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Beggars earning £200 a night
donaldtramp
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090810/tuk-street-beggars-earning-200-a-night-6323e80.html
So you know what to do....Keep your hand in your pocket and walk on by...So-called professional beggars are earning up to £200 a night on the streets, it has been revealed.
Street beggars earning £200 a night
And police in Leicestershire added that numbers were growing and officers had cautioned 20 people for begging in the city centre in the first two weeks of a scheme to tackle the problem.
Officers discovered none of them were homeless.
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