We have to have a high-level judicial or parliamentary inquiry.”Dominic Grieve, the shadow Attorney General, said the document showed that “the Prime Minister misled the Attorney General in the same way that he misled Parliament”.The Independent now plans to take its complaint to the Information Tribunal.. London’s biggest nightclub, the Ministry of Sound, was discussed as a possible bombing target by British terrorists, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. One of the members of an alleged terror cell with al-Qa’ida links said they would not be blamed for killing innocent people because the clubbers were “slags dancing around”, the jury was told.
In secret tape recordings made by MI5, the Security Service, another alleged member of the group talks about blowing up a gas plant. Omar Khyam, 24, of Crawley, West Sussex, is heard apparently discussing targeting utility companies with the help of recruits with inside knowledge. But another of the alleged plotters, Jawad Akbar, 22, also of Crawley, says the central London club is a softer target for a terror attack.The recording was made at Mr Akbar’s home in Uxbridge, west London, on 22 February 2004, the jury was told. In tapes played to the court, Mr Akbar says: “What about easy stuff where you don’t need no experience and nothing and you could get a job, yeah, like for example the biggest nightclub in central London where no one can even turn round and say, ‘Oh they were innocent’ those slags dancing around?”If you went for the social structure where every Tom, Dick and Harry goes on a Saturday night, yeah, that would be crazy.”Mr Khyam replies: “If you get a job in a bar, yeah, or a club, say the Ministry of Sound, what are you planning to do there then?”, the court heard.Mr Akbar: “Blow the whole thing up.” Mr Khyam: “That’s what I’m saying.”Mr Akbar: “I think the club thing you could do, but the gas would be much harder.

There’s people who even get in with their searching stuff but it’s only bouncers that search you.”Mr Khyam: “The explosion in the clubs, yeah, that’s fine bro, that’s not a problem The training for that is available. To get them into the Ministry of Sound really isn’t difficult.”Mr Akbar asks Mr Khyam if he thinks they are being bugged by the police and MI5, to which he replies he does not think so.The Ministry of Sound was founded 15 years ago by Jamie Palumbo, son of the developer Lord Palumbo, and was Britain’s first super-club It can hold up to 1,800 people. Gary Smart, the Ministry of Sound’s general manager, said in a statement read to court that 1.5 million people had visited it since it opened. He said: “If the Ministry of Sound was to be subjected to terrorist attack, then it’s clear the consequences could be devastating with such a large number of people in such a confined space. The impact could result in loss of life, injury or structural damage.”Earlier, the jury heard that the alleged terrorist group had considered attacking the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent.Mr Khyam, 24, his brother Shujah Mahmood, 19, Waheed Mahmood, 34, and Akbar, 22, all from Crawley, West Sussex, Salahuddin Amin, 31, from Luton, Bedfordshire, Anthony Garcia, 23, of Ilford, east London, and Nabeel Hussain, 21, of Horley, Surrey, deny conspiring to cause explosions likely to endanger life between January 2003 and March 2004. Mr Khyam, Mr Garcia and Mr Hussain also deny possessing 600kg (1,300lb) of ammonium nitrate fertiliser for terrorism.The men were arrested in March 2004 after fertiliser was found in a depot in west London The trial continues..

Reggae legend Desmond Dekker has died suddenly from a heart attack – only a week before his next concert, his manager said today. The 64-year-old Jamaican, best known for his 1969 smash hit Israelites, collapsed at his home in Surrey yesterday morning.
His devastated manager and best friend, Delroy Williams, said he had seen him the night before and he seemed fine. “It is such a shock, I don’t think I will ever get over this,” he said “Desmond was the first legend, believe it or not. When he released Israelites nobody had heard of Bob Marley – he paved the way for all of them.” Dekker, who was divorced with a son and a daughter, played his last gig at Leeds University on May 11. He was due to perform at the Respect Festival in Prague on June 2, before heading on to Switzerland, Ireland, Poland, Belgium and London. Mr Williams said: “He was at his peak fitness, he had this big tour coming up for this summer and he was looking forward to it – and then that was it “He died peacefully but it still hurts.

I was his manager and his best friend, I don’t think anyone knew how close we were – we go back so far.” Mr Williams said he had seen the singer on Wednesday night: “He just left my house in the evening and said ‘See you in the morning’. “I didn’t even get the chance to say goodbye properly.” He described Dekker as a private person who would go back to Jamaica from time to time but only to see his family rather than perform. “He wasn’t out there like other stars partying all the time, he just did his job. He lived for his music and his children.” Dekker was still highly popular for his live performances and only yesterday it was announced that he would take part in the Godiva Festival in Coventry. The singer was due to appear on July 14 and signing him up was hailed as a “coup”.

Dekker was born on July 16, 1941 in Kingston, Jamaica, and started working life as a welder before singing full-time. He found fame with his band Desmond Dekker And The Aces with their international hit Israelites, which topped the UK charts and made the top 10 in the US Other successes included It Mek and 007 (Shanty Town). He moved to the UK in the ’70s and recorded the hit You Can Get It If You Really Want, written by Jimmy Cliff. But Dekker’s success started to wane by the end of the ’70s and early ’80s and he was declared bankrupt in 1984. A new version of Israelites was released in 1990 and appeared in several TV ads, boosting his popularity once again.. Oldham has made progress since race riots engulfed the town five years ago, but the reluctance of predominantly Asian community leaders to encourage desegregation is creating deep ethnic divisions, a new report has claimed

“[Some] community leaders…