http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Fri, 24 May 2013 06:55:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/06/barking-blondes-bad-boys-the-dangerous-dogs-act-and-the-parkguard/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/06/barking-blondes-bad-boys-the-dangerous-dogs-act-and-the-parkguard/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 04:00:01 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=31294 Hats off to a London council who have funded a landmark pilot scheme called DOG - the Direction and Opportunities for Gangs, which has managed to reduce offences by former gang members and their dogs by 100 per cent.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/06/barking-blondes-bad-boys-the-dangerous-dogs-act-and-the-parkguard/feed/ 21 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/10/peace-mix-ending-gang-culture-through-music/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/10/peace-mix-ending-gang-culture-through-music/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:03:22 +0000 Uanjuma Joseph Thompson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28298 Uanjuma Joseph Thompson is the co-founder of charity New Day Foundation, in his own words he talks about growing up in Birmingham, why he helped set up the charity and the NDF's latest project Peace Mix.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/10/peace-mix-ending-gang-culture-through-music/feed/ 4