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Almost a third of all children on free school meals in England benefited from government-sponsored activities and free meals over the summer holidays, according to figures from the Department for Education DfE .More than 495,000 children from deprived backgrounds took part in the holiday activity and food clubs funded by the government and councils. Figures collated for the DfE show that 600,000 children in total took part, including those not eligible for free school meals who wer
stanley cup e considered to be in need of extra support by their local authorities.Annual funding for the programme was boosted to 拢220m this year, in the wake of campaigns by the Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford, who highlighted holiday food poverty among deprived families during the pandemic.In January this year, more than 1.7 million children were eligible for free school meals during term time, a sharp rise on the figure of 1.4 million eligible before the Covid outbreak.Independent evaluation of the holiday programmes impact is to be published next year. The DfE said that feedback from families who took part this summer included parents of children in Birmingham reporting less stress, with nearly three-quarters saying their children were less likely to engage i
stanley cups n antisocial behaviour .This year, councils are running the activity and food clubs over Christmas for the first time, and the programme is to continue over the Easter and summer holidays for the
stanley cup becher next three years.Rashford dem Zxnc Nine out of 10 children on remand in London come from BAME background
A panel of more than 20 judges at the European court of human rights ECHR has heard arguments that Metropolitan police officers should be prosecuted for the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes.Nearly a decade after the Brazilian electri
stanley cup cian died at the hands of officers hunting for suspected suicide bombers, lawyers for his family have taken their campaign for justice and accountability to Strasbourg.De Menezes died on 22 July 2005; his death came a fortnight after four men detonated devices on Londons transport system, killing 52 other people, and a day after the further failed attacks of 21 July, when five bombs failed to explode at Tube stations and on a bus. Two membe
stanley cup rs of the Mets armed unit, CO19, opened fire centimetres away from De Menezess head as another officer pinned him into a seat on an underground train at Stockwell station.The Crown Prosecution Service CPS decided the following year that no individual should be prosecuted. In December 2008 an inquest jury returned an open verdict after rejecting the official account of the shooting. The Met was subsequently convicted of health and safety failures at the Old Bailey, fined 拢175,000 and ordered to pay 拢385,000 costs.The appeal has been brought by his cousin, Patricia da Silva Armani, a Brazilian national who lives in London. She said: For 10 years our family has been campaigning for justice for Jean because we believe that police officers should have been held to acco
stanley cup canada unt for his killing. Jeans death is a pain
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Between the southern border of Syria, Jordan and Iraq lies a stretch of land akin to purgatory. More than 40,000 people are stranded in Rukban, almost 300km fr
stanley cup usa om Damascus.Families here are cut off from the world, facing hunger and lacking healthcare, transport and education.At the height of the Syrian crisis, many Syrians fled their towns and villages in rural eastern Homs and Palmyra, and moved south to Rukban. Some hoped to cross into Jord
stanley mugs an while others camped out in the rocky desert, aiming to return home once the fighting stops.Four years later, those displaced are still in Rukban, dependent on lifesaving humanitarian assistance and praying for a solution to their plight. Their fate hangs in the balance following an announcement to open up a humanitarian corridor.Last week, I visited the isolated settlement for the first time when the World Food Programme took part in a UN convoy to Rukban joined by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. Over the course of eight days, the convoy distributed urgently needed food to feed the population in the settlement for one month, as well as nutrition to prevent malnutrition in 6,000 children.V
stanley water jug iew image in fullscreenThe Rukban settlement is in an isolated desert region. Nothing grows there, and the only food comes from the WFPs monthly deliveryOther UN agencies delivered shelter, medical and sanitary supplies to a population withering away in the harsh winter of the Syrian desert and where the ground, caked with mud from torrential rains, immob Pwpj NHS England calls up people aged 56-59 for Covid vaccine
The controversy over speed cameras will be reignited this week with a legal challenge that could overturn the government s ability to raise millions of pounds in traffic fines each year.The European Court in Strasbourg will hear evidence that UK motorists rights are being undermined by anti-speeding laws. Senior human rights judges will be told that existing laws - which require vehicle owners to disclose who was driving at the time the vehicle was pictured by a speed camera - breach a fundamental tenet
stanley cup of British justice, namely the presumption of innocence and the right to a fair trial.If the challenge, brought by the human rights group Liberty against the British government, is successful then it would seriously impair the
stanley quencher usefulness of Britain s 6,000 roadside cameras in catching speeding motorists. Lawyers for Liberty claim that an individual s right to silence is a vital cornerstone of the law.Last year, 2 million drivers
taza stanley were caught by speed cameras, resulting in fines of around 拢120m. Campaigners claim many drivers are penalised for momentary lapses of concentration and that the sums generated by speed camera fines are essentially a hidden tax against Britain s 34 million motorists.Edmund King, executive director of the RAC Foundation, said: This is a high-profile, important case whose outcome may affect millions [of people]. At the hearing on Wednesday, 17 judges inside the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will be told that motorists caught s
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Private tenants in Scotland are facing big rent rises and mass evictions as emergency protections expire at the end of next month, campaigners have warned.The Scottish government has in effect rubber-stamped rent increases from April , says Ruth
stanley quencher Gilbert, the national campaigns chair of the Scotland-wide tenants union Living Rent, while transitional measures are inadequate and confusing, leaving many unaware what thei
stanley water bottle r legal rights are.A 3% cap on all in-tenancy rent increases in the private rented sector as well as protections against eviction were first introduced in September 2022. The emergency legislation, led by the Scottish National partys governing partners, the Scottish Greens, was intended as a temporary response to the cost of living crisis and comes to an end on 31 March.Living Rent says it is already se
botella stanley eing cases of tenants being served with notice of rent increases of between 30% and 60% in advance of the cap ending, even though they are entitled to a three-month notice period from 1 April. Were also worried that the scale of evictions, because if you cant afford your rent hike then that is an eviction whether you call it one or not, said Gilbert. Particularly across the central belt in Glasgow and Edinburgh, people are already paying well over half their take-home pay on rent. Last month, the Scottish government proposed changes to the process for rent adjudication 鈥?any tenant who wants to dispute a rent increase can apply for this 鈥?which are intended to br Xmye We don t want to be seen as victims : the older people using theatre to tell their Covid stories
The government has been accused of dropping its commitment to opposing the death penalty as Britain seeks re-election to a United Nations human rights body.A policy statement by the Foreign Office minister Lady Anelay this week makes no mention of UK objections to the death penalty 鈥?a policy once hailed as a human rights priority for the
stanley becher government.Posted on the eve of International Human Rights Day, the article presents the case for the UKs re-election to the UN human rights council, a position it has held with the support of Saudi Arabia.Earlier this year WikiLeaks documents detailed diplomatic exchanges and vote-trading deals between Riyadh and London dating back to 2013. Saudi Arabia, also elected to the UNHRC in 2013, has recently increased the number of executions it carries out.Last month, Amnesty International warned that Saudi Arabia is planning to carry out 50 executions in a day. Among those thought to be at risk is A
stanley cups uk li al-Nimr, who was only 17 when he was sentenced to death by crucifixion for participating in an illegal demonstration. Saudi Arabia has executed mo
stanley hrnek re than 150 people this year 鈥?its highest figure since 1995.The human rights organisation Reprieve, which campaigns against the death penalty, said a consistent pattern of FCO statements had emerged. Maya Foa, the head of the death penalty team at Reprieve, said: In the past few months weve seen the government steadily row back its commitment to human rights. Shamefully, this has included scrapping our
