From human rights to the EU referendum, and from Star Wars to Ab Fab...
Here's the news you might have missed in April...
Politics
National Living Wage comes into force
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35935677?SThisFB
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35935677?SThisFB
This is probably a good thing (recognising the fact
that it is not a actually living wage and only for over-25s)
In-Jokes And Injunctions
http://popbitch.com/home/2016/03/31/up-the-injunction/
http://popbitch.com/home/2016/03/31/up-the-injunction/
Worth a read if you are interested in injunctions
The government is worried that too many young
people are trying anal sex
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/11/the-government-is-worried-that-too-many-young-people-are-trying-anal-sex/?utm_source=MOBFB
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/11/the-government-is-worried-that-too-many-young-people-are-trying-anal-sex/?utm_source=MOBFB
In case you missed this news from last week...
Leave Europe & lose our seat at the table
Vote Remain
Free trade has
won: adapt or die is the only option left to us
An interesting
take
Norwegian fighter jet accidentally fires at its own control tower during
target practice
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/norwegian-fighter-jet-accidentally-fires-at-its-own-control-tower-during-target-practice-a6999276.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/norwegian-fighter-jet-accidentally-fires-at-its-own-control-tower-during-target-practice-a6999276.html
"Something went wrong" - you think!!!!
EURef Talking Points: being
positive. Hope-mongering.
A positive take
for the EU referendum
BBC Scotland - Short Stuff - Gary: Tank Commander Meets......
Not your typical political interview...
Canada to
introduce legislation to decriminalize recreational cannabis
Change is coming
Theresa May, Hillsborough, human rights law and the politics of
superficiality
http://blogs.ft.com/david-allen-green/2016/04/27/theresa-may-hillsborough-human-rights-law-and-the-politics-of-superficiality/
http://blogs.ft.com/david-allen-green/2016/04/27/theresa-may-hillsborough-human-rights-law-and-the-politics-of-superficiality/
An important aspect of the Hillsborough decision --> "without
the Human Rights Act and ECHR there would not have been this new Hillsborough
inquest. "
LGBT
Colombia’s highest court just paved the way for
equal marriage
Go Columbia!
UK must do more to support LGBT rights globally,
report suggests
I’m glad that we have an All Party Parliamentary Group on Global LGBT Rights
and hope the Government listens to it
Bangladesh LGBT editor Xulhaz Mannan hacked to death in brutal attack
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/25/bangladesh-lgbt-editor-xulhaz-mannan-hacked-to-death-in-brutal-attack/?utm_source=MOBFB
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/04/25/bangladesh-lgbt-editor-xulhaz-mannan-hacked-to-death-in-brutal-attack/?utm_source=MOBFB
Sick
Faroe Islands says yes to
same-sex marriage
Woop woop!
Education
Human capital:
a look at IFS research on graduate earnings
There is finally some evidence about graduate earnings although a lot of
questions remain unanswered
Body found in disused Coventry churchyard thought to be missing student
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/body-found-disused-coventry-churchyard-11236978#ICID=sharebar_facebook
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/body-found-disused-coventry-churchyard-11236978#ICID=sharebar_facebook
Sad news
Science / Technology
REVIEW: To Kill A Machine
– King's Head Theatre, London - The untold story of Alan Turing.
I saw this in Edinburgh – totally recommend!
NHS To Reconsider Its Decision Not To Provide The HIV Prevention Drug
https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/nhs-to-reconsider-its-decision-not-to-provide-the-hiv-preven?utm_term=.luNMlqmJ0g
https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/nhs-to-reconsider-its-decision-not-to-provide-the-hiv-preven?utm_term=.luNMlqmJ0g
Better late than never...
Prostate awareness 'dangerously low' in British men
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36105272?SThisFB
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36105272?SThisFB
Shocking --> "Nearly 11,000 men die from prostate cancer each
year"
Entertainment
Eurovision Song Contest Web Radio
http://www.escradio.com/
http://www.escradio.com/
For those that want to prepare for the big day...
Victoria Wood RIP – aka, why she was my
Bowiehttp://stephentall.org/2016/04/20/victoria-wood-rip-aka-why-she-was-my-bowie/
Totally agree
And finally…
Library and Archives Canada’s major acquisition of the declassified
journals and military records of Canadian supersoldier James "Logan"
Howlett
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/Pages/2016/acquisition-records-supersoldier-james-howlett.aspx
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/Pages/2016/acquisition-records-supersoldier-james-howlett.aspx
Love this April Fool from Library and Archives Canada - Records relating
to Wolverine!
Telly Savalas Looks At Birmingham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZ1xn2ml10&feature=share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZ1xn2ml10&feature=share
Birmingham in 1981 looks so inviting...
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Official Teaser Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wji-BZ0oCwg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wji-BZ0oCwg
That's next Christmas sorted...
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Official HD Trailer #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj3ZWhlmexw&feature=share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj3ZWhlmexw&feature=share
Can't decide if this looks amazing or terrible...
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