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I am a bit nervous.”Wendy Goss, 69, a retired secretary from East Grinstead, said: “It will be quite moving because it has not been done for many years I feel privileged to have been asked.”. Tony Blair was ready to resign as Prime Minister if he had lost MPs’ support over the war against Iraq, it was revealed today. But the point is that some people are going to die as a result of your decision.”In the end if you lose your premiership, well you lose it. Had we miscalculated the degree of the depth of resistance?” he said.. Jonathan Woodgate, the football star who was convicted of affray for his role in an attack on an Asian student, is being investigated over an alleged assault in a pub. He was acquitted of assault in Leeds city centre in 2000.In this week’s incident Mr Strange alleges he “wound up” the 23-year-old footballer when the two bumped into each other in the toilets of the Dickens Inn at about 4pm.He told police he had made a few “daft” comments to Woodgate about his much publicised move from Leeds to Newcastle earlier this year.Mr Strange, who claims he was drinking with a friend, stayed in the pub until later that night when he says he became concerned about the injury to his face.

He went to Middlesbrough General Hospital for treatment but was found to have no broken bones just bruising. He then reported the alleged attack to police.Mr Strange added: “I just said to Woodgate ‘you should have signed for the Boro – they’re a better team’.”I was just winding him up, it went on for about 10 seconds. It was just a laugh, just a daft joke.”But Woodgate has denied he had done anything wrong, saying: “I’m perfectly happy to co-operate with the police in any way they wish I’ve nothing to hide. I’ve done nothing wrong.”A spokesman for Cleveland Police said: “We are investigating an allegation of assault that allegedly took place at the Dickens Inn on Tuesday.”. British police officers were armed with electric stun guns for the first time yesterday, amid claims that they are deadly weapons that have not been properly tested.

Human rights groups, however, have expressed concern about their use, particularly after two deaths in America allegedly related to their use.But Paul Acres, the Hertfordshire Chief Constable and a spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers, insisted Tasers were safe to use. The stun gun, shaped like a pistol, fires barb-tipped darts up to seven metres (21ft) to deliver a high-voltage shock. It is one of the new range of “less lethal” weapons being used by police to deal with violent and armed suspects without having to use conventional firearms.Speaking at the launch of the weapons in Northampton, Mr Acres said: “There is no evidence of any direct link between the use of Tasers and deaths but there have been occasions when people who have been ‘Tasered’ have died But there have been extenuating circumstances. This has been carefully assessed by the Department of Science and Technology [in the US] and they feel it is safe for us to go for this test.”Any weapon can be lethal This is a less lethal option … there is a risk of using it or any weapon but it’s a question of taking a responsible approach to the use of it.”Trained officers from Lincolnshire Police and their counterparts in London, Northamptonshire, North Wales and Thames Valley forces will be given the M26 advanced Taser. The US-made weapon, which costs £350, is pointed at a suspect – usually their torso – and works by discharging 50,000 volts for up to five seconds.The charge causes a loss of some voluntary muscle control, resulting in a person falling to the ground or “freezing” on the spot. Sergeant Simon Williams, a firearms trainer with Northamptonshire Police, described the effect of the weapon, which he has tested.”It’s extremely painful.