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Confusion over Olympic guards’ English ability 

In mid-July it was announced that the British armed forces would have to provide 3,500 extra personnel for London Olympics security duties as a result of private security contractor G4S failing to recruit enough security guards in time for the Games. G4S chief executive Nick Buckles added to his embarrassment ______________ admitting he wasn’t sure whether the 10,000 security guards his firm recruited could speak English. Questioned by BBC Radio 4 on this, Buckles replied, ‘That is a difficult question to answer. They all have a right to work in the UK and have been vetted to very high standards,’ adding that he’d look into the issue. Interviewed by Sky News later that day, Buckles was able to report, ‘As part of the SIA [Security Industry Association] certification you have to be able to speak English. That’s the standard for the UK security industry.’

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Uclan launches first UK uni in Thailand

The first British university in Thailand – a joint venture between the University of Central Lancaster (Uclan) and Thai Group of Companies – will open shortly, teaching entirely in English on a campus in Samut Sakhon, twenty miles outside Bangkok.

Uclan’s venture builds on Thailand’s policy of establishing itself as a regional hub for education. Uclan president and vice-chancellor Malcolm McVicar told Thai newspaper, The Nation, that the venture has been four years in development, and that Thailand was chosen after Uclan looked at ‘Singapore and Malaysia but found they were too crowded with [education] provision’.

McVicar added, ‘We chose Thailand because the country is a good centre to reach other parts of the region.’ He expects Uclan in Thailand will eventually recruit students from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Burma.

Uclan back in the UK recruits students from Thailand, particularly to its fashion and design courses, and it has an international reputation for linguistics, especially for its research into the language of business.

The Samut Sakhon campus will in its phase one run courses in English, IT, business management, engineering, fashion and design based on a British curriculum for 5,000 students, of which 20 per cent are expected to come from Europe. There will be research facilities on site and links with local businesses and industries, and a deliberate mix of UK-recruited and local staff.

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TRUE! – nervous – very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses – not destroyed – not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things inthe heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Listen! And observe how healthily – how calmly I can tell you the whole story.

It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain;

but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture – a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees – very gradually – I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.

Now this is the point. You believe I am mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded – with what caution – with what foresight – with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before… I killed him.

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 In a recent study published in the UK, fast food, and in particular junk food aimed at children, has come in for a lot of criticism. As a result, some food companies are beginning to come round and are trying to come up with ways of reducing the sugar and salt contents in their products without affecting the flavour. Previous campaigns to encourage consumers to eat healthier food have sometimes met with opposition and such efforts have rarely succeeded.

The issue seems to be centred on the question of personal choice and, although official figures show that obesity, and particularly childhood obesity, is a problem that is becoming more acute, there is some disagreement about exactly how the current situation has come about. Some people approach the problem from a different angle, suggesting that it is a matter of exercise, not diet. They argue that if people exercise regularly, they are less likely to come down with certain diseases. Some experts have stated their support for an official advertising campaign promoting the benefits of exercise and a healthy diet. Others remain sceptical, claiming that such campaigns do not come under the government’s remit and that it is up to people to make their own choices. One thing is certain, however: too much sugar makes you come out in spots.

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 In a recent study published in the UK, fast food, and in particular junk food aimed at children, has come in for a lot of criticism. As a result, some food companies are beginning to come round and are trying to come up with ways of reducing the sugar and salt contents in their products without affecting the flavour. Previous campaigns to encourage consumers to eat healthier food have sometimes met with opposition and such efforts have rarely succeeded.

The issue seems to be centred on the question of personal choice and, although official figures show that obesity, and particularly childhood obesity, is a problem that is becoming more acute, there is some disagreement about exactly how the current situation has come about. Some people approach the problem from a different angle, suggesting that it is a matter of exercise, not diet. They argue that if people exercise regularly, they are less likely to come down with certain diseases. Some experts have stated their support for an official advertising campaign promoting the benefits of exercise and a healthy diet. Others remain sceptical, claiming that such campaigns do not come under the government’s remit and that it is up to people to make their own choices. One thing is certain, however: too much sugar makes you come out in spots.

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a large county (region) in the north-east of England. People from Yorkshire are famous in the popular imagination for many things – they speak their mind, they are cunning and clever, they are careful with money, they eat lots. They also make good beer. The “typical” Yorkshireman wears a flat cap, has a whippet (a small, thin, fast dog) and loves nothing better than a pint of good Yorkshire ale with his whippet at his feet.

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