4 DEC 2015
Thomas Brodie-Sangster Announces Moet British Independent Film Awards 2015 Nominations.
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5 DEC 2015
Shrinking distances for school admissions.
By Sean Coughlan
Education correspondent.
Families have to live within 300m of a school to
get a place in almost a hundred schools, according to an analysis of school
admissions. The FindASchool website has gathered data on
access to places in England's state schools. It shows the average cut-off distances for
oversubscribed schools are 2.3km for primary and 4.8km for secondary. The study found across the country there were
400 different permutations of entry requirements.
But the number-crunching of admission
statistics, which includes some but not all academies, shows this is more of an
issue in London than elsewhere.
'Convoluted rules'
Across England, just under half of schools, 46%,
have more applications than places.But in London, two-thirds of schools are
oversubscribed. And in some boroughs, such as Greenwich, Kensington and Chelsea
and Lewisham, 80% of schools lack enough places for the demand.
In Wales, there is less pressure on places, with
13% of schools oversubscribed. The analysis from the website, part of the
192.com service, also shows how the chances of getting a school place can
shrink when there is intense demand.
For 393 schools, pupils will not get a place if
they live more than 500m away and for 91 schools, it depended on living within
a distance of 300m. This is again a bigger issue in London, where
there are 300 schools where pupils have to live within 750m, compared with 14
in the North East. The analysis also looked at the impact of a
"sibling rule", where schools give priority to the brothers and
sisters of existing pupils. The study found that on average, 5% of places
are taken by siblings, reducing the availability of places for others.
FindASchool founder Ed Rushton said that looking
for a school place could be very stressful and that parents could face a
"confusing array" of different admissions rules. For individual schools this become
"convoluted and opaque", he said, with one primary school in
Rotherham having 23 different levels of priority for 16 reception class places. A Department for Education spokesperson said:
"We want every parent to have access to a good school place for their
child. Despite rising pupil numbers, 95% of parents received an offer at one of
their top three preferred schools this year and we recently committed to
investing £23 billion in school buildings by 2021.
6 DEC 2015
Leytonstone Tube station stabbing a 'terrorist incident'.
A stabbing at a Tube station in east London is being treated as a "terrorist incident", the Met Police has said.
Police were called to reports of people being attacked at Leytonstone around 19:00 GMT on Saturday. The knifeman reportedly shouted "this is for Syria".
A man was arrested after being Tasered by police. One man suffered serious knife injuries while two others received minor injuries.
Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism detectives are investigating the case.
Downing Street said it was monitoring the situation closely.
The Met said the suspect was reportedly threatening other people with a knife.
Fellow passengers reportedly shouted at the man to drop his weapon and one person shouted "You ain't no Muslim bruv," a sentiment which has been picked up on social media by people trying to disown and sideline the attacker.
Another witness told the BBC he saw a man holding a knife, about 3in (7.5cm) long, standing over another man who was lying on the ground, and people running out of the Central Line station.
Witness Michael Garcia, 24, a financial analyst from Leytonstone, said he was walking along an underground passage that runs through the station when he saw people running outside.
"I realised it wasn't a fight but something more sinister," he said.
He then saw "a guy, an adult, lying on the floor with a guy standing next to him brandishing a knife of about three inches... maybe a hobby knife".
"It had a thin blade, but looked fairly long," Mr Garcia said.
"He was screaming 'go on, then, run' to everyone else. He was pacing back and forth next to the guy on the floor. He came up to the barriers."
Another witness, named Khayam, told BBC Radio 5 live people were shouting and throwing things at the arrested man as he was led from the station.
"I saw pedestrians shouting at him, one tried to throw a bottle and the police officers said 'back off' and took him to the police van."
Police said they received a call at 19:06 GMT and the man was arrested at 19:14.
They said the most seriously-hurt victim's injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
Salim Patel, who works at a shop in the Tube station, said: "People just wanted the attacker to stop it, but then he took the knife out and used it on the victim.
"Everybody left the concourse and the attacker was using the knife on his body then he came out of [the] barrier and the people who were nearby the subway ran off."
He said he had been on the phone at the time to the police and said the attacker left the station and then returned.
Commander Richard Walton, who leads the Met's Counter-Terrorism Command, said: "We are treating this as a terrorist incident. I would urge the public to remain calm, but alert and vigilant.
"The threat from terrorism remains at severe, which means that a terrorist attack is highly likely.
"I would appeal to anyone who was in the vicinity of Leytonstone underground station earlier this evening at around 7pm who saw anything suspicious to call the anti-terror hotline on 0800 789 321."
He also urged anyone who took any photos or video of the incident to call that number.
A spokesman for the mayor of London said: "The incident, and the swift and professional response of the officers involved, reminds us of the dangers faced by the police every single day in their efforts to protect Londoners and keep the city safe."
Tube notice board
A spokeswoman for 10 Downing Street said: "There is an ongoing police investigation into the attack in London. We are monitoring the situation closely as further details emerge."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wrote on Twitter: "The stabbing in Leytonstone is absolutely shocking. My thoughts are with the victim and his family."
Tim Farron, leader of the Liberal Democrats, tweeted the attack "was an act of pure evil".
Iain Duncan Smith, Conservative MP for nearby Chingford and Woodford Green, told the Andrew Marr show: "We cannot let these sort of people, terrorist etc, actually dominate our space." He urged people to carry on going about their business as normal to ensure our freedoms are not "curtailed".
Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting and Labour's London mayoral candidate, has tweeted a photo of a London Tube notice board that reads: "London Underground say: #YouAintNoMuslimBruv."
"To defeat extremism we must directly challenge their poisonous ideology," he added.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35018789
7 DEC 2015
EU referendum: 'No consensus' over UK welfare reforms, Donald Tusk says
There are "substantial political differences" over the PM's demands for welfare curbs for EU migrants, the European Council president says.
Donald Tusk said there was "presently no consensus" within the EU about David Cameron's desire to restrict in-work payments for four years.
Mr Tusk has written to EU leaders warning that uncertainty over the UK's future in the EU was "destabilising".
The PM said he was encouraged the UK's reform agenda was being "taken on".
But former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling warned that the UK's future in the EU was now "in the balance".
Last month David Cameron set out his goal of a "new settlement" for the UK in the EU, made up of four key objectives:
- Protection of the single market for Britain and other non-euro countries
- Boosting competitiveness by setting a target for the reduction of the "burden" of red tape
- Exempting Britain from "ever-closer union" and bolstering national parliaments
- Restricting EU migrants' access to in-work benefits such as tax credits
- Examining the four key points from Cameron's letter
- Follow updates on this and other stories with BBC Politics Live
In his letter, Mr Tusk described the PM's plans as a "significant and far-reaching agenda".
Of the four strands to the UK's demands, he said welfare reform was the most "delicate" and would require "substantive political debate" at this month's EU summit.
Mr Cameron is attempting to reduce co-called "pull factors" for migrants in an attempt to reduce immigration figures.
Mr Tusk wrote: "This is certainly an issue where we need to hear more from the British prime minister and an open debate among ourselves before proceeding further."
On the demand to protect the interests of countries like the UK which are members of the EU but not of the euro currency, Mr Tusk said non-eurozone countries could have a mechanism to raise concerns, but appeared to rule out a "veto" right.
'Honest broker'
On the question of the founding principle of "ever-closer union", he does not offer a view one way or the other on the UK's request to be exempted from that goal.
Mr Tusk said the idea of "ever closer union" allowed countries to integrate at different levels and that there was a "largely-shared view" on the importance of national parliaments.
The European Council president said good progress was being made in the talks, describing his role as that of an "honest broker" and saying all states had to show "readiness for compromise".
He added: "Uncertainty about the future of the UK in the European Union is a destabilising factor. That is why we must find a way to answer the British concerns as quickly as possible."
Mr Cameron said "of course" the whole renegotiation was difficult and said he hoped for a successful conclusion.
His official spokeswoman said Mr Tusk's letter "marks another step forward in the renegotiations".
UK's EU referendum in-depth
The PM, who has not ruled out campaigning to leave if his demands are refused, has already said a deal will not be reached by Christmas. Mr Tusk recently said this month's EU summit should "pave the way" for a deal by February.
'Compromise'
Robert Oxley, from the Vote Leave campaign, was dismissive of the PM's demands.
"The one thing you could not describe these reforms as is ambitious," he told the BBC.
But Lucy Thomas, of Britain Stronger In Europe, said it was a "really good agenda for reform" which "the rest of Europe wants to see as well".
However, Mr Darling suggested that Mr Cameron's demands would have little impact on the final result of the referendum and those, like him, who wanted the UK to remain in the EU were not starting the campaign in "a great place".
"What I do say is if we don't start making the argument soon in a way that impinges on the consciousness of the people of this country, the risk is you are leaving it awfully late."
Meanwhile Syed Kamall, leader of the British Conservatives in the European Parliament, suggested there would have to be a compromise on the deal, saying "that's the way business is done in this town".
"You are going to see a compromise of some form, but both sides will be pushing as hard as possible. I know the British Government will definitely be pushing for all four of their demands but let's see what the compromise is at the end of the day," he told BBC political correspondent Alex Forsyth.
8 DEC 2015
China pollution: First ever red alert in effect in Beijing
Schools in Beijing are closed and outdoor construction halted as the Chinese capital's first ever pollution "red alert" came into effect.
The alert, the highest possible warning level, was issued late Monday and will last until midday on Thursday.
Limits have been placed on car use and some factories have been ordered to stop operations.
It comes as China, the world's worst polluter, takes part in talks on carbon emissions in Paris.
It is the first time China has declared a red alert under the four-tier alert system, which was adopted a little over two years ago, although pollution levels were far from the city's worst.
At 07:00 local time on Tuesday (23:00 GMT on Monday), when the alert came into effect, the US Embassy's air pollution monitor in Beijing reported that the intensity of the tiny particles known as PM 2.5 was at 291 micrograms per cubic metre.
By 11:00 it had dropped very slightly to 250 - still a level it described as "very unhealthy". Levels of the poisonous particles in the suburbs were reported at several times that number.
The World Health Organization recommends 25 micrograms per cubic metre as the maximum safe level.
John Sudworth, BBC News, Beijing: "Why red now?"
As I cycled into the office this morning, smog mask clamped firmly in place, the traffic was certainly lighter. Beijing's first red alert means half of all cars must stay off the roads; odd numbered license plates today, even numbered ones tomorrow.
But although the air is indeed an unpleasant, filthy grey, the pollution index is actually a good deal lower than it was this time last week, when the quantity of dangerous particulate matter (PM 2.5) surged to around 40 times the World Health Organisation's maximum guideline. Today, it is a mere 10 times that limit.
So why red now? Well, the lack of any previous red alerts has been met with increasingly loud howls of derision. What would it take, people wondered last week - as their children felt their way to the still open schools through the poisonous gloom - for the government to act?
Perhaps it is the growing public pressure that has finally made the difference this time round.
Coal-powered industries and heating systems, as well as vehicle emissions and dust from construction sites, all contribute to the smog which has been exacerbated by humidity and a lack of wind.
The order will last until 12:00 on Thursday, when a cold front is expected to arrive and clear the smog.
As well as limits on construction and schools - which were advised to close if they did not have good air filtration systems - cars are only permitted to drive on alternate days, with the day depending on whether a car's number plate ends in an odd or even number. Officials promised additional public transport to cope with demand.
Analysis: Matt McGrath, BBC environment correspondent, Paris
China's air quality is a key factor in its push for a new global deal on climate change.
Its negotiators here point to their continued investment in renewable sources of energy, in an effort to cut down on coal consumption, particularly in urban areas. Around 58% of the increase in the country's primary energy consumption in 2013-14 came from non-fossil fuel sources.
These efforts to go green may not be having an immediate effect on the air in Beijing but they have had an impact on global output of carbon dioxide. This year's figures, just published, show carbon levels have stalled or declined slightly even while the world economy has expanded.
A strong agreement here in Paris won't immediately solve China's air woes, but if it ultimately pushes down the price of renewables even further, it could play a part in solving the issue long term.
"You have to do whatever you can to protect yourself,'' Beijing resident Li Huiwen told AP news agency. "Even when wearing the mask, I feel uncomfortable and don't have any energy.''
While the smog's effects have been worsened by weather conditions and the city's geography - bordered to the south and east by industrial areas that generate pollution and to the north and west by mountains that trap it - it has prompted increasing concern that China has prioritised economic growth at too high an environmental cost.
"It is a sharp warning to us that we may have too much development at the price of environment and it is time for us to seriously deal with air pollution,'' said Beijing worker Fan Jinglong.
The scale of the health impact is vast. There have been 1.4 million premature deaths in China because of air pollution, according to a study led by Jos Lelieveld of Germany's Max Planck Institute and published this year in Nature magazine.
9 DEC 2015
CNN Student News - November 9, 2015
November 9, 2015
China and Taiwan lead off today's show. Two days after their leaders came together for a historic meeting, we're delving into the decades-old rivalry between the two sides. The Obama Administration's rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline -- and some responses to the decision -- are featured. And we're looking at what NASA's MAVEN mission suggests about Mars.
10 DEC 2015
Being unhappy or stressed will not kill, says study
Being miserable or stressed will not increase your risk of dying, according to the UK's Million Women Study.
It had been thought that being unhappy was bad for health - particularly for the heart.
But the decade-long analysis, published in the Lancet, said previous studies had just confused cause and effect.
However, experts argued that unhappiness in childhood may still have a lasting impact.
A series of studies had shown that how happy people are, strongly predicts how long they are going to live.
Ideas included detrimental changes in stress hormones or the immune system resulting in a higher risk of death.
But the research team in the UK and Australia said those studies failed to deal with reverse causality - namely, that people who are ill are not very happy.
Entrenched
Participants in the Million Women Study were asked to regularly rate their health, happiness and levels of stress.
The results showed that whether people were "never", "usually" or "mostly" happy had no impact on their odds of dying during the duration of the study once other factors such as health or whether they smoked were taken into account.
Dr Bette Liu, one of the researchers at the University of New South Wales in Australia, said: "Illness makes you unhappy, but unhappiness itself doesn't make you ill.
"We found no direct effect of unhappiness or stress on mortality, even in a 10-year study of a million women."
Co-author Prof Sir Richard Peto, from the University of Oxford, said light smokers had double the risk of an early death and regular smokers had three times the risk of dying during the study period, but that happiness was "irrelevant".
He said it could have indirect effects if people started consuming large amounts of alcohol or massively overeating, but happiness itself "does not have any material, direct, effect on mortality".
But he warned the myth may be too entrenched to shake off: "People will still believe stress causes heart attacks after this story has been and gone.
"It isn't true, but it suits people to believe it."
In a commentary, Dr Philipe de Souto Barreto and professor Yves Rolland from the University Hospital of Toulouse in France, said: "Further research from a lifecourse perspective is needed since happiness during critical periods, such as childhood, could have important consequences on health in adulthood."
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