Daily News Summary
Friday, 12 June 2009
Main stories
`Leak nearly led to nuclear disaster'
It has been revealed that a radioactive leak at Sizewell nuclear power station in 2007, averted by chance by a worker sorting laundry, could have caused `Britain's worst nuclear disaster'. The site operator was never prosecuted and only received a `safety directive'. DTel2, DMail6
For more on the work of the Health and Safety Executive see here.
Negative equity, inflation - and unemployment
Negative equity is said to be affecting as many householders as in the 1990s, but the Bank of England warns that it may be `more dangerous for the economy'. Gdn1, FT2. In the meantime, unemployment `could peak just below 3m' by next year, and the public expects inflation to rise by 2.4%. FT2, Mirr27
Moves to ban BNP `whites only' policy
New equality legislation is due to be put to Parliament, according to deputy Labour leader and equality minister Harriet Harman. FT2
Credit crunch reduces food aid
Donor countries are cutting contributions to the UN World Food Programme. FT7
`Swine flu pandemic is threat to school term' - and MRSA still rising in a tenth of hospitals
Scientists warn that `thousands of schools could be forced to close' because of swine flu fears. Times1, 18-19, DTel2, DExp20 and more
Cases of the superbug MRSA are still rising in one out of ten hospital trusts, reports the National Audit Office. DTel2. Moreover, the focus on C.difficile is said to have allowed other hospital infections to `thrive'. Sun2, DMail24
Other stories
`The men who killed for "respect"'
The verdict on the killing of 16 year-old Ben Kinsella. Times4-5, Ind6-7, DTel1, DMail1, Mirr 6-9, DExp7 and more
`G20 police officer investigated over second alleged assault'
A Met officer is under investigation for an alleged second assault during the G20 demonstrations in London this spring. Gdn5
Plans for legal duty to cut child poverty
Under plans to be published today future governments would be placed under a legal duty to `abolish child poverty by 2020'. Gdn13
`Nuclear reaction: US atomic industry hijacks climate bill'
Gdn28
Venezuela bans Coke Zero
The Venezuelan Government has banned drink `Coke Zero' over health concerns. Ind20
Comment and analysis
`In the workfare state, poverty is always an individual failing'
`The welfare reform bill has a message: long-term unemployment will be punished, regardless of health or dependants.' Gdn32
`Secrecy is undermining justice'
Comments on the Lord's decision on control orders. Gdn35
Tributes to Peter Townsend and his work on poverty and social justice
Gdn35
`The market confounds the left'
`Why should voters turn leftwards when Merkel and Sarkozy have been as indignant as any about "Anglo-Saxon" capitalism?', asks Philip Stevens. FT11
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