Tuesday, 18 May 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Bernard Dineen: As I say farewell, Britain starts anew after Brown's years of lies and anger
THIS is my last Monday column for the Yorkshire Post. I have decided to bring it to an end after several momentous decades. A General Election and a new Government seem a good turning-point for me to bow...
Yorkshire Post (17-May-2010)

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Japan, like many countries across the globe, is facing huge challenges in caring for its aging population. Its hospitals are stretched because there are not enough nurses to...
BBC News (17-May-2010)

Murderers, rapists, robbers and fraudsters on Scotland Yard's most wanted list - see the pics
Scotland Yard's London Most Wanted Previous Next Farouk Abdulhak is wanted in connection with the murder of Martine Vik-Magnussen Hayman Mustafa wanted in connection into the enquiry of Ahmed El-Hamid's death Khalid Sageea Hamoud wanted in connection with a bank robbery after failing to surrender to his...
Mirror.co.uk (17-May-2010)

Don't let them trample on us
NEVER again must we allow the political classes to trample over the wishes and aspirations of the...
Berkhamsted Today (17-May-2010)

Labour s family feud is all about the wrong battle
Childish of me, really, but every time I see one or both of the Miliband brothers now, I find myself humming Rolf Harris's Two Little Boys . Well, you can imagine why: two plucky lads, Joe and Jack, who grow up playing together, only to find themselves on opposite sides of the American Civil...
Evening Standard (17-May-2010)

The skeletons in the cupboard: Labour's 'crazy' last year of spending unveiled
Chancellor George Osborne has commissioned an independent audit of the Government's books after finding examples of "crazy" spending decisions in Labour's last year in...
Yorkshire Post (17-May-2010)

We need to get back in touch with people we stand up for
LABOUR LEADERSHIP BROTHERS IN WAR Ed Miliband said yesterday that taking on his brother David for Labour's crown was the toughest decision of his...
Sunday Mirror (17-May-2010)

Frank Field is too uncompromising for this job
The new 'poverty tsar' won't last long in an administration that's built on expedience, says George Pitcher .
Telegraph.co.uk (17-May-2010)

IMMIGRANTS FROM POVERTY-HIT BULGARIA TO COME TO BRITAIN
A FRESH wave of immigrants from poverty-hit Bulgaria is about to hit British shores. The former Communist state s economy has plummeted in the credit...
Daily Star (17-May-2010)

Financial stink bombs left in Whitehall
The Prime Minister has ordered an independent audit of the Governments books starting today, after Labour was accused of a scorched earth policy of hidden spending in the run-up to the...
Herald Scotland (17-May-2010)

Ed Miliband admits government failings as he launches campaign
POLITICS ED MILIBAND, the former climate change secretary, has admitted that Labour lost its way in government and became caretakers instead of idealists.
City A.M. (17-May-2010)

Australia shuts the door on cooks, hairdressers
Passing a course in cooking or hairdressing will not deliver permanent residency in Australia after the government Monday took the scissors to its skills-shortage...
Irish Sun (17-May-2010)

Iraqi lags set to win compensation 
TWO Iraqi illegal immigrants locked up awaiting deportation following a string of crimes are set to win COMPENSATION - because they could not be kicked out to a war zone. 
News of the World (16-May-2010)