Wednesday, 23 June 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Temporary classrooms at Birmingham schools to cope with demand
Emergency funding worth £1.3 million will be used to build temporary classrooms at nine oversubscribed primary schools in Birmingham. The full business case was approved by the citys cabinet property committee which heard that there is now less accommodation in Birmingham schools than there was in...
IC Birmingham (22-Jun-2010)

Immigration officials swoop on bogus marriages at Wood End church
By Duncan Gibbons A COVENTRY vicars suspicions led to two bogus marriages being halted at a city church, a court heard. Five people were arrested at St Chads, in Hillmorton Road, Wood End, in October, a jury at Coventry Crown Court was...
Coventry Telegraph.net (22-Jun-2010)

Award winning restaurant employs immigration offender
An award winning Chinese restaurant and takeaway in Brigg faces a large fine after an immigration offender was found working illegally during an operation by our...
M2 (22-Jun-2010)

US city bans homes for illegal migrants
Voters in the city of Fremont in Nebraska, which has a growing Hispanic population attracted by jobs at meat-packing plants, have backed a ban on hiring or renting property to illegal...
Evening Standard (22-Jun-2010)

BURKA BANDITS ATTACK ADVERTS
VANDALS have tried to encourage British women to wear burkas in a string of billboard paint...
Daily Star (22-Jun-2010)

Restaurant could be fined £50,000 for employing illegal workers
A RESTAURANT in Stamford is facing a fine of up to £50,000 after five illegal workers were caught on the...
Rutland & Stamford Mercury (21-Jun-2010)

Britain hotspot in Europe for asylum seekers
Britain has emerged as the most popular destination in Europe for asylum seekers who are twice as likely to succeed in the UK just at their first try than in neighbouring France. 
Express India (21-Jun-2010)