National crime is up due to the state of the economy and it's good to hear Rugby Police have formed a proactive team of officers who will use both high-profile and covert activity to target offenders over the next few months.
In these times of
doom and gloom it gives me great pleasure this week to share some positive news...
It's aways particuarly sad when charities are hit by crime.
But Advertiser readers have come to the rescue of a charity that was targeted by thieves (see page seven for full story).
A burglar stole all £255 from a house in Brinklow. The money was destined to help children at an orphanage in Uganda.
Numerous car boot sales had raised the money to help build a classroom for Global Care and fundraisers thought they would have to go to the time and trouble (and freezing conditions) of raising the money all over again.
The fact that the funds have been replaced by generous readers in such a short space of time, we're talking days, after the story appeared in the paper, restores your faith in human nature.
It may not be a significant sum of money, but to me the message is hugely significant.
Those generous donations, given at a time when we're all feeling the pinch, will have a long-lasting effect in Africa and goes to show how pulling together can make such a difference.
The cash will help take children off the street and train them with practical skills so they can have a chance of a future.
It's a heart-warming message to melt the most icy of hearts.
Even when we've got it bad in this country, it's not even comparable to
the impossible conditions others have to endure.
When I was young I used to grumble and moan about what I now see were the pettiest of things.
My father used to tell me 'there's always someone better off and always someone worse off'. How right he was...
