Crushing St.Patrick’s Day

On St.Patrick’s day there was a horrendous incident that happened leaving 3 tennagers dead. St.Patrick’s day was the 17th march and it left 3 young teens dead in a hotel in Cookstown, a small town in Northern Ireland. A numerous amount of teenagers are also being treated in hospital for injuries. One of the teenagers died at the scene and the other two died in hospital

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Ethiopian Airlines Crash

Ethiopian Airlines Crash

Second Plane Crash involving the Boeing 737 Max 8 On Sunday at 8.44 am, A second accident involving the Boeing 737 Max 8, a model manufactured by the Boeing Company, has occurred just 3 minutes after its last radar signal was detected. The plane crashed just outside the town of Bishoftu on a farmers land. The farmer reported seeing the plane with sparks and smoke coming

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England’s Problem, Scotland’s News

England’s Problem, Scotland’s News

Is England’s knife crime problem really a national crisis?       England and Wales have seen a sharp rise in knife crime since 2010, with an average increase of 45.7%. Since the start of the year, 9 teenagers in London, Birmingham and Manchester have fallen victim of this new epidemic. The murders of Yousef Makki in Manchester and Jodie Chesney in London has prompted police

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Chequers deal rejected in record breaking Commons defeat

Chequers deal rejected in record breaking Commons defeat

Brexit deal rejected by 432 MP’s, making it a historic defeat in Commons At 19:00 on the 15th of January 2019 a vote was held to confirm whether or not the UK government backed the prime minister’s chequers deal, as widely forecasted the deal was rejected by MP’s.  This was a record defeat in commons history with 202 MP’s supporting the deal, and 432 MP’s standing

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Police Scotland Have Issued A Warning Over Abandoned 999 Calls

Police Scotland Have Issued A Warning Over Abandoned 999 Calls

Police Scotland have issued a warning to the public not to call 999 unless you are having an emergency. They are blaming the abandoned calls on young children and people who got a new phone this holiday season. The force have made this warning each call has to be investigated putting added pressure on the police. Police have advised people who accidentally call 999 to explain

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Why Scottish Teachers Marched for Pay

Why Scottish Teachers Marched for Pay

On Saturday the 27th of October, Scottish teachers took to the streets of Glasgow, calling for  a 10% pay rise, here’s why. The event was organised by Scotland’s largest teaching union, the Educational Institute of Scotland who said the value of teachers’ pay has fallen by more than a fifth over the past decade. The march started in Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Park before the march to George

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PRET A MANGER SCANDAL

PRET A MANGER SCANDAL

Pret a Manger are suffering consequences after a court case regarding the death of a 15 year old girl on a British Airways flight to France. In 2016 Natasha Ednan-Laperouse suffered a serious allergic reaction after she ate an ‘artisan‘ baguette from Pret a Manger, which contained sesame seeds, in Heathrow airport – after the company failed to present the customers with the correct allergen information. The teenager had boarded a

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