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- Visiting the Falklands
Have you ever visited a military cemetery? In the United States on 4th July every grave, including those from the civil war, are decorated with an American flag. In France...
- What has China to do with the forthcoming European elections?
What has China to do with the forthcoming European elections? Your first reaction may be to talk about trade and the growing imports of cheap clothing and white goods. The...
- Children Falling Through the Devolution Gap
CHILDREN FALLING THROUGH THE DEVOLUTION GAP The age of criminal responsibly in Britain is 10; the average around Europe is between 14 and 16, and we have of the highest...
- Welcoming Pakistan to Bridgend.
 We take our
democracy so much for granted. We have forgotten how many
freedoms are newly won, and how hard we worked for
them. Universal male
suffrage, introduced in 1918, was to enable all...
- Immigration
Immigration
is a topic full of fear, anxiety, misinformation and
prejudice. At a time
when jobs are being lost and the economy is in everyone’s mind it
is appropriate to look at immigration, how...
- One World, One Dream.
 One World, One
Dream.
Madeleine with Paralympic Gold
Medalist Simon Richardson ‘One World, One Dream.’ is the
Chinese slogan for the Olympic and Paralympics games. Walking
through the Olympic village to meet some of...
- Olympic Week
August 2008 will stand out as a
time of rain and cold except for this last week when perhaps the
world changed a little, for the better. Watching the wonderful closing
ceremony...
- Alcohol, Drugs and Mental Health
Watch out in the next few weeks
for the publication of the Bradley report. Lord Bradley was
appointed in December 2007 to lead a review into the treatment of
people with severe mental...
- Women and Children in the Prison System.
Yesterday someone dragged a
sharp implement along the side of my car causing considerable
damage. I did not think about motivation, problematic background, I
thought retribution. One of the key issues affecting the...
- Women's Voices
Women's
Voices
There 646
Members of Parliament. Since 1918, there have been
4,659 people elected as Member’s of Parliament. Of these 4,659 only 291 have
been women, a mere 6% of all MP’s ever...
- The Byron Review
The Byron
Review.
The internet
can be a frighteningly foreign world for the technophobes amongst
us. Often it is children who spend hours online, chatting and
updating their social networking profiles. As parents...
- Healthy Eating
Healthy
Eating.
Today, one in three
children are classified as
overweight. Overweight adolescents
have a 70% chance of becoming obese adults. Here in Bridgend 57% of over 18s are classed
as obese leading to...
- The UK Acts to Ban Cluster Bombs
The UK acts to ban cluster
bombs. On 28th
May after 10 days of intense talks in Dublin, an agreement was
reached on a new international Convention prohibiting the use,
production, stockpiling and transfer...
- Crime: Perceptions and Reality
 Crime is big business; it sells more novels
than on any other subject and is a sure headline grabber for the
print and broadcast media in drama, news, current affairs and
documentary...
- Sexual Health
Sexual Health
Over the last few years the number of young people affected by sexually transmitted infections has increased dramatically with 23 percent more young people affected than in...
- Cervical Screening
Cervical Cancer article 2.
Every woman dreads the moment when an envelope comes through the door reminding her that its time for another cervical smear test. A busy life combined...
- Whaling
Whaling
One of the campaigns that I receive most correspondence about is whaling. Whaling is a highly emotive subject and has been given greater prominence more recently due Japan beginning...
- Fair Trade Fortnight
Fair Trade Fortnight.
The importance of buying fair trade has been publicised in shops and cafes all over the country to mark Fair Trade Fortnight. In our local area we...
- International Women's Day
 Being part of the change you want to see in
the world.
My mother is 93 and I thought of her life when planning my
first ever International...
- Military Mental Health
Seaside News Article – Military Mental Health
Our Armed Forces face continual challenges in the immensely difficult job that they do. It was only in World War one when the...
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