHS services, so arguing that preventing, for example, spouses of British citizens from coming to the UK will reduce the burden on the state is untrue. Furthermore, the inflexible nature of immigration policy means that the UK is often losing qualified professionals to other countries, as is the case here. Both my wife and I are doctors of physics, and are being driven out of the UK despite our qualifications. We are not alone in this situation, the Surinder Singh route is not a 'loophole' that the government should seek to close - it is one of the last defences protecting EU law from the UK's cruel immigration rules.

The Welsh city of Cardiff plays host to several rounds of the Rugby World Cup in 2015 and the city has chosen to steal from fans that have travelled across the globe to enjoy the best of sports in it's country of origin by increasing the price of hotel rooms on those dates by over 1000%. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hotels/11854221/Hotel-rates-up-to-1095-per-cent-higher-for-Rugby-World-Cup.html http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/rugby-world-cup-2015-hotel-10024469 http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/cardiff-hotels-cost-average-of-1-400-for-rwc-quarters-1.2347141 This is price gouging at it's worse and should not go unpunished, fans unable to pay could see their match day ruined by this scurrilous behaviour and the Welsh forever tarnished by this crime against supporters. We say Wales Cardiff should never again play host to a fixture that it has no reason to, let them thieve form their own!!! Signed, Rugby Supporters of the World

http://www.itv.com/news/2015-09-08/badly-burned-toddler-exposes-horror-refugees-are-fleeing/

We have created this campaign in collaboration with Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Amnesty International (University of Liverpool group) and the Green Party. The United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) states that weapons should not be sold to countries if there is a potential that the arms or items could be used to facilitate a serious violation of human rights. Whilst Saudi Arabia has been deemed ‘’a very old ally and partner’’ by David Cameron (2012), it continues to abuse the human rights of its citizens based on their gender and sexuality and refuses to acknowledge a need for change. Our mutual economic relationship with this country makes us complicit in the systematic abuse that takes place. The UK should consider not only the articles in the ATT but a country’s approach to human rights as a whole. Saudi Arabia consistently commits egregious breaches of human rights. It outlaws freedom of speech, expression or belief outside of Wahhabi Islam and regularly imprisons opponents without trial. Homosexuality is branded a crime and is punishable by torture and execution. Saudi Arabia and the UK have long had close dealings in the arms trade. Saudi Arabia is Britain’s largest customer for weapons and the UK is the Gulf nation’s single biggest supplier, according to Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT). Weapons created in the UK were used to bomb Yemen this year in what has been dubbed ‘’a humanitarian catastrophe’’ (Andrew Smith, CAAT). Saudi Arabia is the biggest sponsor of global terrorism, funnelling money to rebels in Syria and to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide. The terrorist organisation IS are ‘’a product of Saudi ideals, Saudi money and Saudi organisational support’’ (Senator Bob Graham, the 9/11 commission). How can we claim to be a country that supports equality, diversity and freedom of speech when we continue with this inherently hypocritical trade relationship? Once again, we urge you to take action, Yours, the undersigned,

We are the fourth richest country in the world. The City of London should be setting an example to the rest of the UK - we have the resources to do so and should be celebrating the contribution of immigrants and refugees to our City. Aylan, the toddler who drowned fleeing Syria, was just three years old. His town was under attack by Isis. His five year old brother and his mum also died trying to reach safety. Yet our prime minister said ‘we won't take any more refugees’. He thinks that most of us don't care. But we do. We don't want Britain to be the kind of country that turns its back as people drown in their desperation to flee places like Syria. So let's stand up for Britain's long tradition of helping refugees fleeing war. Let's show the Prime Minister that we, the people of the UK, are proud to do our part and provide refuge to people in their hour of need. Please sign and share, or start your own petition for your town or city here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/efforts/refugees-welcome

Aylan, the toddler who drowned fleeing Syria, was just three years old. His town was under attack by Isis. His five year old brother and his mum also died trying to reach safety. We don't want Britain to be the kind of country that turns its back as people drown in their desperation to flee places like Syria. So let's stand up for Britain's long tradition of helping refugees fleeing war. Let's show the Prime Minister that we, the people of the UK, are proud to do our part and provide refuge to people in their hour of need. Please sign and share, or start your own petition for your town or city here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/efforts/refugees-welcome