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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

he police investigation into the murders of five Suffolk prostitutes could cost taxpayers more than £19m, according to official figures.

Hundreds of officers and support staff from more than 30 UK forces were called in to examine the deaths of the five women, who worked in Ipswich.

Detectives worked non-stop for two weeks on the biggest inquiry of its kind seen in Britain for more than a quarter of a century - and lawyers say investigations are continuing on a significant scale.

Police launched five separate murder investigations, each headed by an officer of Detective Chief Inspector rank or above.

The operation was overseen by a Superintendent and Chief Superintendent.

Figures released by the Suffolk Police Authority estimate that the inquiry will cost more than £9m to the end of April and nearly £10m between May and April next year.

Cambridgeshire Police asked the Home Office for at least £5m to help cover the cost of the Soham murders investigation.

The final bill for that is thought to have been around £9m.

Steve Wright, 48, of Ipswich, Suffolk, has been charged with the murders of prostitutes Gemma Adams, 25, Tania Nicol, 19, Anneli Alderton, 24, Paula Clennell, 24, and Annette Nicholls, 29.

He is being held at Belmarsh prison in south east London and is next due to appear before Ipswich Crown Court in May.

He has entered no plea to the charges.

mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

The press coverage, like Sky News who were there from dawn to midnight must of cost them a few million too.

gfloyd · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:36 pm Post subject:

John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

gfloyd · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject:

Cherskiy · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject:

John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

Ipswich does not have a cathedral.

There used to be what was were known as 'Catherdral Cities' like Elgin in Scotland (pop. 20,000). I recall being in a Cathedral in the even smaller town of Dunkeld (pop ~2000) but don't remember anyone referring to it as a city.

I live near Coventry where we have had three cathedrals. One was St Mary's 12thC which Henry VIII had destroyed. Time Team did a major excavation a few ears ago and a surpsingly large amount was uncovered. St Michael's became the next Cathedral in the 16thC, and Hitler had that one destroyed in 1942 (the spire and the shell of that building still stands). Then in 1962 we had our third cathedral built. Very nice it is too. I heard Mozart's Requiem there last year.

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Behind Geddon's Wall · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject:

Kingston upon Hull is a city, but has no cathedral.
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Cambridge is a city and that dosen't have a cathedral, it does however have Kings College chapel.

John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

gfloyd · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject:

So population is obviously irrelvant in this definition of city, which is based upon being granted a royal charter or some such. However international definitions of cities are usually population size based with tiers starting off with super cities like Beijing, Mexico city, etc and descending downwards to mid and smaller sized cities.
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Cherskiy · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:20 pm Post subject:

"Ely, Ripon, St David's"

Obviously none of these are big enough to qualify on size or population but they all have cathedrals.

The following was lifted from Wiki:

"In the United Kingdom, a city is a town which has been known as a city since time immemorial, or which has received city status by letters patent — which is normally granted on the basis of size, importance or royal connection (traditional pointers have been whether the town has a cathedral or a university). Some cathedral cities, such as St David's in Wales and Wells in England, are quite small, and may not be known as cities in common parlance. Preston became England's newest city in the year 2002 to mark the Queen's jubilee, as did Newport in Wales, Stirling in Scotland, and Lisburn and Newry in Northern Ireland.

A similar system existed in the medieval Low Countries where a landlord would grant settlements certain privileges (city rights) that settlements without city rights didn't have. This include the privilege to put up city walls, hold markets, or set up a judicial court."
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John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

Needs updating.

Wolverhampton is the newest city, 2006.

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Ely Cathederal is fabulous, I've been up both the towers of it, splendid view, recommended if you are in this neck of the woods. It's free entry on a Sunday.

Barkingbiker · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2313 Location: Lincolnshire

When lived in Derby, left in 59/60, it was a town even though it had a cathederal, don't know when it gained city status.
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Behind Geddon's Wall · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:

Hull got its charter over 700 years ago.
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Ella Sailyour · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 579 Location: Marbella, Spain