Saturday, 4 September 2010


A selection of recent media reports

Racism infects the whole of society The Metropolitan Police Authority announced recently that the Met is no longer affected by institutional racism. But has British society really been purged of race bias? NewStatesman (04-Sep-2010)

Gardai smash immigration scam GARDAI have smashed a lucrative scam in which human traffickers were smuggling illegal immigrants into the State. The scam involves illegals being put on flights into the country without any... Irish Independent (04-Sep-2010)

Warning over primary school cuts A surge in the number of four-year-olds will require primary schools to find an extra 350,000 places over the next four years, at a... Press Association (03-Sep-2010)

Geert Wilders denounces Australian Muslim leader's call for beheading Geert Wilders, the maverick Dutch politician, denounced a Australian Muslim leaders call for his beheading for denig... Telegraph.co.uk (03-Sep-2010)

Murderer dubbed 'The Beast' died from heart disease A serial rapist dubbed "The Beast" died from heart failure while serving a life term for murdering a 12-year-old girl in London, an... BBC News England (03-Sep-2010)

Border officials find 15 stowaways in lorries BORDER officials have stopped 15 stowaways from illegally entering the country in lorries bound for Yorkshire, including a group... Yorkshire Post (03-Sep-2010)

Restaurant booze ban as raid nets illegal workers A Chinese restaurant has been banned from selling alcohol for six months after a raid by immigration officials, gang-busting... Evening Times (03-Sep-2010)

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 the... 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 "a... 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)