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Metric Martyrs Defence Fund
World Famous Actor pays tribute to 'People's Champion' Metric Martyr Steve Thoburn

Veteran actor Edward Fox has penned a moving tribute to Metric Martyr Steve Thoburn for a book in aid of injured soldiers.

The star of films including The Day of the Jackal, A Bridge Too Far and Gandhi, described the late Sunderland greengrocer as a "people's champion" in the Food for Heroes cookbook, which will benefit the charity Help for Heroes. 

 

 

BBC's metric weights in rugby coverage sparks anger
Sunday Telegraph
On-screen graphics explaining the weight of each player and the combined power of each team appear in kilograms became the imperial system of stones and pounds confuses those watching the coverage from abroad.
The Six Nations is not only watched by 4.5million viewers in the UK but also by overseas audiences via domestic channels which pay to screen the Corporation's footage.

METRIC MARTYR WITHDRAWS APPEAL
Hackney Gazette
Supporters of Hackney's metric martyr have said she chose not to appeal her convictions for breaking metric laws because of the "stress and strain" the legal battle has caused.
Janet Devers, 64, was given a two-year conditional discharge last year after being found guilty of eight charges relating to her refusal to abandon imperial scales on her Ridley Road market stall.

Metric martyr ditches appeal
Metro
A market trader today dropped her appeal against previous convictions for breaking the metric laws.
So-called metric martyr Janet Devers, 64, was last year found guilty of eight charges under the Weights and Measurements Act relating to the refusal to abandon imperial weighing scales on her fruit and vegetable store at Ridley Road Market in Dalston, east London.

Metric martyr Janet Devers drops appeal against conviction for using imperial measures
Daily Telegraph
Janet Devers, a "metric martyr" market trader, has dropped her appeal against a conviction for selling fruit and vegetables in imperial measures.
Mrs Devers, 64, was last year found guilty of eight charges under the Weights and Measurements Act. She had refused to replace imperial weighing scales on her fruit and vegetable stall at Ridley Road Market in Dalston, east London. 

WANSTEAD: 'Metric marytr' drops legal battle
This is Local London
WANSTEAD market trader Janet Devers has dropped an appeal against her conviction for selling fruit and veg in pounds and ounces.
Ms Devers was fined nearly £5,000 after being found guilty on eight counts of breaking the Weights and Measures Act in October last year.

Metric martyr delighted as case dropped
Yorkshire Post
A so-called metric martyr has spoken of her delight after charges accusing her of labelling the weight of groceries using the wrong measurement were dropped.
Market trader Janet Devers, 64, was charged with failing to price goods in metric.
She was due to stand trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, east London, yesterday faced with four charges of failing to label groceries such as dates and sweetcorn in the metric system as well as selling by the bowl.

WANSTEAD: 'Metric martyr' will not pay legal fees
Guardian
WANSTEAD 'metric martyr' Janet Devers will not have to pay any legal fees towards her failed prosecution by Hackney Council for selling fruit and veg in pounds and ounces on her market stall.
Last month the Guardian reported that the authority would not proceed as scheduled with their case this January against Ms Devers, of Colbrook Road, in the wake of overwhelming public pressure. 

'Metric martyr' case abandoned
The Independent
The case against a so-called metric martyr charged with failing to price goods in metric measures was dropped today.
Market trader Janet Devers, 64, from east London, was sentenced to a two-year conditional discharge last October after being convicted of eight charges under the Weights and Measures Act.
She opted for a further four charges to be sent for trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
The trial was due to start today but the prosecution offered no evidence against her, saying that it was "not in the public interest" to pursue the case.

We can keep our pounds and ounces
Sunderland Echo
Metric Martyr supporters were celebrating today after Euro-MPs wrote the final chapter in the saga of Britain's battle to keep ounces, pints and miles.
Decades of wrangling between London and Brussels over switching to metric measures ended with a vote in Strasbourg confirming that imperial measures can carry on indefinitely.
The news will be welcomed by the so-called "Metric Martyrs" – food sellers prosecuted for refusing to stop using imperial measures, including the family of Southwick market trader Steven Thoburn.