'We're winning TV licence battle'.Byline: PETER MAGILL TV LICENCE TV licence n → licencia que se paga por el uso del televisor, destinada a financiar la BBC watchdogs say they will step up the number of lightning raids on homes in Coventry and Warwickshire as the net closes in on dodgers. Bosses at the TV Licensing Authority have given the go-ahead to launch hundreds more swoops Swoops are a chocolate candy manufactured by The Hershey Company. They are potato-chip shaped, and come in many candybar flavors. These flavors are as follows. Hershey's Milk Chocolate, Almond Joy, Reese's Peanut Butter, York Peppermint Pattie, White Chocolate Reeses, and Toffee on homes in the Midlands. The announcement comes just weeks after a month-long purge To eliminate or delete. in Coventry, Rugby and Nuneaton netted 313 licence cheats - 207 in Coventry and Nuneaton and 106 in Nuneaton. Officials have also not ruled out conducting a "stealth" operation, where enforcement workers sweep an area unannounced. With more than 400 people taken before Coventry magistrates each month accused of licence evasion EVASION. A subtle device to set aside the truth, or escape the punishment of the law; as if a man should tempt another to strike him first, in order that he might have an opportunity of returning the blow with impunity. , and the extra activity now planned in the area, the authority believes the message is finally being hammered home. Paul Johnston Paul Johnston is an author and scholar whose focus is on labor and immigration issues. He serves as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, on the California Central Coast. , TV Licensing's regional manager, said: "We have made a significant dent in evasion over recent years and we intend to continue that trend. "We are confident that news of the extra resources will not only encourage more people to pay, but to pay more promptly when their licence expires. "This will allow us to really focus our efforts on those who deliberately flout flout v. flout·ed, flout·ing, flouts v.tr. To show contempt for; scorn: flout a law; behavior that flouted convention. See Usage Note at flaunt. v.intr. the law. Our message is simple - buy now or face the consequences." Being caught out can result in a fine of up to pounds 1,000. The authority has a national database, so that known cheats can be targeted. |
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