16/03/16

[Maik]

Every school to become an academy, ministers to announce

This report, in short, would mean the end of the national curriculum and national pay scales. By forcing the local authorities out of mainstream education, it would also finally unpick the local authority system of schools put in place in England by Arthur Balfour's Conservative government in 1902.

http://www.bbc.com/news/education-35814215

[Maik]

Chancellor to announce £100m in budget to tackle homelessness
George Osborne expected to announce funding in Wednesday’s budget, aimed at targeting ‘unacceptable’ growth in homelessness

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/mar/15/chancellor-osborne-100m-budget-homelessness

[Maik]

Government cuts tax credits for 800,000 people without parliamentary debate

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tax-credit-cuts-income-disregard-george-osborne-voted-without-debate-a6931676.html

[Maik]

Cyprus says will not consent to opening Turkey EU chapters

http://www.ekathimerini.com/206967/article/ekathimerini/news/cyprus-says-will-not-consent-to-opening-turkey-eu-chapters

[Maik]

Greek birthrate trails EU average

http://www.ekathimerini.com/206991/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-birthrate-trails-eu-average

[Maik]

Sylvia Anderson, voice of Thunderbirds' Lady Penelope, dies

Her former husband Gerry Anderson died in 2012.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35818530

[Maik]

Harrison Ford is making Indiana Jones 5 – and he’ll be 77 when it comes out

The new film will be released in 2019, says Disney

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/indiana-jones-5/harrison-ford-sequel-steven-spielberg/

[Maik]

Drunk man wakes up to an impertinent fox 'trying to pull his trousers off' in a bus stop
A tube worker who nodded off in a bus stop woke up to a brave fox tugging at his trousers

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/12195514/Drunk-man-wakes-up-to-an-impertinent-fox-trying-to-pull-his-trousers-off-in-a-bus-stop.html

[Maik]

Tick-borne disease that can kill dogs will spread in UK, experts warn

Four dogs in Essex became seriously ill and at least one animal has died in the first recorded outbreak of babesiosis in UK

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/16/tick-borne-disease-babesiosis-kill-dogs-spread-uk-essex

[TonyD]

Drunk man wakes up to an impertinent fox 'trying to pull his trousers off' in a bus stop

Is this "fox" from the same list that includes "cougar" perhaps?