<Current Affairs
Mexico police rescues over 450 abused children held captive in orphanage
La Gran Familia (the Big Family), an orphanage in the Mexican city of Zamora was today raided by the police after investigations found children in the home were forced to beg for money and endure sexual abuse. Tomas Ceron de Lucio, from the Mexican Agency for Criminal Investigation, revealed that the children...
Current Affairs
16th July 2014
Vanessa Smart 17th June 2014
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West Africa Ebola virus on high alert, British personnel evacuated
British mining staff in Sierra Leone have been evacuated after an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa. The Ebola virus is believed to be highly contagious and kills up to 90 per cent of those it infects. Although no cure or vaccine for it has been developed so far,...
Current Affairs
3rd June 2014
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Experts warn WHO not to “control and suppress” e-cigarettes
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has been warned by scientists to “resist the urge to control and suppress e-cigarettes”, arguing that these safer nicotine products could be part of the solution to reduce non-communicable diseases. A group of 53 leading experts from 15 countries have urged the WHO to reconsider its stance...
Current Affairs
29th May 2014
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South Korean PM Chung Hong-Won resigns over ferry disaster
South Korean prime minister Chung Hong-Won has resigned over claims that his government did not take appropriate action following the 16th April ferry disaster. The families of those on board the ferry have criticised Mr Hong-Won for what they believe to be a slow recovery operation. In a brief televised statement, the...
Current Affairs
27th April 2014
Vanessa Smart 13th April 2014
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BMA proposes to ban cigarettes for those born in the 21st century
In a bid to eradicate smoking from Britain doctors have urged the British Medical Association (BMA) to lobby government for a total ban on sale of cigarettes to anyone born after the year 2000. Dr Tim Crocker-Buqué, a registrar from East London with the NHS, has warned of the severe dangers of...
Current Affairs
26th March 2014
Vanessa Smart 20th March 2014
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Michael Gove criticises David Cameron’s Etonian inner circle of advisers
The education secretary, Michael Gove has criticised the UK government for the “preposterous” number of Etonions in the Prime Minister’s inner circle. Gove commented that four people in the exclusive group all went to the same private school, Eton, and describes the expensively educated inner circle as “ridiculous”. “It doesn’t make me...
Current Affairs
15th March 2014
<Current Affairs
Fast-track drugs NHS scheme launched for severely ill
The Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) was launched by the government for patients with life-threatening or debilitating conditions, allowing them access to unlicensed medication that could be beneficial to them. Drugs that are not yet fully authorised could be accessed by patients in the United Kingdom through the NHS. If a...
Current Affairs
14th March 2014
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