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BBC News
15-07-2025
- BBC News
West Yorkshire prison vape fires spark call for more prosecutions
Prisoners who start fires in their cells should face harsher punishment, fire chiefs have said following a steep rise in the number of incidents in number of arsons in West Yorkshire's prisons rose from 27 in 2022/23 to 127 in 2024/25, a West Yorkshire Fire Authority meeting was of the fires were started using vapes and were often used as a way to intimidate fellow prisoners or by inmates wanting to move to different cells, a report to members said offenders could face criminal prosecution but only if the damage exceeded £2,000 and due to "inaccurate costings this threshold was rarely met". The Ministry of Justice has been approached for a comment. The report to the authority's community safety committee on Friday said the fire service wanted more culprits to be prosecuted. It said: "We have seen a steady rise in cell fires, the vast majority of which have been started using vape pens - either by manipulating the heating element or the charging cables."We found that offenders face adjudication by the governor, which could result in up to 30 additional days added to their sentence."In severe cases, they could face criminal charges if the fire endangered staff or other prisoners."For a case to be considered by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the damage must exceed a threshold of £2,000."However, due to inaccurate costings, this threshold was rarely met." 'Powerful deterrent' The fire service's Leeds District Commander Lee Miller told the meeting: "Prisoners being prisoners, they are inventive. They'll find new ways to set fires."Councillors were told prison liaison officers had introduced an incident reporting form that "captures accurate damage assessments, assigns costs and includes questions that police would typically ask the perpetrator".It said: "With the new incident reporting form, we hope to see more cases referred to and approved by the CPS."There have been instances in the UK where up to two years were added to a sentence. "If such a case occurred in one of our Leeds District sites, it could serve as a powerful deterrent." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Miller bid expected within weeks, says father
Lennon Miller's father expects a bid for the Motherwell midfielder to come "if not this week, maybe next week". Motherwell drew 2-2 with Clyde on Saturday, winning the Premier Sports Cup group game bonus point by prevailing in the penalty shootout, without their 18-year-old Scotland international. Advertisement Lee Miller, who played for Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hearts and Scotland said his son's injury is "not serious". "Hopefully, he'll be back soon," Miller senior told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound. "I think there will be a bid comes in, if not this week, maybe next week. There's a lot of talk behind the scenes and the clubs are speaking together and we'll see what happens." Lennon Miller has played 76 times for Motherwell, scoring six goals, and when asked if a move abroad was likely, Lee Miller replied: "Yeah, potentially. "He's got ambition. He wants to play at the highest level possible. Advertisement "He had a great season last season, finishing off the season with two Scotland caps, which was tremendous. He wants to take it to another level and we'll see what happens over the next few weeks. "He just wants to play football. He would've played in that game yesterday. He just wants to play football and enjoy it and that's what he does best."
BBC News
13-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Miller bid expected within weeks, says father
Lennon Miller's father expects a bid for the Motherwell midfielder to come "if not this week, maybe next week".Motherwell drew 2-2 with Clyde on Saturday, winning the Premier Sports Cup group game bonus point by prevailing in the penalty shootout, without their 18-year-old Scotland Miller, who played for Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hearts and Scotland said his son's injury is "not serious"."Hopefully, he'll be back soon," Miller senior told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound."I think there will be a bid comes in, if not this week, maybe next week. There's a lot of talk behind the scenes and the clubs are speaking together and we'll see what happens." Lennon Miller has played 76 times for Motherwell, scoring six goals, and when asked if a move abroad was likely, Lee Miller replied: "Yeah, potentially."He's got ambition. He wants to play at the highest level possible."He had a great season last season, finishing off the season with two Scotland caps, which was tremendous. He wants to take it to another level and we'll see what happens over the next few weeks."He just wants to play football. He would've played in that game yesterday. He just wants to play football and enjoy it and that's what he does best."
Daily Record
29-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
I bullied Bayern Munich big guns for Aberdeen and there's no reason current crop can't make Euro memories of their own
Lee Miller remembers giving Bayern a hellish night at Pittodrie and believes the current group of Dons stars can now make their own memories Lee Miller remembers bullying Bayern big guns Lucio and Martin Demichelis on a blockbuster European night at Pittodrie. That was the last time Aberdeen made it beyond a group stage on the continent as Jimmy Calderwood's side bulldozed their way to the last-32 and a showdown with the Bundesliga behemoths. Miller was the target man who relished the challenge of rumbling with some of the world's top defenders in that 2007-08 UEFA Cup campaign. Now he reckons the time has come for a new generation of Dons heroes to muscle in on Europe's knockout rounds. Not just that but the 42-year-old reckons they must find the strength to carry the double burden of performing well in the domestic season too. Thanks to their stunning Scottish Cup success, Jimmy Thelin 's side are guaranteed group-stage football for the second time in three seasons. A Europa League play-off is secured along with the safety net of the Conference League should they lose that tie. But not since Calderwood's side have a Scottish team outside the Old Firm made it to the knockout stages. Worse than that, such has been the toil of juggling Euro Thursdays with Premiership Sundays that Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs have all slipped out of Europe then failed to even finish in the top six in the last two years' competitions. Dundee United, Kilmarnock and St Mirren have also struggled. But Miller reckons the fatigue excuse shouldn't wash any more as he urged Thelin's men to embrace the challenge. He said: 'I don't see why they can't go on a little run. You need a bit of luck and your players to be up to speed early on. That's difficult and obviously that takes its toll on the league campaign as well. We've seen that with the clubs in Europe. But then you look at the clubs down south, how big the Championship, League One, League Two are ... they have games all the time. 'I don't know if we do things right up here. It shouldn't impact the league campaign. 'If you're playing Thursday, Sunday, Thursday, Sunday, we need to prepare better and have a better scope to conquer it. Sometimes you're left thinking: 'Do you really want to qualify for Europe?' 'Yes, for the money, of course you do. But if it affects your league campaign the following season and where you're going to finish up – possible relegation– that's a hard thing to deal with.' Calderwood's side, who famously thumped Copenhagen 4-0 at a packed Pittodrie to secure the last-32 spot, still managed to finish fourth in the top fight. That was despite having to handle eight games in Europe, including trips to Dnipro, Panathinaikos, Atletico Madrid and Bayern. Sone Aluko and Josh Walker netted famous goals as Bayern were held 2-2 at a powder-keg Pittodrie. But the Bundesliga giants made light work of the second leg in the Allianz Arena, winning 5-1. Miller added: 'We had a good squad, really experienced. Jimmy instilled belief in us. He slaughtered Oliver Kahn before the Bayern game, saying: 'He's not that great in goal!' 'It was an incredible time for Aberdeen. I loved playing against the better players. I was good in the air and the likes of Lucio and Demichelis didn't expect you to win the header. If you did, they'd be going in a huff. 'Next ball I knew I was getting fouled – I'm already 2-0 up, man to man, striker v centre-half. 'So I loved the challenge, I thrived in that atmosphere. We got spanked in that 5-1 loss in Munich but it doesn't matter. They didn't like coming to Pittodrie. No team liked coming to Pittodrie.' Aberdeen kick off their Premiership campaign at another of Miller's old clubs, Hearts, in a live Monday night showdown on August 4. That will also see former Dons boss Derek McInnes make his Tynecastle dugout debut. And Miller said: 'It's a Monday night game, which will be interesting. But there are loads of wee things. McInnes up against his old club, his first game with his new team. 'Aberdeen starting off as Scottish Cup holders. They beat Hearts in the semi-final – so it is a chance for the Jambos to get one back on the Dons. Everybody would say they are shooting for third place, if not second depending on how they feel. 'You've got to have a bit of ambition. The Cup win will give Aberdeen momentum. They played an incredible Celtic team and beat them, albeit on penalties, but they took them right to the wire. 'So they'll need to springboard off the back of that and hopefully they can get a good start to the season.'
BBC News
26-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
How do Aberdeen build on Scottish Cup triumph?
Just one month on from Aberdeen's stunning Scottish Cup win, the Dons players have had to come off cloud nine to return for pre-season how momentous - and lengthy - the celebrations were following the Hampden triumph, there may still be a some sore heads at Cormack Park this those heads need to refocus for the fast approaching new season, which will include guaranteed European football until the Dons have a Europa League play-off to come in late August thanks to their cup win, and they'll find out their opponent 4 August. Should they lose, will drop straight into the Conference League that, Jimmy Thelin's side have a tough Scottish Premiership start with trips to Tynecastle and Tannadice bookending a visit from Celtic in their first three fixtures.A stronger and more consistent league campaign will be on the wish-list at Aberdeen following their fifth-placed finish last week, ex-Dons striker Lee Miller insisted his former side must "build momentum" from their cup win, but just how do they go about doing that?Send us your thoughts
