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Road to recovery? More teenagers are receiving help for drug and alcohol problems than ever before |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 8 Topic: Alcohol & Drugs Keywords: Heroin, opiates, amphetamines, cocaine, crack, ecstasy, cannabis, solvents, abuse, young people, addiction, health, misuse, counselling, teenagers, substance, class A |
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Drug Deaths Heroin and morphine deaths declined by 2% in 2009 but are still five times higher than they were in 1993 |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 10 Topic: Alcohol & Drugs Keywords: Mental health, accident, poison, misuse, cocaine, methadone, health, heroin, morphine, drugs, antidepressants, death |
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The cost of a drink Almost 100,000 people could die over the next ten years as a result of alcohol consumption |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 12 Topic: Alcohol & Drugs Keywords: Young people, health, mental health, transplant, poison, accident, death, alcohol, death, alcoholic, misuse, |
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Much too much… much too often Scotland has the worst drink problem in Britain |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 14 Topic: Alcohol & Drugs Keywords: unit, money, consumers, shopping, death, health, beer, wine, cider, lager, spirits, alco-pops, pint, drink |
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Unseen Damage Over 9,000 people in the UK die from alcohol-related causes each year |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 16 Topic: Alcohol & Drugs Keywords: health, cancer, drink, alcohol, damage, pint |
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Animals rights… and wrongs 71% of us can accept animal research as long as it doesn’t cause unnecessary suffering... but not all of us trust that this is the case |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 18 Topic: Animals Keywords: experiment, regulations, science, scientist, protest, research, laboratory, violence, terror, vivisection |
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Animal research The proportion of experiments on genetically modified animals has doubled |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 20 Topic: Animals Keywords: experiment, science, scientist, research, laboratory, vivisection, genetic modification, genetics, birds, reptiles, fish, rats, rodents, mammals |
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Acting for animals The number of cases of animal cruelty and neglect considered for prosecution fell in 2009, but this may be because of action in 2008 |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 21 Topic: Animals Keywords: RSPCA, law, crime, cruelty, dogs, horses, welfare, |
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Home and astray There has been a rapid increase in the number of stray dogs |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 22 Topic: Animals Keywords: microchip, licence, dogs, strays, the dogs trust, rspca, kennels, law |
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Alright pet We are a nation of animal lovers – or half of us are! |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 24 Topic: Animals Keywords: dogs, cats, animals, pets, fish, rabbits, birds, hamsters, tortoises, turtles, guinea pigs, lizards, horses, ponies, snakes, rats, gerbils |
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Who do you think you are As the population rises, the make-up of Britain changes |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 26 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Immigration, pregnancy, birth, ethnic origin, race, identity, |
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UK growth Population numbers and percentages of the countries of the UK – now and in the future |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 28 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, population, growth |
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Migrant workers Many thousands of European migrants are working below their ability |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 29 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Immigration, work, population, labour, jobs, |
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Gay UK? For the first time national statistics have investigated sexual orientation |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 30 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Sexual issues, population, marriage, wedding, divorce, relationship, homosexuality, family, religion, education, bisexual, lesbian, heterosexual, |
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Age of reason Do you agree with these legal age restrictions? |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 32 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Law & order, age, young people, sexual issues, prison, tattoo, army, guns, adopt, jury, drive, alcohol, cigarettes, smoking, |
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Religious matters Our belief in religion affects our opinions on the big issues |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 34 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Religion, abortion, assisted suicide, death, ethics, euthanasia, family, relationships, sexual issues, gender, science, marriage, wedding, divorce, homosexuality |
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Charitable giving How people give and how much |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 37 Topic: Charity Keywords: Financial issues, finance, money, charity, causes, beggers, money, fundraising |
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Charitable trust 75% of us believe most charities are trustworthy, but we also have our doubts |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 38 Topic: Charity Keywords: Ethics, trust, money, charity, fundraising |
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Helping hands People who volunteer regularly are volunteering more |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 40 Topic: Charity Keywords: Volunteers, young people, community, care |
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Global giving Charitable giving varies widely across the globe |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 42 Topic: Charity Keywords: Financial issues , finance, money, wider world, volunteers, money |
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Bottom of the class The UK has more primary pupils for every teacher than most other EU countries |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 45 Topic: Education Keywords: Wider world, schools, pupils, teachers, ratio |
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Those who can… teach. Pupil and teacher numbers. |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 46 Topic: Education Keywords: Population, teachers, pupils, colleges, ratio |
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Exam cheats Although cheating is on the increase, it remains rare |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 48 Topic: Education Keywords: Exams, cheating, schools, |
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Star students At A-level time each year the newspapers are full of stories of falling standards – are they right? |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 50 Topic: Education Keywords: Exams, grades, school, subjects |
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Levelling out More young people are achieving higher levels of education – but achievement isn’t equal across all social groups |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 52 Topic: Education Keywords: Poverty, debt , school meals, qualifications, exams, ethnicity, race, social class |
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Take your place With more applicants than ever some university places are well oversubscribed |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 54 Topic: Education Keywords: university, Wider world, applicants, subjects |
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Grad-ual slip The UK is slipping behind its international rivals in the number of graduates |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 56 Topic: Education Keywords: Wider world, financial issues, work, university, money, graduates, degrees, employment |
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Speaking my language Do we continue to use the languages we learn? |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 58 Topic: Education Keywords: Language, wider world, students, |
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Citylife Newcastle is the UK’s most sustainable city |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 60 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: Britain & its citizens, cities, environmental issues, life, pollution, climate change, future proofing |
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Water waste We use water as if it will never run out |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 62 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: Water, environmental issues, shower, bath, climate change |
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What a waste On average half a tonne of waste is produced per person per year in the EU |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 64 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: Wider world, rubbish, waste, recycling, compost, |
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Tip-off Fly-tipping or illegal dumping of waste is anti-social behaviour that is affecting our environment |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 66 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: Law & order, rubbish, tip, dump, pollution |
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Light up the world In the modern world electricity is essential – but many people do not have access to it |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 68 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: Wider world, electricity, population, resources |
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Who’s having babies? Nearly a quarter of all live births in 2009 were to mothers born outside the UK |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 70 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Population, pregnancy & birth, Britain & its citizens, mothers, fathers |
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Sizeable difference When women were asked what their Ideal family size was the answers varied widely |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 72 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Pregnancy, birth, children, wider world, mothers |
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Family matters Two parent families are still the norm in developed countries |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 73 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Wider world, marriage, wedding, divorce, children |
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Parents’ perspective According to parents, boys are a nightmare at 15 and girls a handful at 14 |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 74 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Gender, young people, teenagers, exams, studies, puberty, teachers, alcohol, problems, school, friends, bullying |
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Partners Civil partnerships declined by 12% in the UK in 2009 |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 76 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Sexual issues, gender, marriage, wedding, divorce, same-sex, homosexuality |
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Filthy rich The fortunes of the richest people in the UK have increased by 30% |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 79 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Wealth, Britain & its citizens, money billionaire |
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Great divide What is a typical household worth in Great Britain? |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 80 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Britain & its citizens, housing, pensions, bank accounts, savings, |
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Spend or save? Attitudes towards different aspects of people’s financial lives |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 82 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: money, savings, bank accounts, save, spend, comsumers, |
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The way we pay is changing Payment habits have evolved to take advantage of new technology |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 84 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Consumers, shopping, cheques, cash, credit card, debit card, |
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Gone bust More people are unable to pay their debts |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 86 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Poverty, debt, bankrupt, insolvencies, |
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Company crisis |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 87 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Poverty, debt, bankrupt, insolvencies, business, |
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Bad taste Young people seem to be the least concerned about what’s in their food |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 89 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Environmental issues, health, salt, nutrition, animal welfare, fat sugar additives |
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Salad with your salt? One in ten takeaway salads contains more salt than a Big Mac |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 90 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Consumers, shopping, health, salt, supermarkets, take-aways, |
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Bad breakfast Breakfast is the most important meal of the day yet a surprising number of kids have bad breakfast habits |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 92 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Young people, family, consumers, shopping, breakfast, junk food, money |
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School dinners Despite high profile efforts, take up of school meals has barely increased |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 93 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Education, young people, free school meals, primary schools, secondary schools, |
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Waste not, want not Avoidable food waste damages the environment and our pockets |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 94 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Environmental issues, financial issues, money, food, compost, CO2, climate change |
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Fairer trade Sales show that people are getting the Fairtrade message |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 96 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Consumers, shopping, Developing World, fair trade |
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Organ donation The supply of donor organs is not keeping pace with demand |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 98 Topic: Health Keywords: Wider world, death, transplants, organ donors, |
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Private Pain - Secret shame Self-harm is not an illness, it is an expression of personal distress |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 100 Topic: Health Keywords: Mental health, young people, alcohol, drugs, cutting, burning, harm |
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Your life, your voice Surveys show that what young people think about contraception is different to their actions |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 102 Topic: Health Keywords: Sexual issues, education, birth control, |
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Abortions Early abortions are now more available |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 104 Topic: Health Keywords: Young people, pregnancy, termination |
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Repeated Risk Young people are most vulnerable to sexual infection |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 106 Topic: Health Keywords: Sexual issues, STIs, sexually transmitted disease, chlamydia, herpes, gonorrhoea, syphilis |
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Buying benefits? What would you buy to improve your health? |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 108 Topic: Health Keywords: Consumers, shopping, food, drink, health, nutrition, |
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Supply and demand For decades housing supply has failed to keep up with demand |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 110 Topic: Housing Keywords: Population, marriage, wedding, divorce, housebuilding, homes, household |
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Locked out What chance does the next generation of young people have of finding a good quality home at a price they can afford? |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 112 Topic: Housing Keywords: Financial issues, Britain & its citizens, family, relationships, money, mortgage, income, buyer |
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Hidden homeless Many people who apply for homelessness help aren’t accepted |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 114 Topic: Housing Keywords: Family, relationships, young people, poverty, debt, Britain & its citizens, house, overcrowding, |
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Google earth Where the world’s internet users live |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 117 Topic: Internet and technology Keywords: Wider world, internet, developing world, Google, population |
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Freedom on the net Threats to internet freedom are growing |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 118 Topic: Internet and technology Keywords: Censorship, freedom, human rights, privacy, mobile phones, wider world, social networks, |
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Digital world Internet use has continued to expand, but at a slower rate than mobile phones |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 120 Topic: Internet and technology Keywords: Wider world, mobile phones, developing countries, broadband |
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Access all areas In 2010, 19.2 million households in the UK had internet access |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 122 Topic: Internet and technology Keywords: social networks, mobile phones, internet, banking, emails, charities, |
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Click clever click safe 95% of 12-17 year olds said their parents trusted them to use the internet safely |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 124 Topic: Internet and technology Keywords: Young people, safety, internet, bullying |
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Life support The internet plays a key role for young people seeking advice and information |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 126 Topic: Internet and technology Keywords: Health, alcohol, drugs, sex, family & relationships, financial Issues, money |
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The writing's on the wall 49% of young people agree that writing is boring but technology offers different writing opportunities |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 128 Topic: Internet and technology Keywords: social networks, blogs, |
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Online time The average surfer spends almost a day a month online |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 129 Topic: Internet and technology Keywords: social networks, emails |
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Police record The police keep a record of all the crimes reported to them, but this may not be the full picture |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 131 Topic: Law and order Keywords: police, violence, theft, offences |
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Unacceptable activity Anti-social behaviour can ruin lives, but do the police take it seriously? |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 132 Topic: Law and order Keywords: Young people, alcohol, Britain & its citizens, drugs, violence, vandalism, asbo, community, disorder |
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Cashpoint peril As the number of cash machines increases so does crime |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 134 Topic: Law and order Keywords: Financial issues, wider world, fraud, money |
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Anonymous attacker Identity fraud is one of the fastest growing crimes |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 136 Topic: Law and order Keywords: Financial issues, identity theft, money, credit cards, cash machine, impersonation |
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Focus on fraud We are all victims of fraud in one way or another |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 138 Topic: Law and order Keywords: Financial issues, money, benefits, pensions, tax, consumers, private sector, public sector, |
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Crime survey The British Crime Survey gives an insight into public attitudes to crime |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 140 Topic: Law and order Keywords: Drugs, family, Britain & its citizens, alcohol, poverty, crime, police |
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TV choice People in the UK spend 3.8 hours a day watching TV |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 142 Topic: Media Keywords: Internet, leisure, TV, programmes, digital, recording |
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Radio waves 90.6% of UK adults were listening to the radio on a weekly basis in 2010 |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 144 Topic: Media Keywords: BBC, commercial radio, |
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Bad news How the media portrays teenage boys affects our opinions of them |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 146 Topic: Media Keywords: Gender, young people, language, teenagers, reporting, |
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Multi-media Despite all the new media available, TV still dominates our evenings... while radio is more popular in the morning |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 148 Topic: Media Keywords: Internet, leisure, mobile phones, social networks, phone, radio, television |
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Multi-tasking People spend on average 7 hours a day using different media but they squeeze in 8 hours and 48 minutes’ worth by using more than one at a time |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 149 Topic: Media Keywords: Internet, young people, mobile phones, social networks, radio, print |
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Upwardly mobile Despite the economic downturn, the use of mobile phones and the internet continues to grow worldwide |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 150 Topic: Media Keywords: telephone, developing countries, wider world |
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Exhibiting an interest More and more people are visiting museums and galleries |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 152 Topic: Sport and leisure Keywords: Arts, culture, social class, museums, galleries, |
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Arts alive! There’s an arts activity for (almost) everyone |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 154 Topic: Sport and leisure Keywords: Culture, libraries, reading, social class, music, drama, dance, painting, opera, ballet, poetry |
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Library fine? The number of adults visiting the library has decreased but children are visiting more |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 156 Topic: Sport and leisure Keywords: Culture, libraries, reading, social class, deprivation |
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Cup fever The history of the World Cup |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 157 Topic: Sport and leisure Keywords: Football, Wider world, |
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One million? Are enough of us doing our 30 x 3 minutes of exercise? |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 158 Topic: Sport and leisure Keywords: Health, social class, exercise, age, |
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Snapshot Journalists and their support workers faced serious dangers in reporting from Iraq during the conflict between 2003 and 2009 |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 161 Topic: War and conflict Keywords: media, death, Iraq, reporter, kidnap, |
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Mounting toll A tally of deaths among those serving in Afghanistan – already the numbers will have risen |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 162 Topic: War and conflict Keywords: Death, Afghanistan, Wider world, army, troops, military, age, forces, |
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Caught in the cross-fire The spread and intensification of the Afghanistan conflict continues to take a heavy toll on Afghan civilians |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 164 Topic: War and conflict Keywords: Death, Afghanistan, Wider world, media, killing, casualty |
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Battle Stations The global financial crisis had little impact on military spending |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 166 Topic: War and conflict Keywords: Wider world, financial issues, environmental issues, weapons, oil, money, military, |
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Malaria “It’s an appalling tragedy that every 30 seconds a child in Africa dies from Malaria” |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 169 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Health, death, children, development |
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Child mortality Although some progress is being made towards the Millennium Development target, it is still not enough |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 170 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Children, death, Developing World |
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Commitment to development Reducing poverty in developing countries is about more than just giving money |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 172 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Developing World, financial issues, environmental issues, charity, investment, trade, security, environmental issues, |
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Where your money goes How the UK’s £5.5 billion in international development assistance was spent |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 174 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Developing World, financial issues, aid, government, water, education, health, social services |
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Childhood decides Spending money on young children increases wellbeing |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 176 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Children, financial issues, money, well-being, government, |
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Displaced by disaster There were over 160 natural disasters in the first half of 2010 |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 178 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Refugees, Haiti, Pakistan, disaster, developing countries, wider world, flood, drought, cold wave, storm, hurricane, earthquake, tsunami |
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Muslim population The size and distribution of the world’s Muslim population |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 180 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Religion, population, Islam, muslim, wider world, Europe, |
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A woman's place ...is in the home? |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 182 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Gender, work, family, |
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Below the breadline The National Minimum Wage provides protection for the lowest paid |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 184 Topic: Work Keywords: Financial issues, young people, money, pay law |
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Future imperfect Jobs for young people are disappearing |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 185 Topic: Work Keywords: Financial issues, education, money, graduates, university, employment, unemployment, cuts, recession, downturn |
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Cut backs 18% of us think it likely we will lose our job as a result of recession |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 186 Topic: Work Keywords: Financial issues, money, unemployment, employment, job, redundancies, cuts, private sector, public sector, downturn |
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Labour market snapshot How has the recession affected job prospects? |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 188 Topic: Work Keywords: Jobs, unemployment, employment, work, cuts, recession |
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Work and play 40% of employees are under excessive pressure at work, but 61% feel they have their work/life balance just right |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 190 Topic: Work Keywords: Family, relationships, mental health, work, employment, balance, life, stress, |
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Work and play |
Book: Fact File 2011 page 191 Topic: Work Keywords: |
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Alcohol header Raises issues to think about and discuss within the section |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 10 Topic: Alcohol Keywords: drinking |
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ONLINE EXTRA - Alcohol header Additional articles and links to help with your research |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 0 Topic: Alcohol Keywords: drinking |
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Why could nobody stop me drinking? Fifteen years of alcoholism cost this writer his home and nearly killed him... so why did none of the efforts to help him work? |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 11 Topic: Alcohol Keywords: drinking, addiction, health, social services, detox |
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Let’s be realistic about teen drinking This family buys alcohol for their 16-year-old son to get around a law that they think is ridiculous |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 14 Topic: Alcohol Keywords: young people, binge drinking, violence, teenagers |
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Mother’s ruin A GP argues that scientific studies and laws on alcohol are missing the point |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 16 Topic: Alcohol Keywords: young people, binge drinking, violence, health |
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Assisted suicide header Raises issues to think about and discuss within the section |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 17 Topic: Assisted suicide Keywords: death, euthanasia, murder |
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ONLINE EXTRA - Assisted suicide extras Additional articles and links to help with your research |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 0 Topic: Assisted suicide Keywords: death, euthanasia, murder |
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Why preserve a life with no meaning? A leading rabbi describes his wife’s painful decline and how he felt sure he should help her to die |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 18 Topic: Assisted suicide Keywords: euthanasia, death, terminal illness, health, care, religion, murder, right to die |
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I longed for death in the dungeons of Beirut – but I’m proof that you should never give up on life Terry Waite believes that however much we claim assisted suicide is an act of compassion, it contradicts the basic commandment ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 20 Topic: Assisted suicide Keywords: euthanasia, death, terminal illness, health, care, religion, hostage, murder, war, conflict |
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Britain & its citizens header Raises issues to think about and discuss within the section |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 23 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: |
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ONLINE EXTRA - Britain & its citizens header Additional articles and links to help with your research |
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Born and bred a Brit – but apparently I know nothing about Britishness John Walsh wouldn’t pass a citizenship test – would you? |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 24 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: immigration, identity, community, history, integration |
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Why the burka is part of Britain France may consider banning the burka, but the UK has a tradition of tolerance |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 26 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: religion, tradition, dress, burqa, Muslim, Koran, custom, clothing, freedom, integration, Afghanistan, equality, gender, human rights, Islam, women, culture, veil |
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They are right to ban the burka, even if it is for the wrong reasons Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is in favour of banning a garment which is “a statement about the position of women” |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 29 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: religion, tradition, dress, burqa, Muslim, custom, clothing, freedom, integration, France, equality, gender, human rights, Islam, women, culture, burka, veil |
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Foreign and destitute Around 20,000 asylum seeking families are living in destitution in the UK because the system will not allow them to work |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 30 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: immigration, poverty, refugee, social services, government, welfare state, equality, human rights |
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In defence of devil dogs Criticism of dangerous dogs is really about the social class of their owners |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 32 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: animals, violence, Law & order, Safety & risk, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, Fila Braziliero, banned, prohibited, pets, bite, young children, teenagers, hospital, death, fatality, crime |
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Man weighing 39 stone gets special council house... Should our system of social care really pay out for people who make no effort to help themselves? |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 34 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: obese, obesity, health, disability, equality, NHS, social services, welfare state, law |
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In Edgeware bus station... Tanya Gold takes the role of writer in residence in a bus station and discovers intriguing snapshots of people’s lives |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 36 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: literature, stories, writing, art, culture, transport |
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Disability header Raises issues to think about and discuss within the section |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 38 Topic: Disability Keywords: health |
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ONLINE EXTRA - Disability header Additional articles and links to help with your research |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 0 Topic: Disability Keywords: health |
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Is my pain really too shocking for television? Sarah Ezekiel is proud of the advert she made showing the effects of motor neurone disease on her body. But the TV watchdog has decided it’s too alarming for us to see |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 39 Topic: Disability Keywords: censorship, health, media, charity, MND, prejudice, family, assisted suicide, euthanasia, death |
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Missing model to role model Winning a TV competition should have launched Kelly Knox’s modelling career but things are not so straightforward when you have a disability |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 42 Topic: Disability Keywords: Media, fashion, diversity, body image, women |
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Life and death decisions with a disabled child “Do I love her? With all my heart. When she dies will it be a relief? Without question”, says the mother of a disabled daughter |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 44 Topic: Disability Keywords: family, care, health, learning difficulties, welfare, benefits, assisted suicide, euthanasia, children, death, relationships |
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Drugs header Raises issues to think about and discuss within the section |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 47 Topic: Drugs Keywords: addiction, law & order, crime |
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ONLINE EXTRA - Drugs header Additional articles and links to help with your research |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 0 Topic: Drugs Keywords: addiction, law & order, crime |
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The art and science of evidence about drugs How can we tell how harmful a drug is? |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 48 Topic: Drugs Keywords: law, alcohol, experiment, health, media, addiction, crime |
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Accept the facts – and end this futile ‘war on drugs’ Banning drugs doesn’t work, it simply puts money into the hands of armed criminal gangs |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 50 Topic: Drugs Keywords: law, alcohol, experiment, health, addiction, crime |
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Let’s be honest about party drugs Youngsters will always want to experiment and there is always someone ready to provide the next high |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 53 Topic: Drugs Keywords: law, alcohol, experiment, health, science, addiction, media, young people, crime |
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Education header Raises issues to think about and discuss within the section |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 56 Topic: Education Keywords: |
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ONLINE EXTRA - Education header Additional articles and links to help with your research |
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‘I had been disqualified from India’s rat race’ A failure in the Indian education system becomes a success in the UK through persistence and a bit of luck |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 57 Topic: Education Keywords: university, family, student, exams, qualifications |
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My third-class life Michael Morpurgo argues that it’s a teacher’s talent, not academic success, that is most important |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 60 Topic: Education Keywords: university, student, work, exams, qualifications |
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Should BNP teachers be banned? This writer believes we should tolerate people’s beliefs even if we don’t agree with them |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 61 Topic: Education Keywords: politics, race, freedom of speech, tolerance, Britain, British |
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‘Super head’ makes failing school most improved in England How one person’s determination and inspiration managed to turn an entire school around |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 62 Topic: Education Keywords: Exams, work, qualifications |
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Classroom violence Teachers have limited options when it comes to disciplining students. Here are a variety of cases and outcomes |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 64 Topic: Education Keywords: discipline, law, assault, crime |
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Environment header Raises issues to think about and discuss within the section |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 66 Topic: Environment Keywords: |
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ONLINE EXTRA - Environment header Additional articles and links to help with your research |
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Visiting rights – How to make ethical travel choices Can you protect the environment and still have a holiday? |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 67 Topic: Environment Keywords: tourism, carbon footprint, flying, water, energy, work, development, wider world, CO2, climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases, consumers |
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If climate change didn’t exist, would we have to invent it? Even if all the climate scientists are mistaken, we would still benefit from improving the way we treat the planet |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 70 Topic: Environment Keywords: carbon footprint, energy, development, wider world, CO2, science, global warming, greenhouse gases, media, pollution |
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How climate change will affect these lives A look at the way two newborn babies in different parts of the world will be affected |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 72 Topic: Environment Keywords: global warming, greenhouse gases, children, family, wider world, drought, water, Britain, Africa, developing world, mothers, population |
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Save the bees – save the world These tiny hyperactive creatures are crucial to our survival |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 75 Topic: Environment Keywords: endangered, conservation, farming, crops, pollution, insecticide, animals, food |
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Is roadkill a viable meat source? “Waste not want not” so why not harvest the highway and use the meat from animals that have already been killed? |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 77 Topic: Environment Keywords: food, animal rights, science |
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Book: Essential Articles 13 page 78 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: children, mothers |
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‘I witnessed terrible things’ Patrick Stewart talks about the domestic violence that plagued his childhood and still affects his adult life |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 79 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: personal account, children, abuse, parents, parenting, fathers, discipline, mothers, women |
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It takes more than a slap to teach right from wrong A psychologist claims that children who are smacked before the age of six become better teenagers. This journalist, who was smacked as a child, does not agree |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 82 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: discipline, corporal punishment, parents, parenting, child care, mothers |
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The day my daughter hit me A petty family row came to a violent end. This shocked mother discovers she is not the only parent to suffer at the hands of a child |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 83 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: domestic violence, parents, parenting, abuse, children, teenagers, child care |
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The Supernanny Dad Eddie Barnes felt superior to the hopeless dads he saw on TV until he became a dad himself |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 85 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Fathers, discipline, parents, parenting, children, child care, television |
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Just let parents get on with bringing up their children Parents should allow their children more freedom if they want them to learn to be safe and independent |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 86 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: parenting, child care, mother |
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‘I’m glad I was a teenage mother’ Teenage pregnancy could mean the end of all ambitions. Instead this writer believes it was the making of her |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 88 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: parenting, parents, single parent, student, university, children, studying, education |
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Book: Essential Articles 13 page 91 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: diet, health |
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If Jamie Oliver can’t change our eating habits ... who can? People know the benefits of a healthy diet yet, even after a popular campaign, our habits haven’t changed |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 92 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: school dinners, lunch, education, health, class, celebrity chef, junk, obese, obesity, parents, parenting, children, nutrition, diet |
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Boxing stupid over children’s packed lunches Children’s packed lunches are not up to the standard recommended by the Food Standards Agency, but this writer argues their suggestions are hugely unrealistic |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 94 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: school dinner, class, health, education, obese, obesity, parents, parenting, junk, nutrition, diet |
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Junk food – as addictive as heroin? A recent study suggests that the human brain responds to junk food in the same way as it does to drugs like heroin and tobacco |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 96 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: science, addiction, animal research, nutrition, obese, obesity, animal testing, diet, health, animal experiments |
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Why latest diet and calorie news from scientists has me praising the lard for an extra pie Food loving DJ Stuart Maconie is delighted to hear that he can consume an extra 400 calories a day |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 97 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: science, nutrition, obesity, NHS, health |
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Nutty labelling This writer shows how food labelling rules allow companies to actually hide the facts |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 98 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: global warming, advertising, law, consumers, diet, health |
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Gender header Raises issues to think about and discuss within the section |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 99 Topic: Gender Keywords: equality, women |
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Beautiful and feminist – you can be both! Girls can be highly intelligent and still be interested in being seen as attractive |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 100 Topic: Gender Keywords: students, education, fashion, dress, teenage, work, body image, girls, equality, women, young people |
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I’d hate to be a teenage girl today The women girls aspire to imitate are just doormats! |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 101 Topic: Gender Keywords: fashion, dress, work, body image, role model, rape, domestic abuse, marriage, wedding, girls, equality, sexual issues, violence, women, young people |
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Girls, ignore adults who wish you to be less than you are The writer of The Vagina Monologues wants girls to question, to provoke, to challenge, to dare |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 102 Topic: Gender Keywords: Wider world, work, rape, teenage, culture, tradition, education, equality, sexual issues, violence, women, young people |
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Boy or girl? You choose... Libby Purves is horrified by a clinic which helps parents to select the gender of their unborn child |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 104 Topic: Gender Keywords: pregnancy, genetics, family, parenting, health, children, equality, relationships, fathers, mothers |
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When daddy is just an optional extra Forget the debate about working mothers; it’s fathers who get a raw deal in bringing up baby |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 106 Topic: Gender Keywords: parents, parenting, family, children, equality, relationships, work |
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Dark blues There is often little understanding of clinical depression, especially in a job where you are required to be robust, as this personal account by a police officer testifies |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 109 Topic: Health Keywords: work, mental health |
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My brother is eating himself to death Lionel Shriver feared her brother’s weight problem would kill him. Days after this article was published, he died |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 112 Topic: Health Keywords: family, obese, obesity, human rights, diabetes, food, equality, diet |
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The obese want to have their equality cake and eat it too Abusing people because they are different is wrong, but those who are overweight can change the way they are |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 114 Topic: Health Keywords: family, obese, obesity, human rights, diabetes, parents, parenting, NHS, food, children, diet |
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Brains v bulge: the fat-fighting university where success can hinge on a BMI test The oldest African-American college in the US is to force obese students on fitness courses before they can graduate |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 116 Topic: Health Keywords: education, student, obese, obesity, food, young people, diet |
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A face that should haunt a generation Gary Reinbach began drinking at 13. He died aged 22 having been refused a liver transplant |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 118 Topic: Health Keywords: alcohol, NHS, death, organ donation, human rights, addiction, young people |
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Me and my homeopathic overdose Is it right for the NHS to provide homeopathic treatments? This writer took part in a mass homeopathic overdose in protest |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 120 Topic: Health Keywords: Science, alternative medicine, |
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Facebook project gives world peace a chance Many people are crossing social and religious divides to make friends on Facebook |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 123 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: social network, wider world, technology, religion, war & conflict |
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The faceless virtual mob spreading spite online Protected by anonymity, internet users are becoming ever more vicious |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 124 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: technology, cyberbullying, social network, Facebook, Twitter, charity, email |
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These armchair paedophiles are just as guilty Is the easy access to illegal material online encouraging criminal behaviour? |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 126 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: pornography, child abuse, technology, law, children, crime, sexual abuse |
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Distraction-concentration Alain de Botton thinks that to sit still and think without reaching for a machine has become almost impossible |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 127 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: computers, technology, news, culture, psychology, art |
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What good is information if our children can’t understand it? Susan Greenfield believes that computers in schools could do more harm than good as young people seem to be losing the ability to concentrate |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 128 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: study, education, children, mental healh, Facebook, Twitter, science, psychology, technology, computer games |
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There’s too much stuff ‘We live in a stuff-a-lanche. It’s time for a cultural diet. I want to be told what to read, watch and listen to,’ says Charlie Brooker |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 130 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: computers, technology, news, culture, psychology, TV, art |
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An odd message to find on your TV... Comedian David Mitchell thinks hours of TV never did him any harm |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 132 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Children, parents, parenting, culture, art, leisure, technology, television |
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TV turn-off? Does TV coverage of developing countries really reflect our interconnected global population? |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 134 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Wider world, news, culture, art, developing world, technology, television |
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More than words It may be said as a joke but there is a price to pay for continuous thoughtless use of offensive language |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 137 Topic: Language Keywords: Disability, race, homophobia, abuse, equality, names |
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The name game Your name can affect your success at work – and with the opposite sex |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 138 Topic: Language Keywords: education, career, parenting, pscyhology, class |
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Ifs and Butts as Buddy becomes My Lover Like a local cheese or wine, old nicknames have a cultural history all of their own |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 141 Topic: Language Keywords: culture, Britain, names, tradition, citizens |
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Book: Essential Articles 13 page 142 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: crime, police |
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When is it right to take the law into our own hands? One committed a violent attack on a burglar. The other was guilty of the mercy killing of her brain damaged son. One is free, the other starting a nine year sentence |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 143 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: violence, assisted suicide, euthanasia, prison, crime, death, murder, police, justice |
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“I stood up to muggers” A quick-thinking grandmother tells how she faced up to attackers |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 146 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: personal account, violence, mugging, victim, crime, police |
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Too young to be a criminal In the UK our age of criminal responsibility is set too low making it meaningless and inhumane |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 148 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: prison, young people, children, human rights, crime, police, wider world |
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We all played a part in James Bulger’s killing. So who are you calling evil? The Bulger case was unique – it was one of the few cases in which the public felt not just revulsion but a quiet sense of collective shame |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 150 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: murder, death, prison, young people, human rights, society, parenting, victim, media, children, crime, police, violence, justice |
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Why the public counts less than the Bulger killers The legal system protects the rights of Jon Venables rather than the rights of James Bulger and his relatives |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 152 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: murder, death, prison, young people, human rights, society, parenting, victim, media, children, crime, police, violence, justice |
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A radical alternative to prison? The community justice centre in Liverpool has been praised for a more enlightened approach to the rehabilitation of criminals |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 154 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: community service, crime, police |
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I was questioned over my harmless snapshot An innocent picture resulted in questioning by the police |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 156 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: photography, human rights, freedom, terrorism, censorship, crime |
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If a treatment works on rodents, will it cure us? When we hear about caffeine reversing Alzheimer’s and other medical breakthroughs, how hopeful should we be? |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 158 Topic: Science & technology Keywords: animal experiments, medicine, health, media, genetics, animal testing |
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Don’t believe the science! The truth behind the scientific claims made by cosmetic and health food companies |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 160 Topic: Science & technology Keywords: labelling, advertising, nutrition, vitamins, detox medicine, consumers, diet |
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Top 10 forecasts The Futurist Magazine reveals its scientific and technological forecasts |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 162 Topic: Science & technology Keywords: future, mobile phone, psychology, internet, climate change, global warming, energy, fuel, space, reading, leisure |
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Top ten... scientific blunders Even the world’s greatest scientists sometimes get things wrong |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 164 Topic: Science & technology Keywords: space, bees, genetics |
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Football crazy? Does the ‘beautiful game’ have the power to blow the whistle on conflict in the developing world? |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 167 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: Africa, war, wider world, gender, girls, boys, development |
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Superhuman? Supercool! Has any one person ever re-awakened interest in a sport the way Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt, has done for athletics? |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 170 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: athlete, science, physiology, Olympics, drugs |
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How to boost your chances with a scientific approach to sport Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell discusses the balance between improving your health and pushing yourself too far |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 172 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: science, fitness, endurance |
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Not in vain? Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid’s widow made this powerful speech at her husband’s funeral |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 175 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: death, Afghanistan, bomb, Army, soldier, Taliban, work, career |
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Moshtarak – frontline diary A troop’s-eye view of what is really happening |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 177 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Afghanistan, bomb, Army, soldier, Taliban |
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Pregnant soldiers...? Angela Epstein argues that on the battlefield, women are simply not equal |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 179 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Afghanistan, bomb, Army, soldier, Taliban, gender, equality, pregnancy, work, career |
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I survived the Rwandan genocide Personal account of a 17-year-old who fled the massacre |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 181 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: wider world, Africa, war, conflict, developing world, disasters, race, refugee, violence |
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Africa’s Schindler In one of the continent’s bloodiest battlegrounds, one man has saved thousands from the clutches of lethal militias |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 183 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: wider world, war, conflict, Congo, charity, peace, developing world, disasters, refugee, violence |
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Book: Essential Articles 13 page 187 Topic: Wider world Keywords: developing world, development |
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Haiti: I want to go back Personal account of a surgeon who went to assist after the disaster |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 188 Topic: Wider world Keywords: earthquake, health, developing world |
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Bhopal – a disastrous legacy 25 years after the worst industrial accident the world has ever seen, new generations continue to be affected |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 191 Topic: Wider world Keywords: disaster, environment, pollution, children, genetics, developing world, development, disability |
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A war against women The education of girls has been proved to bring change to deprived areas throughout the world. But for girls in Afghanistan, even learning to read is dangerous |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 194 Topic: Wider world Keywords: gender, law, children, developing world, equality, human rights, Muslim, Islam, murder, violence, young people, crime |
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Food companies: “We will beat world hunger with fortified foods!” Food companies are working out how to make a profit from nine billion hungry people |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 196 Topic: Wider world Keywords: environment, nutrition, advertising, farming, developing world, diet, poverty |
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Work header Raises issues to think about and discuss within the section |
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For children today, table manners still trump talent Equality of opportunity and ambition alone are not enough. The barriers to social mobility are far more complex |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 200 Topic: Work Keywords: class, education, young people |
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Undercover unemployed reveal race bias among UK employers Job applications from three people with similar work experience but very different ethnic names reveal prejudice in the workplace |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 202 Topic: Work Keywords: women, equality, race |
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How will a degree help a frightened patient? “I see no evidence that graduates make better nurses. My fear is that too much theory risks making them too posh to wash” says Professor Raymond Tallis |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 204 Topic: Work Keywords: Health, education, NHS, nursing, university, degree, qualification |
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On the job Work worries, career queries... an aspiring singer writes for advice to On the job |
Book: Essential Articles 13 page 206 Topic: Work Keywords: education, university, degree, qualification, art, culture, young people |
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Drinking days UK teenagers are amongst Europe’s biggest binge-drinkers |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 8 Topic: Alcohol & drugs Keywords: drink, young people, wider world, Britain & its citizens, health, binge drinking, |
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Home brew Is the pub doomed by our changing drinking habits? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 10 Topic: Alcohol & drugs Keywords: pub, smoking, drinking, health, bar, Britain & its citizens, consumers & shopping, financial issues, leisure, restaurant, food |
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Boozy Britain We are consuming twice as much alcohol as 50 years ago |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 12 Topic: Alcohol & drugs Keywords: Britain & its citizens, consumers |
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Dominant drugs Cannabis continues to dominate the world’s illicit drug markets |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 13 Topic: Alcohol & drugs Keywords: Wider world, smoking, amphetamines, ecstasy, cocaine, heroin, opiates, tobacco |
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Drug Habit Are drugs just part of the social landscape of the UK? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 14 Topic: Alcohol & drugs Keywords: Law & order, Britain & its citizens, smoking, amphetamines, ecstasy, cocaine, heroin, opiates, marijuana, LSD, magic mushrooms, ketamine, crack, tobacco |
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Under threat 22% of the world’s mammal species are threatened or extinct |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 17 Topic: Animals Keywords: Environmental issues, endangered, wider world, cheetahs, survive, survival |
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Shark attack More people in the water leads to more shark attacks |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 18 Topic: Animals Keywords: Safety & risk, tourism, death, survive, survival |
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Who is the hunter? Sharks are endangered because of a fierce predator - human beings |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 19 Topic: Animals Keywords: Environmental issues, food & drink, fishing, survive, survival |
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Butterfly effect Falling butterfly numbers are an environmental warning |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 20 Topic: Animals Keywords: Farming & countryside, survive, survival, decline |
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Plan Bee A decline in the bee population could be disastrous |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 21 Topic: Animals Keywords: Environmental issues, farming & countryside, food and drink, survive, survival |
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Seabird shortage More than half a million seabirds have disappeared from the UK coastline this decade |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 22 Topic: Animals Keywords: Environmental issues, survive, survival, decline |
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Population change? The UK population hit 61 million in 2008 |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 24 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Immigration, age, gender, male, female |
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Delaying the inevitable Life expectancy continues to rise and premature deaths from the ‘big killers’ have plummeted |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 25 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Age, health, population, death, gender, male, female, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, cancer, heart disease, stroke |
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Race relations Families are changing Britain’s racial profile |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 26 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Population, Family & relationships, race, ethnic minorities, mixed race, Caribbean, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, gender, male, female, multiple heritage, partner, marriage, wedding |
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Sense of belonging 84% of people believe their community gets along well |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 28 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Race, Community, Family & relationships, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indian, Mixed Race, Black Caribbean, White, Black African, Chinese, ethnic minority, religion, cohesion, age, neighbourhood, local |
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Bad manners Britain More than half of us believe that the biggest problem in the country today is rudeness |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 29 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Family & relationships, children, community, transport, rudeness, anti-social, neighbourhood, manners, parents |
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Moving on up Do your chances in life depend on your parents’ income? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 30 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Class, family & relationships, financial issues, social mobility, income, money, wealth, opportunity, neighbourhood, equality, wealth |
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Feeling good? How do you measure well-being? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 32 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Wider world, health, wellbeing, satisfaction, self esteem, relationships, feelings, emotions |
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A life worth living? How young people feel about the state of their lives today |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 34 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Family & relationships, wellbeing, well-being, mental health, teenagers, emotions, attitudes, money, friends, work, home, education, community, NEETs, |
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Olympic cheer Older people are less likely to support the 2012 London Olympics |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 36 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Sport, Olympics, financial issues, age, London 2012 |
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The place to be Which are the MOST desirable cities in Britain... and the LEAST? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 37 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Cities, community, travel & tourism |
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Costly lesson The UK spends less per student than many other developed countries |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 39 Topic: Education Keywords: Wider world, Ffinancial issues, school |
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Good sport PE and sport play an important role in school life but are youngsters doing enough? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 40 Topic: Education Keywords: Sport & leisure, health, young people, children, students, pupils, male, female, age |
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Lost for words The number of students learning traditional languages is in decline |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 42 Topic: Education Keywords: French, German, Spanish, GCSEs, qualifications, school, exams, examinations, japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Italian, Mandarin |
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Uni-fund Over half of students receive financial support from their parents to help them through their studies |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 43 Topic: Education Keywords: Financial issues, family & relationships, money, university, funding, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, young people |
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University class Background plays a large part in deciding about higher education |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 44 Topic: Education Keywords: Work, young people, family, social mobility, social class, school, careers, qualifications, degrees, debt, jobs |
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Rainforest risk We are losing great natural treasures just as we are beginning to understand their value |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 47 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Animals, global warming, wider world, deforestation, endangered species, Amazon rainforest, trees, Greenpeace, survive, survival, ethnic, climate change, carbon, deforestation |
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A silent crisis... and a dire warning We are already feeling the effects of climate change – but worse will follow |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 48 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Global warming, water, natural disasters, wider world, death, greenhouse gases, global warming, weather, developing world, developed world, carbon emissions, climate change |
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Our green world Concern for the environment is high, but what changes do we make to our daily lives? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 50 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Wider world, consumers & shopping, water pollution, deforestation, overdevelopment, nuclear waste, air pollution, energy saving, recycling, money |
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Posh polluters As your income goes up so does your carbon footprint |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 52 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: social class, financial issues, pollution, Britain and its citizens, money, carbon emissions, area, local, neighbourhood |
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Good choice “Put your money where your mouth is” – but how many of us are prepared to do this for the sake of the environment? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 54 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Fair trade, consumers & shopping, financial issues, ethical shopping |
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McLitter A quarter of streets are littered with fast food rubbish |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 55 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Food & drink, packaging, city, town, rubbish |
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War on waste The UK generates around 25 million tonnes of household waste per year – much of this ends up in landfill |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 56 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Litter, packaging, consumers & shopping, supermarkets |
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Dirty beaches Our beaches are disappearing under a growing tide of rubbish |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 58 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Litter, packaging, waste, sewage |
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For better for worse Marriage rates may have fallen to the lowest on record... and divorces are falling too |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 61 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Marriage, wedding, divorce, Scotland, Northern Ireland, England, Wales |
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Baby mothers For the first time in five years, teen pregnancies have risen |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 62 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Pregnancy, birth, young people, teenagers, conception, abortion |
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Creating families - the waiting game More than 12,000 IVF babies are born in the UK each year – and many thousands more around the world |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 63 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: infertility, pregnancy & birth, genetics, test tube baby, In vitro fertilisation |
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Creating families - donors Since 1991, there have been around 2,000 babies born each year following treatment using donated eggs, sperm or embryos |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 64 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Pregnancy & birth, Genetics, Surrogacy, IVF, In vitro fertilisation, insemination |
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Creating families - one at a tme IVF can give couples an ‘instant family’ – but at a high risk |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 65 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Pregnancy & birth, Genetics, embryo, In vitro fertilisation, twins triplets, multiple birth |
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Lifeline Children who feel they can’t talk to family and friends can become desperate |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 66 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Young people, mental health, Childline, sexual abuse, bullying, suicide, physical abuse, self harm, bereavement |
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Boys’ talk The number of boys calling ChildLine has more than doubled |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 67 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Young people, mental health, gender, sexual issues, sexual abuse, bullying, ChildLine, loneliness, physical abuse, counselling |
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Girl power? Many teenage girls have suffered abuse in a relationship |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 68 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Bullying, sexual abuse, violence |
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It’s good to talk Emotions are discussed more freely nowadays |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 69 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Mental health, counselling, stress, therapy, feelings |
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Baby P’s legacy The horrific story of a toddler may have had some lasting effects |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 70 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Child abuse, law & order, Baby Peter, NSPCC, social work, care, court |
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Deep in debt There are 9,300 new debt problems dealt with by Citizens Advice each day |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 73 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Housing, recession, mortgage, bankruptcy, credit cards, government |
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No strings attached £26m in pocket money is being handed out by parents every week in the UK |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 74 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Children, family & relationships, pocket money, young people, teenagers |
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Expensive teens Today’s young people have an increasingly pricy lifestyle |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 75 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Teenagers, consumers & shopping, music downloads iPod, cigarettes, mobile phones, alchohol, entertainment, |
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Organic market 90% of UK households now buy organic products, but what effect will the economic downturn have? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 76 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Consumers, shopping, fair trade, environmental issues, recession, clothing, clothes, food & drink, GM, Genetically modified, climate change, economics |
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Take the money & run More than £450 million has been raised for hundreds of charitable causes by London Marathon runners since 1981 |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 78 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Charities, charity, sport, leisure, volunteers, recession, giving |
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Dream home Owning their own home now seems like an impossible goal for many |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 80 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Housing, first time buyers, first-time buyers, property ladder |
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Make a meal of it Researchers have devised a simple guide to nutritional values of everyday foods - with some surprising results |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 82 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Health, nutrition, food quality, nutrients, fat, salt, sodium |
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Cost of 100 calories Can you eat healthily on a budget? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 84 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Financial issues, poverty & debt, health, nutrition, salt, fat |
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Food for thought Salt, sugar, fat – and fruit: the truth about our diets! |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 85 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Health, nutrition, eating |
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Salty start How one meal can tip you over your daily limit of salt |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 86 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Health, salt, breakfast, fast food |
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Added extras Consumers are concerned about additives in food |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 87 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Health, salt, e numbers, colourings, preservatives, sugar, flavourings, sweeteners, pesticides |
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Pesticides on a plate An average of 30-40% of food we eat contains pesticide residue |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 88 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Health, environmental issues, pollution, farming, fruit, vegetables |
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Best before... Many people are willing to take a risk by eating food past its use-by date |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 90 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Consumers & shopping, health, meat, diary, eggs, use by date, sell by date, display until date |
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Save your bacon? A third of us are concerned about the way our food animals are raised and slaughtered |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 91 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Animals, environmental issues, consumers & shopping, farming |
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Cooking up a storm Believe it or not meat & milk are destroying our environment |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 92 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Developing World, wider world, agriculture, fertiliser, dairy, |
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Enough to eat Where does our 5-a-day come from? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 94 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Consumers & shopping, health, wider world, self-sufficient, security, export, import, supply |
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Hot... or cold? As we get older we consume more hot drinks, but for young people, cold drinks are the most popular |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 96 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Age, young people, Water, tea, coffee, fizzy drinks, juices, children, teenagers, adults, alcohol |
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Waiter – water! The UK’s restaurant-goers prefer to choose tap water over bottled |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 98 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Consumers & shopping, bottled water, developing world |
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Stopping the spread Measles is a leading cause of death among young children in low income countries and is spreading quickly among unvaccinated children in the UK |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 100 Topic: Health Keywords: disease, immunisation, vaccination, children, wider world, MMR, measles mumps and rubella, epidemic |
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Diabetes the silent assasin 80% of people with diabetes live in low and middle income countries but by 2025 there will be more than 4 million people with diabetes in the UK |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 102 Topic: Health Keywords: ageing, disease, wider world, obese, obesity |
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Whose problem? Around 1 in 4 people will suffer from mental health problems in their lifetime |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 104 Topic: Health Keywords: illness, mental health, family & relationships, hospital |
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Anorexia admissions “I want to get better but first I have to feel ok about putting on weight and that’s difficult” |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 105 Topic: Health Keywords: hospital, girls, boys, family, eating disorders |
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NHS v US Despite the scare stories, the NHS still outstrips the US health system |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 106 Topic: Health Keywords: Expenditure, gdp, America, nurse, midwife, politics, USA, hospitals, doctors, cancer |
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All you need is blood Blood stocks are low, and yet only 4% of us donate |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 107 Topic: Health Keywords: donor, give blood, volunteers, blood types |
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Sexfactor Young people’s attitudes and awareness of sexually transmitted infections |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 108 Topic: Health Keywords: AIDS/HIV, chlamydia, pubic lice, crabs, gonorrhoea, genital warts, genital herpes, syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, trichomonas, LGV, sexual issues, young people, STDs, STIs |
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HIV UK New cases and how was ithey were acquired |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 110 Topic: Health Keywords: Sexual issues, AIDS/HIV, homosexuality, drugs, STIs, STDs, drugs |
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The big question A change in the law to legalise euthanasia is supported by 82% of the public but only 34% of doctors |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 112 Topic: Health Keywords: doctor, disease, assisted suicide, law & order, death |
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Big impact The 20 worst places in the UK for obesity |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 114 Topic: Health Keywords: males, females, Scotland, England, Wales, age, obese |
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Protection & prevention Why do some young people carry weapons...? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 116 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: victim, risk, violence, race, guns, knives, weapons, prison, curfew, ASBOs |
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Fear factor We believe crime is increasing and yet the likelihood of being affected is small |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 118 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: victim, risk, burglary, car crime, violence, race, ethnic minorities, theft, vandalism |
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Safe trip? Most people feel safe on public transport but 43% of users have felt intimidated |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 120 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: anti-social, aggressive, young people, alchohol, drink, alcohol, drugs, violence, trains, buses, safety & risk, victim |
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Another bad night Violence was responsible for over 750 deaths in England & Wales |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 122 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: hospital, accident and emergency, injury, NHS |
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School shootings Easy access to guns has had devastating effects |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 124 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Guns, violence, wider world, death, Japan, UK, Germany, Stuttgart, Brazil, South Africa, USA, Switzerland, Finland, death |
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Park life What are young people doing with their time? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 127 Topic: Leisure Keywords: Children, young people, teenagers, arts & culture, music, cinema, entertainment, exercise |
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Fanzone Watching football remains a popular activity |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 128 Topic: Leisure Keywords: Sport |
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Our day out Many free attractions have have had an increase in visitors. Is this because of the recession? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 129 Topic: Leisure Keywords: Arts & culture, financial issues, recession , museums, gallery |
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Bookworms How young people feel about reading and readers |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 130 Topic: Leisure Keywords: reading, libraries, library, young people, internet, media, stereotypes, boys, girls, pupils |
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Big screen There were 164.2 million cinema admissions in the UK in 2008 |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 132 Topic: Leisure Keywords: Age, wider world, technology, entertainment, multiplex, film, movie |
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Small screen Cinema-goers are also fans of the small screen |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 134 Topic: Leisure Keywords: Age, technology, TV, television, DVD |
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Digital life Our leisure time is precious – that’s why we spend almost a third of it using the internet |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 136 Topic: Science & technology Keywords: Internet & media, consumers & shopping, family & relationships, wider world, communicate, communication, friends, leisure time, social life, family and friends |
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Music collection Despite digital downloading, people still want the hard copies |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 138 Topic: Science & technology Keywords: Internet & media, CD, music, pay, money |
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Scientific interest Two-thirds of young Europeans are interested in scientific developments |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 140 Topic: Science & technology Keywords: Young people, internet & media, wider world, culture, entertainment, sports, economics, politics, benefit, harm, surveillance, safety, risk, mobile phone, GM, research, medicine, |
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Amazed & confused In the UK, eight out of ten people find science ‘amazing’ |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 142 Topic: Science & technology Keywords: Internet & media, Safety & risk, computers, climate change, CCTV, young people, benefit, harm, surveillance, safety, risk, mobile phone, GM, research, medicine, gender |
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Risk on the roads Comparing death rates in different countries |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 145 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: Death, safety & risk, wider world, cars, traffic, accidents |
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Last breath The number of drink drive accidents fell by 7% in 2008, but fatalities arising from those accidents rose by 5% |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 146 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: Alcohol, death, safety & risk, cars, drugs driving |
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Traffic jam Drivers would rather put up with congestion than change their habits |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 148 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: Environmental issues, public transport, congestion, cars, trains, buses |
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What price your life? There were around 9,000 reported incidents of trespass on Britain’s railways in 2008 |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 150 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: Safety & risk, death, young people, railways, teenagers, crime |
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Don’t run the risk On average, more than three motorists a week are involved in a near miss with a train |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 151 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: Safety & risk, death, railways, level crossings, cars, drivers, accidents, crashes |
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Capital advice Travellers rate the top capital cities |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 152 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: leisure, tourism, London, Paris, Moscow, city |
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Conflicting countries Over 75% of the world’s wars take place in Africa and Asia |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 154 Topic: War & Conflict Keywords: Wider world, developing world, death, Africa, Asia, Europe, America, Middle East |
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Peacekeeping The first UN peacekeeping mission was in 1948... since then there have been 63 operations around the world |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 155 Topic: War & Conflict Keywords: death, United Nations, |
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Cost of war What is the price, in money and in lives, of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 156 Topic: War & Conflict Keywords: Financial issues, death, Iraq, Afghanistan, wider world, military |
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Military mix All the armed forces aim to have 8% of their personnel from ethnic minorities by 2013 |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 158 Topic: War & Conflict Keywords: Race, Royal Navy, Army, Commonwealth, RAF |
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Women & children first Each day around 1,500 women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth... |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 160 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Death, pregnancy & birth, Africa, Asia, developing world, United Nations, UN Millennium Development Goal, children, mortality rate |
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Education inequality Millions of children are denied education – and will be trapped in poverty as a result |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 162 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Poverty & debt, gender, school, Africa, Asia, developing world, poor, rich, wealth, spending |
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The challenge of hunger 923 million people in the world go hungry every day, 907 million of these live in developing countries |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 164 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Poverty & debt, food & drink, financial issues, GHI, Global Hunger Index, United Nations, UN Millennium Development Goal, |
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Live long and prosper A good life is possible without costing the earth |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 166 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Population, poverty & debt, environmental issues, ecological, HPI, Happy Planet Index, Zimbabwe, Costa Rica |
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Age concern The population of the world is changing: by 2050 one in every five people will be aged 60 or over |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 168 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Population, age, developing world, young people |
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Megacities Within two decades, nearly 60% of the world’s population will live in cities |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 170 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Environmental issues, poverty, social, environmental sustainability, climate change, rising sea levels, city |
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Poor chance Worldwide, 2,000 children die each day from preventable injuries – most are poor |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 172 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Safety & risk, poverty & debt, death, children, income, financial issues, road traffic, work, social class |
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Worlds apart Scandinavia leads the world in gender equality |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 173 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Men, women, pay, education, status |
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Maximum penalty Countries in Asia carried out more executions in 2008 than the rest of the world put together |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 174 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Capital punishment, death penalty, China, USA |
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Smoking kills Of the more than 1 billion smokers alive today, around 500 million will be killed by tobacco |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 176 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Death, health, cigarettes |
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Dangerous waters Attacks on the world’s shipping have been increasing at an alarming rate |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 177 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Safety & risk, pirates, hijacking, Somalia |
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Mind the gap The gender pay gap has been falling since 1998, but rose again in 2008 |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 179 Topic: Work Keywords: Financial issues, men, women, income, money, gender, age |
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Healthy attitudes It is working with colleagues – not pay – that most NHS workers find rewarding |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 180 Topic: Work Keywords: Financial issues, well-being, wellbeing, NHS, career, satisfaction |
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Ill treatment 12% of people who are disabled or have a long term illness have experienced violence at work |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 181 Topic: Work Keywords: Disability, bullying, health, satisfaction |
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Closed shop What chance does an ordinary person have of reaching the top? |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 182 Topic: Work Keywords: Education, financial issues, social class, school, college, university, education, social mobility |
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Class of 2009 Only a third of 2009’s final year students expect to find a graduate job after university |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 184 Topic: Work Keywords: Education, young people, recession, financial issues, |
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Chance event Fatal accidents are often caused by chance – combined with shortcomings in safety precautions |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 186 Topic: Work Keywords: Safety & risk, death, wider world, recession, injury |
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Insecure future 79% of employees said their organisation had been affected by the recession |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 188 Topic: Work Keywords: Financial issues, redundancy, unemployment, |
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Job-less Unemployment is at its highest level since mid-1995 |
Book: Fact File 2010 page 190 Topic: Work Keywords: recession, men. women, |
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Lost generation Youth unemployment is at its highest level since records began |
Book: Fact File 2010 page p191 Topic: Work Keywords: Young people, recession, wider world |
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Of all the species in all the world, which would we miss most? Five species we couldn’t live without – and five that maybe we could! |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 11 Topic: Animals Keywords: Extinction environmental issues science plankton bats bees fungi primates rats pigeons wasps nettles woodlice |
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A pet prescription weigh the upset once they are gone? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 14 Topic: Animals Keywords: health family relationships dogs children |
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Michelito – marvel or murderer? Strong passions are aroused by an 11-year-old bullfighter |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 15 Topic: Animals Keywords: wider world bloodsports cruelty children bullfighting prodigy |
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Che Obama: The new cult of personality Obama’s image is everywhere. Is this a celebration, or has Obamamania gone too far? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 17 Topic: Arts & culture Keywords: politics USA Obama marketing trend fashion |
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Art & minds In the wake of catastrophe, food and shelter is not all that children need, argues Slumdog director Danny Boyle |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 20 Topic: Arts & culture Keywords: wider world charity Africa children Danny Boyle drama |
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A two-year-old could do that... and in fact she has! What critics of modern art often claim is literally true. Here is the case of Aelita Andre, the two-year-old whose pieces sell for thousands |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 23 Topic: Arts & culture Keywords: family relationships children painting money prodigy |
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Think before you ink ‘Body graffiti’ may be popular among celebrities, but that doesn’t make it classy, attractive or wise |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 26 Topic: Body Image Keywords: tattoo celebrity body art trend fashion |
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I hate my lizard Personal account of a girl whose main regret in life… is her tattoo |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 28 Topic: Body Image Keywords: tattoo |
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“My daughter begged me to eat but all I wanted was to lose weight” Anorexia isn’t something that only affects teenagers. Personal account of a mother who just couldn’t see the effect it had on her family |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 29 Topic: Body Image Keywords: anorexia slimming diets health family relationships Eating disorders |
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Dear Graham TV presenter Graham Norton, gives advice to a woman whose friends just won’t let her lose weight |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 32 Topic: Body Image Keywords: diets health slimming weight advise Graham Norton |
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Bikini or bingo wings You’ll never please the fashion police, so put the boot into a fashion taboo before it’s too late |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 33 Topic: Body Image Keywords: fashion women media |
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‘A nasty little piece of smug class warfare’ A green holiday firm’s promise of ‘chav-free holidays’ for the middle classes exposes the snobbery that underpins radical eco-tourism |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 35 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Sport leisure Travel tourism holidays chav eco-tourism social class advertising snobbery enviroment |
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Let’s hear it for Mad Monarchy Peep Show’s David Mitchell celebrates all that is mad about the royal family |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 38 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Royalty Obama Queen president politics constitution republic state social class |
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Why I threw green custard over the business secretary Was Leila Deen’s protest a step too far in a democratic society? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 40 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Environmental issues Politics protest Peter Mandelson Heathrow airport aviation aeroplane demonstration |
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All together now – a portrait of race in Britain Pete Turner, bass player with Elbow, gives his personal account of growing up black |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 42 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Race Music prejudice Elbow black BNP adoption |
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A brief history of British race relations From 1971 till today – significant events in British racial history |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 43 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Race prejudice black BNP adoption immigration Trevor McDonald Naomi Campbell Stephen Lawrence Paul Ince Nasser Hussain music Prince Harry |
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A drama that never ends He is a successful actor, but Max’s Down’s syndrome has led to battles throughout his life |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 45 Topic: Disability Keywords: Family relationships Genetics Down’s syndrome film health |
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Parents of a Down’s child must make painful choices While you can celebrate diversity, the lives of people with Down’s syndrome will be tough and difficult |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 48 Topic: Disability Keywords: Family relationships Genetics Down’s syndrome health abortion pregnancy birth prenatal testing |
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If we screen out autism we run the risk of losing genius too As the number of disorders identifiable by prenatal testing grows, the debate about how to handle them is intensifying |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 50 Topic: Disability Keywords: pregnancy birth Ethics Science Genetics health Down’s syndrome abortion prenatal testing |
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‘My mother once thought of killing us both, life was so hard’ The only blind broadcast journalist in Britain talks about life as a child, and in the media |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 52 Topic: Disability Keywords: BBC Internet & media blind education families relationships work |
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Not childsplay How some parents responded to a disabled presenter on children’s television – and how she responded to them! |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 54 Topic: Disability Keywords: prejudice Children Television BBC Internet media |
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Just Say Yes A chief constable argues that the only solution to the drugs trade is to make it legal |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 56 Topic: Drugs Keywords: Law & order Police |
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My father gave me my first hit of heroin Personal account of what brought a father and son closer together and ultimately drove them apart |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 59 Topic: Drugs Keywords: crime Law & order Family relationships fathers |
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Cocaine may not cost much but it certainly isn’t cheap The cocaine trade turns people into throwaway human containers. That alone should make it unacceptable |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 60 Topic: Drugs Keywords: Law & order Wider world |
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When I see a young patient with a heart-attack, one of the first things I think of is cocaine. A doctor gives his advice and insight into the effects of cocaine |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 61 Topic: Drugs Keywords: Health |
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Imagine if we taught maths like PE - a competition, with public humiliation if you got a sum wrong The ‘Medal for all’ culture is a thing of the past it seems, but is that really for the best? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 63 Topic: Education Keywords: Sport leisure health children |
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Making students make the grade With Big Brother style software coming into schools, parents are more informed than ever about what their kids are doing – but is that a good thing? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 64 Topic: Education Keywords: Technology Families relationships internet exams |
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‘Now I believe anything is possible’ In a unique experiment, five South African teenagers are studying at a top English public school for a year |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 66 Topic: Education Keywords: Wider world Poverty & debt social class Richard Branson South Africa |
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It’s time to get tough on choosing soft subjects Big universities are not being open enough about the A-level subjects they require from students – and which ones they don’t rate |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 68 Topic: Education Keywords: exams students university A levels grades |
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I could never live up to being a child prodigy Personal account of an early over-achiever, and how she could not match up to expectations |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 70 Topic: Education Keywords: Children exams grades university work |
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What China Crisis China is often criticised for its environmental record, but there is another story to tell |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 72 Topic: Environment Keywords: Wider world carbon footprint solar power |
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Poverty or poison What really happens to millions of tonnes of our so-called recycled electronic waste? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 74 Topic: Environment Keywords: Technology Wider world Poverty & debt scrap waste recycling |
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Fishy on a dishy Seafood, another guilt filled minefield for your average ethical consumer |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 77 Topic: Environment Keywords: fishing consumers Health Food & drink Ethics vegetarian meat organic free range |
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Should I become an ecotarian In a world of fair trade, free range and food miles, here is the next ethical issue to consider with your food |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 78 Topic: Environment Keywords: Food & drink Consumers & shopping climate change fairtrade free range food miles organic |
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An act of extreme willful fecundity Why the birth of Californian octuplets so speedily turned from good news into a finger-wagging environmental morality tale |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 80 Topic: Environment Keywords: fertility media Pregnancy & birth octuplets IVF octomom Nadya Suleman children health USA America |
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Are girls better than boys? Why do people presume you should have one of each sex to complete a family? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 84 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Children Pregnancy & birth Gender |
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Don’t lose your bottle Personal account of a blind father and the prejudice he faced raising his baby daughter |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 85 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: fathers prejudice Disability Children blind birth |
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Where did childhood in Britain go wrong? Reports say childhood in Britain has gone badly wrong, children are miserable and don’t know how to play |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 86 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Britain & its citizens Sport & leisure Children young people |
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My parents left me home alone Sounds like a teen dream, yet this young woman reveals that the truth is anything but... |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 87 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: young people money |
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Zannah’s thoughts Personal account of what it is like knowing you are alive because of donor conception |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 88 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Pregnancy & birth Human Rights Ethics fathers Donor Conception |
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Who’s your Daddy? Reflects on how one man disowned the girl he had raised for 16 years after discovering he was not her biological father |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 89 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: fathers Pregnancy & birth Human Rights Ethics money law |
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Caring for the teen parents If society provides for teen parents, there is nothing to prevent them from having children, but this is a good thing according to a Russian journalist |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 90 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Pregnancy & birth Britain & its citizens teenagers young people children Russia |
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Tragic mum’s dying wish Miriam Stoppard, Agony Aunt, gives advice to a grandmother who is being expected to care for her grandchildren |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 91 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: grandparents mothers Death Children |
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‘He blocked the door and pulled a knife’ Amongst the hysteria of the Baby P case, one social worker reveals the challenges of life on the front line |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 92 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: social services law & order Child abuse Violence Children Baby P social workers care social services |
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The lessons that need to be learnt from Baby P The correspondent, who recently won an award for her campaign for greater openness in family courts, gives her reaction to the Baby P tragedy alongside the events leading up to his death |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 94 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: social services, Law & order Child abuse social workers care |
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Tiny turns in the right direction A mentor tells of his experience helping a troubled teenager, and how he often thought ‘Why am I doing this?’ |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 96 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: mentor Child abuse Bullying social services |
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A poor start A constituency in Birmingham is the epicentre of child poverty in the UK, where 81% of families are affected |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 100 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: work Poverty & debt Housing Immigration family children Birmingham recession |
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In hard times need is good There’s a bright side to all this financial gloom, some things could actually be better |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 101 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Consumers & shopping Housing credit crunch recession |
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Why spending money is like a drug Parts of the brain are stimulated by higher salaries, even when prices rise alongside them |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 103 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Science Psychology |
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A hold-up at the bank In Egypt money is on everybody’s lips, especially when it comes by the suitcase-load |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 104 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Wider world Poverty & debt Egypt |
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It’s time to put a stop to shopping guilt trips Charity muggers or ‘chuggers’ are adding guilt to every shopping trip |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 105 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Charities Consumers & shopping Charity chuggers |
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Calories and class How class affects your diet and your health |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 107 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: diet Health social class obese Obesity money |
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Top stores call them ‘budget food lines’. I say they are a disgrace Sales of ‘value’ products have soared during the credit crunch. Here Jay Rayner asks why stores force the poor to eat such low grade food |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 108 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: diet Health social class obese Obesity money Consumers & shopping Poverty & debt finance Heston Blumenthal supermarkets |
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Celebrity chefs risk losing touch The chief executive of Asda responds to criticism of budget food |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 110 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Consumers & shopping Financial issues Jamie Oliver Heston Blumenthal Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall |
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‘Kicking the booze and fags was a piece of cake compared to coming off cheese’ A comical look at food addiction |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 111 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Health Addiction diets |
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Let’s junk the junk food and save our kids from a frightened future where burger is king! Pizza or chips? At half term where can parents feed their kids? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 112 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Children Family & relationships Health diet obese obesity |
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Daddy cool This writer couldn’t give a flying fig what the food police think, as long as his kids are eating |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 113 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: fathers Children Family & relationships Health diet obese obesity Junk food |
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Which fast food meals are the healthiest? Anyone’s guess! When the public are asked which meals are the healthiest, the results are surprisingly poor |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 114 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Health Consumers & shopping diet calories |
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Hannah Jones: ‘I have been in hospital too much’ Imagine you are the child-protection officer listening to Hannah say she does not want a ‘life-saving’ heart transplant |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 117 Topic: Health Keywords: Children Death Family & relationships transplant law right to life |
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Doctors always listen to the child’s views Can a child, no matter how eloquent, really comprehend death? Doctor Max Pemberton discusses |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 119 Topic: Health Keywords: Children Death, law & order Family & relationships transplant right to life |
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Alcoholism is a choice – I need to believe that it was my genes telling me to drink If you cannot blame genetics for your drinking habits, who can you blame? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 120 Topic: Health Keywords: disease, drinking, Alcohol Genetics Addiction |
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Too much too young A diagram of where and what exactly alcohol does to young bodies |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 121 Topic: Health Keywords: Alcohol Children Addiction young people, teenagers |
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Please stop smoking, mummy! Mum Jo Carter smoked 40 a day till her kids persuaded her to stop. Here are three views of the story |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 122 Topic: Health Keywords: mothers Family & relationships Smoking Addiction children |
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A curiously French complaint Diagnosed with a severe lung infection in France but in the UK simply told to get on with it. Why is there such a difference in attitudes to health? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 124 Topic: Health Keywords: France Wider world NHS |
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Saving Lives This doctor explains how the mundane day-to-day life of a GP isn’t heroic – but does save lives |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 125 Topic: Health Keywords: NHS |
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Television, Teenagers & Pornography This writer just cannot equate a 1977 Playboy centrefold with what is now online |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 127 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Family & relationships Sexual issues Television young people |
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We could turn our back on Jade – if we chose to From Big Bro Bimbo to Tears for Jade, life and death in the full glare of the headlines for a ‘reality celebrity’ |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 128 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: celebrity Health Family & relationships cancer Jade Goody death |
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What does censoring Wikipedia tell us about the way the internet is policed? The album cover that raised a censorship debate |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 130 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Sexual issues Censorship & free speech law |
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Wiki’d sense of humour of the online encyclopedia hoaxers A 16th century painter was at the centre of some political interference with Wikipedia |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 132 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: poloticts Wikipedia |
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Wasting time for fun Comedian Steve Day has a good return from thousands of hours on Facebook: one gig booking and one lost friend! |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 134 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Facebook, social networking, Youtube blind death disability |
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Online POKER marketing could spell the NAKED end of VIAGRA journalism as we LOHAN know it Online marketing will stop at nothing to grab your attention |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 135 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Advertising celebrity Google reporting newspapers |
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A wireless wonderland Within two decades, our lives could be ruled by radio waves |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 136 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Technology Consumers & shopping Health, transport |
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Filling in a digital black hole Research shows we are suffering from personal ‘digital disorder’ by relying on technology to store all our memories |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 138 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Libraries & reading history |
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Reading for the world: Locking up freedom A specially written story by Beverley Naidoo – which was banned in some countries – offers a remarkable picture of the power of education |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 140 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Libraries & reading Education, censorship Wider world |
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There’s all the difference between a silly lad and a murderous racist Howard Jacobson argues that intent is everything when it comes to offensive language |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 142 Topic: Language Keywords: prejudice religion Royalty Race Disability Prince Harry |
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The naming of hate This writer argues that it is the use of racist, sexist, homophobic and disablist language that ruins lives |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 143 Topic: Language Keywords: prejudice Race Disability Royalty Prince Harry |
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Mind your language The Guardian style guide editor on the linguistic barbarians at the gates |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 144 Topic: Language Keywords: Obama Sport medals |
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At the end of the day, English is fairly unique The top ten most annoying language habits and why exactly they annoy us |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 145 Topic: Language Keywords: Britain & its citizens |
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For the latest way to say ‘I love you’ simply try 459 How text talk has worked its way into our language |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 147 Topic: Language Keywords: Technology Family relationships mobile phones texting |
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Insult after injury Is rape less serious if the victim is drunk? The Compensation Authority seems to think so |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 149 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Rape Alcohol women |
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Victim of a class war crime Gang rape is used by soldiers as a bonding exercise. And that’s why rootless teenagers nearer home do the same |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 150 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: social class Rape gangs Violence |
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To whom it may concern A powerful plea by actor Lennie James to anyone who carries a knife |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 152 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: knives guns violence family and relationships race young people |
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Crime: the writing’s on the wall The presence of litter and graffiti is a breeding ground for more serious crime |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 155 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Litter graffiti anti-social behaviour police |
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Ian Tomlinson: The man who was trying to get home A balanced look at the events leading up to the death of Ian Tomlinson |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 156 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Police Death demonstration protest G20 |
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A pensioner who uses the wrong recycling bin is fined more than a violent thug. Call that justice? Marcel Berlins discusses justice in our country |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 159 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: |
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‘How dare these men get sympathy’ In June 2008 there was outrage that yet another father had murdered his children in an act of revenge on their mother. Here a mother tells how it feels to live through that agony |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 160 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: revenge Family & relationships Murder Children, fathers |
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I wanted to tell the inside story of Islam Ed Husain is the author of the controversial book ‘The Islamist’. Here he explains what life is like on the inside of extreme Islam |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 163 Topic: Religion Keywords: wider world Islam Education Britain & its citizens muslim extremist extremism |
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Religious beliefs can be tolerated at best How tolerant should we be of intolerance? This is the question at the centre of the tricky case of Lilian Ladele, the registrar who refused to marry same sex couples |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 166 Topic: Religion Keywords: Christianity Wedding Marriage & divorce Family & relationships Law & order homosexuality work |
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First person: Graham Holter was agnostic, he’s an athiest. His children, however, have quite different ideas Personal account of what it’s like when your children ‘embrace the Lord’ |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 168 Topic: Religion Keywords: Family & relationships Education christianity |
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Don’t get creative with facts when it comes to evolution Rod Liddle argues that creationism and science cannot exist side by side |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 170 Topic: Religion Keywords: Education Science Christianity creationism intelligent design Bible |
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Religion in schools – Creating problems When an eminent scientist suggested creationism should be discussed in school science lessons he sparked strong opposition |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 171 Topic: Religion Keywords: Education Science Christianity creationism intelligent design Bible |
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Brown is the new black – and white The number of mixed-race children is increasing, and so is the number of mixed-religion families. Will there be conflict caused by fundamentalism? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 172 Topic: Religion Keywords: families and relationships Race USA America Obama marriage wedding |
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I fear the Wii folk are playing a dangerous game By getting absorbed in the Nintendo Wii, people risk missing out on real life experiences |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 175 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: Technology Children |
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Young talent discover a gruel world A boot-camp for wannabe Olympians is anything but sugar coated |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 176 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: Olympics young people |
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Rugby in the ’hood In some of the toughest neighbourhoods in America, rugby is offering people a passport to a better future |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 178 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: gangs Law & order USA America young people |
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Can freerunning stay free? Once freerunners were chased off property, now they’re paid to perform on it. Will its popularity take it too far away from its roots? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 181 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: Parkour France Advertising sponsorship comercialism |
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Could ecoterrorists let slip the bugs of war Insects can spread disease and destroy crops with devastating speed. Do not underestimate their potential as weapons |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 184 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Terrorism Wider world insect weapons health |
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Destitute and confused: bleak future for refugees caught in the crossfire Residents of a grim camp tell of clashes between coalition forces and the Taliban |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 186 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Wider world Refugees Afganistan Taliban poverty |
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“I’m a conscientious objector” Personal account of a woman who would not contribute towards her country’s military campaign |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 188 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Human Rights Wider world Prison Israel Palestine Family Relationships |
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Women’s rights are human rights How women are being denied basic human rights around the world every single day |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 190 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Gender equality health marriage wedding education |
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Dignity and the decent facility Sanitary engineers regard toilets as a health aid. But women know they are more than that |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 192 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Gender Human Rights Privacy toilet sanitation health development |
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An ordinary Zimbabwean is laid to rest, wrapped in plastic. He died of cholera As Robert Mugabe’s cronies prepare a lavish 85th birthday party for the president, the people wait in vain for a ‘unity’ government to rescue them |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 194 Topic: Wider world Keywords: politics health Poverty & debt Water, financial issues Death Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe |
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Lost mothers, lost children Maternal deaths: In words and pictures |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 196 Topic: Wider world Keywords: health mothers women children death Gender Family & relationships Pregnancy & birth Sierra Leone |
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Grow your own bike The problem? The lack of accessible transport throughout Africa. The solution – bamboo bikes! |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 199 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Transport Poverty & debt enviroment Africa |
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A Hair-raising price for being too honest Janet Street-Porter discusses the case of a women who was paid compensation for ‘hurt feelings’ when she didn’t get the job she wanted |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 201 Topic: Work Keywords: Religion Law & order Islam Janet Street-Porter |
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No wonder bullied call centre workers are off sick the most. Despised by both the public and their employers, call centre workers are only trying to earn a living |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 202 Topic: Work Keywords: Health Bullying stress |
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I’ve tried working beside a swimming pool - and it sucks An amusing look at attempts to mix chill time with work time |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 204 Topic: Work Keywords: Sport & leisure Technology internet |
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Prejudice isn’t what keeps men out of nurseries Why is there such a gender divide in some professions? |
Book: Essential Articles 12 page 206 Topic: Work Keywords: gender Child care Education equality |
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What is so thrilling about killing a deer? Hunting, whether with a rifle or a computer, is just a socially accepted form of extreme violence |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 11 Topic: Animals Keywords: sport, America, USA, safari, guns, game |
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Should we give in to our children’s pleas for pets There’s nothing like children nagging for a pet to make you feel like Cruella de Vil. The pros and cons of pets |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 12 Topic: Animals Keywords: allergies, RSPCA, unwanted pets, animal welfare |
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Rescue me Britain sees a sharp rise in unwanted pets |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 13 Topic: Animals Keywords: RSPCA, animal welfare |
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Caring and Cruel: Our attitudes towards animals just don’t make sense |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 14 Topic: Animals Keywords: rodents, cats, pets, prey |
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The essence of dogness While Crufts celebrates a small section of the canine race, real dog lovers prefer mongrels |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 15 Topic: Animals Keywords: breeding, canine, pets, RSPCA |
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The tale of the tail continues Even after the tail docking ban, controversy persists |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 16 Topic: Animals Keywords: Animal welfare, dogs, RSPCA |
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Eagle that came to visit A bizarre incident is open to interpretation |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 17 Topic: Animals Keywords: Omens, mythology, birds of prey, Zambia |
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Lonely life for golden boy England’s only golden eagle has no mate |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 18 Topic: Animals Keywords: birds of prey, eggs |
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A sad tail with an artificial ending Fuji the bottlenose dolphin showcases the world’s first artificial fin |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 19 Topic: Animals Keywords: aquariums, disease, tailfin, science, ocean, sea |
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DNA detectives Has new scientific research come in time to save the African elephant from the poachers? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 20 Topic: Animals Keywords: Ivory, hunting, animal cruelty, biology, science |
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Body blues The startling truth about how young Britons feel about their bodies |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 21 Topic: Body Image Keywords: overweight, fat, obese, obesity, relationships, plastic surgery, breast enhancement, liposuction, size zero, diets, weight watchers |
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This is the world’s most beautiful couple Naomi Campbell and Christian Bale measure up to the definition of ‘super-attractive’ |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 22 Topic: Body Image Keywords: BMI, body mass index, height, beauty, male, female, physique |
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BMI myth The Body Mass Index is used as a measure of healthy weight but a method that tells us Brad Pitt is overweight can’t be accurate! |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 24 Topic: Body Image Keywords: obese, obesity, fat |
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Fatmen slim (with liposuction’s help) There’s been a three-fold rise in cosmetic surgery as men follow women’s lead to stave off mid-life crises |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 25 Topic: Body Image Keywords: plastic surgery, weight, fat, overweight, obese, obesity |
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Zero appeal: why thin doesn’t sell Researchers show that we see people with real body shapes as healthier, smarter and more credible |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 26 Topic: Body Image Keywords: size zero, models, BMI, body mass index, advertising, women, fashion |
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The lies that led to death and devastation A girl was falsely accused of bullying and now her parents are dead. What went wrong? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 28 Topic: Bullying Keywords: murder, death, school |
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B is for bullied Children with autism are particularly vulnerable to bullies |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 31 Topic: Bullying Keywords: Autistic, self harming |
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What can you buy for 5p in Bangladesh? Garment makers in Bangladesh can earn as little as £7 a month |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 33 Topic: Clothes Keywords: work, employment, wage, pay, fair, developing world, Primark, Asda, Tesco |
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True cost of cheap clothes While we demand the best bargains, workers are being exploited to supply our shopping needs |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 34 Topic: Clothes Keywords: Primark, Asda, Tesco, consumerism, fashion, shopping |
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Burkinis on Bondi beach Swimwear designed specifically for Muslim women |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 35 Topic: Clothes Keywords: religion, Australia, swimming, costume |
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Bloody fashion victims This report shows which companies have signed the new retailer commitment against fur |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 36 Topic: Clothes Keywords: animal welfare, shopping |
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‘I wouldn’t have been able to do it...’ The father of a severely disabled 21-year-old shares his sympathy for the parents of Ashley X |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 38 Topic: Disability Keywords: growth hormones, vegetative state, disabled, life expectancy, ethics |
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If only right-to-lifers cared as much about the living While attention is focused on the case of Ashley X, the fact that we are being denied progressive medical treatments is being overlooked |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 40 Topic: Disability Keywords: research, disabled, bioethics, ethics |
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Time to drop the disabled label? How do you define disability in the modern world? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 42 Topic: Disability Keywords: paralympic, disabled, discrimination act |
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Heartwarming tale might not have a happy ending A paralympic world record holder wants to take on the “able-bodied” in his sport |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 44 Topic: Disability Keywords: sport, Oscar Pistorious, paralympics, prosthetics, amputee, artificial legs, |
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The person that’s me A personal account of how disabled adults are treated |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 46 Topic: Disability Keywords: blind, sight |
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Surge in solvent abuse Thousands of school children are risking their lives sniffing glue and aerosols |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 47 Topic: Drugs Keywords: health, young people |
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Britain ‘needs a more realistic approach to heroin addicts’ A senior police officer argues for heroin on prescription |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 49 Topic: Drugs Keywords: health, crime, addiction |
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A liberal experiment Are safe injection sites the answer to the war on drugs? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 50 Topic: Drugs Keywords: heroin, addicts, addiction, Germany, health, treatment |
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The magic ingredient Despite being busted for the second time, the cannabis granny gives a masterclass in her class C culinary delights |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 51 Topic: Drugs Keywords: crime, marijuana |
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I was entirely alone How 19-year-old Tom’s quest for a manly body almost killed him |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 53 Topic: Eating Disorders Keywords: Anorexia, body image, health |
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Thin gene Eating disorders could be genetic, and treatable with the contraceptive pill |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 55 Topic: Eating Disorders Keywords: bulimia, testosterone, hormones, laxatives |
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Give us our voice in class Encouraging involvement in school decisions is one step towards reducing political apathy among young people |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 57 Topic: Education Keywords: students, children, school council, teenagers, young people |
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‘We’ve all seen horror. But our school goes on’ Teachers from Baghdad – a city where pupils have to step over bodies to get to their classes – tell their remarkable story |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 58 Topic: Education Keywords: Iraq, war, childhood |
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Absurd school uniform claim leaves a Nazi taste In a number of Scottish schools, students voted for a school uniform. Is this about equality or something more sinister? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 60 Topic: Education Keywords: clothes |
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The big switch-off Energy-saving lightbulbs are better for the planet but glaringly ugly. Or are they? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 61 Topic: Environment Keywords: electricity, power |
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It is a wonderful world: richer, healthier, and cleaner than ever It may be fashionable to moan, but the human race has never had it so good |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 63 Topic: Environment Keywords: economy, economic, poverty, |
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Nuclear energy – greener than you think? Twenty years on and the wildlife around Chernobyl is thriving. Maybe it’s time to change our attitudes |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 66 Topic: Environment Keywords: power, radioactive, radiation, nuclear power |
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Is it ethical to have children? Meet the people who have decided not to have children in order to help the environment |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 69 Topic: Environment Keywords: ethics, population |
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Oddie guide to saving the planet There’s no getting away from it, the world is warming up and our actions are causing it, says Bill Oddie |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 70 Topic: Environment Keywords: wildlife, climate change, birds, hibernation, hibernate |
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How Liz put her (carbon) foot in it What is the environmental impact of Liz Hurley’s spectacular wedding? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 72 Topic: Environment Keywords: carbon footprint, money, wealth, India, marriage |
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Time for tough love and a lock on the fridge Eight years old and 14 stone in weight. When does caring for your child become child abuse? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 74 Topic: Family Keywords: obese, obesity, fat, overweight, junk food, health, children, young people |
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Grown-ups need to grow up Britain’s youth may be vicious and disrespectful, but it’s their parents who are to blame |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 76 Topic: Family Keywords: teenagers, children, childhood, black, under achievement, education, young people |
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Best friends? Children need mothers Many mothers want to be their children’s pals, but the lack of discipline can be disastrous |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 78 Topic: Family Keywords: parents, teenagers, discipline, young people |
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These touchline tyrants should take their bawl home Short of excessive intake of alcohol, there is nothing that alters the behavior of adults for the worse as much as youth football |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 80 Topic: Family Keywords: sport, sportsmanship, competition |
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Club where the goal is enjoyment There are no Maradonas here but there are no prima donnas either |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 80 Topic: Family Keywords: football, sport |
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Football’s pushy parents shown the red card A campaign aims to rid football of fun-less, fanatical parents and coaches |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 81 Topic: Family Keywords: sport, competition |
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Predicting the future The top 10 forecasts for the next 25 years |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 82 Topic: Future Keywords: China, population, wealth, disability, work, global warming, climate change, USA, America |
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Total recall You’ll never forget anything, ever again. In the next few decades you’ll be able to store all your memories on a device which is small enough to wear around your neck |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 84 Topic: Future Keywords: technology, gadgets, memory, photos, GPS, social networking, brain implant |
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Ignored and neglected: why did my sister have to die like this? Janet Street-Porter gives her personal account |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 87 Topic: Health Keywords: NHS, death, cancer, patient |
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Should NHS charge for ‘doubtful’ treatments? The provocative debate over NHS funding |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 89 Topic: Health Keywords: operations, surgery |
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A doctor’s scream Money is poured into the NHS but doctors’ morale is at an all-time low |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 92 Topic: Health Keywords: work, health, nurses, stress, hospital |
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Caring for America’s health A society which expects everyone to pay their way expects this when you are ill as well |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 94 Topic: Health Keywords: USA, disabled, disability |
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If you’re too famous for an ASBO, try rehab Rehab must be tremendous fun, because celebrities go there all the time |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 96 Topic: Health Keywords: celebrity |
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Back from the dead A simple sleeping pill was all it took to bring this patient out of his three year coma |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 97 Topic: Health Keywords: medicine, |
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I’m going to live... I’m going to sue! It was when John Brandrick discovered that he wasn’t going to die, that the real problems started |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 99 Topic: Health Keywords: finance, money, financial issues |
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“You wouldn’t look at mum and think she’s dying” Six years after being given only six months to live, Jane Tomlinson’s race for life – and for charity – goes on |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 100 Topic: Health Keywords: breast cancer |
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Blogger is jailed for four years A 22-year-old was sent to prison after sharing his views about Islam on the web |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 103 Topic: Internet Keywords: blogging, Egypt, censorship, religion, China, free speech, freedom of speech |
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Open to all? Computers fill our shops, but people across the world have their access restricted |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 104 Topic: Internet Keywords: censorship, free speech, freedom of speech |
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Preserve of the rich? The reach of the world wide web is far from global |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 105 Topic: Internet Keywords: digital divide |
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Welcome to the Digi:Nation What type of digi:zens make up our internet population? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 106 Topic: Internet Keywords: communication, |
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Ruining innocent lives Citizens can be stripped of their property and deprived of their home and livelihood without a criminal trial |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 107 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: crime, legal rights, innocence, guilt |
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An answer to the lock ‘em up brigade? Prison doesn’t work – but there is another way to tackle criminals |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 109 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: restorative justice, crime, punishment, prisoner |
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Free after 36 years: the man who was left to rot in Broadmoor A four year sentence for assault has led to a life wasted in a secure hospital |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 111 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: prison, secure hospital, mental hospital, prisoner |
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The war on youth Why are we turning Britain’s young people into criminals? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 113 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: youth court, crime, prison, prosecution |
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Under age sex or rape? 15-year-old boys can be charged with rape even if the girl consented |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 117 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: young people, prosecution, age of consent, |
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The rise and rise of the single woman One writer rejoices in her marriage, another revels in her freedom |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 119 Topic: Marriage & Relationships Keywords: wedding women, divorce, wife, wives, love, romance |
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Good and bad reasons to tie the knot A relationship psycho-therapist with Relate examines the pros and cons of marriage |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 121 Topic: Marriage & Relationships Keywords: love, romance wedding |
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Japanese men take marriage lessons In the battle of the sexes, these men are waving the white flag |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 122 Topic: Marriage & Relationships Keywords: husbands, wives wedding |
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A future without children is a prospect that looms large in Japan Japan is facing a population crisis |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 123 Topic: Marriage & Relationships Keywords: childless, birthrate, population, sex wedding |
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“I married a virtual stranger” She’s British, he comes from Spain, they met in Poland, and were married along with tens of thousands of others in Korea |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 125 Topic: Marriage & Relationships Keywords: arranged marriages, love, Moonies, Unification Church wedding |
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Inspiration or affliction? Tourette’s is a neurological disorder, but is it also a source of creative ability? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 127 Topic: Mental health Keywords: Tourette’s syndrome, piano, music, mental illness |
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A pool of ignorance The mother of a schizophrenic tells of the injustice and humiliation her son suffered |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 130 Topic: Mental health Keywords: schizophrenia, mental illness |
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“When does thrill-seeking cross over into mental illness?” Living on the edge is acceptable as long as it’s entertainment |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 131 Topic: Mental health Keywords: Steve Irwin, risk taking, |
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A duty to integrate? Are we seeing the end of tolerance and diversity? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 132 Topic: Modern Britain Keywords: multiculturalism, religion, Muslims, Asian, ethnic minorities, integration, |
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Forced out, looking inwards: Britain’s Bangladeshis How can people integrate if society excludes them? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 134 Topic: Modern Britain Keywords: integration |
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This isn’t about guns The traditional Caribbean family no longer works in Britain, and black youngsters are paying a tragic price |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 136 Topic: Modern Britain Keywords: black Britons, young people |
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The mean streets of Britain The shootings in a Brixton McDonalds were a terrible metaphor for modern Britain combining violence and fast food |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 138 Topic: Modern Britain Keywords: crime, young people, food, nutrition, diet, |
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I mourn the days when the f word really meant something Is there any social situation in which it is not acceptable to swear nowadays? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 141 Topic: Modern Britain Keywords: English language, taboo, |
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Fouled! Corruption, corporate crime and sexual excess – should we call time on our obsession with the once beautiful game? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 142 Topic: Modern Britain Keywords: football, sport, money |
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Poverty: the cost to families 3.4 million children in the UK are living in poverty. Why do many families have to struggle to survive? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 145 Topic: Money Keywords: |
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‘I have never had a pay rise or been promoted in four years’ Three personal accounts which reveal the UK’s financial underbelly |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 147 Topic: Money Keywords: poverty, work, |
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Neither a borrower nor a spender be? Compulsive spending and eternal debt, the financial diseases of 21st century Britain |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 148 Topic: Money Keywords: poverty, |
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Our home cost just 50p, now it’s going for £145,000 Houses which cost less than £1 seven years ago are now part of the regeneration windfall |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 150 Topic: Money Keywords: housing, regeneration |
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How to live to be 150 Experts believe that the first person to live to 150 may already have been born |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 151 Topic: Old Age Keywords: life expectancy, health, science, ageing |
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Senior citizens head for the sun One in twelve British pensioners are now living abroad. Where are they going and why? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 154 Topic: Old Age Keywords: retiring, retirement, emigration, |
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Helping hands/Keeping Mum The lows and not-infrequent highs of a carer’s life |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 156 Topic: Old Age Keywords: caring, parents, |
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Welcome to Eastbourne, Sodom and Gomorrah by the sea More than 55% of ASBOs in Eastbourne are slapped on the elderly |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 158 Topic: Old Age Keywords: pensioners, |
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Sadly there is no human right to be happy Natallie Evans was refused permission by the European Court of Human Rights to use her frozen fertilised embryo without the consent of her ex-partner |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 159 Topic: Pregnancy & Birth Keywords: ethics, IVF treatment, European Court of Human Rights, infertility, |
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what is done easily is done frequently Access to abortion was intended to improve lives, not to be just another form of contraception |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 161 Topic: Pregnancy & Birth Keywords: |
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I want a baby for my sister Miriam Stoppard and Daily Mirror readers give their verdict to a potential surrogate mother |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 164 Topic: Pregnancy & Birth Keywords: ethics, surrogate mother, surrogacy, |
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Listen to the mother who wishes that her son had died at birth An informed decision to let life go may be more humane than saving a severely ill baby without considering its future |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 166 Topic: Pregnancy & Birth Keywords: Right to life, disability, |
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Too much choice can be a dangerous thing Wider choice means more wrong decisions – or no decision at all |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 168 Topic: Psychology Keywords: health, hospital, |
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Telling porkies to the brain Can you really cure obese obesity by tricking your brain into thinking you aren’t hungry? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 169 Topic: Psychology Keywords: |
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‘There are strong indications of intelligent design’ Can something as complex as a human knee joint have evolved without some kind of intelligent design? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 170 Topic: Religion Keywords: evolution, creation, |
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Why I hate Intelligent design. It’s simply IDiotic Many scientists believe in God but that doesn’t mean they want to stifle scientific investigation |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 171 Topic: Religion Keywords: creation, |
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Where Dolly went astray A decade ago, mammal cloning was hailed as the start of a new era in medical science. Has Britain let another breakthrough slip away? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 173 Topic: Science Keywords: medicine, |
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World’s worst inventions From religion to fast food, this is the top ten most loathed inventions of all time |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 176 Topic: Science Keywords: |
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The race for Nanoland Is ‘grey goo’ about to eat the planet? Probably not, but there are real dangers with the development of nanotechnology that are not being addressed |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 178 Topic: Science Keywords: |
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Our sexual obsession damages boys as well as girls Making soft porn mainstream is distorting the way boys see the opposite sex |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 180 Topic: Sexual Issues Keywords: children, young people, |
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It could have been me Forty years after the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Britain, Elton John explores the awful abuse gay people still endure around the world |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 182 Topic: Sexual Issues Keywords: homosexuality, discrimination, |
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What is slavery? Although hidden from view, in the UK and around the world, up to 12 million people are living in some form of slavery |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 184 Topic: Slavery Keywords: bonded labour, forced labour, trafficking, child labour |
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The foul stench of firestone Working for a rubber company is the modern day version of plantation slavery |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 185 Topic: Slavery Keywords: work |
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After 200 years, fight to end slavery in the world goes on Girls in Ghana are kept as slaves to atone for the crimes committed by their forefathers |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 186 Topic: Slavery Keywords: |
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Short tragic life of an Iraqi baby The tormenting experience of birth and death amidst the anarchy in Baghdad |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 188 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Iraq war, hospital |
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Judicial killing demeans all Hitler, Hussein – what death could be more fitting for history’s villains? But execution dehumanises both the criminal and the victims |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 190 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: capital punishment, death penalty, Saddam Hussein, Iraq war, |
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Women at war – The debate continues Women are taking a more active role in the armed forces but death and captivity alongside their male colleagues is provoking debate |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 191 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: soldiers, opposing viewpoints, pros and cons, gender |
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Should soldiers be able to opt out of wars? While a US officer objects to serving in an illegal war, an army commander looks at freedom of choice |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 195 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: ethics, conscience |
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Sane, ordinary Muslims must stand up and be counted Yasmin Alibhai-Brown reveals the effect the terrorist attacks are having on Britain’s Muslims |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 194 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Muslims, multiculturalism, terrorism |
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Hacked Off Disability, journalism and the music industry |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 196 Topic: Work Keywords: |
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A day in the life of a doctor The clichés and conflicts of team building |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 197 Topic: Work Keywords: English language, business, health, medicine, |
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One in ten employees injured at work Just another day at the office – or the last thing you ever do? |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 198 Topic: Work Keywords: accidents, injuries, health, |
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What’s your problem? Letters to the agony uncle of industry |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 199 Topic: Work Keywords: dilemma, business |
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Stop moaning and take action to save our youth Rather than moaning, Britain’s adults need to re-develop a sense of community, culture and discipline |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 200 Topic: Young People Keywords: black people, anti-social behavior |
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British kids are not ‘miserable’... they’re stroppy British teenagers are vile and sarcastic ingrates – and that’s just the way it should be! |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 201 Topic: Young People Keywords: children, |
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‘We all want to be cool - bitching is the way it works’ A fifteen-year-old Londoner tells it as it really is |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 203 Topic: Young People Keywords: |
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Christmas in care Goodwill to all, yet the children expected to cope alone are often those who are least emotionally equipped |
Book: Essential Articles 10 page 204 Topic: Young People Keywords: |
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Stuff the tiger – long live extinction Jeremy Clarkson argues that environmentalists are making too much fuss over animal extinction. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 10 Topic: Animals Keywords: tiger, big cat, Hunting, Polar bear, conservation, endangered species, wildlife, China, Chinese, medicine |
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‘Psycho’ polar bear is ‘addicted to humans’ Cute and cuddly abandoned polar bear cubs caused quite a stir in the zoo, but they grow up into big bears… addicted to human attention. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 12 Topic: Animals Keywords: Psychology, zoo, animal welfare |
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Chain reaction Does someone who ill-treats his dog, do the same to his family? Abuse has a chain reaction. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 14 Topic: Animals Keywords: Domestic Violence, Safety, Risk, RSPCA, women, animal welfare |
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How do you tackle a dangerous dog If a dog attacks you, what techniques will keep you safe? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 15 Topic: Animals Keywords: Law & Order, Violence, safety, risk, death, |
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Diamond dogs Canine cocktails, poochy perfumes – some people choose to pamper their pets, but will they cast them aside when they go out of fashion? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 16 Topic: Animals Keywords: Money, wealth, fashion |
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So you think you’re vegan?! Being a vegan is about promoting animal welfare, not just about avoiding animal products. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 18 Topic: Animals Keywords: Ethics, food, vegetarian |
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Why I use laboratory animals A scientist targeted by animal rights militants defends her research on addiction and the brain. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 20 Topic: Animals Keywords: Animal testing, animal research, science, protesters, vivisection, animal welfare, work, jobs |
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The last word on diets Body shape, weight, size – can anyone escape the obsession with the world of diets? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 22 Topic: Body Image Keywords: Fashion, slimming, gender, food, women, appearance, thin, |
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Model health enquiry The fashion industry has long been blamed for increasing eating disorders. A new report makes recommendations. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 23 Topic: Body Image Keywords: Eating disorders, fashion, health, BMI, body mass index |
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Shaping up to look good Whether you’re disabled or not, having a different body shape doesn’t mean you’re a fashion victim. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 24 Topic: Body Image Keywords: Disability, Clothes & Fashion, amputation, amputee |
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Longevity: Isn’t it time we acted our age Are Madonna’s genes and gym-enhanced shape the exception? It seems we are no longer prepared to grow old. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 26 Topic: Body Image Keywords: old age, health, fashion, |
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Spectacles? cool? Can’t see it myself A personal and humorous account of the trials and troubles of wearing glasses. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 28 Topic: Body Image Keywords: Health, children, bullying, school, peer pressure |
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Britain – land of yobs and morons? Other nations have them, but what single line could sum up our nation? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 29 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: language, motto, CCTV, ASBO, France, America, USA |
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As a British Muslim Saira Khan argues that ‘virginity repairs’ on the NHS are dangerous, demeaning and utterly indefensible. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 30 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: religion, health, marriage, relationships, sexual issues, women, honour killings |
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Scandal of the schoolgirls vanishing into marriages of misery While officials are not intervening in case they are accused of racism, serious abuses take place. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 33 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: relationships, race, human rights, young people, teenagers, forced marriage, wedding, Bradford, school, education, women, culture, tradition |
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Absent voices ‘Mixed race’ the UK’s fastest growing ethnic minority group, is considered as the ‘acceptable’ face of diversity, but the reality is quite different. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 36 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: population, children, young people, teenagers, discrimination |
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How immigrants are revitalising London Not a day passes without anti-immigrant propaganda in the press, yet immigrants working in the UK are boosting our economy. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 39 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Immigration, race, jobs, community, discrimination, employment |
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The real question: why are our children prepared to kill one another? Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of the Kids Company, looks at why so many young lives are cut short by other teenagers. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 40 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: law, order, young people, teenagers, guns, murder, knife, knives, violence, children, anti-social, killing |
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Too much security makes us all a lot less secure We’ll soon be the most counted and analysed people on earth. Will the real threats get lost in a mass of security data? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 42 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: CCTV, ID, safety, human rights, privacy, terrorism, law |
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This case could make losers of us all A man is suing his bookies for allowing him to gamble away £2.1m. But who is responsible for what we do? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 44 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: gamble, gambling, Psychology, addiction, victims, law, money |
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Enough is enough: it’s time to stop buying and start being happy Our throwaway habits don’t just cause global warming but personal overheating too. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 46 Topic: Consumers Keywords: Psychology, environment, shopping, retail therapy |
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Does Britain need 100 more Starbucks? High streets used to be more varied because they were full of sub standard shops selling manky drinks. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 47 Topic: Consumers Keywords: food, drink, coffee, chain stores, |
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The end of the affair What happens when the desire to overbuy really has gone? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 48 Topic: Consumers Keywords: financial issues, debt, money, shopping, psychology, retail |
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Save our Sundays - shut all the shops Whether it’s New Year, Easter or Halloween, we’re answering the call of the high street. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 49 Topic: Consumers Keywords: religion, finance, financial issues, tradition, culture |
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Consumers revolt: power to the People Consumers are fighting back against big business and the state – here’s how. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 50 Topic: Consumers Keywords: finance, financial issues, supermarkets, utilities, roads, travel, banks, business, price, pricing |
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Of course a deaf couple want a deaf child A deaf couple using IVF will have to discard the very embryo they wish to implant. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 51 Topic: Disability Keywords: hearing, human rights, ethics, genetics, family |
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Too many disabled people? Simon Stephens was happier when he and his ‘type’ were seen as freaks. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 53 Topic: Disability Keywords: language, cerebral palsy, discrimination, health |
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Two little boys Emma Bowler had children knowing she had a 50/50 chance of passing on her disability. Is this a reason to feel guilty? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 54 Topic: Disability Keywords: family, ethics, genetics, health |
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When seeing isn’t believing When Belgian police officers are blinded with evidence, in step the visually impaired to solve the case. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 55 Topic: Disability Keywords: work, police, law, crime, jobs, employment |
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Meet Leanne Grose A young woman who lost her leg to cancer was determined not to lose her lust for life. Instead she brought out her own fitness dvd. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 57 Topic: Disability Keywords: sport, health, amputation, body image, disability, amputee |
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Shame of the middle class heroin addicts There is a new breed of well-off white collar workers dealing with their demons in the suburbs. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 58 Topic: Drugs Keywords: social class, family, addiction, crime |
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What is the truth about skunk, and have the dangers been overstated? Classification, re-classification, what are the dangers? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 60 Topic: Drugs Keywords: law, drugs, health, addiction, mental health, marijuana, cannabis, smoking, heroin, alcohol, tobacco |
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Business as usual in the drug trade The drugs ‘business’ has a lot in common with more conventional commerce – but that doesn’t mean it should be legalised. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 62 Topic: Drugs Keywords: law, police, addiction, market forces, career, profit, money |
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How heroin creates terrorists Vulnerable youths, isolated within their communities through using and dealing drugs, are critical recruits for militant groups. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 64 Topic: Drugs Keywords: terrorism, addiction, religion, Muslim, young people, teenagers, Islam |
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Absorbing scenes from a class struggle Anyone uncertain about China’s standing in the world should take a look at a normal school day there. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 65 Topic: Education Keywords: social class, punishment, school |
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Can the Swedish style sway English education Imagine a school where pupils decide their own timetables – is this the answer to Britain’s education problems? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 66 Topic: Education Keywords: social class, young people, teenagers |
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Only snobs sneer at McDiploma graduates We should be involving everyone in the world of work: if that means dishing out qualifications for handing out burgers, then so be it. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 68 Topic: Education Keywords: Children, teenagers, young people, work, Mcdonalds, careers, immigration, jobs, exams, employment, careers |
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Can science really save the world Treaties to cut global warming have failed. Now scientists want to intervene on a planetary scale. Here are the six big ideas that could change the face of the earth. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 69 Topic: Environment Keywords: technology, environment, energy, carbon |
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Stop trying to save the planet Reasons to challenge what you know about climate change before you decide to take a ‘carbon detox’. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 72 Topic: Environment Keywords: plastic bags, global warming, energy, |
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Keeping critical data on ice Secret probes obese beneath the Arctic ice fields have unearthed some disturbing data about the course of climate change. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 74 Topic: Environment Keywords: global warming, environment, disasters, science |
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Toxic chemicals blamed for disappearance of Arctic boys Pollution from industrial countries is sweeping into the Inuit diet, causing a gender imbalance that affects their survival. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 76 Topic: Environment Keywords: Pregnancy, birth, gender, science, inuit |
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Chinese workers let them pick up litter The hysterical campaign against plastic bags in the West is causing massive job losses in the East. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 78 Topic: Environment Keywords: China, pollution, work, employment |
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Why plastic is the scourge of sea life Whether it’s a toothbrush or a toy robot, our waste plastic ends up somewhere, much of it in the sea, affecting the animals that live there. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 80 Topic: Environment Keywords: pollution, animal welfare, ocean |
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A bag habit we can’t seem to kick A candid look at the life of a plastic bag addict. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 81 Topic: Environment Keywords: Psychology, shopping, consumers, plastic bags |
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Eco-logical A holiday in Africa gives insight into how we can all tackle our carbon footprint. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 82 Topic: Environment Keywords: Ecological, global warming, travel, tourism |
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I had no choice but to give away my baby... Teenage film heroine Juno chose to give her baby away, but how common is that for young women today? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 83 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Adoption, pregnancy, birth, children, religion |
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My mother deserted me A woman who is now a parent herself tries to come to terms with the mother who abandoned her. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 85 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: children |
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What exactly are family values? From the outside my family may not look normal – but from the inside I don’t think it’s different from any other family. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 86 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: children, divorce, Australia |
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My brother, who I never see A letter to an estranged brother about the pain he’s caused the family. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 88 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: relationships, children, sister |
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Scarlett Keeling died at a roll of a dice When Scarlett was killed while on holiday, people blamed her ‘irresponsible’ mother. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 89 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: travel, tourism, murder, young people, killing, Goa, drugs |
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Young fathers: facts and fables Meet three teenage fathers trying to challenge the negative perception of young dads. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 90 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: young people, teenagers, pregnancy, birth, gender |
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Why we need a dad’s army For too many young people the streets remain as unsafe as their homes. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 92 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: law, race, gender, school, fathers, women, |
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Dads enforcing their daughters’ purity is just not right A ‘date’ with dad at which a girl pledges to remain ‘pure’ until marriage. An answer to teenage pregnancies? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 93 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: young people, children, teenagers, sexual issues, pregnancy, USA, America |
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I felt like an informer When the mother next door got a new boyfriend and the children stopped smiling, Katherine wondered whether to contact social services. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 94 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: children, young people, teenagers, wedding, marriage, relationships, domestic abuse, violence |
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Muscovites count the cost of Valentine’s Day Romance is an expensive business in Russia. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 96 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: shopping, consumers, gender, marriage, wedding, relationships, valentine’s day, love, romance |
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A marriage of convenience The wheeling and dealing behind a wedding in Cairo. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 97 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: marriage, relationships, romance, love, wedding |
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Feed the world Photos reveal what a family buys and spends on a week’s shop in different countries around the world. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 98 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: food, developing world, finance, financial, family, shopping, budgets |
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Foodie boy An ex-vegetarian discovers something positive in killing his own food. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 100 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: hunting, animals, farming, animal rights |
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Faking the flavour: The strawberry swizz Why does the food we eat need flavouring? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 101 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: consumers, science, labelling, |
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It’s time we cried fowl over cheap chickens Will concerns about animal welfare put chicken out of reach of poor families? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 104 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: battery hens, farming, animals, consumers, shopping, animal rights, ethics |
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Let adult fatties eat themselves to death. The kids we can save Janet Street-Porter argues that in order to tackle obesity, the government should forget adults and put its resources into getting kids fit. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 105 Topic: Health Keywords: obese, obesity, slimming, diets, children, young people, teenagers, advertising, food |
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Trust me I’m a junior doctor It’s wrong to abuse the obese, says Max Pemberton, but it’s right to make them diet. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 106 Topic: Health Keywords: obese, obesity, slimming, diets, food, BMI, body mass index, anorexia, NHS |
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So you want to know what’s wrong with the NHS? Having seen the uncaring side of the NHS, one doctor decides to care for his schizophrenic mother himself. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 108 Topic: Health Keywords: care, carers, mental health, old age, Alzheimer’s |
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An embuggerance Terry Pratchett talks openly and humorously about being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 110 Topic: Health Keywords: mental health, language |
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Bad teeth - the new British disease If you’re addicted to heroin, obese or want a sex change, the NHS has to treat you, yet many people can’t even get a dentist. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 112 Topic: Health Keywords: obesity |
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The organ donation debate is long overdue A writer, whose husband needed a lung transplant, argues that more people need to be made to think about organ donation. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 114 Topic: Health Keywords: cystic fibrosis, NHS, death, donor, donate |
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‘Presumed consent’ for organ donation Is this a good idea? No one mad with grief needs to make a decision. But some patients organisations are opposed. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 115 Topic: Health Keywords: NHS, doctors, transplant, death, ethics, donor, donate |
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A boy called Alex Alex needs 20 syringes of antibiotics and 70 pills a day but he’s not going to let Cystic Fibrosis stop him doing anything he wants. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 116 Topic: Health Keywords: Alex Stobbs, children, young people, teenagers, music, school, education |
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‘It’s worse than a criminal record’ Laura Marcus had a serious nervous breakdown more than 30 years ago. Why do people still make such a big deal of it? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 118 Topic: Health Keywords: mental health, work, stress, employment, jobs |
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Depression – the 21st century plague The facts about depression and a personal account of teenage life with the condition. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 120 Topic: Health Keywords: mental health, children, young people, teenagers, self harm |
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When the subject is suicide, reporting on it requires the utmost sensitivity There has been a great deal of news about suicide and how events are reported can contribute to the problem. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 121 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: children, teenagers, suicide, death, cult, statistics, reporting |
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Venturing into the pro-suicide pit Brendan O’Neill looks into the dark and frighteningly mainstream world of pro-suicide websites. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 122 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: young people, teenagers, mental health, environment, murder, killing, guns |
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No fuss, no fanfare for Spain’s own Madeleine A look at the contrasting way the media treated the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, and a young Spanish Gypsy girl. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 124 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Children, abduction, social class, missing children, gender, news reporting |
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Face up to facts In a world of social networking, things that seem like fun could compromise your future. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 126 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: safety, risk, privacy, work, facebook, blog, jobs, career, employment |
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I was dumped on Facebook Breaking up in cyberspace adds a new dimension to heartache. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 128 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: relationships, privacy |
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Pravda’s beef with vegetarianism True tales from a mixed up world. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 129 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Russia, food |
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‘It’s about who’s more powerful than who. That’s why people kill each other.’ They’ve dealt drugs, carried knives and axes and seen their friends killed, and they’re still only teenagers. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 130 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: young people, teenagers, guns, murder, knife, knives, violence, children, anti-social, drugs, killing |
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‘Ten years ago, in a feat of bravado... I vandalised a restaurant where I’d worked.’ A personal account of what provoked a vandal and how he feels about what he did. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 132 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: vandalism, work, violence, psychology, alcohol, crime, employment, jobs, offender |
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Trust and the teen tormentor Scotland’s Commissioner for Children argues that in order for children to show respect, they need to be respected. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 134 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: young people, teenagers, violence, mosquito device, human rights, noise, repellent, anti-social, antisocial, community, civil liberties |
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I’m sick of hearing people complain about the Mosquito alarm... Personal account of the effects of teenage harassment. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 135 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: young people, violence, teenagers, mosquito device, human rights, noise, repellent, anti-social, antisocial, community, civil liberties, ASBO |
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Civil liberties less important than lives Having a database of citizens’ DNA may seem to invade human rights, but what about the rights of the victims of unsolved rapes and murders? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 136 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: privacy, human rights, science, privacy, ID cards, genetics, justice, DNA database |
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Why do we prosecute primary school children? The age of criminal responsibility is creating more criminals. How can we deal with youth crime? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 138 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: children, young people, teenagers, family, social services, prevention, justice |
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Creating criminals: a recipe for an insecure world? Baroness Vivien Stern describes how UK society is creating an industry out of crime. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 140 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Britain, citizens, human rights, anti-social, antisocial, ASBO, USA, America, security, justice, punishment, violence |
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Our criminal system is a persistent re-offender The murder of Garry Newlove by three teenagers raises questions about our criminal justice system. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 142 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: murder, teenagers, young people, crime, justice, government, violence, prison, killing, court, human rights |
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My daughter needed prison Personal account by a parent who needed the law to take action – against her daughter. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 143 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: crime, family, alcohol, drugs, justice, offender |
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Why sharia is so misunderstood Sharia is complex and needs to be aligned with the process of civil law says Mona Siddiqui. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 144 Topic: Religion Keywords: law, order, human rights, privacy, Islam, Muslim, honour, arranged marriages wedding |
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What he wishes on us is an abomination Yasmin Alibhai-Brown argues that by seeking to include Islamic laws in our democracy, the Archbishop of Canterbury is harming modern Muslim women. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 146 Topic: Religion Keywords: law, order, human rights, privacy, Islam, Muslim, sharia, tradition |
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Facebook knows I’m an atheist Social networkers are broadcasting their unbelief all over the net, raising the profile of atheism. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 148 Topic: Religion Keywords: Internet, media |
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Suddenly I’m totally incensed. But in a good way. Miranda Sawyer discusses the cosier aspects of the Catholic church. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 149 Topic: Religion Keywords: Christian, family |
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More sushi than science Can Japan really justify whale slaughter in the name of science? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 150 Topic: Science Keywords: animal rights, hunting, food, greenpeace, endangered, environment, extinction, conservation, animal welfare |
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The miracle of sight – because of the miracle of science This could this be one of the most powerful examples of the miraculous potential of modern science. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 153 Topic: Science Keywords: Bionic eye, blind, disabled, disability, implant, health |
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Space debris may be catastrophic to future missions Not only do we litter the earth with our junk, we leave it orbiting our planet. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 154 Topic: Science Keywords: Environment, rubbish, satelite |
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Scientists develop non-stick gum... and self-wax skis What will they come up with next? Here’s just two of the inventions intended to improve our lives. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 156 Topic: Science Keywords: |
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Afghan girl defies death threats over the Olympics A teenager is the only female to represent Afghanistan in the Olympics – despite threats from fundamentalists. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 157 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: gender, religion, athletes |
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Keep on running Booze, fags and a determination to be happy – how a 101 year-old ran the marathon. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 158 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: age, world record, exercise |
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Get your kids fit... the easy way We criticise kids for playing computer games yet they could actually help keep them fit. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 160 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: internet, media, children, young people, teenagers, health, exercise, fitness |
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Teen reading – a contradiction in terms? What do the top ten teenage reads reveal about youth today? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 162 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: reading, young people, internet, media, magazines, books |
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Is our children reading? Literacy isn’t decreasing, it’s just moving into arenas that old fogeys don’t understand. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 163 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: grammar, English, reading, gaming, internet, media, children, young people, teenagers, books, computer games |
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Soldier’s tale - return from Iraq Former paratrooper Stuart Griffiths has been documenting the struggles of injured soldiers. Here he presents his moving portfolio, with personal accounts. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 164 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Psychology, disability, photographs, RAF, army |
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It’s not only the public who don’t respect a uniform Soldiers and their families have to deal with abuse. When the dead arrive home in coffins, who shows their gratitude? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 168 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Britain, citizens, death, disability, Iraq, Afghanistan, amry, RAF |
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The most dangerous job in the world Bomb disposal experts rarely get to tell their story. Here Cassandra Jardine talks to a ‘Felix’ who defeated the best efforts of the Iraqi bombers. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 169 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Middle east, Iraq, work, career, employment, army, soldier |
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A portrait of life and death in Gaza A picture depicts a desperate scene of two young boys captured moments after an Israeli attack. Tim Butcher investigates the fate of the young casualties. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 172 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Middle East, young people, children, photograph, army, Israeli, bomb |
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When suffering gets personal Returning from Afghanistan, John Simpson reveals how his attitude towards covering news stories has changed. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 175 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Media, Middle east, family, media, reporting |
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Masai marathon – running for life People have different reasons for running the London marathon: the Masai warriors ran it to raise money for water for their village. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 177 Topic: Wider world Keywords: water, charity, developing world, sport, Africa |
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The 21st century slaves here in the UK Children are being trafficked into the UK believing they are going to get a better life but instead are living a life of exploitation. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 180 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Slavery, human rights, privacy, Britain and it’s citizens, work, trafficking |
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Zimbabwe: an eyewitness account A personal account of life inside a hospital in the country with the lowest life expectancy in the world. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 182 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Developing world, health, public health, hospitals, life expectancy |
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Chinese celebrities scoff one child policy Fines are a small price to pay for the rich to expand their families. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 184 Topic: Wider world Keywords: China, pregnancy, birth, money, wealth, single child, family, children, social class |
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Boycott Burma Is tourism a benefit to ordinary people or only to Burma’s brutal rulers. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 186 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Disasters, China, travel, Myanmar, human rights |
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Tale of two disasters The way China and Burma dealt with natural disasters has more to do with political and social division than anything geographical. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 188 Topic: Wider world Keywords: natural disasters, earthquakes, floods, cycloan |
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The languages of extinction: the world’s endangered tongues Every fortnight another language dies. A new study reveals those which are most in danger. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 189 Topic: Wider world Keywords: |
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Mastering French manners, the hard way The trials and tribulations of dining in France. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 190 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Paris, France, language, etiquette, culture, tradition, |
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A shameless generation that never learned to work Not working has become a three-generational lifestyle choice – a government adviser has been appointed to tackle the issue. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 192 Topic: Work Keywords: family, benefits, young people, Britain |
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What’s your problem? A letter to the agony uncle of employment. How to get a job when you’ve made an embarrassing mistake. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 193 Topic: Work Keywords: email, communication, internet, media, career |
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Low status kills Why working for Tesco will shorten your life. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 194 Topic: Work Keywords: social class, life expectancy, health, inequality |
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The minimum wage will drive small shops under If business owners can’t afford to pay themselves after they’ve paid their staff, how can they survive? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 195 Topic: Work Keywords: Finance, financial issues, small business, |
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Pipe dreams: why we all want to be plumbers The prospect of earning megabucks is luring office workers into taking up a trade. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 196 Topic: Work Keywords: wage, pay |
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Putting our money where our mouths are Who gets paid what? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 197 Topic: Work Keywords: wage, statistics, pay |
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Our culture fix: what we want The government are pledging to provide young people with five hours a week of cultural activity. But what will this consist of? |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 198 Topic: Young People Keywords: leisure, arts |
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Natasha Farnham’s warning to bingers: I drank so much my liver failed at 14 Personal account of a teenage alcoholic. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 200 Topic: Young People Keywords: binge drinking, health |
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Where’s your head at The science which explains why teenage years are so difficult. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 201 Topic: Young People Keywords: Psychology, science, teenagers |
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Teenagers need to be taught the facts of death Teenagers are often bored and disgruntled, but when these feelings hide a darker truth, the finality of suicide is not the answer. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 202 Topic: Young People Keywords: death, internet, media |
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Missing children: ‘Andrew, just tell us you’re alive’ 200,000 people go missing each year, one woman talks about what it’s like when a child has run away. |
Book: Essential Articles 11 page 204 Topic: Young People Keywords: Family, missing children, Madeleine McCann |
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President, your Renault is here Personal video technology will spell the end of certain types of advertisement and even certain types of programme |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 21 Topic: Advertising Keywords: Sky Plus, |
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Should junk food advertisements be banned? Opposing views: Debate for and against by the Head of dietetics, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust and the Deputy director general, Food & Drink Federation |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 22 Topic: Advertising Keywords: obese obesity |
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Memo to Gary and Becks – lay off the crisps and fizzy pop Janet Street-Porter argues for a stronger sense of responsibility from celebrities |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 24 Topic: Advertising Keywords: celebrity, Gary Lineker, David Beckham, food |
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First, we take the potatoes...
McDonalds falls foul of the Advertising Standards Authority |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 26 Topic: Advertising Keywords: fast food |
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Slogan doctor: i’m lovin’ it
A slogan taken apart |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 26 Topic: Advertising Keywords: fast food, grammar, language, McDonalds |
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Staying afloat
Resisting the onset of full-blown middle-aged mumsiness |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 27 Topic: Age Keywords: |
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We are programmed to survive, not to die
How far can we expect to extend our lifespan? |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 28 Topic: Age Keywords: life expectancy |
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One small miracle brings hope to thousands threatened by Aids
A doctor’s act of kindness provides a lifeline in Malawi |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 30 Topic: Aids Keywords: health, HIV |
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It takes only a dollar a day to stop an African dying of Aids
The musician Bono says it’s time wealthy countries went to war against this killer disease |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 34 Topic: Aids Keywords: HIV |
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Deadly walk home for the ladettes
Women pedestrians are in danger because of their binge drinking |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 35 Topic: Alcohol Keywords: road accidents, |
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Battle of the binge
The debate about loosening licensing laws |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 36 Topic: Alcohol Keywords: anti-social behaviour, antisocial behaviour, |
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Cambridge abandons plans for primate lab
Has the University shelved its neuroscience laboratory because of pressure from anti-vivisectionists? |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 38 Topic: Animal Testing Keywords: |
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Scientists fight back
Some scientists are making positive efforts to explain the need for animal research |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 39 Topic: Animal Testing Keywords: vivisection |
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In sickness and in health
A doctor argues that animal experiments cannot help humans |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 40 Topic: Animal testing Keywords: vivisection |
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Alzheimer’s, a love story, and what the fanatics don’t understand
A touching personal account about what medical research might achieve. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 41 Topic: Animal testing Keywords: vivisection |
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Wild thoughts
Some people love animals to death but wouldn’t it be far better if they could love a species back to life again? Thousands of wild animals are being kept as pets in homes the USA |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 43 Topic: Animals Keywords: tigers, |
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Horrified teens see friend killed by crocodile
A terrifying attack in Australia |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 44 Topic: Animals Keywords: |
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15-year-old fights off bear attack
A teenager on a camping trip showed presence of mind when he had to fight off a bear |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 45 Topic: Animals Keywords: |
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Tips for surviving a bear attack
Survival in the wilderness depends on being able to deal with the unexpected |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 46 Topic: Animals Keywords: |
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The thin end of the wedge for girls
While concern grows about obesity, the problem of anorexia still exists |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 47 Topic: Body image Keywords: obese, eating disorders, food, diet, young people |
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Does my bum look big in this magazine?
How girls and women feel about their figures |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 49 Topic: Body image Keywords: diet, young people |
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Cosmetic surgery The cost of beauty treatments including botox, chemical peel, face lift |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 50 Topic: Body Image Keywords: nose, plastic surgery |
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Why should I change my face?
Vicky Lucas challenges prejudice about appearance. Bullied and depressed, she once thought surgery was the only way to deal with her disfigurement. Now she explains why ‘churubism’ is ‘fundamental to who I am’ |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 52 Topic: Body Image Keywords: |
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I wish I looked like her
How magazines dictate the right appearance and how young people can be helped to maintain a healthier self image |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 55 Topic: Body Image Keywords: eating disorders, health, diet |
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£22,000 for ear piercing disaster
A boy’s fashion experiment goes disastrously wrong |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 57 Topic: Body Image Keywords: |
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Land of soaps and Lowry
The people and things that define Britishness for us |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 58 Topic: Britain Keywords: icons |
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For sale: Britain
A calculation of what the land and property in Britain are worth |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 60 Topic: Britain Keywords: housing, wealth |
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Shopping basket for the nation
How the Office for National Statistics reflects our changing lifestyles |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 61 Topic: Britain Keywords: consumers |
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I have still not seen I’m a celebrity... and several other proud boasts
Andrew Martin says that if poshness is all about not taking part in popular activities, then he is quite posh |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 62 Topic: Britain Keywords: class |
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Up in the air
Naming of the East Midlands airport |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 62 Topic: Britain Keywords: names |
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Goodbye Brutish Britain
Dr Theodore Dalrymple cannot bear to live here a moment longer |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 63 Topic: Britain Keywords: anti-social behaviour, antisocial behaviour, |
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Why do we instinctively trust a Geordie accent?
Old snobberies are reflected in our response to how people speak |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 65 Topic: Britain Keywords: language |
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A murder strung out appallingly over 12 years
The long term effects of bullying. Karl was bullied from the age of four and a half. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 66 Topic: Bullying Keywords: suicide |
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Victims of bullying The effects of bullying last well into adulthood |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 67 Topic: Bullying Keywords: suicide |
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Small is beautiful There are good things about being a small company |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 70 Topic: Business Keywords: business |
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Too much to take on Caring for others blights the lives and prospects of young people. The article includes a personal account by Alex, a young carer. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 72 Topic: Carers Keywords: young people |
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Nursery crimes
Laws were broken and the needs of children ignored even in the most expensive nursery |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 74 Topic: Child care Keywords: nurseries |
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Kindergarten cop-outs
Some parents are over-ambitious for their small children |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 77 Topic: Child care Keywords: |
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Couple cleared over baby left in car
A British couple encounter different legal attitudes in the United States |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 78 Topic: Child care Keywords: USA, America |
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‘I know one with blonde hair, green eyes, very beautiful, you will love her.’ The price? £70
There are children for sale in the slums of Romania – for adoption or for slavery |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 79 Topic: Children Keywords: parents |
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I gave away son so he could escape squalor
An Albanian mother denies selling her child for a TV set |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 82 Topic: Children Keywords: parents, poverty |
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No bike or annual holiday? Then your child is living in poverty, say nanny state meddlers
Lifestyle, rather than income, is the new measure of poverty |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 84 Topic: Children Keywords: |
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Do they all have to dress like Britney?
Young girls are obsessed with looking older than their years |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 86 Topic: Children Keywords: clothes, fashion, young people, |
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Huge rise in teeny killers and rapists
Crime by youngsters aged 10 to 17 has risen by 30% |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 88 Topic: Children Keywords: murder, young people |
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Do your kids watch too much TV?
Britain’s kids are spending 61% more time in front of the TV than they spend in lessons |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 89 Topic: Children Keywords: television |
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Gifts rapped
Anthony Horowitz says trashy and expensive toys will be rightly discarded |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 90 Topic: Children Keywords: |
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Law of the loony label
Safety warnings can go too far |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 92 Topic: Consumers Keywords: shopping |
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Why I hate supermarkets
Zac Goldsmith exposes the true costs of shopping at the big stores |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 93 Topic: Consumers Keywords: |
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Why I love supermarkets
An answer to Zac Goldsmith and other thoughts about shopping |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 94 Topic: Consumers Keywords: |
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What can we do?
One solution to global inequalities in the current free trade model is to develop a system of social and environmental guidelines |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 95 Topic: Consumers Keywords: Developing world, fair trade, fairtrade, coffee |
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Ask us another one, pet
Market researchers match their products to UK regions – drinking research always goes up North |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 97 Topic: Consumers Keywords: |
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Zero Interest
When The Sun reported a burglary, police could not have been less interested |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 98 Topic: Crime Keywords: |
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Prowler can prosecute me after my dog bit him
A tiny terrier saw off an intruder but it’s his owner who could be arrested |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 99 Topic: Crime Keywords: |
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Barricade the room and hope he does one lively
A professional thief gives advice on how to deal with burglars |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 100 Topic: Crime Keywords: burglary, crime prevention |
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Great lunch robber
Filtching a policeman’s sandwich was not taken lightly |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 101 Topic: Crime Keywords: theft |
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Streets that police themselves
The best way to prevent street crime is to encourage more people to walk |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 102 Topic: Crime Keywords: crime prevention |
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No time like the present The sacking of Baghdad’s ancient heritage is indicative of the US’s contempt for the past |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 104 Topic: Culture Keywords: arts, Iraq war, history, USA, America |
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Unknown influence Britain’s top 50 cultural movers and shakers |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 105 Topic: Culture Keywords: |
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Grim reaper calls for my second father
Peter Preston describes a peaceful departure |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 107 Topic: Death Keywords: |
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‘Having three deaf children out of four is so rare we had the same chance as winning the lottery five times over’
A personal view from football manager Ian Holloway
The Queens park Rangers manager talks about being a ‘bolshie’ parent’ - and how doing the best by his family disrupted his football career |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 108 Topic: Disability Keywords: deafness |
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Deaf to reason
Contrasting attitudes to deaf children in Britain and South Africa |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 110 Topic: Disability Keywords: deafness |
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‘The law is saying there are reasons why I shouldn’t be alive...’
Joanna Jepson explains the personal reasons behind her campaign calling for a tightening of the abortion law |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 113 Topic: Disability Keywords: cleft palate |
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Are we nearly there yet?
A 16-year-old’s research project about the needs of teenage wheelchair users brought remarkable results |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 116 Topic: Disability Keywords: |
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Rwanda: Horror & hope
Can a country be rebuilt? |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 118 Topic: Disasters Keywords: genocide |
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A personal memoir by genocide survivor
10 years on, Alice is in favour of reconciliation but not in favour of forgetting |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 120 Topic: Disasters Keywords: Rwanda |
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Dangerous buildings, lax rules: why Bam death toll was so high
Earthquakes cannot be prevented – but deaths can |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 121 Topic: Disasters Keywords: |
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Deadly history of earthquakes in the last 100 years |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 122 Topic: Disasters Keywords: |
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Now Iran must face the political aftershocks
John Simpson on how a disaster could open the way to better diplomatic relationships |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 123 Topic: Disasters Keywords: earthquakes |
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Surviving a disaster
A psychology lecturer explains how panic is sometimes a sensible response |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 124 Topic: Disasters Keywords: panic, trauma |
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Shock tactics don’t work
Preaching about the dangers of drug use can often have little or no effect |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 126 Topic: Drugs Keywords: young people |
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How I survived crack
A personal account of kicking the crack and heroin habit and building a future |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 129 Topic: Drugs Keywords: |
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Enemy at the gate
Drugs are widely available in our schools |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 130 Topic: Drugs Keywords: young people |
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What a way to make a living
The glamorous side is cars and cash. The ugly side is crime and murder. Drug dealers talk about their way of life |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 133 Topic: Drugs Keywords: |
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I will reply to your complaint in 3 years
Parents complain about a sarcastic letter from a headmaster |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 135 Topic: Education Keywords: |
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A tale of two state schools
An MP rejected his local comprehensive in south London but would at least consider one in Dorset. Is this prejudice or good judgement? |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 136 Topic: Education Keywords: MPs |
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Should parents help their children with coursework?
Is it helping or cheating? Parents respond |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 140 Topic: Education Keywords: |
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So we were much cleverer in the good old days? That’s just a fantasy
Ted Wragg questions the view that standards have fallen |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 141 Topic: Education Keywords: school |
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A gentleman and a scholar
One teacher made a crucial difference to this writer’s life |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 142 Topic: Education Keywords: |
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Was I really worth it?
A degree in modern history would cost a student £9,000 |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 143 Topic: Education Keywords: |
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Don’t throw it all away
An insurance salesman found his life took a new path when his daughter asked him to build her a playhouse |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 144 Topic: Environment Keywords: recycling |
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If you laid out all the plastic bags we use in a year, how big an area would they cover? |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 144 Topic: Environment Keywords: |
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IT: problem or solution?
Are new technologies a way to solve development problems or are they just a new way to make old mistakes? |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 145 Topic: Environment Keywords: ICT |
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The White Death
Half of all coral reefs will be left bleached and dying in the next 30 years |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 148 Topic: Environment Keywords: |
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Gum
A modern habit reflects a much older tradition in a way that is unexpectedly attractive |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 150 Topic: Environment Keywords: chewing gum |
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Children unruly? YOU go to prison
A mother has been warned that she faces jail unless she controls her tearaway daughters |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 151 Topic: Family Keywords: parents, anti-social behaviour, antisocial behaviour, |
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Supermum
Single parent Jacqui Jackson has seven children, four of them autistic, yet she managed to get a degree, write a book and is now working on a second |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 152 Topic: Family Keywords: autism |
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Rows over lazy teens
Disagreements over how to deal with teenagers threaten a relationship |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 154 Topic: Family Keywords: young people |
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Switched at birth: mystery solved after 40 years
A DNA test intended to put a sick man’s mind at rest revealed an error which changed two women’s lives |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 155 Topic: Family Keywords: |
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A lesson in love
Winifred Robinson argues that too many of us are too busy to notice the most important things in life. It took her mother’s illness to make her realise how precious their love was. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 156 Topic: Family Keywords: |
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From masters to servants
Farmers have lost their place in the rural pecking order |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 159 Topic: Farming Keywords: countryside |
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Meet the new lords of the manor
Brief profiles of the weird and wonderful types you now find in the countryside |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 162 Topic: Farming Keywords: |
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Cereal injustice
An Oxfam report on how farm subsidies go to the richest men |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 163 Topic: Farming Keywords: |
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He appalled the nation when, at 13, he became Britain’s youngest father. At 18 he’s still with the mother, doesn’t claim benefits and utterly adores his daughters |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 165 Topic: Fathers Keywords: parents, young people |
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Poor, poor daddy. Nasty old mummy The tactics now used by estranged fathers can only harm children |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 168 Topic: Fathers Keywords: parents |
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Fathers and family breakdown Letter writers give their views on how the courts treat fathers in divorce and separation cases |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 169 Topic: Fathers Keywords: |
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Market forces In contrast to industrialised food and farming, some people are trying to put local grub on the table |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 170 Topic: Food Keywords: |
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Organic? No thanks
The Observer’s food critic suggests that organic food is not automatically the best |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 172 Topic: Food Keywords: |
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Spuds-we-like!
Clarissa Dickson Wright disagrees with the government. Potatoes are vegetables and they’re delicious |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 173 Topic: Food Keywords: |
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Eat my shorts... and salt and sugar
Foods marketed specifically at children contain a high proportion of things that are bad for them |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 175 Topic: Food Keywords: |
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The secret formula for a long life
14 foods for good health |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 175 Topic: Food Keywords: |
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So how long does it take to burn off calories?
An MP has suggested that burgers should carry health warnings |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 176 Topic: Food Keywords: |
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What is globalisation?
Three leading academics give their definitions |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 177 Topic: Globalisation Keywords: |
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From lab to table: how biotechnology breeds hopes, doubts and fears down the food chain
Case studies on GM foods |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 180 Topic: GM Produce Keywords: genetically modified |
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The case for and against
Opposing views from Michael Meacher and the Chairman of the Agriculture Biotechnology Council |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 182 Topic: GM Produce Keywords: genetically modified, food |
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My case for science and sense
Robin McKie argues that GM products have never been proved to be dangerous |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 183 Topic: GM Produce Keywords: genetically modified, food |
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Genetically modified crops? Not in my backfield
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall distrusts the powerful companies seeking to own and control global agriculture |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 184 Topic: GM Produce Keywords: genetically modified, food |
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What’s in my larder?
How you will be able to tell if foods contain GM ingredients |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 186 Topic: GM Produce Keywords: genetically modified |
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For the want of a nail...
Small changes could have a big impact on the NHS argues Sue Townsend |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 187 Topic: Health Keywords: |
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Don’t use private medicine unless you’re feeling fine
Only the NHS can cater for every emergency explains a registrar at a London teaching hospital |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 188 Topic: Health Keywords: |
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The drugs don’t work
The vast majority of drugs only work with a limited percentage of people |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 189 Topic: Health Keywords: patients |
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If only life was more like it is on TV
TV programmes don’t reflect the reality of a doctor’s life explains a GP |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 189 Topic: Health Keywords: television |
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The bitterest pill
Superbugs caused by overuse of antibiotics are a greater threat than biological weapons |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 190 Topic: Health Keywords: |
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‘Our lives are about Alice – that’s why I am selling a kidney’
A father offered an organ for sale on the internet to give his daughter the chance of a normal life |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 192 Topic: Health Keywords: parents |
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Our dead son saved 30 lives
How a tragic death helped others |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 194 Topic: Health Keywords: organ donation, organ donors |
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Organ minders
A grateful father whose son was given a new kidney praises the NHS and argues against a free trade in organs |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 195 Topic: Health Keywords: organ donation, organ donors |
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The body shop: my kidney could save a life. So why can’t I sell it?
A regulated trade in human organs would prevent the poor from being exploited |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 197 Topic: Health Keywords: organ donation, organ donors |
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A tragedy that restores faith in humanity
Although the operation to separate Ladan and Laleh Bijani failed, just taking the risk was a tribute to their courage and optimism |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 199 Topic: Health Keywords: Conjoined twins |
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Why stress is rotting our lives
Psychologist Oliver James argues that we put ourselves under a dangerous amount of pressure |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 201 Topic: Health Keywords: psychology |
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Skin cancer time bomb for young Britons
Three quarters of young men and women are willing to risk their lives to get a suntan |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 202 Topic: Health Keywords: holidays |
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‘As a slave you are a non-person. I got used to being invisible’
At 13 Mende Nazer was abducted from her village and forced to work as a domestic slave |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 203 Topic: Human Rights Keywords: slavery, people trafficking |
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Defending the right to protest
The Terrorism Act can be used against innocent protestors, including an 11-year-old |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 206 Topic: Human Rights Keywords: |
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Return of the great white hunters
Wealthy Britons pay tens of thousands to bag a lion, elephant or polar bear |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 208 Topic: Hunting Keywords: animals |
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Sport or slaughter?
Britain’s fastest growing country pursuit is pheasant shooting but can it really be called a sport? |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 210 Topic: Hunting Keywords: animals |
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The new slavery
The Morecambe Bay drownings have exposed a trade in human beings |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 213 Topic: Immigration Keywords: people trafficking |
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Lost in the lowlands
Industrial agriculture exploits migrant labour, which is why a Nepali went undercover amongst Eastern Europeans in the fields of Norfolk |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 215 Topic: Immigration Keywords: work |
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Final proof that war is about the failure of the human spirit
Robert Fisk reports from a Baghdad hospital |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 217 Topic: Iraq Keywords: war |
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‘You’ve got to stand up for your beliefs’
A year 10 school pupil explains why it was important to skip school to attend an anti-war demonstration |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 219 Topic: Iraq Keywords: war, protest |
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The threat to Iraq comes from Western defeatists
We must have a positive attitude to the defeat of Saddam |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 220 Topic: Iraq Keywords: war |
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War Stories
Young people question a representative of Save the Children |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 222 Topic: Iraq Keywords: charity |
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Revealed: who really found Saddam
The story behind the capture – and how the emphasis changed |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 223 Topic: Iraq Keywords: Saddam Hussein, war |
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On the front line
A freelance reporter faces US snipers firing on ambulances leaving the besieged city of Fallujah |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 226 Topic: Iraq Keywords: war |
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Give me the freedom to write bad English
Too much concentration on correctness stifles creativity |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 228 Topic: Language Keywords: |
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Word games
Disability groups aim to make the media more conscious of the language they use |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 229 Topic: Language Keywords: |
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‘Paki’ football chant ruled racist by court
A legal decision that this term is always insulting and racist |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 231 Topic: Language Keywords: racism, law |
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Let’s claim it pak
‘Paki’ needs to be taken back by its rightful owners – so it can be said and heard with pride |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 232 Topic: Language Keywords: racism |
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The ‘Becks effect’ at the Open University
A footballer’s move to Spain has produced a surge in applications for language courses |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 233 Topic: Language Keywords: David Beckham, football |
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English lessons? Not on your Nessie!
A Russian woman was refused a visa to study English because she had chosen to study in Scotland |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 233 Topic: Language Keywords: |
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Linguists speak out for the dying tongues
Scientists are in a race against time to record the world’s disappearing dialects |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 234 Topic: Language Keywords: |
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Bailiffs are here and I’m at the end of my tether
A family is evicted from their home following an anti-social behaviour order |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 236 Topic: Law Keywords: ASBO, anti-social behaviour, antisocial behaviour, eviction |
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I want to bring my son back...
Adyl Kanata was left needing 24 hour care after being beaten up. His mother tells how the man who beat him received a five year sentence, while her sentence is for life |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 238 Topic: Law Keywords: carers, |
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Judgment day
This reporter is not impressed with the jury system |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 240 Topic: Law Keywords: juries |
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Parents are the usual culprits
In the first of 2 articles giving opposing views Dr Anthony Daniels argues that we don’t have to look very far to find those who are most likely to harm children |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 241 Topic: Law Keywords: expert witnesses |
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The experts have wrecked justice
In the second of 2 articles giving opposing views Dr James Le Fanu argues that parents are too easily convicted on the testimony of flawed experts. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 242 Topic: Law Keywords: expert witnesses |
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Sorry m’ lud I’m filing my nails...
...and other interesting legal insights |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 244 Topic: Law Keywords: |
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Library crisis
Libraries are in decline but money is not the problem |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 245 Topic: Libraries Keywords: |
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Friends at Christmas?
Homeless people are cut-off from information and communication – one project made a big difference |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 246 Topic: Libraries Keywords: Poverty |
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Much more than books
How libraries can become more attractive to young people |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 248 Topic: Libraries Keywords: reading |
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The dating divide
Asian-only and mixed events provide contrasting experiences of speed dating |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 250 Topic: Love Keywords: single |
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Picture this
At 16 and 2 months Simon Keegan pays his first visit to a nightclub in search of love |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 252 Topic: Love Keywords: young people, teenagers |
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The perfect wife
Well-off Lebanese bachelors are ordering their brides from abroad over the internet |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 253 Topic: Marriage Keywords: |
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British couples embrace US style pre-nups
A growing trend to sort out the money before the marriage |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 254 Topic: Marriage Keywords: |
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Women are happiest with first love and men with ‘serial monogamy’, a study finds
Weddings work for women but are emotionally bad for men |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 256 Topic: Marriage Keywords: |
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‘Reactionary, illiberal, venal tabloids have lost the plot’
Opposing views
One journalist criticises the nature of the British popular press while another suggests he’s guilty of the same faults |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 257 Topic: Media Keywords: newspapers |
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When my sister was murdered
The press harassment began just two hours after the news of the murder. A personal account of how the media made matters worse |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 259 Topic: Media Keywords: newspapers |
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Would you want your teenage daughter to read these mags? No way, says outraged Geldof
Criticism of the way girls’ magazines are obsessed with sex |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 261 Topic: Media Keywords: teenagers, young people |
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TV serial dramas are so soothing
Surprisingly, Brian Sewell is a fan of trash TV |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 263 Topic: Media Keywords: television, soap operas |
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Do not adjust your mind set
Eleanor Bailey isn’t keen on her son watching TV but she wasn’t ready for her friends’ reactions |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 265 Topic: Media Keywords: television, parents |
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Reality television
Al-Jazeera has a track record of accurate reporting which is why it has been bombed and its staff arrested argues one of its journalists |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 267 Topic: Media Keywords: Iraq, tv |
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The war correspondent...
John Pilger reports incidents in which correspondents have been vilified for telling the truth |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 268 Topic: Media Keywords: newspapers |
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Sweet smell of success
Mens’ cosmetics are now a £300m industry |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 270 Topic: Men Keywords: deodorant, smell |
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All tied up in a legal tangle
A sex equality case about the wearing of neck ties |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 273 Topic: Men Keywords: clothes |
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Doctors’ ties spread diseases
Ways in which neck ties are bad for your health |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 274 Topic: Men Keywords: hospital |
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Gaza hospitals report crop of ‘Ahmed Yassin’ babies
Israel assassinated sheikh Ahmed Yassin but his name lives on |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 275 Topic: Middle east Keywords: Palestine |
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Shadow over the manger
Reflections from Bethlehem on the separation wall being built by Israel |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 276 Topic: Middle East Keywords: Palestine |
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Good neighbour dies after giving away lottery jackpot
A winner chose to spend his money on racing and making others happy |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 277 Topic: Money Keywords: wealth, gambling, national lottery |
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Trapped in debt city
The poorest people face the biggest bills when they borrow money |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 279 Topic: Money Keywords: poverty |
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Earning money is a man’s job... we’re here to spend it
18-year-old Anna has a luxury apartment, servants and an unlimited credit card |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 281 Topic: Money Keywords: wealth, shopping |
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Licensed beggars only allowed
The government is considering laws to restrain ‘chuggers’ – those who mug you for charity |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 283 Topic: Money Keywords: |
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Fundraisers face the facts
Face to face fundraising is not the best source of charity money |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 284 Topic: Money Keywords: |
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That’ll be 23 guineas
The outrageous charges some banks make for sending you a letter about being overdrawn |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 284 Topic: Money Keywords: |
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When culture kills
‘Honour’ killings are still murder |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 285 Topic: Murder Keywords: women |
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What drives a father to kill his children?
It is the good fathers facing a catastrophic loss who turn into killers |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 286 Topic: Murder Keywords: |
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Living with a serial killer
The families of mass murderers can become their victims too |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 288 Topic: Murder Keywords: Harold Shipman |
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The hunt for Holly and Jessica
Major events in the search for the two missing girls |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 290 Topic: Murder Keywords: Soham |
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A loss and tragedy for us all
The judge’s summing up in the murder case of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 291 Topic: Murder Keywords: Soham |
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Soham lessons
A considered view of the lessons police forces can learn |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 292 Topic: Murder Keywords: |
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Rock against the clock
It’s too soon to say that the single is dead |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 294 Topic: Music Keywords: |
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Bong go the classics
Norman Lebrecht argues that a whole generation has failed to pass on the inheritance of good music |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 296 Topic: Music Keywords: classical music |
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Parents’ mockery can put children off music for life
Parents are crucial in developing musical ability. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 297 Topic: Music Keywords: |
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It’s only thin folk who worry about being fat
Ellie Levenson is fat and happy |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 298 Topic: Obesity Keywords: obese, health, eating disorders |
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Fat Britain
Britain faces a worrying epidemic of obesity. But the solutions are simple |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 299 Topic: Obesity Keywords: obese, health, eating disorders, food |
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Doctors warn of terrifying rise in obesity
The heads of three medical colleges issue a warning of problems ahead |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 300 Topic: Obesity Keywords: obese, health, eating disorders, food |
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Why some mums are a fat lot of use to kids
Antony Worrall Thompson believes that working mums who don’t cook are to blame for the fatness epidemic |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 302 Topic: Obesity Keywords: obese, health, eating disorders, cookery, food |
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Plenty for parents to digest over food issues
The responsibility for healthy eating is shared between parents, schools and the government according to The Birmingham Post |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 303 Topic: Obesity Keywords: obese, health, eating disorders, food |
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Child obesity – an epidemic of inequality
The poorest children are most likely to have diets rich in fat, sugar and salt |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 304 Topic: Obesity Keywords: obese, health, eating disorders, food, poverty |
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Small changes, big health gains
Studies in the US suggest that saving 200 calories a day could prevent obesity |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 304 Topic: Obesity Keywords: obese, health, eating disorders, food, diet |
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A black policeman’s tale
A veteran police officer recounts his experience of racism |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 305 Topic: Police Keywords: |
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Letters in reaction to BBC documentary ‘The Secret Policeman’
Two Asian police officers explain how it felt to see racism revealed on television. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 307 Topic: Police Keywords: |
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Agitators will inherit the earth
Roy Hattersley contends that the right to choose does not extend to the poor |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 308 Topic: Politics Keywords: poverty |
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Vote, vote, vote for Harry Potter
A politics lecturer questions why the government backs votes at 16 |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 309 Topic: Politics Keywords: young people, teenagers, democracy |
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A polling station is no place for a 16-year-old
We need to reform our voting system to take the interests of children seriously but this won’t be done by the lowering the voting age |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 310 Topic: Politics Keywords: young people, teenagers, democracy |
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Where would teenage votes go?
A 17-year-old suggests that teenagers don’t want to live in a country controlled by teenagers |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 311 Topic: Politics Keywords: democracy |
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Prison: a view from inside
A prisoner reflects on how his views on justice have changed since entering prison |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 312 Topic: Prison Keywords: |
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I’m educated and middle class but I was sent to prison for five years... for a crime I didn’t commit
A personal account by charity director Ruth Wyner |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 314 Topic: Prison Keywords: |
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Why it’s a tall order being a female officer in a men’s prison
An unusual, yet rewarding working environment |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 316 Topic: Prison Keywords: work |
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Think again
Ditch the deadlines if you want to be creative |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 317 Topic: Psychology Keywords: brainstorming |
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Cut through acres of type to the fast lane
A speed reading course could save you from information overload |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 319 Topic: Psychology Keywords: |
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Students’ debt anxiety
Financial hardship is the most likely cause of depression |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 320 Topic: Psychology Keywords: |
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Scared of spiders? Take this pill
A medicine could speed up the process of defeating irrational panic |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 321 Topic: Psychology Keywords: |
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Everything’s A-OK
The Sesame Street theme can be used as an instrument of torture |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 322 Topic: Psychology Keywords: war |
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Black faces absent at top
While 1 in 12 of the UK population belongs to an ethnic minority, this is not reflected at the highest levels of public life |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 323 Topic: Race Keywords: racism |
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Racism through the generations
What was funny for an older generation is regarded as unacceptable by a younger one |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 325 Topic: Race Keywords: |
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Asians proud to be ‘British’
The majority of British Asians have a strong sense of identity with their adopted country. This article includes interviews with Asian celebrities and Asian young people |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 327 Topic: Race Keywords: |
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Exiled tribe’s long journey home
Even after apartheid has ended there’s still a gap in the understanding of the Afrikaaner |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 330 Topic: Race Keywords: South Africa |
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Exclusion zones
People of all races are guilty of thwarting true multi-culturalism says George Alagiah |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 331 Topic: Race Keywords: |
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Why France is tied in knots over the girls who wear the scarf
The French still believe that religion should be kept out of schools |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 333 Topic: Religion Keywords: Islam, Muslims, hijab, schools, clothes, veil, burka |
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Taking the veil
Lebanese women are choosing to cover up |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 335 Topic: Religion Keywords: Islam, Muslims, hijab, clothes, veil, burka |
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Eating burgers beneath the veil
There are many contradictions to life in Iran |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 336 Topic: Religion Keywords: Islam, Muslims, hijab, clothes, veil, burka |
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Seven new deadly sins
Tim Dowling proposes some more relevant transgressions |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 337 Topic: Religion Keywords: |
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All white on the night
A blind psychic is becoming a nationwide star. A sceptical reporter is won over. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 338 Topic: Religion Keywords: |
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How stores know weather it will sell
£100bn worth of spending depends on being able to predict the weather |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 340 Topic: Science Keywords: |
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Nanotech moves the future to a new level
Informed debate on new technology is essential but in short supply |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 342 Topic: Science Keywords: Nanotechnology |
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Why are real-life robots so lame?
Robots are not yet as smart as people believed they would be |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 343 Topic: Science Keywords: |
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Obese people may be hard-wired to eat more
Do our brains make it harder for some to stay slim? |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 344 Topic: Science Keywords: obesity, eating disorders, food |
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Low temperatures and high skill
Climate change may have contributed to the unique quality of Stradivarius violins. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 344 Topic: Science Keywords: music |
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Love’s chemistry
How the brain controls our responses |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 345 Topic: Sex Keywords: love |
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So why is ‘gay’ still a school hate word?
For thousands of young people who are gay, or appear to be gay, life can be like a prison sentence |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 347 Topic: Sex Keywords: homosexuality |
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Smoking: I know it’s stupid. So why can’t I stop?
Smokers are, by definition, self-destructive idiots. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 350 Topic: Smoking Keywords: cigarettes |
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A ban on tobacco would be illiberal and ineffective
An editorial argues for respect for individual choice |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 351 Topic: Smoking Keywords: cigarettes |
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Don’t ban the weed!
Jenni Murray won’t be put off by health warnings on packets |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 352 Topic: Smoking Keywords: cigarettes |
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A right to breathe smoke-free air
A doctor argues that education will not achieve what a smoking ban could. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 352 Topic: Smoking Keywords: cigarettes |
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Death of community spirit
Putting yourself before society harms all of us, says Will Hutton |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 353 Topic: Society Keywords: Britain |
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Rise of the new infantilism
We all behave like over-sized babies. Justin Cartwright is tired of being patronised |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 354 Topic: Society Keywords: |
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OBE me? Up yours
Benjamin Zephaniah explains why he wants no part in the honours system |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 356 Topic: Society Keywords: Britain |
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Was Ben right to refuse the OBE?
People in the street give their opinions |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 357 Topic: Society Keywords: Britain |
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Honoured? No thanks, say elite of arts and TV
Some of the famous names who have turned down honours |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 358 Topic: Society Keywords: Britain, |
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‘It’s crazy to think that an inhaler nearly ruined my whole career’
Skier Alain Baxter talks about his long fightback from a drugs disgrace |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 360 Topic: Sport Keywords: Olympics |
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Climb every mountain - with an iron
Extreme ironing - will it catch on? |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 362 Topic: Sport Keywords: extreme sports |
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Joe Simpson: No ordinary Joe
An astonishing tale of survival |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 363 Topic: Sport Keywords: mountaineering, danger |
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‘I hit it, snapped my frame and smashed into the luggage rack’
An account by racing cyclist (and 2008 Olympic gold medalist) Nicole Cook |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 365 Topic: Sport Keywords: cycling |
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Gym’ll fix it Chris Bantin was a weightlifting champion at the age of 16 and is now a fitness instructor – despite having spina bifida |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 366 Topic: Sport Keywords: disability |
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Exercise boosts boys’ immune systems
90 minutes of wrestling doubled the white blood cells in a group of 14- to 18-year-olds |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 368 Topic: Sport Keywords: health |
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There’s more than hope in fans’ hearts
Superstition and tradition loom large in fans’ support for their teams |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 368 Topic: Sport Keywords: football |
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‘I’m 27 and I can’t swim. Time to take the plunge’
Learning a vital skill could not be put off any longer. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 369 Topic: Sport Keywords: swimming |
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The ultimate act of will
Suicide is the choice of people who are overwhelmed by feelings of helplessness |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 370 Topic: Suicide Keywords: |
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‘Dr R2D2 will see you now...’
Doctors in the US are already using a robot as part of their team |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 372 Topic: Technology Keywords: health |
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2 hell with txt maniacs!
Text messaging has destroyed grammar and now it’s ruining relationships |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 373 Topic: Technology Keywords: mobile phones, language |
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Last word
Email is not without its downside |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 374 Topic: Technology Keywords: internet |
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Spam, spam, spam
Advice on how to avoid junk email |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 375 Topic: Technology Keywords: internet |
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How ‘Jobs & Money’ fooled the world
A spoof letter went around the world and was eventually emailed back to its author |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 376 Topic: Technology Keywords: tax |
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Beware the Luddite bandwagon aiming to derail new technologies
Engineers must communicate better if they want people to trust them |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 378 Topic: Technology Keywords: engineering |
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After Bali
Hanabeth Luke was dancing with the love of her life when her world was blown apart by terrorists |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 379 Topic: Terrorism Keywords: |
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I still can’t tell my folks the whole truth
Mark Henderson cannot bear to reveal all the details of his kidnap in Colombia |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 382 Topic: Terrorism Keywords: kidnapping |
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Madrid: 190 killed
Illustrations of the events of 11 March 2004 |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 383 Topic: Terrorism Keywords: |
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Lock up our tourists on arrival
Most British holidaymakers deserve to be brutalised in foreign jails, says Theodore Dalrymple |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 385 Topic: Tourism Keywords: anti-social behaviour, antisocial behaviour, |
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I was a happy camper
You may now find Johnny Vegas in New York or Los Angeles but he still thinks Butlins is best |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 386 Topic: Tourism Keywords: holidays |
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Anyone found my husband?
Survey of what hotel guests leave behind |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 388 Topic: Tourism Keywords: hotels |
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On the road to ruin
John O’Farrell takes a humorous look at urban motoring |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 389 Topic: Transport Keywords: cars |
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You’re safer in silver
Driving a silver car can reduce your risk of injury by 50% |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 390 Topic: Transport Keywords: cars, safety |
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Greener transport quiz
Frequently asked questions with answers |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 390 Topic: Transport Keywords: environment |
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Speed traps kill
One motoring group claims that drunk, drugged or dangerous drivers are not being caught because of the emphasis on speed limits |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 391 Topic: Transport Keywords: cars, safety |
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Why it’s good to go slow
Small scale traffic calming measures can be highly effective |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 392 Topic: Transport Keywords: cars, safety |
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Speed cameras are good for you
Middle-class motorists should accept that speeding laws apply to them too |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 393 Topic: Transport Keywords: cars |
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Slow progress on road safety
Letter writers give their views on speed restrictions |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 395 Topic: Transport Keywords: cars |
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Fear and loathing?
How drivers regard cyclists |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 397 Topic: Transport Keywords: cycling |
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Be thankful you are not American
Seven reasons why the rest of the world should be glad not to be part of the USA and one major reason to be grateful for its existence |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 398 Topic: USA Keywords: |
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Connections in the dark
A blackout in New York revives neighbourly feelings |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 400 Topic: USA Keywords: America |
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Still haunted by guns and slavery
Reflecting on its many virtues has made America blind to its weaknesses |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 402 Topic: USA Keywords: |
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In India, pressures on the water supply created by a Coca Cola plant have caused wells to dry up
Mark Thomas contrasts soft drink advertising with the reality |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 404 Topic: Water Keywords: |
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Every 15 seconds, a child dies because of a shortage of fresh water...
Human use of fresh water has quadrupled since the 1940s because of population growth and affluent ‘water hungry’ lifestyles |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 405 Topic: Water Keywords: |
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Chasing water uphill
A technological breakthrough has brought supplies of fresh water to Bangladeshi hill villages. |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 409 Topic: Water Keywords: |
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Hit or myth... is there any truth in all those tales about women?
Preconceptions examined |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 411 Topic: Women Keywords: |
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Top jobs await educated Rita
Girls’ educational achievements should help them shatter the ‘glass ceiling’ in the workplace |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 413 Topic: Women Keywords: |
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Who runs Britain?
Women still hold less than 10% of top jobs |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 415 Topic: Women Keywords: |
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Nobody has the right to be a mother
Amanda Platell is living proof that a woman can have a fulfilled and worthwhile life without children – even if that wasn’t her choice |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 417 Topic: Women Keywords: |
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On the sandwich chain gang
Migrant workers shiver in Victorian conditions to bring you your lunch |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 418 Topic: Work Keywords: food |
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If you can’t stand the heat... get some balls
Elisa Roche encountered bullying and sexual harassment once she stepped beyond Jamie Oliver’s kitchen |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 420 Topic: Work Keywords: food |
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The virus of exploitation
The price of our cheap laptops is exploitation in the Third World |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 422 Topic: Work Keywords: developing world, IT, ICT, computers, |
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All work and no play in new China
Work in China has changed greatly in a decade |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 424 Topic: Work Keywords: |
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The rough guide to economic nonsense
The worse the company performs, the more the directors earn. Why? |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 425 Topic: Work Keywords: wealth |
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The rise and fall of 21st century jobs
City & Guilds forecasts which careers will thrive or decline |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 426 Topic: Work Keywords: |
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Office rage rampant
Stress is driving staff to violence but there are better places to work |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 429 Topic: Work Keywords: |
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Curfew
Police ban under-16s from town after 9pm |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 430 Topic: Young people Keywords: anti-social behaviour, antisocial behaviour, |
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Terrible teenagers? That’s like so not fair
Responses to the curfew |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 431 Topic: Young people Keywords: anti-social behaviour, antisocial behaviour, |
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Modern folk devils
Panics about behaviour of young people are nothing new |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 433 Topic: Young people Keywords: anti-social behaviour, antisocial behaviour, |
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My 16-year-old wants to leave school to get a job
Advice on a dilemma |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 436 Topic: Young people Keywords: parents |
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To catch a thief
When well behaved children start stealing, parents must find out what’s behind it |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 437 Topic: Young people Keywords: |
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Boy of 17 blows £12,000 with his dad’s credit card
A teenager who went on a four day spending spree is unrepentant |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 438 Topic: Young people Keywords: spending |
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Where children come cheap
Millions of under 16s have jobs, yet accidents and exploitation go unchecked |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 440 Topic: Young people Keywords: |
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Internet games have taken over our son’s life
What should parents do about a computer obsessed 19-year-old? |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 442 Topic: Young people Keywords: |
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Teen spirit
Toby Ott had difficulty finding work experience. But the employers who called him a health and safety hazard had better watch out |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 443 Topic: Young people Keywords: blind, blindness, disability |
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The kids are all right
Black adolescents have never had it so good |
Book: Essential Articles 8 page 444 Topic: Young people Keywords: |
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Baby love Adopting a foreign child has become fashionable amongst famous Hollywood stars, but ordinary people face heartbreaking hurdles when they try to follow suit |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 19 Topic: Adoption Keywords: children, family, China, Romania, charity |
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Best left alone One woman’s sad experience of being reunited with her daughter |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 22 Topic: Adoption Keywords: family, |
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Gay couples given the right to adopt The most radical overhaul of adoption law for 30 years |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 22 Topic: Adoption Keywords: children, family, civil rights, equality, homosexuality |
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Life begins at forty At 45, Jenny Eclair tries to tackle the age issue |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 23 Topic: Age Keywords: |
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Killing old people The old are being neglected to death by the health service |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 24 Topic: Age Keywords: health, care, euthanasia, assisted suicide, equality, prejudice, NHS, terminally ill, old age |
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It all depends where you’re coming from Ageism is the most common form of prejudice in Britain yet the definition of age continues to change |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 25 Topic: Age Keywords: Equality, prejudice, old age |
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Exercise your body Staying active can reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 25 Topic: Age Keywords: Health, old age |
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The joy of ageing Why maturity is wonderful for women |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 26 Topic: Age Keywords: |
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I am proud to be old A personal view of old age |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 26 Topic: Age Keywords: Health |
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The state of play HIV/Aids infections are increasing and the nature of the disease means that certain areas of the world will always be more badly affected than others |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 27 Topic: Aids Keywords: Health, international comparisons, Africa, statistics |
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Clinic struggles to cope with army of the ill A victim of its own success: in Uganda the charity Médecins sans Frontières is so overwhelmed with patients that it can offer little more than basic pain relief |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 29 Topic: Aids Keywords: Health, Africa, statistics, international comparisons, death, HIV/Aids |
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The truth about drinking Newspapers blame teenagers for binge drinking, but what’s the story behind the headlines? (This article includes 3 personal accounts) |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 31 Topic: Alcohol Keywords: young people |
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Too much... too quickly A boy died after an eighteenth birthday binge |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 33 Topic: Alcohol Keywords: Young people, death, binge drinking |
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Alcohol ads make teenagers drink more
Advertising has a measurable effect |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 34 Topic: Alcohol Keywords: Young people, adverts, |
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Buying vodka at 3am isn’t a human right William Rees-Mogg objects to 24 hour pub opening |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 35 Topic: Alcohol Keywords: law, violence, opening hours, pubs |
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Hooray for the nanny state. Three drinks and you’re out A radical solution to Scotland’s drink problem |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 37 Topic: Alcohol Keywords: Law, Scotland, |
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Is it time to ban dogs as household pets? Fangs, faeces and barking: the Dangerous Dogs Act didn’t go far enough argues the assistant editor of the British Medical Journal |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 39 Topic: Animals Keywords: health, law |
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Husky saves baby |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 40 Topic: Animals Keywords: dogs |
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Why the NHS isn’t fit for a dog Animals get far better healthcare than their owners |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 41 Topic: Animals Keywords: health, spending |
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Caught in the web The internet has revolutionised our lives, but it could also wipe out entire endangered species |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 43 Topic: Animals Keywords: Internet, law, |
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Alternatives to animal experiments From 1875 onwards, scientists have looked for ways to replace animals in experiments |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 44 Topic: Animal testing Keywords: Science, medicine, health, vivisection |
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Are animals over-used in medical science? Experts with opposing views |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 45 Topic: Animal testing Keywords: Science, medicine, health, vivisection |
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A mouse could save your life The Independent’s Science Editor concludes that there is no real alternative to the use of animals in testing |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 46 Topic: Animal testing Keywords: Science, medicine, health, law, vivisection |
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Small dose of our own medicine A scientist argues the view that research into alternatives to animal testing is soaring and human testing is becoming increasingly viable |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 48 Topic: Animal testing Keywords: Science, medicine, health |
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The first use of a novel drug in humans will always involve a leap in the dark Better procedures in human testing could have prevented recent horrific results |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 50 Topic: Animal testing Keywords: Science, medicine, health |
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A Mona Lisa for £7.50? China has an industry devoted solely to forging great artworks |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 51 Topic: Art Keywords: China, money, business, paintings |
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It’s not muck, it’s art Could farmyard rubbish win the Turner prize? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 53 Topic: Art Keywords: farming, countryside |
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Battle of Trafalgar Square Naked, pregnant, disabled – is this a suitable statue for London’s famous public space? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 54 Topic: Art Keywords: disability, equality, prejudice, Alison Lapper, sculpture |
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The final question The controversial bill to allow terminally ill patients a choice about their death splits the disabled community in two |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 55 Topic: Assisted suicide Keywords: death, suicide, euthanasia, law, disability |
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Death with dignity An open letter to MPs and peers from the general secretary of the Christian Medical Fellowship opposing assisted suicide |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 57 Topic: Assisted suicide Keywords: death, suicide, euthanasia, law |
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She didn’t deserve this Polly Toynbee recounts the awful ordeal of watching her mother’s agonising last weeks of life |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 58 Topic: Assisted suicide Keywords: death, suicide, euthanasia, law, care, NHS |
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Euthanasia and the dilemma of choice Readers give their opinions on the assisted suicide debate |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 60 Topic: Assisted suicide Keywords: death, suicide, euthanasia, law |
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Dr. Anne Turner: Brave decision or tragedy? When a British doctor used a Swiss clinic to end her own life she re-opened the debate about the rights of the terminally ill |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 61 Topic: Assisted suicide Keywords: death, suicide, euthanasia, law, Dignitas |
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What do you say to a patient with an incurable illness who wants the agony to end? Doctor Max Pemberton is unsure how he feels about legalising assisted suicides – except in his own case |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 62 Topic: Assisted suicide Keywords: death, suicide, euthanasia, law, care |
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Beating the office bullies Workplace bullying proves to be a problem at all levels of employment |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 63 Topic: Bullying Keywords: Work, |
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£20,000 for woman who was bullied at primary school A 23 year old has finally won compensation for bullying which she claims destroyed her life |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 64 Topic: Bullying Keywords: education |
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Toppling a tyrant A desperate employee is advised to gather the evidence to beat a bully |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 65 Topic: Bullying Keywords: work, |
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Look what I’ve bought you for Christmas Gifts that really can make a world of difference |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 66 Topic: Charities Keywords: Christmas, developing world, animals, Oxfam, charity |
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Cash or food When emergency strikes, the rich world sends food, but would cash be better? John Vidal explores the current controversy and there are opposing viewpoints on this debate |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 67 Topic: Charities Keywords: Developing world, money, poverty, aid, charity |
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How not to respond to a crisis Self-congratulation should be restrained, the Tsunami relief effort was chaotic, misguided, wasteful and thoughtless |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 70 Topic: Charities Keywords: Tsunami, disaster, money, charity |
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Tsunami of cash Charitable giving is becoming ever more concentrated on fewer causes. There’s too much cash raised to be spent effectively in the afflicted regions but the money can’t be diverted to where it’s most needed |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 71 Topic: Charities Keywords: Tsunami, disaster, money, charity |
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Why are we still living like this A year after the Tsunami there is still no system in place to get the money to where it is most needed |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 73 Topic: Charities Keywords: Tsunami, disaster, money |
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Ordinary girls? A gap year trip becomes an extraordinary lifetime commitment |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 75 Topic: Charities Keywords: Romania, young people |
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Don’t get shirty with me Can people say what they like on a t-shirt? The right of free speech comes into question |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 77 Topic: Clothes Keywords: |
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Last word Hoodie bans are now commonplace, but while they aim to protect do they just promote more prejudice? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 78 Topic: Clothes Keywords: Young people, hoodies, teenagers |
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Billions hanging in wardrobe Thousands of pounds are wasted on clothes that remain in our closets |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 79 Topic: Clothes Keywords: Money |
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We must move beyond the hijab As Muslim women’s dress continues to be controversial, it’s time we got our terminology straight says the editor of a Muslim magazine |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 80 Topic: Clothes Keywords: Islam, education, Muslims |
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Isabelle faces the world The world’s first full face transplant |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 81 Topic: Cosmetic surgery Keywords: transplant surgery, health, Isabelle Dinoire |
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Little Miss Perfect Three teenagers claim a scalpel changed their lives |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 83 Topic: Cosmetic surgery Keywords: body image, young people, plastic surgery |
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Campaigners fear creation of a British suicide cult Calls for controls on internet suicide sites |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 86 Topic: Death Keywords: |
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Sweet oblivion Oliver James argues that assisted suicide for the mentally ill might be the best option |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 87 Topic: Death Keywords: terminal illness |
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There has to be a better way to go If we know our time is up, we should learn how to die well |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 88 Topic: Death Keywords: |
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This circus of grief has nothing to do with George Best Mass grief is not genuine but orchestrated by a cynical media |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 89 Topic: Death Keywords: celebrity |
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Changing way of death Modern alternatives to burial reflect our ancient need to commemorate the dead |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 91 Topic: Death Keywords: |
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Storm over Mountain memorials Is it appropriate to place memorials in Britain’s wild places? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 91 Topic: Death Keywords: |
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Death on the roads: the human toll Road traffic injuries are a huge public health and development problem |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 92 Topic: Developing World Keywords: death, traffic, transport, cars, accidents |
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Vietnam - a tale of two cities Developing countries like Vietnam are experiencing a new problem with traffic deaths explains the Head of Mission with the French Red Cross in Vietnam |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 92 Topic: Developing World Keywords: death, traffic, transport, cars, accidents |
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Bingo babble Jargon takes the place of effective action in some Non Governmental Organisations |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 93 Topic: Developing World Keywords: NGOs, language |
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If you give the poor the internet you give them work for a lifetime Once you’ve got a foothold in cyberspace, the sky is the limit |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 94 Topic: Developing World Keywords: technology, language, web |
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Urban explosion For the first time in history most of us live in cities: many in desperate conditions |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 95 Topic: Developing World Keywords: slums, squatters |
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Bob Geldof: My Africa
The variety, exuberance and happiness of the continent that still has a hold on him |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 97 Topic: Developing World Keywords: |
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Sensory deprivation Teenagers learn to understand the challenges faced by deafblind people |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 100 Topic: Disability Keywords: young people |
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The parents who kill and are spared jail Parents who kill their disabled children have not been jailed. Does this mean that the disabled have less legal protection and fewer rights than the able-bodied? What does this say about society’s attitudes towards disability and life? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 101 Topic: Disability Keywords: death, murder |
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Back on the screen BBC Journalist Frank Gardner, a victim of an al-Qaeda attack, talks about his new disabled life |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 103 Topic: Disability Keywords: terrorism, work, media, language |
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I’m the one leg fireman A determined fireman reports for duty – with a fireproof limb |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 105 Topic: Disability Keywords: |
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The year of the natural disaster In one year we saw the tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, earthquakes in Pakistan and Kashmir – but losing hope would be the biggest disaster |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 106 Topic: Disasters Keywords: natural disasters, Oxfam |
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Catastrophes you’ve may never have heard of Some human tragedies just don’t excite media attention |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 108 Topic: Disasters Keywords: TV, television, media, |
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The strong and lucky pray for their lost families A year on, Tsunami survivors still mourn the huge loss of lives |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 109 Topic: Disasters Keywords: tsunami |
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I hear the voices of ghosts An 11 year old child’s account of the tsunami and its aftermath |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 110 Topic: Disasters Keywords: |
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The poverty of America People in the third world cope with disaster better than the richest country on earth, argues Jeremy Seabrook |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 111 Topic: Disasters Keywords: New Orleans, USA, inequality |
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Shattered Joanne Webster still lives with the trauma caused by her father’s violent behaviour towards her mother |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 113 Topic: Domestic Violence Keywords: abuse, parents |
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Is abuse an excuse for murder The new law on provocation creates one rule for ‘angry men’ and another for ‘fearful women’ |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 115 Topic: Domestic Violence Keywords: |
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Confused about cannabis? Have changing government attitudes towards cannabis misled the public about its dangers? A cannabis user who believes the drug contributed to his breakdown, a campaigner, a medical expert and a parent share their knowledge and fears |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 116 Topic: Drugs Keywords: |
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Why I’ve changed my mind about cannabis Diane Abbott MP is no longer relaxed about the drug |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 117 Topic: Drugs Keywords: law |
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The two sides of Heroin, UK: heroin chic and heroin victim Pete Doherty is the face of heroin chic but this glamour shouldn’t overshadow the lethal effects |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 119 Topic: Drugs Keywords: |
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Cannabis is controlling his life and killing his self-esteem Advice for concerned parents of a depressed son |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 121 Topic: Drugs Keywords: |
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Our healthy diets were killing us An obsession with healthy eating proved dangerous for three women |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 122 Topic: Eating Disorders Keywords: food, health, slimming, body image, diet, health |
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Anorexia: Dying to be thin Early signs of anorexia are there to see, if you know what to look for |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 125 Topic: Eating Disorders Keywords: body image, anorexia |
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When pupils were bad... A period at a comprehensive school shocks an independent school teacher |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 127 Topic: Education Keywords: behaviour, teaching |
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How bad are the kids? It is low level disruption that wears teachers down |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 129 Topic: Education Keywords: behaviour, school |
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Sir, you could do better... Pupils at a London school are advising on teaching and grilling job applicants with astonishing results |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 130 Topic: Education Keywords: students, |
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I will do chores for proper schooling A 15-year-old’s desperate attempt to improve her results |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 132 Topic: Education Keywords: GCSE, exams, behaviour, |
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When is a school not a school? Francis Beckett is cynical about name changes |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 133 Topic: Education Keywords: names, |
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Too much like hard work Most students who have to earn money during term time are disadvantaged and it’s affecting their results |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 134 Topic: Education Keywords: |
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The anguished graduate who killed herself over £14,000 student debts
Did a bank’s harsh treatment push her over the edge? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 136 Topic: Education Keywords: suicide, banks, students, tuition fees |
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I’m indebted for the help I got to go to university Doctor Max Pemberton was one of the last batch of students to receive a grant from the state and couldn’t have qualified under today’s loan system |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 137 Topic: Education Keywords: tuition fees |
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Fight the rising tide of rubbish on your favourite beach The litter on our beaches has doubled in a decade, Beachwatch is trying to do something about it |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 138 Topic: Environment Keywords: waste, rubbish, sea, ocean |
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Killing killer whales with toxics This giant may not survive in seas polluted by everyday chemicals |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 139 Topic: Environment Keywords: pollution, ocean |
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Revived river boasts seals, sea-horses and one piranha A cleaned up Thames has been brought back to life |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 141 Topic: Environment Keywords: animals, fish, ocean |
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A giant problem What do we do with 100 million TVs, computers, stereos and mobile phones that we have discarded in favour of newer ones? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 142 Topic: Environment Keywords: waste, rubbish, recycling |
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Alarm over dramatic weakening of Gulf Stream Slowing of the Gulf Stream means more extreme weather – including much colder winters for Britain |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 144 Topic: Environment Keywords: climate change, global warming |
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Renewable energy: gone with the wind Are the big white blades saving our country or spoiling our countryside? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 146 Topic: Environment Keywords: wind farms, electricity, wind power, wind turbines |
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The hypocrisy of wind power Wind farm development in the UK is a cynical attempt to make political capital on the world stage. Two other writers give the opposing viewpoint |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 147 Topic: Environment Keywords: electricity, wind power, wind turbines |
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Who will stop the slow poisoning of our environment Margaret Cook is alarmed by the use of unregulated chemical contaminants |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 148 Topic: Environment Keywords: pollution, pesticides |
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The world pays a heavy price for our cheap Christmas miracles ‘Fast fashion’ has a global cost – with our cast-offs ruining local trade in the developing world |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 150 Topic: Fair Trade Keywords: Shopping, clothes, economics, trade, developing world, business, Fairtrade, fair trade |
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Are we being served? The price of clothing today is good for those who make it and those who buy it |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 152 Topic: Fair Trade Keywords: developing world, business, clothes, Fairtrade, fair trade |
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Fairtrade Makes a Difference Turning bananas into ‘green gold’ |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 154 Topic: Fair Trade Keywords: Ecuador, fair trade, South America |
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First and foremost Does your position in the family hierarchy affect your entire life? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 155 Topic: Family Keywords: children, young people, brothers, sisters |
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My brother’s keeper A personal account of a family tragedy |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 156 Topic: Family Keywords: |
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What 10 year olds want How youngsters see the world |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 157 Topic: Family Keywords: fame, children, young people |
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Helicopter mothers Modern mums are raising a generation of losers by pandering to their every need |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 159 Topic: Family Keywords: children, young people, parents, parenting |
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All alone among the nannies A stay-at-home dad enters an alien world where there are no other men |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 160 Topic: Family Keywords: parents, parenting, dads, fathers, |
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I’m glad mum deserted me Once a lonely outsider, now her mother’s gone she’s confident, mature and ambitious. 15 year old Laura tells how being abandoned by her mum in favour of a Turkish toy boy was the start of a new life |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 161 Topic: Family Keywords: teenagers, young people, parents, parenting, |
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No such thing as a free lunch? Freegans live on what we throw away. Here’s how |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 165 Topic: Food Keywords: shopping, consumers, waste |
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Long distance dinners How far has your food travelled before it reaches the plate? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 168 Topic: Food Keywords: food miles, imports |
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Discipline the key to my retox plan A light hearted alternative to fitness and diet advice |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 169 Topic: Food Keywords: exercise, |
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I’m lovin’ it Top cook Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is thrilled to find that McDonald’s is less popular than it was |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 170 Topic: Food Keywords: takeaway, fast food, fast-food, restaurants, |
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How to stop pupils throwing away fruit? Hide the bins Pupils have been dumping healthy snacks |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 173 Topic: Food Keywords: fruit, healthy eating, students, young people, waste |
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Eating out A food writer visits Little Chef – and he’s not impressed |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 174 Topic: Food Keywords: restaurants, |
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How a meeting of leaders in Mecca set off the cartoon wars around the world Were outraged protests spontaneous or organised? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 175 Topic: Free Speech Keywords: Muslims, censorship, Islam |
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Cartoons: Battle lost, war won Are there no-go areas in a secular democracy like Britain? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 177 Topic: Free Speech Keywords: Muslims, censorship, Islam, religion |
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Don’t be fooled, this isn’t an issue of Islam... Robert Fisk argues the cartoons portrayed Islam as a violent religion – and provoked a violent reaction |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 178 Topic: Free Speech Keywords: religion, Muslims, censorship, |
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If you get rid of Danes... If we take fright whenever extreme Muslims complain, we put more power in their hands, says Charles Moore |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 179 Topic: Free Speech Keywords: religion, Muslims, censorship, Islam |
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Hate books stay on sale at Amazon Should the bookseller remove items which are legal but objectionable? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 181 Topic: Free Speech Keywords: censorship, |
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Outrage out of proportion A letter writer suggests that Muslims should protest about terrorist bombings, not cartoons |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 181 Topic: Free Speech Keywords: Muslims, censorship, Islam, religion |
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Jobs by gender
Young people entering work still face ‘no-go-areas’ because of their gender |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 182 Topic: Gender Keywords: women |
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Can men suffer from discrimination?
The only people it is now acceptable to discriminate against are white Christian Britons, especially male ones |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 184 Topic: Gender Keywords: |
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Me time Men have almost twice as much time to themselves as women |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 184 Topic: Gender Keywords: sport, women |
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Does nursing discriminate against men? Two health workers give opposing views |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 185 Topic: Gender Keywords: Health, work, men, women |
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Equal pay? Just ask! Women are too slow to ask for the pay they deserve |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 186 Topic: Gender Keywords: work |
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Motherland Reem Haddad is a Lebanese mother but her children are not allowed to share her nationality |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 187 Topic: Gender Keywords: |
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Cirrhosis cases soar among obese teenagers What do high-fat high-sugar diets really do to our children’s livers? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 188 Topic: Health Keywords: obesity, young people |
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Bothered? Not the plump ballerinas Not only is child obesity on the rise, but fewer children really care about it |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 189 Topic: Health Keywords: obese, young people |
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John’s journey John Bell’s slow death from Motor Neurone Disease is being recorded as part of a campaign to raise awareness |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 190 Topic: Health Keywords: |
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Chance of fulfilment A personal account of a journey through anorexia and self harm towards self-knowledge |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 192 Topic: Health Keywords: eating disorders |
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Why Sarah, 29, doesn’t want her memory back Memory loss made Sarah a new person – and she doesn’t like the old one |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 193 Topic: Health Keywords: amnesia |
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This therapy works, says MS teenager Controversial stem cell treatment is not available in the UK but it has allowed a 19 year old to walk again |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 194 Topic: Health Keywords: MS, Multiple Sclerosis |
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Q: Aren’t you too brainy to be a TV presenter? A: Too brainy? That’s why all my hair fell out Gail Porter talks about life with alopecia |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 195 Topic: Health Keywords: hair loss |
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Life goes on... alas We keep people alive because we can, but what’s the quality of that life? A doctor’s viewpoint |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 198 Topic: Health Keywords: medicine |
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A ship too far A cancelled operation brings back a terrible wartime experience |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 198 Topic: Health Keywords: patient, |
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Sham of NHS dentistry The chaos and confusion |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 199 Topic: Health Keywords: |
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A hostel Christmas According to this personal account, it’s not very merry |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 200 Topic: Homeless Keywords: Christmas, poverty |
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I’m a celebrity... let me sleep out here Celebrities sleep (almost) rough for charity |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 200 Topic: Homeless Keywords: celebrity |
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Life on the streets Young Muslim volunteers accept a tough challenge |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 201 Topic: Homeless Keywords: poverty |
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Ricardo: ‘The only thing I hate in the world is the police’ A personal account from the streets of Montevideo of the appalling lives of street children |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 204 Topic: Homeless Keywords: Uruguay, South America, young people , poverty |
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The dark secret behind the property boom Selling off of council houses, lack of investment and rises in house prices have left families in desperate conditions of overcrowding |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 207 Topic: Housing Keywords: children |
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A Swiss hygiene inspector calls She thought her house was clean – until it came under inspection |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 208 Topic: Housing Keywords: Switzerland |
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Home from home More than a million households own a second property |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 209 Topic: Housing Keywords: second home |
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The row goes on An undercover reporter sees whether the hunting act really works and a letter writer explains why he is opposed to a ban |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 210 Topic: Hunting Keywords: Law, animals |
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Hunting ban: Foxed How the hunting ban has affected foxes in town and country |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 212 Topic: Hunting Keywords: law, animals |
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Immigration the facts What’s the real issue of immigration in Britain? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 214 Topic: Immigration Keywords: illegal immigrants, |
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Amnesty on illegal immigrants is ‘worth £6bn to UK’ A way to end exploitation and contribute to the economy |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 214 Topic: Immigration Keywords: |
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‘We have been betrayed, cheated and robbed’ Immigrants face exploitation and abuse – and all at a high price |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 215 Topic: Immigration Keywords: |
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In our backyard, yes please Local papers are supporting asylum seekers |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 216 Topic: Immigration Keywords: media, newspapers |
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Brick Lane, home to the persecuted The church that became the synagogue is now the mosque. But with property prices booming, the Bangladeshis may be the last wave of immigrants to Brick Lane |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 217 Topic: Immigration Keywords: London, race |
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Record number of Britain’s move abroad for a better life The number emigrating has risen by 30% in ten years – with professionals leading the way. |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 218 Topic: Immigration Keywords: emigration |
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Don’t mourn the new British diaspora Our population is not in decline and our young people are more open to other cultures, so there’s no need to worry about emigration |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 219 Topic: Immigration Keywords: emigration, |
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A new map of Britain The BBC’s online interactive map shows that immigration is mainly a London and South East phenomenon |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 220 Topic: Immigration Keywords: race |
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System addicts Technology was supposed to free us so what happened to our spare time? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 222 Topic: Internet & Technology Keywords: computers |
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To PC or not to PC? It’s a no-brainer Computers are easy to use but sometimes they’re the wrong tool for the job |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 224 Topic: Internet & Technology Keywords: |
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Lazy guide to net culture The web is a swelling ocean of half-truths punctuated with atolls of sense, a morally ambiguous sea of unrelated facts. Here’s some of them |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 225 Topic: Internet & Technology Keywords: |
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The student’s website which looks like a million dollars A plan hatched in twenty minutes makes a student a millionaire |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 226 Topic: Internet & Technology Keywords: wealth |
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Guardian profile: Tim Berners-Lee The godfather of the internet gave his gift to all, now the world wide web has changed millions of lives in little more than a decade |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 227 Topic: Internet & Technology Keywords: |
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The sparring and spin of the Google dance Means and methods to manipulate the world’s biggest search engine |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 229 Topic: Internet & Technology Keywords: |
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A is for Apple, B is for broadband and C is for… Sebastian Faulks wishes the internet happy 18th birthday |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 231 Topic: Internet & Technology Keywords: |
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The battle for hearts and minds in the digital home We all feel we need the latest technology as we constantly look for the next big thing |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 233 Topic: Internet & Technology Keywords: gadgets |
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Present tense A self-confessed technophobe explains how to survive in an era of gizmos and gadgetry |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 234 Topic: Internet & Technology Keywords: gadgets |
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Press ‘star’ key to enter hell Is there anything worse than the automated phone system? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 236 Topic: Internet & Technology Keywords: telephone, call centres, automated |
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Short shrift
Ten ways to get rid of cold callers |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 236 Topic: Internet & Technology Keywords: telephone, call centres, |
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Vicar and children’s author thrown out of the classroom for swearing English has changed and ‘inappropriate’ language is now part of everyday vocabulary for teenagers. Will we ever accept this? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 237 Topic: Language Keywords: reading, books, school |
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It’s a new swear word H**phreys Some internet providers are being too sensitive about words they consider ‘offensive’ |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 238 Topic: Language Keywords: technology, computers, internet |
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Letter from Lebanon: Speaking in tongues The difficulties caused by tri-lingual toddlers |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 239 Topic: Language Keywords: |
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Predictive, yet unpredictable My phone likes Elvis and Dylan but it hasn’t heard of the Beatles. Who decides on predictive text? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 240 Topic: Language Keywords: Mobile phones, technology, telephone, texting |
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Rah, das nuff nang! Say cheerio to Cockney slang. The language of London teenagers comes from much further afield |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 241 Topic: Language Keywords: |
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What’s in a name Many charities have changed their titles to make them more memorable, but do we still know who they are and what they do? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 241 Topic: Language Keywords: charity |
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Weird and wonderful vocabulary from around the world What words reveal about the societies that speak them |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 242 Topic: Language Keywords: |
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Death by driver Road safety campaigners insist the justice system is failing to protect citizens |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 245 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: traffic, cars, deaths, transport, accidents |
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Lethal weapons One organisation uses shock tactics to reduce the number of teenagers carrying knives |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 246 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: crime, young people |
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Lock up your keys Foxed by immobilisers and deadlocks, car thieves have found new tricks – they simply use your keys |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 248 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: crime, burglary |
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Is girl of 8 youngest mugger in the country? Evidence that people are becoming involved in crime at an increasingly early age |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 249 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: children, young people, crime |
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People always ask me…how can you defend someone you know is guilty? Personal views don’t come into it, explains a criminal barrister |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 250 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: crime, |
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The Ferret…digs behind the headlines And finds that councillors in Norfolk approve of violence against young people, while ASBOs get tuneful |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 250 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: |
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The golden rule When barristers make a mistake it’s the defendant who pays and often the price is imprisonment |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 251 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: crime, |
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Too many laws, not enough order Are police still allowed to use common sense? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 252 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: |
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Stopped, searched and humiliated The ‘unusual sight of a woman carrying a rucksack’ sparks a police terrorist interrogation |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 253 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: race, human rights, terrorism, London bombings, |
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Time for last orders Anti-social behaviour orders are targeting the disabled |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 254 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: disability, asbos |
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The good news…the bad news Libraries are getting £80 million of lottery money, but they can’t spend it on books |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 256 Topic: Libraries & reading Keywords: reading |
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Libraries in a time of change The digital age will bring about a radical transformation of reading |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 257 Topic: Libraries & reading Keywords: |
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The need for adventure Does it really matter who’s reading what? Anthony Horowitz argues that it doesn’t |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 258 Topic: Libraries & reading Keywords: books |
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If only they had read ten books We’re busy bickering about what should be read, yet reading a book from beginning to end is no longer being promoted in schools |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 261 Topic: Libraries & reading Keywords: education |
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Timetable of terror The crucial events of 7 July 2005 |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 263 Topic: London Bombings Keywords: terrorism |
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Survivors’ accounts
Those who were there recall the dreadful experience |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 264 Topic: London Bombings Keywords: terrorism |
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The rescuer’s story One of the first policemen to arrive at the scene describes the devastation that he saw |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 265 Topic: London Bombings Keywords: terrorism |
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Marie’s speech ‘We cannot live in fear because we are surrounded by hatred’ On 11th July 2005, the world was moved by a mother’s desperate plea to find her missing son |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 266 Topic: London Bombings Keywords: terrorism |
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A letter to the terrorists A young Muslim rejects the terrorists claim to be acting in his name |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 268 Topic: London Bombings Keywords: terrorism |
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A community in denial A worrying willingness among ordinary Muslims in Leeds and Bradford to believe conspiracy theories |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 269 Topic: London Bombings Keywords: muslims |
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They will change us Despite what politicians say, society must change in response to terrorism |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 271 Topic: London Bombings Keywords: security |
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In the dark An analysis of how the emergency services coped – and what it meant to the individuals involved |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 273 Topic: London bombings Keywords: terrorism |
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Safe travel on the London Underground (or how not to be shot on the tube) Some ironic advice on keeping safe in the light of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 275 Topic: London bombings Keywords: police, terrorism |
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New codes of conduct Some guidelines for today’s impolite society |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 276 Topic: Manners Keywords: behaviour, mobile phones |
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Modern manners: queuing The minefield of social conduct |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 278 Topic: Manners Keywords: |
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Gay pride or unholy alliance? 700 couples celebrated the first same-sex ‘weddings’ but there is still opposition |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 279 Topic: Marriage & Relationships Keywords: homosexuality |
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The rights of marriage Would Jesus refuse an invitation to a gay marriage? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 280 Topic: Marriage & Relationships Keywords: homosexuality |
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When is a wedding not a wedding? Author Patrick Gale explains why he is looking forward to calling his partner ‘my husband’ |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 281 Topic: Marriage & Relationships Keywords: gay issues, homosexuality |
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For richer or poorer... Compare three weddings that range from £450 to £150,000 – and nowadays even the guests have to fork out! |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 283 Topic: Marriage & Relationships Keywords: money |
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How to keep the costs down Saving money on the big day |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 285 Topic: Marriage & Relationships Keywords: weddings |
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Teen credit cards will lead to financial ruin
A credit card aimed specifically at teenagers is a cynical attempt to indoctrinate children with the plastic habit. |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 286 Topic: Money Keywords: young people, debt |
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This man can save you £6,000 a year Martin Lewis is on a mission to stop us all being fleeced |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 287 Topic: Money Keywords: saving, consumers, spending |
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Money diet Slim your expenses down and control your appetite for spending |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 289 Topic: Money Keywords: saving, consumers, spending |
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I gave up my £500,000 inheritance Jake Horsley gave up all his money to live one day at a time |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 290 Topic: Money Keywords: wealth |
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Help line swamped by callers over debts Money advice lines have never been so busy |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 291 Topic: Money Keywords: consumers, credit |
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Should my child continue with her violin lessons? Money or music, that is the question |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 292 Topic: Music Keywords: education, children, young people |
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From down a crowded tunnel comes a simple melody to lift the heart Matthew Parris chooses buskers as one of his cultural highlights and praises the appeal of a simple tune |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 293 Topic: Music Keywords: music, poetry, London Underground, busking, singing |
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A revolution in record time Technology has changed the music industry forever. 1950s - 2000s: from disc to download |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 295 Topic: Music Keywords: iTunes, internet |
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Our risk-averse society dislikes violence We all want police protection but don’t want to see the violence it involves |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 298 Topic: Police Keywords: terrorism, London bombings, Jean Charles de Menezes |
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Focus on killing A police inspector argues that the press response to the killing of PC Sharon Beshenivsky was patronising and wrong |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 300 Topic: Police Keywords: murder, women, newspapers, media |
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A law unto themselves In response to terrorist threats the police have gained power without any method for making them accountable |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 301 Topic: Police Keywords: Jean Charles de Menezes |
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I handed over a jar in a pub car park and became a father. I’m really pleased about that Keen to be a ‘father’, Jeremy Williamson became an internet sperm donor |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 303 Topic: Pregnancy & Birth Keywords: ethics |
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The greatest gift Jackie Smith explains what has motivated her to act as a surrogate mother, five times |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 305 Topic: Pregnancy & Birth Keywords: surrogacy, women |
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The fertility trap Delaying motherhood increases a woman’s earnings but also the risk of not being able to conceive |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 307 Topic: Pregnancy & Birth Keywords: women |
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There are times when our ethics and our laws should come before our sympathy
We can sympathise with a woman whose ex-partner will not let her use their frozen embryos, but the decision is correct |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 310 Topic: Pregnancy & Birth Keywords: ethics |
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Unveiled Anila Baig is incensed by India’s attitude to girls |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 312 Topic: Pregnancy & Birth Keywords: abortion, human rights |
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India’s missing girls The scandal of selective abortion of female foetuses |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 312 Topic: Pregnancy & Birth Keywords: abortion, human rights, gender, India |
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Abortion: should parents be told? A campaigner wants parents to be told if a girl under 16 wants an abortion – but women are entitled to confidentiality whatever their age |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 313 Topic: Pregnancy & Birth Keywords: family, law, human rights, abortion, young people, teenagers |
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Happiness - Get happy - it’s good for you Money can’t buy you happiness, but happiness can buy you a long and successful life |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 315 Topic: Psychology Keywords: |
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Happiness = success A positive outlook for a positive life |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 317 Topic: Psychology Keywords: |
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Mind where you sit!
Your position in class or at an interview can alter people’s opinions in crucial ways |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 317 Topic: Psychology Keywords: seats |
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Left, right, left, wrong 10% of the population is left handed and they suffer emotionally and physically as a result |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 318 Topic: Psychology Keywords: left handed, left-handed |
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We must not tolerate racism. We must all say: ‘No, that’s not right. Don’t pick on that person’ The bereft mother of a murder victim talks about her loss, forgiveness and the fight against race hatred |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 319 Topic: Race Keywords: |
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Modern identity is not all black or white – it’s a beige thing Current race descriptions don’t reflect the reality of multi-ethnic Britain |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 321 Topic: Race Keywords: multi-cultural, |
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Notes from underground When Dan Kuper was wrongly accused of racism the real racists came out of the woodwork |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 323 Topic: Race Keywords: work, language, London Underground |
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Sometimes women share the blame 30% of British people believe that rape victims are partially responsible. Rod Liddle says they’re right |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 324 Topic: Rape Keywords: crime |
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Battle without bitterness A young Pakistani rape victim is fighting tradition and the legal system |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 325 Topic: Rape Keywords: crime, honour, women, law |
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‘Justice is about him being branded as a rapist who robbed me of my childhood’ Can an attacker ever be a victim? After 20 years, should he still be made to pay? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 326 Topic: Rape Keywords: crime, women |
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Campaign on consensual sex The government wants to protect women from sexual assault, but does that mean that sex with a drunken woman is always rape in legal terms? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 329 Topic: Rape Keywords: binge drinking, safety, alcohol |
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The struggle to forgive The Reverend Julie Nicholson cannot forgive the terrorists who killed her daughter and cannot preach forgiveness to others |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 331 Topic: Religion Keywords: London bombings, terrorism |
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Tsunami of hate The Chief Rabbi on an anti-Jewish wave of feeling sweeping the world |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 334 Topic: Religion Keywords: race, anti-semitism, anti-semitic |
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My heroes are driven by God, but I’m glad my society isn’t George Monbiot discovers research to show that murder, sexual diseases and marital breakdown are more common in religious cultures |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 335 Topic: Religion Keywords: young people, society |
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Upstairs, my optimism turns to rage Should Muslim children at a C of E school have to go to a Christian church? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 337 Topic: Religion Keywords: education, muslims |
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Bad science - magnetic attraction? Shhh, it’s a secret The NHS is embracing magnetic treatments – but where’s the evidence? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 338 Topic: Science Keywords: advertising, alternative medicine, health |
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Bad science: Irresistibly drawn into debate Debunking the inflated claims about magnetism |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 339 Topic: Science Keywords: advertising, alternative medicine, health |
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Joe Public will just have to trust the dodgy alternatives when the kids fall sick The EC ban on mercury thermometers is not the first example of a safety measure that will do more harm than good |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 340 Topic: Science Keywords: |
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Why sleeping on a problem often helps Different stages of sleep aid learning and memory |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 341 Topic: Science Keywords: |
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Finland has fewer jobless and fewer voles. What’s the connection? Professor Steve Jones explains the link between economics and ecology |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 342 Topic: Science Keywords: |
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All washed up A cocktail of untested domestic chemicals is polluting our environment |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 343 Topic: Science Keywords: environment, pollution |
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Scientists say: drop ‘detox’: have a glass of tap water and get an early night Forget expensive restorative and purifying diets: let your body do the job |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 344 Topic: Science Keywords: health |
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It’s only natural Science shows men and women are different – but feminists shouldn’t worry |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 346 Topic: Science Keywords: gender, biology |
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In praise of......physics The number of students studying the most fundamental science has drastically fallen |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 347 Topic: Science Keywords: education, school |
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A colder kind of warming Some scientists suggest that global warming will lead to a repeat of the ice-age |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 348 Topic: Science Keywords: climate change |
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It’s just lads having fun... isn’t it? The reality of lad-mag culture; from laddish behaviour to human trafficking |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 349 Topic: Sexual Issues Keywords: women, media, men |
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How do you get your teenager 2 ask about sex? Technology overcomes shyness with positive results |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 350 Topic: Sexual Issues Keywords: mobile phones, young people, teenagers, health |
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Infectious behaviour Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise among young people |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 353 Topic: Sexual Issues Keywords: STIs, health, teenagers |
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Are legalised brothels the right step forward?
Mixed reactions to government plans to regulate the sex industry and two people give their opposing viewpoints |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 355 Topic: Sexual Issues Keywords: prostitution |
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My son’s teacher served time for sex offences but I cannot condemn him
Libby Purves argues for help for inactive paedophiles |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 357 Topic: Sexual Issues Keywords: |
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In-store tricks The clever tactics used to make you buy more in supermarkets |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 358 Topic: Shopping Keywords: supermarkets, consumers, food, psychology, marketing |
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I’m still trying to break the Tesco habit Janet Street-Porter confesses to consumer hypocrisy |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 360 Topic: Shopping Keywords: supermarkets |
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Is it ok to use loyalty reward cards? How much does your supermarket know about you? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 361 Topic: Shopping Keywords: supermarkets, marketing |
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The high street’s guilty little secret Does Primark’s remarkable success represent the worst aspects of shopping? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 362 Topic: Shopping Keywords: clothes |
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Shopping and tut-tutting Shopping isn’t over indulgence, it’s an expression of your individuality |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 364 Topic: Shopping Keywords: consumers |
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Armchair guerilla You can fight back against consumerism and win some goodies at the same time! |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 366 Topic: Shopping Keywords: consumers, marketing |
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Smoke free Smoking bans around the world |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 368 Topic: Smoking Keywords: cigarettes, health |
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Killer facts The real cost of smoking |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 369 Topic: Smoking Keywords: cigarettes, health |
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No smoking in your own homes, please |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 370 Topic: Smoking Keywords: cigarettes, health |
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My week - Stephen Daldry The director of Billy Elliott picks the wrong week to stop smoking |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 372 Topic: Smoking Keywords: arts, cigarettes, health |
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Beating world records How much more improvement in world records can we expect to see? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 374 Topic: Sport Keywords: China, women |
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Brits in thrall though fancy walking offers no defence against inquisitive bullocks Nordic walking |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 375 Topic: Sport Keywords: |
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No sweat! What hairy men should NOT be wearing in the gym |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 376 Topic: Sport Keywords: |
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75% of darts players were fat…it’s less now The tough world of professional darts is full of gentle and chubby style victims |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 377 Topic: Sport Keywords: |
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Bethany Hamilton: Triumph of a free spirit After losing her arm in a shark attack, Bethany Hamilton succeeds in surfing with her spirit intact |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 379 Topic: Sport Keywords: Religion, disability, |
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Dark side of a great spectacle casts shadow over union of man and horse 7 horses died at the Cheltenham race meeting. Are we entitled to take such risks with animals’ lives? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 381 Topic: Sport Keywords: horse racing, horses, animal welfare |
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Chinese gymnasts - abused or nurtured for Olympic gold? Matthew Pinsent was disturbed by the harsh training methods he saw in China |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 383 Topic: Sport Keywords: China, olympics, children |
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Ashes win is what sport is all about The 2005 Ashes series showed why sport is so special |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 385 Topic: Sport Keywords: cricket |
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Female frustration of Iran reporting Life is not getting easier for women journalists in Iran |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 386 Topic: Television & Media Keywords: |
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Stop photographing and start living We’re now so busy recording our lives we forget to live them |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 387 Topic: Television & Media Keywords: suicide, photography |
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Making the news When journalists set up a ‘sting’ do they expose or initiate wrongdoing? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 388 Topic: Television & Media Keywords: corruption, ethics, crime |
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Reporters at risk A record number of journalists have been killed in Iraq |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 389 Topic: Television & Media Keywords: Iraq war |
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What terror did for cycling Are more people cycling in London since the bombs? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 391 Topic: Transport Keywords: environment, terrorism, London bombings |
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Lock stars The solution to our overcrowded roads is canals |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 392 Topic: Transport Keywords: |
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Safety drive Road accidents are the biggest killer of people aged 15-19 but youth projects are trying to alter these statistics |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 394 Topic: Transport Keywords: safety, teenagers, young people, cars |
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When love hit the buffers This relationship couldn’t go the distance |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 397 Topic: Travel & tourism Keywords: trains |
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Playroom of the Gulf Lebanon’s tourist industry is booming but the locals are being priced out |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 398 Topic: Travel & Tourism Keywords: |
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The airport that puts the comedy back into commuting Simon Calder is nostalgic for the time when Luton airport was just a shed |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 399 Topic: Travel & Tourism Keywords: security, air travel |
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They’re Greek, we’re drunk Greek resorts milk cash from young Britons and then moan about it the morning after |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 400 Topic: Travel & Tourism Keywords: young people, alcohol, teenagers, binge drinking |
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Indifferent to death: tragedy of the traumatised children of the the intifada Youngsters brought up with conflict can’t cope with peace |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 401 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Gaza, Palestine, Middle East |
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How Beslan is coping A year after terrorists killed 330 people at a Russian school, the town of Beslan is still in shock |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 403 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: terrorism, children |
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The girls would not have looked out of place in the Summer of Love, then out came the vitriol The young generation of Palestine and Israel – where extremism is becoming mainstream |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 406 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: Middle East, young people, |
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The night the Americans came A small mistake left an Iraqi reporter with a trashed house, a damaged car and a seriously traumatised family |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 407 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: war, media |
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Not to die in vain A white poppy symbolises the call for an end to war itself |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 408 Topic: War & conflict Keywords: peace |
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The world’s most precious commodity is getting even scarcer A third of the world’s population suffers from ‘water stress’ – and it will get worse |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 409 Topic: Water Keywords: environment, climate change, global warming |
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Our increasing thirst for bottled water is not only illogical it is also distasteful and decadent
Wasteful bottled water is a lifestyle choice in the developed world while for millions access to clean water is a matter of life or death |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 410 Topic: Water Keywords: developing world, environment |
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Excuses running dry Dryer winters in South-east Britain mean water shortages – and the institutions that could tell us about climate change are being cut |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 411 Topic: Water Keywords: global warming |
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Leaked report A light-hearted piece of advice on how to stay green in a drought |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 411 Topic: Water Keywords: |
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Caught in a lie
Should a trainee confess to a lie before he is found out? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 412 Topic: Work Keywords: cv |
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VAT man catches slave driver A million pound trade in illegal immigrants |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 412 Topic: Work Keywords: |
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Why I will never employ women of child-bearing age This employer argues that maternity rights work against women not for them |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 413 Topic: Work Keywords: women, birth, equality |
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Is your job killing you? Back ache, stress, obesity, accidents – hidden risks of common careers |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 414 Topic: Work Keywords: obese, health |
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Here for the schmooze The ideal conference would probably have no speakers at all |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 416 Topic: Work Keywords: |
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My brilliant daughter has lost all direction in life A high achiever seems to have become a slacker. What should her parents do? |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 417 Topic: Young People Keywords: teenagers, school |
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The Unrepresented The civil liberties of the under-18s |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 418 Topic: Young People Keywords: teenagers |
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How we’re (literally) sexualising young girls It’s not just sexy clothes and make-up that are making young girls seem older. Our modern lifestyle is actually lowering the age of puberty |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 420 Topic: Young People Keywords: sexual issues, health, family, children |
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Today’s twentysomethings have never had it so bad |
Book: Essential Articles 9 page 422 Topic: Young People Keywords: Insecure, pressurised, overtaxed and debt-ridden |
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Facts of life Fertility rates are rising but they are still below replacement level |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 8 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Population, births, fertility, UK, women |
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Advancing age The resident population of the UK is more than 60m and we are becoming an ageing population |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 9 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Male, Female, gender |
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Becoming Brits Applications for British citizenship fell by 32%, the number granted citizenship fell by 5% |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 10 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: immigration, citizenship |
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Number’s up The number of overseas nationals entering the UK to work is increasing but where they are coming from has changed |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 11 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: immigration, EU, foreign workers |
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In and out Over 1,500 people come to live in the UK everyday whilst 1,000 leave |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 12 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Migration, immigration |
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Changing places The UK population is shifting between areas |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 13 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Internal migration, London, England, Scotland, Wales |
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Who do we think we are? Britain is increasingly diverse – but can it also be an equal? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 14 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Muslims, Islam, law & order, religion, security |
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Comfort zone Our attitudes towards disability are examined |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 16 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Disability discrimination Act, DDA, prejudice |
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Faithful few? 39% of UK adults have no religion |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 18 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: religion, church, Christianity, gender, age |
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Homophobia Gay men are often subject to verbal abuse and physical assault – but they don’t always report it |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 20 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Crime, law and order, homosexuality |
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Dicey business Problem gambling is on the rise and is affecting different people |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 21 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Gambling, betting, casinos, internet |
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Alco-teens Fewer teenagers are drinking but those that do, drink more |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 22 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Young people, children, alcohol, binge |
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100 years of back street abortions The 1967 Abortion Act virtually put an end to back street abortions |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 24 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: Death, abortion, law, ethics, pregnancy, England, Wales |
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Changing attitudes? Are attitudes towards abortion hardening? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 25 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: abortion, women, sexual issues, young people, disability, pregnancy |
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Tired traditions What British traditions would you give up? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 26 Topic: Britain & its citizens Keywords: customs, |
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School stress (Teachers) The number of teachers taking sick leave has risen to 57% and most teachers blame stress |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 28 Topic: Education Keywords: sickness, absence |
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Dress code School uniforms can be costly – especially when you are restricted to one retailer |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 29 Topic: Education Keywords: Education, clothing, money, clothes, secondary school, shopping |
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Excluded Who is most likely to be excluded from school? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 30 Topic: Education Keywords: exclusion, expulsion, expelled, boys, girls, secondary school, Special education needs, SEN, gender, ethnic groups |
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Class distinction Social class and ethnicity have a greater impact on GCSE achievement than gender |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 32 Topic: Education Keywords: Equality, ethnic groups, free school meals, exams |
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High achievers Chinese girls achieved the best GCSE results in 2006 |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 34 Topic: Education Keywords: Ethnicity, young people, GCSE, gender, exams, ethnic groups |
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Learning on the job Over 485,000 young people are in work-based learning |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 35 Topic: Education Keywords: Education, work, young people, vocational qualifications, apprenticeships |
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Aim high The Government is getting closer to its target of 50% of 18-30 year olds in higher education |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 36 Topic: Education Keywords: Education, universities, government, further, colleges |
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Why not apply? Applications to university declined across gender and age groups |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 37 Topic: Education Keywords: University, students, gender, |
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Learning and earning Although more women are attaining higher educational qualifications, they still earn less than men |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 38 Topic: Education Keywords: UK, Education, work, money, gender, pay, wage |
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Endangered Some animals are threatened with extinction unless we act now |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 40 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: animals, wider world, imports, polar bear, Bengal tiger, pandas, Asian elephant, Orangutan, mountain gorilla, Leatherback Turtle, unsustainable fishing, habitat, climate change, hunting, poaching, deforestation, wildlife, species |
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Trading in danger The legal trade in wildlife products worldwide is worth 239.5 billion euros, the illegal trade is probably worth much more |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 42 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: animals, wider world, imports, |
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Birdwatch The Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s biggest bird survey and provides a vital snapshot of the UK’s birds each winter |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 44 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: wildlife |
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Eco-footprint We are using up the earth’s resources at a faster rate than they can be replaced |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 46 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: wider world, pollution, co2, waste, forests, carbon footprint |
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Dirty thirty Europe’s 30 biggest climate polluting power stations are coalfired and a third of them are in the UK |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 48 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: environment, pollution, power stations, Europe, UK, energy, climate change, CO2 emissions, carbon footprint |
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Warmer world 2007 was a year of extreme weather events. Is this because of global warming? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 50 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: sunshine, rainfall, climate change, flooding |
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Eco-travel? We are asked to avoid highly polluting forms of transport but people are likely to put their convenience first |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 52 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: Buses, London, Scotland, Wales, car, train, public transport, flying, travel |
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Green cars Which models of car meet emissions targets? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 54 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: Cars, transport, greenhouse effect, climate change, pollution, co2, carbon footprint |
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Lights out If we all turned the thermostat down by one degree we could save enough energy to heat 1.7m households for a year |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 55 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: Home, energy saving, conservation |
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Beachwatch The average density of UK beach litter has increased by 90%. Statistically, one item of litter is found every 50cm of beach |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 56 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: Litter, environment, UK, beaches, rubbish, ocean |
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Bags of waste We produce and use 20 times more plastics than we did 50 years ago and in our throwaway society disposal is a big issue |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 57 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: packaging, rubbish, litter, plastic bags, CO2 emissions |
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Sort it The UK produces about 300m tonnes of waste per year. If everyone in the world lived like us, we’d need three planets to survive |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 58 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: recycling, household waste |
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Stop the rot The UK throws almost 7m tonnes of food away each year |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 60 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: Food, rubbish, shopping, money, waste |
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Greenhouse gases Emissions from UK companies and the public sector have risen but this was offset by a 2.9% reduction in household emissions |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 62 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: CO2 emissions, Kyoto protocol, Manufacturing, transport, communication |
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Decibel disturbance Our cities and small towns are becoming noise hubs and this is affecting our health and well-being |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 63 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: Health, environment, UK, Transport, stress, hearing, Tinnitus |
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Ethical spend Spending on ethical products still only makes up about 3.91% of our total spending |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 64 Topic: Environmental issues Keywords: Environment, UK, money, consumer issues, travel, food, shopping, fairtrade, fair trade, |
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Mr & Mrs Despite a recent rise in the number of marriages, the marriage rate is at its lowest level since 1896 |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 66 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Religion, civil ceremonies, marriage rates, weddings |
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I do... I don’t 17% of cohabiting couples think marriage is pointless! When will the law catch up with society? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 67 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Modern relationships, civil partnerships, unmarried couples |
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Couples & squabbles Cohabiting, married or divorced – a look at what couples think is important and what they argue about |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 68 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: arguments, relationships |
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Hurt at home A survey found that 31% of women and 18% of men had been victims of some form of domestic violence |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 70 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Crime, domestic violence, bullying, abuse |
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Pulling power Despite numerous dating services on offer, the vast majority of people meet partners at social events |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 71 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Dating, society, internet, relationships, love, internet dating |
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Modern families The ‘breadwinner dad, homemaker mum’ family model represents less than three in 10 UK families |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 72 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Work, gender, money, children, child care, men, women |
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Depends on mum What is the relationship between a mother’s background and outcomes for babies? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 74 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Children, ethnic issues, equality, women, ethnic groups, births |
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Early start Teen parents and their children are more likely to suffer problems with health, finance, education and social integration |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 76 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: teenage pregnancy, young people, births, mothers, conception |
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Late start With more women waiting before they start a family, the number of multiple births has increased, mainly due to IVF |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 78 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Population, children, birth rate, age, mothers, maternity |
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Who’s in the house? The proportion of children living in lone-parent families has more than tripled since 1972 |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 79 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: Children, UK, families, one parent families, single parent, households |
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Kippers Many young people are living at home longer and it’s not just happening in Britain |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 80 Topic: Family & relationships Keywords: parents, finance, money, financial issues, debt, housing market |
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Through the roof While house price inflation continues across the UK there are marked differences between the countries |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 82 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: housing market, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
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Where we live The percentage of householders renting council homes has declined |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 83 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Housing, Consumers, council houses |
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Out of reach The situation for key workers trying to buy their own homes has worsened |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 84 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Housing, inflation, UK, market, fire service, police, teachers, nurses, ambulance service, house prices |
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Priced out The under 30s are renting for longer before buying property |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 85 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Young householders, housing market |
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Nowhere to go A high proportion of homeless people are under 25 |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 86 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Young people, families, poverty |
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Spending nation The UK is worth £6,525bn, but who’s in the money and who spends it? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 87 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: housing, debt |
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Debt dilemma Debt worries have become the main source of calls to Citizens Advice |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 88 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: consumers, spending, credit, finance |
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Budget breakdown Where does most of our household budget go? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 89 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: housing, money, consumers, transport, spending, travel, costs |
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What we own How ownership of durable goods has increased |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 90 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: technology, consumers, money, communications, household items, |
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Bank of mum & dad What influences the pocket money you receive? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 91 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: finance, children, young people, teenagers, gender |
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Poor pay more The poorest families pay roughly £1,000 more than the rest of the population for essentials |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 92 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: UK, consumer issues, poverty |
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Losing out 11.4% of children in the UK are living in relative poverty |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 93 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Family, money, poverty, young people, teenagers, deprivation |
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Below the breadline There were 33,000 jobs paying less than the minimum wage in 2006 |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 95 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Money, wages, young people |
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Mind the gap The gender pay gap is still a big issue |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 96 Topic: Financial issues Keywords: Gender, money, age, jobs, earnings |
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Meal ticket 52% of us check labels before buying food, but do we learn? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 98 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Food and drink, diet, healthy eating, consumer advice |
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Checkout Large supermarkets are getting the lion’s share of our money |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 99 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: diet, consumers, UK, shopping, food, local, shops, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
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Healthy habits The UK is changing what food it buys for the better |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 100 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Health, money, eating |
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Five-a-day Who is aware of the five-a-day rule and who follows it? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 101 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: health, fruit, vegetables, diet |
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Fun food? The number of families who eat out is increasing, but the food on offer for kids is mostly unhealthy |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 102 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Food and drink, restaurants, children, healthy eating, sugar, saturated fats |
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Snack attack 11% of the UK avoid certain foods to lose weight, yet 40% snack between meals |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 104 Topic: Food & drink Keywords: Diet, health, junk food |
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Be patient Waiting time for NHS appointments is dropping |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 106 Topic: Health Keywords: Health, patients, hospitals |
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Wait for life 483 patients died in 2005-06 while waiting for their transplant, is an opt-out system the answer? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 107 Topic: Health Keywords: organ donors, transplants |
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Safety screen Cervical cancer kills 1,120 women annually in the UK yet many deaths could be prevented |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 108 Topic: Health Keywords: health, prevention of illness, cancer, women, sexual health |
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Midwife crisis With a shortfall of over 3,000 midwives how is maternity care affected? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 109 Topic: Health Keywords: maternity care, birth, NHS, |
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Silent infection One in ten 16-24 year olds have Chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted infection |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 110 Topic: Health Keywords: STIs, STDs, gender |
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Superbugs The number of death certificates mentioning MRSA or C. difficile continues to rise |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 112 Topic: Health Keywords: Hospitals, germs, safety, super bugs |
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Memories matter One in 20 people in the UK and one in five of those over 80 have a form of dementia |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 113 Topic: Health Keywords: Health, illness, older people, death, age, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease |
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Dying for a drink The number of alcohol related deaths has more than doubled |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 114 Topic: Health Keywords: Alcohol, health, gender |
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Cost of care 40% of those receiving Incapacity Benefit were unable to work because of mental illness |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 115 Topic: Health Keywords: Work, government, money, illness, mental health |
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Plastic perfection? 50% of females but less than a quarter of men would consider plastic surgery |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 116 Topic: Health Keywords: Young people, body image, diets, cosmetic surgery, gender |
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Silent struggle 1.1m people in the UK suffer with an eating disorder. Young people aged 14-25 are most at risk |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 117 Topic: Health Keywords: Body image, eating disorders, health, food, celebrities, media, Anorexia Nervosa, bulimia, |
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Survivors How do UK cancer survival rates compare to the rest of Europe? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 118 Topic: Health Keywords: gender, USA, America |
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Media age Over 40 years since the first email was sent, communications technology has become more sophisticated and user-driven |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 120 Topic: Internet & media Keywords: online, inventions |
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Through the net Access to the internet has increased but age, gender and income affect this |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 122 Topic: Internet & media Keywords: communication |
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iBuy 78% of European internet users shop online, spending an average of €750 every six months |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 124 Topic: Internet & media Keywords: Europe, internet, shopping, consumers |
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PC world From 2000-2007 global internet usage increased by 225%, but there is a huge difference between regions |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 125 Topic: Internet & media Keywords: language |
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Download Nation 57% of us download music, yet we are still buying CDs |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 126 Topic: Internet & media Keywords: Music, leisure, consumers, internet |
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Digital universe The digital universe is expanding as we create new digital bits each time we send an email or take a digital picture |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 128 Topic: Internet & media Keywords: Technology, world issues, USE, digital technology |
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Digital Switch The first TV region will switch to digital in 2008, but fewer than a fifth of adults know when their region’s changeover is due |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 129 Topic: Internet & media Keywords: Television |
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News views Viewers believe the news is important yet they are watching it less |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 130 Topic: Internet & media Keywords: Television, media, TV |
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What to watch As almost 19m homes have satellite or cable TV, terrestrial viewing is declining |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 132 Topic: Internet & media Keywords: TV, Viewers, media, satellite, cable, television |
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Commercial appeal UK companies spent nearly £3.7bn on advertising in 2006 |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 133 Topic: Internet & media Keywords: Advertising, companies, business, media, marketing, shopping, TV, adverts |
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Competent callers 49% of over 65s own a mobile phone but not all feel competent using it |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 134 Topic: Internet & media Keywords: pensioners, OAPs, old age, communication |
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Knife Culture Knives are the most common weapon used in violent crime |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 136 Topic: Law & order Keywords: Crime, violence, death, murder |
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Gun culture Firearms offences have risen by 84% since 1998/99 |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 137 Topic: Law & order Keywords: law & order, crime, guns |
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Phone alone About 800,000 owners a year have their mobiles stolen |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 138 Topic: Law & order Keywords: mobile phones, technology, theft, crime |
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Digital switch The first TV region will switch to digital in 2008, but fewer than a fifth of adults know when their region’s changeover is due |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 139 Topic: Internet & media Keywords: media, technology, television, |
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Fear factor Crime levels remain stable but people believe there is more |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 139 Topic: Law & order Keywords: worry, stress, gender, men, women, violence |
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Cause for alarm? Protection and punishment – EU views about burglary |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 140 Topic: Law & order Keywords: Europe, crime, burglary, prison, security |
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London law Significant progress has been made against crime in London |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 142 Topic: Law & order Keywords: police, robbery, drugs, fraud, guns, sexual offences, hate crime, car crime, knives, violence |
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Seasonal crime Does the time of year determine the type of crime? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 144 Topic: Law & order Keywords: Theft, assault, weather, summer |
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Evasion Motorists who evade tax and insurance payments are a risk |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 146 Topic: Law & order Keywords: Tax, insurance, dangerous driving, DVLA, cars, vehicles |
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Speed demons 48% of car drivers on 30mph roads exceed the speed limit despite the dangers |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 147 Topic: Law & order Keywords: Transport, speeding, cars, law |
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Young crime... 7% of 10-25 year olds have committed more than six offences, and are responsible for most crimes committed by this age group |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 148 Topic: Law & order Keywords: Children, young people, law and order |
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...and punishment Of the total number of young people in secure accommodation, 64% were boys and 36% girls |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 149 Topic: Law & order Keywords: children, young people, teenagers, homes, prison, gender, |
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Detained 3,395 mentally disordered offenders are detained in hospitals, the highest figure for a decade |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 150 Topic: Law & order Keywords: Mental health, violence, gender, crime, mental illness |
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Security & suspicion Most of those arrested in the UK on suspicion of terrorism have been released without charge |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 151 Topic: Law & order Keywords: police |
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Scams 3.2m adults fall victim to scams every year, losing £3.5bn annually |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 152 Topic: Law & order Keywords: Money, internet, fraud |
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Active adults 28.4% of adults in England have built some exercise into their lives |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 154 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: walking, swimming, gyms, cycling, football, running, jogging, health |
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Wimbledon Game, set and match – the facts behind the tennis championship |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 156 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: |
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Olympic ambition Do UK teenagers have the interest and ambition that’s required to make Olympic champions? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 157 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: Olympics, young people, London 2012 |
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Man U Ltd Manchester United is the most profitable club in the world |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 158 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: sport, football |
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Home or away Clubs spend millions buying overseas players, does this affect the national game? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 159 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: footballers, transfers, |
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Fanatics A Premiership fan thinks of football every 12 minutes |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 160 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: fans |
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Youth clubs There are 360,000 members of the scout movement yet it is not the largest youth organisation in the UK |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 162 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: Leisure, young people, scouts, guides, boys/girls brigade, army cadets |
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Tall tales Why would almost a fifth of Britons lie about the books they’ve read? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 163 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: Reading, work, leisure, UK |
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Need to read Attitudes towards reading depend on age and gender |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 164 Topic: Sport & leisure Keywords: Education, schools, gender, age, books |
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Finders Keepers The number of finds recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme rose by 45% to 57,566 in 2005/6 |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 166 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Archaeological, Archaeology |
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Population clock - births deaths and natural increase Births and deaths by the second, hour, day, month and year |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 168 Topic: Wider world Keywords: |
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Growing concern Global populations are growing most where it can be afforded the least |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 169 Topic: Wider world Keywords: developing world |
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Lifetime Life expectancy in Europe is amongst the highest in the world |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 170 Topic: Wider world Keywords: population, Europe, older people, pensioners |
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No rest... Older workers make a huge contribution to economic and cultural well-being |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 171 Topic: Wider world Keywords: age, pensioners |
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Lifespan While our percentage of older people is growing, the UK is still below the EU average |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 172 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Population, older people, UK, age, older people |
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Age concern? By 2050, there will be nearly 1.5 billion over 65s worldwide, with 1.2 billion living in less developed countries |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 173 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Age, population, wider world, developing world |
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Coming to America Immigration accounts for at least one-third of recent US population growth |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 174 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Race, Immigration, USA, ethnic groups |
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Two dollars a day 25 countries where most of their population live on less than $2 a day |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 175 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Wider world, hunger, poverty, food, wage, pay |
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Displaced The number of refugees worldwide rose to nearly 10m in 2006 largely due to the violence in Iraq |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 176 Topic: Wider world Keywords: asylum-seekers, asylum seekers |
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AIDS orphans More than 15m children worldwide have been orphaned as a result of AIDS |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 178 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Africa, health, children, family, HIV, orphans |
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Death penalty Public opinion is still divided about the effectiveness of capital punishment |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 179 Topic: Wider world Keywords: death, crime, law and order, human rights, executions |
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Cultivating cash The estimated amount of land used to grow opium poppies increased by 33% in 2006 |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 180 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Wider world, developing world, flowers, Afghanistan |
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Tobacco tally More than 10m cigarettes are smoked every minute, every day worldwide |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 182 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Health, wider world, smoking, cigarettes |
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Stub it out 33% of Europeans who continue to smoke after trying to quit blame stress |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 183 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Health, smoking, EU, addiction, cigarettes |
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Euro-binge One in 10 Europeans confesses to regular binge-drinking |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 184 Topic: Wider world Keywords: wider world, Europe, health, alcohol, EU |
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A lot of bottle Consumption of bottled water is increasing all over the world. Is this a good thing? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 185 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Water, food, USA, America, brand names, consumer issues |
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World wide There are 1.6bn overweight adults worldwide. This is expected to grow by 40% over the next 10 years |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 186 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Weight, health, obesity, UK |
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Burgernomics It takes on average 35 minutes to earn the price of a Big Mac |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 187 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Food, money, work, wage, pay, McDonalds |
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Take-away pay The highest gross wage doesn’t always result in the highest take-home pay |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 188 Topic: Wider world Keywords: work, money, tax, wages |
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Workplace whingers UK workers came second in a global ‘demanding workers’ league table |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 189 Topic: Wider world Keywords: complaints, money, Europe, UK, wage, pay, cost of living |
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Well being The UK is bottom of the league table for child well-being – is it failing its children? |
Book: Fact File 2008 page 190 Topic: Wider world Keywords: Children, UK, Health, Leisure, Family, birth, infants, young people |
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Primates in peril Mankind’s closest relatives are disappearing from the face of the Earth |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 8 Topic: Animals Keywords: Environmental issues, extinction, apes, monkeys, habitat, hunting, wildlife, endangered, gorillas, Africa, Asia, China, Chinese, medicine |
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Sold into extinction Humans are responsible for the decline of the tiger |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 10 Topic: Animals Keywords: Environmental issues, extinction, poaching, conservation, endangered, big cats, zoo, habitat, Asia, India, China, wildlife, hunting, Chinese medicine, poaching |
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Preyed on Attacks on birds of prey are up by 40% |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 11 Topic: Animals Keywords: Law & order, birds, hunting, habitat, shooting, eggs, poison, RSPB, conservation, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
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Lab rats Animals are being created just to be used in experiments |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 12 Topic: Animals Keywords: Science, Genetic modification, Animal testing, animal research, welfare, RSPCA, vivisection, primates, apes, monkeys, mice, rats, rodents, mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibian, medicine, GM, procedures, operations, dogs, cats, pets |
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Acting for animals A new law should make it easier to help animals |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 14 Topic: Animals Keywords: Law & order, Pets, cats, animal welfare act, RSPCA, cruelty, rescue, suffering, fight |
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Dangerous dogs Violent dog attacks have risen 43% in the last four years |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 15 Topic: Animals Keywords: Law & order, Safety & risk, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, Fila Braziliero, banned, prohibited, pets, bite, young children, teenagers, hospital |
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Sniffing it out A dog’s sense of smell can make a vital difference |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 16 Topic: Animals Keywords: Law & order, War & conflict, Arms, Safety & risk, customs, drugs, security,illegal imports, bombs, terrorism, crime |
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Escalating nations The UK population will rise to 71 million by 2031 |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 18 Topic: Britain and its citizens Keywords: Population, Immigration, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, migration, death rate, birth rate, |
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Death by numbers In the early 1900s, over half of all deaths occurred before the age of 45, now it is only 4% |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 19 Topic: Britain and its citizens Keywords: Deaths, Health, male, female, old age, survival |
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Different class Have attitudes towards social class really changed? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 20 Topic: Britain and its citizens Keywords: Language, middle, upper, working, |
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Mr & Mrs Average The ‘typical’ British family |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 21 Topic: Britain and its citizens Keywords: Family & relationships, Financial issues, Travel, tourism, Transport, North East, Yorkshire, North West, money, household, spending, names, surnames |
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It’s not me ... People believe that they are not prejudiced but their colleagues are |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 22 Topic: Britain and its citizens Keywords: Race, Work, white, black, Asian, racist, racism, employee, boss, ethnic group |
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How racist is Britain? Views on prejudice have become gloomier |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 23 Topic: Britain and its citizens Keywords: Race, ethnic groups, citizenship, black, white, Asian, Caribbeans, Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Chinese, Africans |
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Bovvered Younger people are opting out of politics |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 24 Topic: Britain and its citizens Keywords: Politics, Young people, democracy, teenagers, elections, elect, vote, voting, petitions, local councilors, MP, member of parliament, general election |
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Taking Liberties Is Big Brother watching you? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 26 Topic: Britain and its citizens Keywords: Human Rights, Privacy, Law & order, CCTV, security, crime, DNA, Database, ID Cards, criminals, |
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Royal rewards Are the Royals an asset or a liability? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 27 Topic: Britain and its citizens Keywords: Royalty, Politics, taxes, Prince of Wales, Queen, security, Royal Family, monarchy, republicans, Duke of Edinburgh, head of state, expense, money, finance |
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Clearing the air Most people are in favour of a smoking ban in public places – even smokers |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 28 Topic: Britain and its citizens Keywords: Smoking, Law & order, public spaces, pubs, restaurants |
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Fancy a drink? Nearly half of people aged 11 have never touched alcohol, by 21 most are regular drinkers |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 29 Topic: Britain and its citizens Keywords: Young people, teenagers |
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Touch wood 77% of the British public deny that they are superstitious, but... |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 30 Topic: Britain and its citizens Keywords: Religion, superstitions, fate, telepathy, God, Reincarnation, Aliens |
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School snapshot Pupils are mainly positive about school |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 32 Topic: Education Keywords: Young people, Bullying, worry, exams, teenagers, teachers, future, achievement, students |
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Persistent Part timers 63,000 pupils truant everyday in England |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 34 Topic: Education Keywords: Young people, Truancy, school, teenagers, |
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Musical youth Why don’t girls choose the drums? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 35 Topic: Education Keywords: Music, Young people, guitar, singing, oboe, kit drums, electric bass quitar, Trombone, Saxophone, Violin, Flute, Harp, boys, girls, male, female |
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Leveling off Over a quarter of A levels are awarded at the top grade |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 36 Topic: Education Keywords: Young people, teenagers, French, Geography, Chemistry, Maths, English, exams |
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Degree of difference How does our student life compare with Europe? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 38 Topic: Education Keywords: University, students, young people, teenagers, exams, time, work, employment |
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Facing the drop The government wants 50% of 18 year olds to go to university ... but do they stay |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 39 Topic: Education Keywords: Young people, teenagers, students, degrees, qualifications, drop-out, drop out |
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National achievement Around 1 in 8 adults in the UK has no qualifications at all |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 40 Topic: Education Keywords: school, exams, university, England Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
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Energy issues Energy supplies are decreasing – global demand is increasing |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 42 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Nuclear power, Wider world, power, fossil fuels, coal, gas, oil, hydroelectric, renewable |
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Nuclear future Is nuclear power a solution to our energy needs? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 43 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Nuclear power, waste, energy, |
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Fair Share Some of the countries tackling CO2 are still the worst polluters |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 44 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Pollution, Wider world, China, climate change, global warming, emissions, climate policy |
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Global footprint Some countries are using more than their share of the world’s resources |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 45 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Wider world, resources, land |
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Climate of change? Attitudes to climate change – concerned but not convinced |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 46 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Science, Politics, scientists, government, trust, attitude |
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Green teens Young people get radical to save the planet |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 48 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Young People, Politics, teenagers, relationships, power, energy, packaging recycle, cars, travel, food |
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Greenest cities How do UK cities measure up? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 49 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: sustainable, resources, pollution, quality of life, future proof, ecological |
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Wasteful trade We import and export the same items! |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 50 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Financial issues, Wider world, ecological, fuel, carbon footprint, ice cream, beer, mineral waters, fish, apples, flowers |
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Decade of disasters Scientists warn that climate change will increase natural disasters |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 52 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Science, Disasters, Wider world, floods, hurricanes, tornados, droughts, volcanoes, earthquakes, homeless, poverty |
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Water Worldwide More precious than oil – and supplies are running low |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 53 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Water, |
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Ifs and butts Smokers are banned from buildings, but their litter is filling our streets |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 54 Topic: Environmental Issues Keywords: Smoking, littering, smoking ban, cigarettes |
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Family first How do people feel about their families? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 56 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: family life, food, meals, arguments |
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Family fusion Families are changing |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 58 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Marriage & divorce, Sexual issues, children, young people, teenagers, gay, homosexual, lesbian, marriage & parenting, single parents, attitudes |
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Teens talk! How do teenagers rate their parents? And vice versa |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 60 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Young people, parents, siblings, brothers and sisters, leaving home, boys, girls, arguments |
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Have you seen...? One child is reported missing in the UK every five minutes |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 62 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Young people, missing children, runaway, sexual abuse, missing people, teenagers |
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Lost childhood Every ten days in England and Wales a child is killed at the hands of a parent |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 63 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Murder, Sexual abuse, Child abuse, babies, NSPCC |
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Missing out People are confused about the rules for adoption |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 64 Topic: Family & Relationships Keywords: Adoption, Children, Child Abuse, adopted, parents |
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From cradle to grave The cost of key events in life ... and death |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 66 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Children, Death, Marriage, Relationships, Christmas presents, money, finance, car, travel, funeral, wedding, children, birth |
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Is it worth it? 54% of graduates are leaving university with debts over £10,000 |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 68 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Education, Poverty, debt, Young People, university, cost, employment, bills, rent |
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Life on loan Debt has become a fact of life among young adults |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 69 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Poverty, debt, Young people, finance, money, fuel, cost of living, |
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Bare necessities Many people cannot afford what they really need to live |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 70 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Poverty, debt, finance, childcare, rent, food, money, finance |
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Pricey places London is the second most expensive place to live |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 71 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Wider world, Britain & its citizens, Consumers, shopping, cities, Beijing, expensive, finance money |
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The price isn’t right Consumers are facing higher prices for basic goods |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 72 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Consumers & shopping, inflation, price, money, finance, food, drink, fuel |
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Poorer sex In the EU single mothers are at greater risk of poverty ... and at retirement age, too, women are more likely to be poor |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 74 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Poverty, debt, Gender, Age, men, women, Europe, parents, retirement |
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Repossessions Lenders repossessed 21% more homes in 2007 |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 76 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Housing, loans, mortgages, redundancy, energy bills, money, finance |
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Pensioner poverty Older people are making themselves ill worrying about the future |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 77 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Poverty, debt, Age, retirement, future, old, |
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Worthy cause What does our giving say about our values? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 78 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Animals, Charities, charity, values, money, donations |
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Fraud abroad Chip and pin has shifted fraud overseas |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 80 Topic: Financial Issues Keywords: Law & order, money, finance, communication, tourism, ID, security, crime theft, internet, web |
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An apple a day? More like 4 million! A quarter of the food we throw away is unopened or untouched |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 82 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Environmental issues, waste, bread, CO2, landfill, climate change, global warming, fuel |
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Organic Obstacles ‘Going organic’ may not be so simple! |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 84 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Environmental issues, retail, products, import, export, farming |
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Healthy choice Could consumers influence how animals are treated? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 86 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Animals, Consumers & shopping, EU, free-range, animal welfare |
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Decade of trade Fair trade goes from strength to strength |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 87 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Developing World, Consumers & shopping , fairtrade, bananas, cocoa, coffee, fruit, vegetables, sugar, wine, cotton |
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Kitchen concerns Some of our biggest restaurants are lacking in hygiene |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 88 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Health, cafes, pubs, wine bars, supermarket, butchers, takeaways, fast food, clean |
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What’s on the menu? 67% eat out at least once a month, yet do we know what we are getting? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 89 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: restaurants, pubs, cafes, healthy, information |
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Bad taste While concern about food has decreased, fat, salt and sugar are still top issues |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 90 Topic: Food & Drink Keywords: Consumers & shopping, Health |
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Excess waist Obesity in young people may be even worse than we think |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 92 Topic: Health Keywords: Slimming, obese, ity, Young people, BMI, body mass index, fat muscle, heart disease |
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Gift of life More than 7,000 people in the UK are waiting for a transplant |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 94 Topic: Health Keywords: Death, corneas, kidneys, livers, organs, heart, lungs, pancreas, donor |
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Weaker sex? Men have more ill health and die younger |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 95 Topic: Health Keywords: Gender, Birth, Death, boys, girls, males, females, accidents, autism, cancer, life expectancy |
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The cost of a drink Alcohol is a part of social life for many, but it is harmful for some |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 96 Topic: Health Keywords: hospital, England, gender, men, women, disease, NHS |
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Drug deaths There were more than 13,000 drug-related deaths between 2003 and 2007 |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 97 Topic: Health Keywords: Death, England, Wales, behavioural disorders, illegal drugs, male, female, poison, alcohol, heroin, morphine, cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy |
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Suicide There is one suicide attempt by a young person every twenty minutes |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 98 Topic: Health Keywords: Death, Suicide, Young people, drugs |
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Teething troubles Access to NHS dentistry is still a problem |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 100 Topic: Health Keywords: Dentist, dental, |
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Trust in the media Despite recent scandals the BBC is still on of the most trusted organisations |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 102 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: newspapers, TV, television, truth, NHS, Church of England, Military, Government |
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Life online Do parents know what’s really happening? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 104 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Family & relationships, Bullying, Young people, social networking, facebook, my space, bebo, communication, friends, privacy, security |
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Mixed media Consumers are experimenting with new technology |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 106 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Consumers & shopping social networking, mobile phone, video, radio, VoIP |
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Take a gamble Online gambling proves attractive to younger men |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 107 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Gambling, Young people, lotto, bingo, national lottery, poker |
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Transmission transition The under 25s are leading the way to a TV change |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 108 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Television, Young people, mobile, PC, computers, viewing habits |
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Ads effect Can advertising affect drinking behaviour? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 109 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Alcohol, Young people, Advertising, alcopops |
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Textaholics We send 8.9 million text messages every hour |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 110 Topic: Internet & Media Keywords: Mobiles, sms, texting, communication |
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Police force 30,000 special and community officers bolster police numbers |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 112 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Police, England, Wales, traffic warden, officers |
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Hold fire Armed police were called out 18,000 times, but they only fired on three occasions |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 113 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Guns, taser, weapons, crime |
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Hate crime Crimes of prejudice are being reported more than ever before |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 114 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Race, Religion, Violence, ethnic groups, police, harassment, damage, assaults, England, Scotland, Wales |
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Knife edge There is a knife attack at least every 24 minutes in England and Wales |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 116 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Young people, Knives, Violence, police, crime, stabbings, robbery, robberies, murder, regional, arrests, fighting |
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Homicide Around 65% of victims know their killer |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 118 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Murder, Gender, Young people, England, Wales, Scotland, victim, suspect, relationship, males, females, teenagers |
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Drunk and disorderly Numbers of drunken women soar |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 120 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Gender, Alcohol, females, police, arrests, advertising, England, Wales |
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Under the influence 75% of Class A drug users support their habit through crime |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 121 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Drugs, England, Wales, offenders, arrest, cannabis, heroin, crack, cocaine, criminal, crime, burglary, prostitution, theft, robbery, fraud, damage, violence, domestic |
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Cannabis confusion 50% of people are unsure about the status of cannabis |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 122 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Drugs, Young people, teenagers, heroin, ecstasy, alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, mental health, social disorder, ASBO, anti social, anti-social, criminal |
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Awaiting justice “Remand prisoners are often held for excessively long periods in conditions that are worse than for sentenced prisoners...” |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 124 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Prison, conditions, Africa, jail |
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Behind bars ‘Super’ prisons are being built to house record numbers behind bars |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 125 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: Prison, England, Wales, women |
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Rape reports In some areas reported rapes are five times more likely to result in a conviction than in others |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 126 Topic: Law & Order Keywords: England, Wales, sexual issues, Police, women |
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Team GB Can money ‘buy’ Olympic success? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 129 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Financial issues, Olympics, medals, cycling, competition |
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Sports mad world Sport is popular around the world, especially football |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 130 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Football, Wider world, basketball, volleyball, Athletics, marathon, cycling, cricket, speedway, rugby, tennis, swimming |
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Man of the world Becks – still the universal sporting hero |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 131 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Wider world, Advertising, Football, David Beckham |
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Club v country Does foreign domination of the Premier League harm the national team? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 132 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Football, football club, FIFA, fans, supporters |
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Popularity contest How do you measure the popularity of a team? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 134 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Football, Wider world, fans, supporters, |
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Cotton wool kids Young people are kept away from ‘risky’ play by adult fears and lack of opportunity |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 135 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Young people, Safety, risk, parents, danger, public spaces, media |
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Keep on running Taking part makes all the difference |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 136 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Health, calories, exercise, activity |
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Gameboy The average UK gamer is a male aged 33 |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 137 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Internet & media, Financial issues, Consumers, shopping, computer games, DVDs, Internet, video, consoles |
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Art attack While a lot of kids attend arts events, sport is still more popular |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 138 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Young people, Arts, culture, Football, theatre, carnival, culture, photography, dance, pop, rock, music, street art, circus, craft, classical music, Jazz, swimming, cycling, walking, running, jogging |
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Culture fix Money and time is an issue, but we are still getting our culture fix |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 140 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Arts & culture, theatre, live music, drama, carnival, craft, classical music, jazz, books, writing, reading, opera, ballet, dance, money |
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Music lover We may spend more on mobiles, but music is what we love |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 141 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Internet & media, Music, mobile phones, entertainment, eating out, film, live |
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Libraries online There are more visitors but they’re borrowing less |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 142 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Libraries & reading, Internet & media, computers, library |
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Walking distance Do you really have to go by car? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 144 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: car, shopping, school, doctor |
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Travel to school 11-16 year olds travel an average of 3.4 miles to school |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 145 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: Young people, Safety & risk, walking, cars, parents, adults, children |
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Road flow Although peak times vary, Britain’s roads are busy throughout the day. |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 146 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: cars, commute, commuting, weekends, school run |
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Rough ride Motorcyclists are 43 times more likely to die in an accident than car users |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 147 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: Death, Safety, risk, Alcohol, motorcycle, busses, cars, pedestrians, cycling, bicycle, road, speed limits, speed cameras, road accidents |
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Flying high? Although passenger numbers have increased, the airline industry is not flourishing |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 148 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: airplanes, airports, jet fuel prices, air travel |
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Plane problem Passengers are more menacing as manners are declining |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 149 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: Violence, Alcohol, Smoking, airplane, air rage |
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Holiday UK? We like to holiday in the UK – but mainly for our short breaks |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 150 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: seaside, cities, city, countryside, village |
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Travel trends UK residents made a record 69.5 million visits abroad |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 151 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: Wider world, holiday, friends, family, business, holidays |
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Brits abroad From accidents to abduction, help is available |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 152 Topic: Travel & Transport Keywords: Wider world, Safety & risk, arrests, hospital, deaths, rape, USA, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Italy, France, Germany, India, Thailand, America |
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Military morale Almost half of UK military personnel “feel like quitting” ... but they are proud to be in the services |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 154 Topic: War & Conflict Keywords: Work, Navy, Marines, Army, Royal, RAF, Air force, jobs, pride |
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World of weapons The USA accounts for nearly half of world military spending |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 156 Topic: War & Conflict Keywords: Wider world, Financial issues, arms, army, airforce, navy, import, export, America, Russia, Germany, France, industry, trade, money |
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Deadly toys Every thirty minutes someone is killed or injured by an encounter with the remnants of war |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 158 Topic: War & Conflict Keywords: Young people, Gender, Wider world, landmines, death, army, cluster bombs |
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Peaceful places Which countries reject violence and conflict? |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 160 Topic: War & Conflict Keywords: Wider world, Violence, Iceland, Europe, America, Africa, Australia, Asia, Middle East, Iraq |
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Displaced 4.7 million Iraqis have been uprooted as a result of the crisis in their country |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 162 Topic: War & Conflict Keywords: Wider world, Iraq, Refugees, Middle East, Iraq War |
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State of democracy 36% of the world’s population have no political freedom or civil liberties |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 164 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Free Speech, Politics, Human Rights, Privacy, China |
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A matter of faith For the first time in history there are more Muslims worldwide than Catholics |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 166 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Religion, Christians, church, atheist |
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Unequal chance Economic growth does not necessarily mean improvements in child mortality |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 168 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Death, Young people, children, war, conflict |
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Sanitation solution? About 40% of the world’s population lack what we take for granted: a toilet |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 170 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Environment, Health, Developing World, education, children, HIV/AIDS, sanitation |
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Living with HIV/Aids Around 30.8 million adults and 2.5 million children are affected |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 172 Topic: Wider World Keywords: AIDS, Young people, HIV, Wider World |
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Falling short The world gave US$103.7 billion in aid but still did not reach the target |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 173 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Charities, Financial issues, donors, donate, charity, UN, poverty |
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Facts of death By 2030 there will be more deaths due to road accidents than HIV/AIDS |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 174 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Death, AIDS, Health, disease |
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Stolen smiles 2.45 million people worldwide are in forced labour as a result of trafficking |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 176 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Slavery, Sexual abuse, Gender, trafficking, rape |
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Chinadependence As a nation we are increasingly dependent on goods from China |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 178 Topic: Wider World Keywords: China, Financial issues, Consumers, shopping, import, export, trade |
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How warm a welcome? Sweden has the best policies in the EU to integrate migrants |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 180 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Immigration |
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Tight fit Although the UK will have the largest population in the EU, it won’t have the greatest density |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 181 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Population, immigration, migrants, citizenship |
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Gone to town By 2030, 60% of the world’s population will live in towns |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 182 Topic: Wider World Keywords: Environmental issues, Urbanisation, city, cities, energy |
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Good day at work Money can’t buy happiness in the workplace |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 184 Topic: Work Keywords: Financial issues, happy, relationships, gender, men, women, male, female, career, professions, flexibility, flexitime, flexi-time, pay, wage |
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Cut your losses Union membership is falling yet days lost to strikes are on the rise |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 187 Topic: Work Keywords: Trade unions, financial, finance, jobs, pay, wage |
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Unfair Almost 1 million employees are bullied at work |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 188 Topic: Work Keywords: Race, Health, Gender, Bullying, age, race, ethnic, disability, gender, religion, men, women, male, female |
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Under pressure Stress can lead to physical and mental ill-health |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 189 Topic: Work Keywords: Health, Stress, male, female, men, women |
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Snail’s pace Progress towards equality in top jobs is extremely slow |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 190 Topic: Work Keywords: Gender, politics, business, media, culture, women |
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Olympics 2008 Who really won? It all depends on the way you count |
Book: Fact File 2009 page 128 Topic: Sport & Leisure Keywords: Gold, silver, bronze, medal, competition |
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