By Simeon Brody and Amy Taylor
Care poor for critically ill
Nearly half the critically ill patients who died in hospitals had received inadequate care, according to the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death.
It found that 47 per cent had received care classified as “less than good practice”.
Source:- The Times Thursday 12 May 2005 page 2
Travellers on stud
A family of travellers have set up camp on a racehorse stud farm owned by the head of Chrysalis Records.
The travellers have moved ten caravans, cars, lorries and a motorhome into the land near Chedworth, Gloucestershire.
Source:- The Times Thursday 12 May 2005 page 2
Shoppers win ban on boys in the hoods
Hooded tops and baseball caps have been banned from the walkways and escalators of Bluewater shopping centre in Kent where swearing is also banned, as part of a crackdown on anti-social behaviour.
Source:- The Times Thursday 12 May 2005 page 23
Girl branded a witch tells of torture
A 10-year-old girl denounced as a witch described how she was tortured, starved and threatened with death, at the Old Bailey yesterday.
The girl’s aunt and Sita Kisanga, 35, from Hackney, deny child cruelty and conspiracy to murder. Two other defendants deny child cruelty.
Source:- The Times Thursday 12 May 2005 page 25
School refuses a place to boy who lives next door
A four-year-old boy who lives next door to his local primary school has been prevented from attending because his parents did not tick the right box – stating a preference for religious education – on the application form.
Source:- The Times Thursday 12 May 2005 page 31
Two remanded on baby death
Paul O’Neil, 32, and Jodie Taylor, 19, were remanded in custody by Newcastle magistrates charged with the murder of their three-month-old son Aaron.
A post-mortem examination showed the baby had suffered more than 30 injuries including fractures and internal damage.
Source:- The Guardian Thursday 12 May 2005 page 6
School fights to save pupils from deportation
St John’s RC primary school in Rochdale is campaigning to prevent the deportation of seven pupils and their families after being told their final appeals have failed.
They believe the international convention for the rights of the child should offer the children some protection.
Source:- The Guardian Thursday 12 May 2005 page 13
Scottish news
Schools chiefs in the dock over bullying figures
More than a dozen schools in Edinburgh have not recorded a single case of bullying over the past three years, it has been revealed.
Education groups have criticised the figures as “worrying” and accused schools of not doing enough to tackle bullying.
Source:- Edinburgh Evening News Thursday 11 May
HIV-case man to be detained in clinic
A man who infected his girlfriend with HIV was due to be detained in a psychiatric hospital yesterday.
Christopher Walker, 34, had been charged with repeatedly having sex with a woman despite having the disease and not being concerned with the consequences, but he was found to be insane and unfit to stand trial.
Source:- The Scotsman Thursday 11 May
Former youth leader at Souter church guilty of abusing boys
A former youth group leader at a church attended by Stagecoach businessman Brian Souter was convicted of sexually abusing boys yesterday.
Jeremy “Jerry” Dawson was found guilty of molesting four boys at his former family home in Perth in the 1990s at the High Court in Edinburgh.
He was told that he faced a “substantial” jail sentence.
Source:- The Scotsman Thursday 11 May
Welsh news
Calls to supervise parents of Asbo children
A Conservative Welsh assembly member has called for supervision orders to be introduced for parents whose children breach anti-social behaviour orders.
Brynle Williams said there was a need to look at where children’s disruptive behaviour stemmed from.
Source:- Western Mail Thursday 11 May
