25 February 2016 Week in Brief: UK SUGAR: An investigation has found that hot flavoured drinks sold in outlets such as Starbucks and Costa Coffee contain very high levels of sugar – as much as 25 teaspoons which is the equivalent of 3 times the amount in a can of Coca Cola. Both companies said… Continue reading Issue 42: 2016 02 25: Week in Brief – UK
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Issue 36: 2016 01 14:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
14 January 2016 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: Afghan forces in Sangin are still under siege by the Taliban. Reinforcements have not succeeded in breaking through to them. Fierce fighting is also taking place in Marjah district. The other twelve of Helmand province’s fourteen districts are already under Taliban control. The Afghan airforce struck against… Continue reading Issue 36: 2016 01 14:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
Issue 34: 2015 12 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 December 2015 Week in Brief: UK LIBYA: The Government is preparing to send 1,000 troops to Libya to support local forces in an attempt to stop Isis fighters from dominating the country. LABOUR PARTY: Jeremy Corbyn has been warned by Peter Mandelson that the party has lost 30,000 members recently, through the resignations of… Continue reading Issue 34: 2015 12 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK
05 November 2015 Week in Brief: UK POPULATION FIGURES: The Office for National Statistics predicts that over the next twenty-five years the population of the UK will increase from 64,600,000 to 74,300,000. By then it will have overtaken that of France and, if trends continue, it will overtake that of Germany in 2047. The projected… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 20: 2015 09 17: News in Brief: UK
17 September 2015 Week In Brief: UK NEWS LABOUR LEADER: On Saturday it was announced that left winger Jeremy Corbyn had been elected leader of the Labour Party with nearly 60% of the vote. Tom Watson, who comes from the centre of the party, has been elected deputy leader. Mr Corbyn’s team includes John McDonnell as… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: News in Brief: UK
