Friday, 3 September 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Tony Blair has rewritten history without modesty or shame
If he wasn't in charge of the country when it all started to go wrong, then who was, asks Jeff Randall.
Daily Telegraph (03-Sep-2010)

1,000 are paid £800 a week housing benefit
MORE than a THOUSAND families rake in a whopping £800 a week or MORE in housing benefit, The Sun can...
The Scottish Sun (03-Sep-2010)

COLONEL GADDAFI MAY BE PAID BY EU TO STOP IMMIGRATION
SENIOR Eurocrats are considering a demand from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for billions of pounds of taxpayers cash to halt...
Scottish Daily Express (03-Sep-2010)

BBC had "massive bias to left:" director general
The director general of the BBC admitted Thursday that his organisation had been guilty of a "massive bias to the left" but said.
Yahoo! News UK & Ireland (03-Sep-2010)

RECORD INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION AS POPULATION SOARS
IMMIGRATION sent the population of England and Wales soaring by a record amount last...
Daily Star (03-Sep-2010)

Why do Finland's schools get the best results?
Last year more than 100 foreign delegations and governments visited Helsinki, hoping to learn the secret of their schools'...
BBC News Southern Counties (02-Sep-2010)

Illegal migrants caught after restaurant raid in Ely
Immigration officers have found three illegal workers and another two illegal migrants during a raid on a Chinese...
BBC News England (02-Sep-2010)

Indian student visas fall by half in Australia
The number of Indians granted student visas in Australia during the last financial year has fallen to 29,721, less than half of the number in 2008-09. Overall, the number of international student visas dropped more than 16...
Irish Sun (02-Sep-2010)

Illegal immigrants caught at V
THREE men were arrested in the UK Border Agencys first operation at V Festivals Chelmsford site. Officers arrested two...
Chelmsford Weekly News (02-Sep-2010)

There was massive left-wing bias at the BBC
In his first major interview since giving the MacTaggart Lecture in Edinburgh, Mark Thompson talks about political pressures, the need for budget cuts, and how his religion affects his role
New Statesman (02-Sep-2010)

Cannabis factory at industrial unit was UK's biggest
The largest cannabis factory found in the UK last year was in an industrial unit in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire.
Lynn News (02-Sep-2010)

Outraged' MEPs attack France over Roma policy
Political groups in the Parliament ready to recommend a formal condemnation of Nicolas...
European Voice (02-Sep-2010)

BBC 'HAD MASSIVE BIAS TO THE LEFT'
The BBC was guilty of a "massive bias to the left" in the past, director general Mark Thompson has...
Daily Star (02-Sep-2010)

POLICE FURY AS PATROLS ARE CUT AT SCOTS PORTS
SCOTLAND will become a soft target for illegal immigrants after police patrols were cut at one of the country s busiest ports, a.
Express.co.uk (02-Sep-2010)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Tony Blair and a wasted journey
In one respect, Tony Blair's long awaited memoir cannot be faulted - it's a true reflection of its author.
Mail Online (02-Sep-2010)

I was seconds away from ordering RAF to blast passenger jet
TONY Blair came within seconds of ordering the RAF to shoot down an airliner over...
The Scottish Sun (02-Sep-2010)

BBC 'had massive bias to the left'
The BBC was guilty of a "massive bias to the left" in the past, director general Mark Thompson has...
London Evening Standard (02-Sep-2010)

MIGRANTS COMING TO BRITAIN ARE LIKELY TO END UP MISERABLE
IMMIGRANTS flooding Britain in search of a better life are likely to end up miserable, research...
Daily Star (02-Sep-2010)

Record population increase is 'the biggest since the Sixties'
The population of England and Wales took a record leap upwards last year, official estimates showed yesterday.
Mail Online (02-Sep-2010)

Gaddafi demands 5bn a year 'to stop the EU turning black'
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi has ended his visit to Italy by calling on the European Union to pay his country 5...
The Scotsman (01-Sep-2010)