This message is serious and has been passed to us from Cheshire RFU.
Could you please cascade as quickly as possible as this came through our
NHS web page.

For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in the odeon Cinema,
Festival Park, a person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When
she stood up to see what it was, a needle was found poking through the
seat with an attached note saying, "you have been infected with HIV".

The Centres for Disease Control in Birmingham, reports similar events
have taken place in several other cities recently. ALL of the needles
tested HAVE been found positive for HIV. The CDC also reports that
needles have been found in the coin return areas of payphones and coke
machines. Everyone is asked to use extreme caution when confronted with
these types of situations.

All public chairs should be thoroughly but safely inspected prior to any
use. A thorough visual inspection is considered the bare minimum.
Further more, they ask that everyone notify their family members and
friends of the potential dangers, as well. The previous information was
sent from hanley police station to all of the local councils in the
Staffs area and was interdepartmentally dispersed. We were all asked to
pass this to as many people as possible."