Too many abortions: Lord Steel

By Maria Ahmed and Amy Taylor

Too many abortions: Lord Steel

Lord Steel, architect of the 1967 Abortion Act, says today that abortion is being used as a form of contraception in Britain.

Source:- The Guardian, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 1, and Society Guardian, page 1
 
 
Deportation crisis forces two jails to hold only foreign prisoners

Two prisons are exclusively holding foreign nationals serving less than four years with the expectation that they will then face deportation.

Source:- The Guardian, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 11
 
 
Higher fertility, immigration and longer lives fuelling Britain’s population rise

Numbers forecast to swell from 60m to 71m, as politicians warn of impact on public services.

Source:- The Guardian, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 15
 
 
Kindness amid the chaos

We constantly hear reports of poor quality social care in the UK, but when Harry Ferguson’s mother was terminally ill he was astonished by the compassion and professionalism of her nurses and social workers.

Source:- Society Guardian, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 3
 
 
Out of the box

Countless hours spent watching telly may seem an unlikely basis for an academic career, but the author of a new book talks about their key role in reflecting and moulding social attitudes.

Source:- Society Guardian, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 3
 
 
New super-regulator will have power to close hospitals within 24 hours

Wards and even entire hospitals could be closed within 24 hours after spot-checks by the new super-regulator, Alan Johnson will disclose today.

Source:- The Times, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 2
 
 
Asylum reprieve

A gay rights activist has won a High Court order quashing a decision that it would be safe to deport him to Algeria where he fears persecution.

Source:- The Times, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 4
 
 
£1.3 million study into Alzheimer’s

British scientists began the largest investigation yet into how genes influence Alzheimer’s disease yesterday.

Source:- The Times, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 9
 
 
How you can help to halt online child abuse

As many as one in twenty people stumble across child sexual abuse images while surfing the internet, with more than a third of all sites showing the most extreme images, according to a report published today.

Source:- The Times, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 24
 
 
Flu jab ‘failing to save the elderly’

Flu vaccination is failing to save the lives of older people who are the focus of intensive annual campaigns, an official study suggests.

Source:- The Times, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 29
 
 
Cost of equality body soars

A “streamlined” equalities watchdog will cost more than £20 million a year more than the agencies it replaced, it emerged last night.

Source:- The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 7
 
 
Governors quit in expelled boy row

The entire board of governors of a school have resigned in protest after the headmistresses’ decision to expel a violent pupil was overturned.

Source:- The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 11

 
Gay fostering storm

This couple have a loving home to 28 children…now their latest is being taken away because they won’t sign a ‘pro-gay’ contract

Source:- The Daily Mail, Wednesday 24 October 2007, page 5


Welsh news

Children ‘over-protected from risk’

Children in Wales are being over-protected by adults too scared to let them take any risks, delegates will hear tomorrow.

Fear of legal action is also causing children to be denied access to the fun and learning that taking risks allows, experts from Play Wales will state.

Source:- Western Mail, October 24 Wednesday 2007