Victims will be allowed say in punishing of school bullies

By Mithran Samuel and Maria Ahmed

Victims will be allowed say in punishing of school bullies

Victims of school bullies will be able have say on sanctions for perpetrators, under government guidelines published tomorrow.

The guidelines will also include plans to punish bullies who use email, mobile phones and social networking websites to bully, including confiscating their mobiles.

Source:- Daily Telegraph Thursday 20 September 2007 page 10

Club bars crutch girl

A disabled student has been banned from a nightclub to ensure she does not use her crutches as weapons.

Jennifer Bartle, 20, has gone to the Disability Rights Commission about the ban imposed by the Hush Enigma club in Newton Abbot, Devon, which said crutches had been used for fights in the past.

Source:- Daily Mirror Thursday 20 September 2007 page 31

One in ten underage girls has sex virus

One in ten girls under 16 and 40% of women under 24 are infected with a sexually transmitted disease, human papilloma virus, which can increase the risk of developing cervical cancer, the Health Protection Agency revealed yesterday.

HPV is responsible for most cases of cervical cancer, and the government announced in June it would start vaccinating girls as young as 12 against the disease, which it claimed would save 700 lives a year.

Source:- Daily Mail Thursday 20 September 2007 page 4

Home help threat to 370,000 elderly

Council leaders yesterday warned that unless significant extra resources are put into social care in next month’s comprehensive spending review, hundreds of thousands of people could lose access to services.

Local Government Association chair Sir Simon Milton said that without additional funding, 370,000 people with lower level needs may lose access to services.

Source:- Daily Mail Thursday 20 September 2007 page 35

Vanished: the child victims of trafficking

More than 180 children recently trafficked into the UK have gone missing without trace from social services care, according to a Unicef report warning that the government is failing to protect vulnerable youngsters brought into the country.

Source:- The Guardian, Thursday 20 September 2007, page 4
 
 
Ministers to assess migrant groups’ impact on public services

The first comprehensive official analysis of the impact of migration on public services and British life will be published next month, Liam Byrne, the immigration minister, promised yesterday.

Source:- The Guardian, Thursday 20 September 2007, page 4