Radio 1 Newsbeat
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US President Barack Obama, Francois Hollande of France and UK PM David Cameron will be among the sixty heads of state attending Tuesday's memorial at a Soweto stadium for the former South African President Nelson Mandela who sadly passed away at the age of ninety five.
The Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra (Yin-glak Chinn-a-wat) has announced that she will be dissolving parliament to hold an election as soon as possible. The announcement follows the news of a wave of anti-government protests over the apparent illegitimacy of the elected government.
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Three men who are believed to be the victims of slavery have been rescued by Avon and Somerset police in a series of raids carried out in the Bristol area. The victims aged between thirty and fifty have been taken to a place of safety while two people have been arrested on slavery offences. Five others have also been arrested on charges of money laundering and handling stolen goods.
New BBC figures have revealed that many patients in the UK being taken to NHS hospitals by ambulance are having to wait outside A&E longer than the recommended fifteen minutes. In the worst case, a patient in Wales was delayed for more than six hours. Delays over thirty minutes can lead to fines for hospitals.
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A new review says people in their forties have the highest rates of admissions into hospital for alcohol and drug related illness. Out of the five hundred thousand people admitted in the last 3 years, one hundred and twenty thousand were in their forties. Those from the least wealthy backgrounds were four times more likely than the wealthiest to end up in hospital. Overall, one in 10 emergency admissions is related to drug and alcohol abuse, costing the NHS £600m a year.
The co-founder of Google’s Android operating system Andy Rubin has started work on a building a range of next gen robots. Google has not revealed any specific details, but it is thought it will target companies in the manufacturing and retail sectors.
England cricket captain Alastair Cook has told the rest of the players to stand up and be counted as the moved to the brink of surrendering the ashes to Australia with another huge loss. England were bowled out for three hundred and twelve in their second innings as they racked up a two hundred and eighteen run defeat in Adelaide.
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The FA have decided to stay silent after their chairman Greg Dyke was seen to have made a cut throat gesture at the world cup draw in Brazil. It appears that Dyke was writing off England’s chances at this year’s tournament after Roy Hodgeson’s side were handed a though group with games against Italy and Uruguay. The England manager claimed not to have seen the gesture despite being sat next to Dyke.
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OUT WORDS: No comment.
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Former Portsmouth defender Sam Sodje has claimed during an undercover sting operation that he was paid seventy thousand pounds to be sent off in a game against Odlham in February last season. The player was sent off for punching Jose Baxter in the groin and was fined then thousand pounds and given a 3 match ban. An NCA and FA investigation into the matter has been launched.
Premiership leaders Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw at the Emirates by Roberto Martinez’s Everton side yesterday. Mesut Ozil opened the scoring for the gunners in the 80th minute but Everton hit back immediately with a goal from on loan Spaniard Gerard Deulofeu. The Toffies impressive run continues with the result following last week’s victory over Manchester United.
That was your twelve o’clock news update with me David Burd. We’ll be back in an hour with another news update.
David, this is a good news script, you have followed convention, included relevant stories with a good mix of content, and used language appropriate to your target audience. Conventions such as phonetic spelling has been used. Well done.
ReplyDeleteNote - it seems when you have copied over your post from Word the formatting has went funny. I would try copying it over again to remove the white background.