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Dec 9, 2009
Celebrity florist 'may have accidentally drowned daughter then killed herself' — The Telegraph (UK)
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Richard Savill Source:
The Telegraph (UK) A celebrity florist may have accidentally drowned her nine-year-old disabled daughter as she tried to "heal" her in the bath, before killing herself, an inquest heard.
Judith Richmond, 41, who was suffering from bi-polar disorder, also known as manic depression, had become obsessed with scientology, and a belief that metal was poisoning her daughter Millie and the whole planet.
Mrs Richmond, who had provided flowers for the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and the rock band Pink Floyd, believed her ...
Nov 29, 2009
How English Heritage snubbed the Scientologist founder L Ron Hubbard — Sunday Telegraph (UK)
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Jasper Copping Source:
Sunday Telegraph (UK) L Ron Hubbard has joined the likes of Wallis Simpson, Eric Morecambe, Marc Bolan and Keith Moon after an application for a coveted blue plaque was rejected by English Heritage. The government agency, which runs the scheme, rejected the application by supporters of the founder of Scientology after its blue plaques panel decided that it was unconvinced about Mr Hubbard's "reputation". The decision has frustrated the Hubbard Foundation, which had nominated him. In an unusual move, a foundation representative went to ...
Aug 29, 2008
Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club: Hotel watch — The Telegraph (UK)
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Adriaane Pielou Source:
The Telegraph (UK) In search of luxury in the countryside, Adriaane Pielou visits the baronial Ashdown Park Hotel deep in rural East Sussex. The location Unnerving if, like me, you arrive in the dark. Deep in rural East Sussex, 20 minutes by car from Glyndebourne opera house, the 106-room hotel is hidden behind trees on a unlit B-road running through Ashdown Forest. The next morning, though, all is sunny and serene. Sweeping acres of grounds (lake, croquet lawn, 18-hole golf course) surround the baronial ...
Aug 23, 2008
£5,000 to find council chief’s undefined self — The Telegraph (UK)
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The Telegraph (UK) £5,000 to find council chief’s undefined self
A council chief executive is attending a £5,000 self-awareness training course in Germany and Florida to learn to become “more likeable and able to like herself”.
Last Updated: 12:12PM BST 23 Aug 2008
Dr Allison Fraser, who is in charge of Sandwell Council, signed up to attend the Avatar Professional Course.
The Avatar website claims the course teaches people how to become “more real, authentic”, to “protect themselves against the abrasions of the world” ...
May 21, 2008
Church of Scientology: Boy faces court for 'cult not religion' placard — The Telegraph (UK)
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John Bingham Source:
The Telegraph (UK) A teenage boy is facing a possible criminal prosecution for holding a sign describing the Church of Scientology as a "cult", police said on Tuesday. The boy, who is described only as a minor, was taking part in a demonstration outside the church's central London headquarters on May 10 when City of London Police officers ordered him to remove the placard. It read: "Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult." When he refused, he was issued with a ...
Feb 5, 2008
Bad publicity 'helps Scientology recruitment' — The Telegraph (UK)
Feb 4, 2008
Hackers wage web war on Scientologists — The Telegraph (UK)
Jan 7, 2008
Tom Cruise 'Scientology second-in-command' — The Telegraph (UK)
Sep 9, 2007
Friends, thetans, countrymen — Daily Telegraph (UK)
May 14, 2007
BBC denies 'death threat' in Scientology row — The Telegraph (UK)
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Stephen Adams Source:
The Telegraph (UK) The BBC has hit back at accusations that it orchestrated a demonstration against Scientologists during which a "terrorist death threat" was allegedly made.
It comes as a bitter row develops between the Corporation and Scientologists over a highly critical Panorama documentary about the religion, in which a veteran reporter lost his temper and screamed for 30 seconds at a Church member.
The BBC has seriously reprimanded John Sweeney for the outburst, which the journalist has admitted was "wrong and stupid".
The ...
Dec 10, 2006
Scientologists get £270,000 subsidy — The Telegraph (UK)
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Adam Lusher Source:
The Telegraph (UK) The controversial Church of Scientology has been granted a subsidy of more than £270,000 a year in public money, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. Scientology's lawyers used European rulings and Government equality regulations to force the City of London corporation to grant an 80 per cent rates discount for its new centre near St Paul's Cathedral. The "church", it is believed, is now pressing to pay nothing at all. The corporation confirmed that this discount was on the basis that Scientology ...
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