47% of 14-year-olds 'are bullied'
Boys were more likely to face physical intimidation than girls
Nearly half of 14-year-olds in England have experienced some sort of bullying, a study of 10,000 teenagers for the government suggests.
Name calling and cyberbullying - where the victim faces threats and insults via mobile phones and the internet - were the most common forms.
[SIZE="3"]Merciless Ikea memoir flat-packs a punch[/SIZE]
Former executive's explosive book rips the cosy fa?ade off the Swedish furniture giant
Foreigners who work for Ikea have been referred to by Swedish executives as "***s", he writes, and have no chance of being promoted to senior positions. In fact, most of the top Ikea jobs, he claims, go to employees from the town of ?lmhult, in the Samaland region of Sweden, where Mr Kamprad grew up.
Merciless Ikea memoir flat-packs a punch - Europe, World - The Independent
[SIZE="3"]Brown to apologise to care home children sent to Australia and Canada[/SIZE]
Children were cut off from families and some falsely told they were orphans in programme that sent 150,000 abroad between 1920 and 1967
"We've suffered all our lives. For the government of England to say sorry to us, it makes it right ? even if it's late, it's better than not at all," she said.
Brown to apologise to care home children sent to Australia and Canada | Society | guardian.co.uk
[SIZE="3"]Copenhagen climate summit hopes fade as Obama backs postponement[/SIZE]
Barack Obama acknowledged today that time has run out to secure a binding climate deal at Copenhagen and began moving towards a two-stage process that would delay a legal pact until next year at the earliest.
Copenhagen climate summit hopes fade as Obama backs postponement | Environment | guardian.co.uk
[SIZE="3"]Belle de Jour revealed as research scientist Dr Brooke Magnanti [/SIZE]
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
The secret life of Dr Brooke Magnanti, an obscure research scientist, is revealed today as she unmasks herself as the writer behind the pseudonym Belle de Jour.
Her identity has been one of the great literary mysteries of the decade after the publication of bestselling books about her secret life as a prostitute.
Magnanti is a respected specialist in developmental neurotoxicology and cancer epidemiology in a hospital research group in Bristol. Six years ago, in the final stages of her PhD thesis, she ran out of money and turned to prostitution through a London escort agency, charging ?300 an hour. Already an experienced science blogger, she began writing about her experiences in a web diary that was adapted into books and a television drama starring Billie Piper.
Belle de Jour revealed as research scientist Dr Brooke Magnanti - Times Online
[SIZE="5"]Belle de Jour drops her anonymity [/SIZE]
Dr Magnanti says she has no regrets about her experiences
A former prostitute whose memoirs were turned into the TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, starring Billie Piper, has revealed her true identity.
Dr Brooke Magnanti wrote under the pen name Belle de Jour to describe the encounters she had as a high-class call girl while earning money for her PhD.
BBC NEWS | UK | Belle de Jour drops her anonymity
[SIZE="3"]'Selfless' Soldier Had Volunteered For Duty [/SIZE]
11:21am UK, Tuesday November 17, 2009
Lulu Sinclair, Sky News Online
A Territorial Army soldier who was killed after volunteering to serve in Afghanistan has been named as Rifleman Andrew Ian Fentiman of 7th Battalion The Rifles.
[SIZE="3"]25 years after Live Aid, Ethiopia tries to cover up a new famine[/SIZE]
?The Government has just got to embrace the crisis and not be frightened of the statistics,? Gareth Thomas, a minister with the Department for International Development, said yesterday. ?It is different from 1984 but there?s still huge need. There?s got to be a recognition that if we are going to stop children from being malnourished and keep people alive we have got to have accurate information and we?ve got to have it in a timely manner.?
Speaking before a meeting with Mr Meles, Mr Thomas said that he also intended to raise credible reports that aid was being withheld from opponents, but insisted he was satisfied that British aid was getting through. His main message, however, was that the Government had not yet grasped the urgent need for reform.
25 years after Live Aid, Ethiopia tries to cover up a new famine - Times Online
[SIZE="3"]Second Italo-Abyssinian War[/SIZE]
The positive outcome of the war for the Italians coincided with the zenith of the international popularity of dictator Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime, in a phase called "the age of consensus"[citation needed] during which foreign leaders, including Churchill, praised him for his achievements, ignoring the social, political, and human cost of these achievements.
Second Italo-Abyssinian War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unveiling the government's programme in the House of Lords, the Queen said: "My government's overriding priority is to ensure sustained growth to deliver a fair and prosperous economy for families and businesses, as the British economy recovers from the global economic downturn.
"Through active employment and training programmes, restructuring the financial sector, strengthening the national infrastructure and providing responsible investment, my government will foster growth and employment."
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Brown draws election battle lines
[SIZE="3"]EU-Russia to reset ties at summit [/SIZE]
The Russian president was met by Swedish minister Maud Olofsson
European Union leaders are due to discuss key issues such as trade and energy with their Russian counterparts at a summit in Stockholm.
BBC NEWS | Europe | EU-Russia to reset ties at summit
Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups, the Flemish and the French-speakers, mostly Walloons, plus a small group of German-speakers.
Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The appointment of two little-known figures to the new top jobs in the EU has drawn a mixed response.
. . . . Belgian PM Herman van Rompuy was named President of the European Council, while Briton Baroness Catherine Ashton was made EU foreign affairs supremo. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Mr Van Rompuy would bring consensus and political competence to the presidency.
However, Turkish member of parliament Onur Oymen said he was concerned about what Mr Van Rompuy's presidency could mean for Turkey's aspirations to join the EU.
He told the BBC's World Today that Mr Van Rompuy had "said a few years ago he was totally against Turkish membership because of religious and cultural reasons".
BBC News - EU Van Rompuy choice draws mixed response
Duchess of Cornwall is an unintentional hit with Jerrod, 3
The Duchess of Cornwall bumped into a young recipient of her charity work yesterday ? and at first he was none too pleased. Jerrod, 3, who attends a nursery that uses the facilities of the Barnado?s centre in Harlesden, northwest London, was a little squashed when she accidentally backed into him as she bent down to talk to a little girl. But after pulling a face and rubbing his head, he was soon smiling and running around again. The Duchess, the president of Barnado?s, was touring the purpose-built Freeman Family Centre, which opened in 2007 and includes a sensory room, ball pool and adventure playground.
Duchess of Cornwall is an unintentional hit with Jerrod, 3 - Times Online
[SIZE="4"]Discipline in schools 'improving'[/SIZE]
The vast majority of Scottish school teachers believe their pupils are well behaved, a study suggests.
BBC News - Teachers say discipline in Scottish schools 'improving'
