Teens charged over racist attacks

Two boys of the age of 15 and 16 were arrested after the vandalism and attacks on the homes of more than 100 Romanian migrants. They have been charged with provocative behavior. The 15 year old boy is also charged with intimidation. The attacks even forced a number of Romanian families to leave their homes and were housed in temporary accommodation. They are even thinking of leaving Northern Ireland. The two boys are due to appear in court on Monday morning.

I think it is awful that people are still discriminating other people. With the society we live in, people should be taught norms and values about what to do and what not to do to other people. Something I think the people should learn is not to discriminate other people and more important, that everyone is the same. I think everyone deserves a good life and if that means they should come and live in the land some people call their own, that should be possible. Their land is also a term I do not like. It is our land which in the first place did not even have borders. We created them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8111278.stm

Amy’s a tatts exile

Amy Winehouse, the British singer who has been staying on the Caribbean Island St Lucia to sort herself out, is moving to the island that is famous for its reggae and rum cocktails for good. Apparently, the Caribbean has done her good because she is writing more than ever now. The rum and reggae is not the only reason Amy wants to leave The UK and move to St Lucia. By moving to the Caribbean, she avoids paying a huge tax bill because the inhabitants of Great Britain who spend less than 183 days in the UK do not have to pay such a huge amount of tax than people who stay in The UK almost every day of the year.

I think a more relaxing lifestyle will do Amy Winehouse definitely some good. As we all know, Amy was not doing so well and was doing a lot of drugs and drinking, which is something you can expect with a name like that, which did not do her performing any good. I also have not heard from her in quite a while and I am looking forward to hear some new songs from her. By moving to St Lucia, she will be able to relax and work on her music and therefore we will be able to enjoy her music once again because whatever you might think of her, she sure can sing

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/showbiz/xs/371396/Tattoo-mad-singer-wants-to-stay-in-St-Lucia-for-tan-and-tax-reasons.html

Manchester United accept £80 million Ronaldo bid

Manchester United have accepted an offer of £80 million from Real Madrid for star player Christiano Ronaldo. No other football club has ever paid this much for a football player and therefore this offer is a world record offer. The decision to play for Real Madrid came from the man himself after expressing his desire to leave Manchester United. Together with Christiana Ronaldo, Manchester United has won the last three Premier League titles and in the 2007-2008 season he scored 42 goals, which topped the previous club record.

Some people say that some people are priceless but with the right amount of money you can buy everything, even star player Christiano Ronaldo. I do think it is ridiculous that even though we are in a recession, some football clubs are still willing to pay such a huge amount of money for a player while other people cannot even buy their groceries. I think that there should be a limit on the amount of money a football player may cost so that every club gets the chance of buying such a fantastic player.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8094720.stm

Nursery worker appears in court

Venessa George, a 39 year old nursery worker from Plymouth, Devon has appeared in court charged with a series of sexual assaults on children. She faces three counts of sexual assault on a girl under the age of 13 and one count of sexual assault on a boy under the age of 13. She has also been charged for the making, possessing and distributing indecent images of children. The nursery where all these horrific actions took place is Little Ted’s nursery in Plymouth. The police are continuing to speak to staff and parents of children who used the nursery. The nursery is still closed for further investigations.

I think it is disgusting that someone who works with children and who children supposed to trust does something as horrible as this. Parents put their trust in someone and expect that person to take good care of their children but how guilty must they have felt when they found out that the woman sexually assaulted their children. I think that someone who did something like this should never be allowed to work with children again or even have them her own.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8094663.stm

Serial Pedophile

A serial pedophile has been convicted guilty on the rape of at least three young children from the age of five upwards. The rape and abuse lasted for years and started in 1999. The men also forced the boys and girls to have sex with each other and he forced one of the girls to watch him have sex on an inflatable doll. It was not the first time that the men had been jailed. He also had been jailed for 15 months in 2002 after assaulting a six-year-old girl but he will not be able to repeat these horrific actions because this time he will be sent to prison for life.

In general I feel that everyone deserves a second chance. No matter what someone did, I am against the death penalty or a life time in jail because I think that people can better their life and that most of them will. This article makes me change my mind though. I think that if someone could rape innocent children and make them have sex with each other, they do not deserve to live. He stole away their childhood and any chance on a normal life by the horrific crime he committed so I do not think he deserves any chance on a normal life as well.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/8085736.stm

Jailed for life

Two men have been sent away to prison for about the rest of their lives after being convicted guilty for the murder of two French students. The men stabbed their victims to death after tying them up in a bedsit in New Cross on 29 June 2008. The two men denied the murder on the two students but they were convicted anyway and must serve a minimum of 40 and 35 years for the horrific murder. One of the perpetrators had been in prison before and even told a prison doctor he feared he “could kill” somebody in the future but the men got out anyway without the authorities knowing about his confession.

The prison doctor made a huge mistake by not telling anyone about the confession one of the offenders made. This mistakes cost two people their lives. But I still do not think that the doctor is to blame. I am convinced that everyone has ever said that they could kill someone but most of us do not act on these feelings and almost everyone of us does not even mean it so what could the doctor do. He could have told somebody but the men would have got out anyway so I do not think this horrific act was to avoid.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8073659.stm