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Treat the Woolwich attack like any other murder. Turning the killer into an ...
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
We systematically overestimate the threat of terror, and other high-profile things like murder or child abduction, because they are so memorable, and because they are newsworthy. It's called the “availability heuristic”, and it's why we don't worry ...

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How Bangladesh Garment Industry Traded Workplace Safety For Jobs
Huffington Post
Indeed, until the recent of string of industrial accidents big enough to capture headlines in the United States and Europe, Bangladesh factories had seen little regulation. "Bangladesh made it possible mainly because of its cheap labor force," said ...

Telegraph.co.uk
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Telegraph.co.uk
With chances high that incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney could push for aggressive monetary easing if UK data deteriorated later in the year, analysts said sterling was likely to underperform the dollar. Sterling was up 0.1pc at ... No ...

Halifax Evening Courier
More kids can't swim
Halifax Evening Courier
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has issued a wake-up call to schools, parents and the Government following the revelations. More than 1.1 million primary schoolchildren in England – 51 per cent of children aged seven to 11 ...
'More may drown without better swimming lessons'BBC News
Rising number of primary pupils cannot swim a length: 40% of 11-year-olds ...Daily Mail

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Shocking figures revealing more than half of children cannot swim should be a wake-up call to schools, parents and the Government, warns the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

This is Leicestershire
Race against time as gang has its final adventure
This is Leicestershire
En-route, the pals are involved in a traffic accident and a mysterious thug (John Goodman) and his henchman kidnap Doug, telling the remaining three members of the Wolfpack if they want to see their friend again, they must track down flamboyant ...

Daily Mail
Landslide kills at least one child and injures two more as elementary school ...
Daily Mail
Police and firefighters dug frantically with shovels and their hands to get to the children, Zaccard said. He estimated it took an hour to rescue a child buried to the waist, and another half-hour to reach the buried child as more workers and equipment ...
Minnesota Landslide Leaves 1 Child Dead, 1 Missing At Lilydale Regional Park ...Huffington Post

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Wall Street Journal
Bangladesh Amputees Face Tests of Survival
Wall Street Journal
I don't know how I will be able to pay for my children's schooling." Nearly a month after one of the world's worst industrial accidents—which claimed the lives of more than 1,100 people, most of them female garment workers—survivors with debilitating ...

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BBC News
'More may drown without better swimming lessons'
BBC News
More children may drown without better school swimming provision, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has warned. Half of seven- to 11-year-olds in England, some 1.1 million children, cannot swim the length of a standard pool, research suggests.
Rising number of primary pupils cannot swim a length: 40% of 11-year-olds ...Daily Mail

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Daily Mail
Minnesota Landslide Leaves 1 Child Dead, 1 Missing At Lilydale Regional Park ...
Huffington Post
He said there's never been an issue with accidents down there," Olson said. A firefighter also ... If you have any information on Madeleine's whereabouts, please contact the Operation Grange team at 0207 321 9251 or OperationGrange@met.pnn.police.uk.
Landslide kills at least one child and injures two more as elementary school ...Daily Mail

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Daily Mail
LIONEL SHRIVER: My brother ate himself to death - and I will never get over ...
Daily Mail
Nodding towards the end of the queue, I said: 'There's Greg now.' His old classmate looked over, but his face remained blank. Heavy and barely able to walk after two nearly fatal accidents, my brother at 55 bore so little resemblance to the slim ...

7DAYS
Laws won't keep children safe - only we can...
7DAYS
I read the story in 7DAYS about the road safety experts telling the UAE authorities to do more on awareness and education to help reduce the numbers of children dying in road accidents ['UAE Safety Message', May 22]. There is a need for a law on child ...

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