Todays News Update - 21st November 2012

- Surviving gunman in the Mumbai attack was hanged. He was executed in a prison in Pune.

- Israel continues to bomb Gaza with air strikes and still firing rockets. Hilary Clinton is due to visit the West Bank and Cairo after her talks with Israeli leaders to try to arrange ceasefire.

- Dr Congo rebel have seized Goma which has brought international condemnation the UN has called for sanctions.

- The vote for women bishops was rejected with a need for a two third majority vote. The bishop of Durham and Rowan Williams both expressed their support for women bishops with comments that this was "a very grim day" on the plus side the vote only fell short of 6 votes so there will be every chance in the future for women to become bishops.

- The office of children commissioners have produced a report that suggests that children in the UK (England) were being sexually abused by gangs.

- Students are t protest in London today against the rise in university and further education fees. The march is due to go past the house of parliament and with the NUS leader saying they want students back on the political agenda again.

News - 14th November 2012

- There was an amazing solar eclipse in Australia where thousands of people watched the eclipse Queensland was plunged into darkness for around two minutes.

- Workers and people who fear for their jobs and austerity cuts will stage a protest across the EU. There has been a call for action and solidarity by unions and work leaders calling for a abandonment of austerity measures brought in by many EU countries are expected in Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain.

- Care for people suffering from schizophrenia commission is falling catastrophically short.

- With the BBC being crushed at the moment with problems after problem so light relief comes with a composition by blue singer Damon Albarn marking the 90th year of the broadcasters existence.
The BBC will broadcast around the world simultaneously reaching a estimated 80 million people.

- Sainsbury's profits go up by 2.5% to £405 million.

- The EU crisis has caused problems for mobile phone users in countries like Spain and Italy with less people using their phones Vodafone as announced it has had down the value of their business there by £5.9 billion.

World News - 12th November 2012

- The Greek government has passed its latest budget by 167 votes to 128 which means that they can be granted a 31.5 billion loan to stop the country going into bankruptcy.
The timing of the vote comes as Eurozone finance ministers are due to discuss the Greece crisis in Brussels.

- Australia and the UK are in the depth of trying to sort out allegations of child abuse with Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard calling for national inquiry concerning following claims by the police and law makers that the Roman Catholic Church had tried to cover up evidence about paedophile priests.

- The BBC continue to have problems with their management with the resigning of George Entwistle and now with the director of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Steve Mitchell both being asked to step down pending the results of the pollard inquiry.

- Top executives in some of the leading companies like Starbucks, Amazon and Google are being asked to present to parliament today on the issue of Tax avoidance in front of the public accounts committee on taxing multinationals.

World News - 9th November 2012

- India to loose its financial aid from the UK in 2015 with aid focusing and shifting to a technical program as apposed to financial assistant it now gives.

- Different groups in Syria are trying to form together to create a alternative to the current Assad Government to give the Syrian people hope.

- Claims that child abuse has been linked to lord Mc Alpine are false and defamatory according to the conservative peer after he issued a statement that expressed denial, which linked him to an issue at Wrexham children's home.

- JAG bring in re-structuring plan which may lead to the loss of 4500 job cuts at Iberia to help with the companies losses.

- The Royal Society of prevention of accidents have just finished a report on the premature and preventable deaths on roads and curbs.

World News - 7th November 2012

- Obama gets re-elected by the American people helped by the young women vote according to stats coming through President Obama praised his opponent Mitt Romney after what was seen a very hard fought campaign. Although the republicans retain control of the house of representatives.

- The UK may begin talks with armed rebel forces in Syria with a view to unite the opposition to the Syrian government run by President Bashar-al-Assad. The announcement came after David Cameron arrived in Jordan where is will meet the King of Jordan and in talks they will discuss the current fighting and meet refugees from the Syrian conflict.

- The pay gap between women and men is set to get worse according to Fawcett Society they claim that currently there is around 15% less paid to women who do the same job as men, and that with cut backs in the Public sector this could mean the pay gap may widen.

- There is a call for more children to be taken into care after a meeting of MP's examining child protection in England. MP's also stated that older children should get more support particularly when they leave the care system.

World News in Breif - 5th November 2012

- The US reaches its climax as the final day of campaigning between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney comes to a close. Obama held rallies in New Hampshire and Romney in Pennsylvania. But as stand at the the moment there is little to indicate that either man will be elected to the next president of the United States.

- Ash trees are being killed off by the dieback disease with over 100,000 trees being destroyed in the UK.

- Cameron and Hammond the defence secretary are on a visit to Dubai to try and strengthen Britain's defence security and commercial tie with the Arab world, they plan to go onto Saudi Arabia after visiting Dubai. They are trying also to promote the Typhoon Jet with discussions about setting up a UK military airbase in Dubai.

- Snow has fallen across parts of Somerset Wiltshire, Dorset and Gloucestershire, where flood warnings have been given out.

- Break through with pace makers where according to USA researchers a heart beat could power enough electricity to keep a pace maker running.

News Update - 2nd November 2012

- GCSE gradings now have been too generous in their markings according to watchdog.

- Power water and fuel shortages are all causing real problems in the USA after storm Sandy.

- The New York marathon despite the devastation of storm Sandy is still to go ahead.

- Freddy Star was arrested and bailed in connection with the Jimmy Saville abuse inquiry.

- PPI claims continue to hammer bank recoveries with RBS now setting a side an other £400 million to deal with claims.

- The real problem of airport capacity has lead to a inquiry which is to be head up by Sir Howard Davies, who was appointed by David Cameron to look into the various possibilities and to where a new airport or extended one could be provided.

- A police officer who apparently accidently fired a gun which on a guard duty for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been removed from fire arms duty pending a inquiry.