Police are keeping an open mind about whether an assault on an Egyptian pupil that sparked outrage in her home country was racially motivated. Mariam Moustafa, 18, died following being beaten by a gathering in Nottingham three weeks beforehand and the hashtag “Mariam’s rights will not be lost” has been trending in Egypt. Furthermore, Egypt’sContinue reading “Egyptian Teen’s Nottingham Death”
Author Archives: Angela Lloyd
Free School Meals Debate
It’s a move which antagonists have labelled as pulling the rug from under hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged families and under changes, critics maintain more than one million children who had previously been entitled to free school meals could have to go without. However, the Government maintains the questionable strategy will, in fact, mean anContinue reading “Free School Meals Debate”
Websites Are Shutting Down Their Comments Sections
As the media are seeking to develop their commitment to their readers, an obscure trend has been developing in the last three years, and various news websites are shutting their below-the-line comments sections. NPR is the latest to declare the closing of its own story-page section. Following eight years spent experimenting with comments on itsContinue reading “Websites Are Shutting Down Their Comments Sections”
Quietly Shelving A Plan
Ministers have been attacked for breaching a promise to introduce a change to cut the enormous number of benefit sanctions, plunging people into the suffering of starvation and removal from their homes in some circumstances. A yellow card scheme, giving claimants 14 days to question a judgment to dock their benefits on the grounds itContinue reading “Quietly Shelving A Plan”
Breaking Point
Patient safety is being jeopardised as a hospital is at breaking point, according to a staff whistleblower. Basildon Hospital, Essex has been slammed by a worker who has fostered concerns there are not enough workers and additional beds are being put in already crowded bays. However, the hospital maintains there are no risks to patientsContinue reading “Breaking Point”
Lovely Valentine’s Day Message For People
Of course, Valentine’s day is a day of joyful sentiments and appreciation. A day that you can consume with your loved one, with all the compassion and niceties, so what better way to observe it, than with a message from the DWP, intimidating you and telling you that they will take away your privileges. Soon,Continue reading “Lovely Valentine’s Day Message For People”
Embarrassed RBS Bankers
Two RBS bankers have walked away from a £3 million property scam without having to complete prison time because the judge thought that they had already suffered as they were embarrassed by the event. Raymond Pask, 54, and his employee Andrew Ratnage, 50, built a string of fraudulent businesses in the names of Pask’s relativesContinue reading “Embarrassed RBS Bankers”
Prince William Steals The Internet’s Attention
Britain’s Prince William reportedly emerged with a fresh, close-shaven coiffure while on his visit to the Evelina London Children’s Hospital in London and his new barbered head amassed the observation and inspection of citizens globally. Prince William went full Bruce Willis by shearing the hair he has been swiftly losing, ultimately resigning to his wafer-thinContinue reading “Prince William Steals The Internet’s Attention”
NHS Patients Should Be Allowed To Vape
Hospitals have been instructed to begin selling e-cigarettes and letting patients vape indoors and even in bed under controversial new health advice and the Public Health England (PHE) stated every smoker striving to quit, including pregnant women, should be encouraged to take up e-cigarettes. Officials advised hospitals to substitute smoking shelters with vaping rooms andContinue reading “NHS Patients Should Be Allowed To Vape”
No Tuition Fee Reforms This Year
More than 500,000 students have been apportioned a tremendous setback after a Tory minister ruled out extreme reforms to education fees this year. Sam Gyimah declared it wouldn’t be credible to complete a purposed shake-up merely months after he took the position of universities minister. It means those starting university in September 2018 face payingContinue reading “No Tuition Fee Reforms This Year”