Thursday, 6 October 2011


A selection of recent media reports

The overblown BBC needs radical pruning to restore the public confidence it once enjoyed You may remember the old joke about East Germany and its official name, th Mail Online (06-Oct-2011)

Never mind the cat: Theresa May is right Back to Theresa May’s speech to the Conservative conference that caused such a kerfuffle:* We all know the stories about the Independent Blogs (06-Oct-2011)

UK passport production and distribution returns to UK UK immigration minister Damian Green has announced that the printing and distribution of UK passports i Print Week (06-Oct-2011)

UK passport production and distribution returns to UK UK immigration minister Damian Green has announced that the printing and distribution of UK passports i Print Week (06-Oct-2011)

Theresa May cat claim: Truth about Tory 'cat-gate' row ) A judge allowed an illegal immigrant to dodge deportation because he feared separating him from his The Mail On Sunday (05-Oct-2011)

Truth about Tory catfight: Judge DID rule migrant's pet was a reason he shouldn't be deported A judge allowed an illegal immigrant to dodge deportation because h Mail Online (05-Oct-2011)

Discovered, the real cat that made Tory fur fly A cat did play a key role in the case of an illegal immigrant using human rights law to stay, after a judge suggested that separ Telegraph.co.uk (05-Oct-2011)

Maya the cat, and why I fear the Tories arn't serious about axing the Human Rights Act Never work with children or animals: so the American comedian and actor W.C. Field Mail Online (05-Oct-2011)

Scandal of overseas students being given degrees fraudulently AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into a scandal where overseas students are helped to cheat thei Wales Online (05-Oct-2011)

UK Border Agency to investigate illegal market in University of Wales diplomas THE UK Border Agency has launched an investigation into a scandal in which overseas Wales Online (05-Oct-2011)

Cameron 'cat spat' jibe to Clarke David Cameron delivered a slap to Ken Clarke over his human rights law "cat spat" with Theresa May in a pun-filled section of h Guardian.co.uk (05-Oct-2011)

Theresa May was meowing up the right tree on human rights Home Secretary Theresa May blundered slightly in yesterday’s speech, when she invoked a cat in her Telegraph Blogs (05-Oct-2011)

BBC Wales' Week In Week Out – Cash For Qualifications The UK Border Agency has launched an investigation after BBC Wales exposed a scam in which overseas stu BBC - Press Office (05-Oct-2011)

Speech in full - David Cameron This week, in Manchester, this party has shown the discipline, the unity, and the purpose that is the mark of a party of government. I'm Yahoo! News UK & Ireland (05-Oct-2011)

Sham groom on the run A SHAM groom is a wanted man after he went on the run and failed to show up for his sentencing hearing. Pakistani national Azhar Ahmed, 22, was Wakefield Express (05-Oct-2011)

'Child soldiers' of 14 with guns on London's streets The Work and Pensions Secretary could not have known quite how accurate his words were when he compared Br London Evening Standard (05-Oct-2011)

MAN JAILED FOR SETTING UP ILLEGAL WORK FORCE IN HIS CURRY HOUSES A Rochdale restaurant boss who built up an illegal workforce in his curry houses has been jailed for si Sunrise Radio (05-Oct-2011)

London 'being turned into apartheid-era Johannesburg', says head Children are being taught in “ghettos” as inner-city schools are increasingly divided along racial lines, a leading headmaster has warned. Daily Telegraph (05-Oct-2011)

'I want to be British,' says Chinese asylum seeker mother - through an INTERPRETER because she still can't speak English.. The failed asylum s Mail Online (05-Oct-2011)

Changes to the list of English language tests Yesterday we have made some amendments to the list of approved English language test providers for applications mad Wired-Gov (05-Oct-2011)