Thursday 8 September 2005

By Clare Jerrom and Amy Taylor

Rape girl’s mother charged with neglect

A mother whose daughter was raped while on holiday in Greece has
been charged with neglect.

In a landmark case the woman faces jail if found guilty of failing
to protect her 15-year-old daughter on the island of
Zakynthos.

Source:- Daily Mail Thursday 8 September page 11

CSA is costing us 54p for each £1 it collects

Every pound the Child Support Agency collects in maintenance from
absent parents now costs the taxpayer 54p in administration
charges.

Source:- Daily Mail  Thursday 8 September page 17

MPs condemn tax credit as
‘nightmare’

A report by the Commons Public Accounts Committee will today
condemn the tax credit system – designed to help vulnerable
families – as a ‘nightmare’ which has
‘seriously mistreated’ thousands of victims.

Source:- Daily Mail  Thursday 8 September page 17

Immigrants make up half of population growth

A study published yesterday showed that immigrants accounted for
half of Britain’s population growth in recent years.

Source:- Independent  Thursday 8 September page 2

Regular ecstasy users risk depression and disease

Regular users of ecstasy risk contracting infectious diseases and
developing long term psychological problems according to Thomas
Connor of Trinity College, Dublin.

Source:- Independent  Thursday 8 September page 6

Race inquiry over Whitehall relocation

The Office for National Statistics is under investigation by the
Commission for Racial Equality for breaking anti discriminatory
rules for its plans to persuade hundreds of ethnic minority staff
from London to Newport.

Source:- The Guardian  Thursday 8 September page 6

Teenager found hanged in cell

Stuart Smith was found hanged at Reading Young Offender Institution
yesterday. The 18-year-old was serving five years for a sex
offence.

Source:- The Guardian  Thursday 8 September page 13

Too much learning and not enough play ‘stunts
children’s development’

Children are being denied the opportunity to develop at school
through play because they spend so much time learning, research by
the University of Plymouth has found.

Source:- Daily Telegraph  Thursday 8 September page
13

Mental exercises can give elderly ‘extra 14 years of
alertness’

Older people can gain 14 years of “cognitive youth” by
doing mental exercises, scientists said yesterday.

Source:- Daily Telegraph  Thursday 8 September page
15

Welsh news

Tory MP’s gibes at Lottery grant for gipsies’ film
earns rebuke

A Welsh Tory MP has been heavily criticised for panning a lottery
award being given to project on gipsy and traveller
communities.

The Heritage Lottery fund gave Hampshire County Council £48,
000 towards the production of a video aimed at giving school
children a greater understanding of the traditions of travelling
communities.

Monmouth MP David Davies, who is also AM for the same constituency,
had attacked the grant.

Source:- Western Mail Thursday 8 September

Nurse struck off for assaulting elderly woman

A nurse and former care home owner has been found guilty of
professional misconduct and struck off the register for attacking a
care home resident.

Gillian Ann Francis, 64, pulled a female resident of Brynderwen
Nursing Home in Tycoch, Swansea, into sitting position by her
hair.

The attack left the woman with a head injury.

Source:- Western Mail Thursday 8 September