Newspaper

Newspaper	The Guardian	Mail Online
Title	Ex-police officer, wife and daughter found dead in Melton Mowbray	Sacked former police inspector kills his wife and their six-year-old daughter in murder suicide
Length of article	The article in the guardian did not seem too long and it gave details of the whole story with the perfect length.	The article was too long and presented a lot of unnecessary information.
Quotes	The article used almost 4 direct quotes and was not too long, but it gave the information needed.	The article used a lot of direct quotes and more than 50% of the article was just direct quotes.
Who is Quoted?	-       Inspector Kev Morris -       A Leicestershire police spokesman -       A spokesman for the IPCC	-       Inspector Kev Morris -       Mr Day’s friends -       Mr Day’s neighbour
Pictures	The article has just 1 photo.	The article had 10 photos and a video.
Cautious language	The article uses cautious language carefully.	The article does not have any cautious language.
Writer	Alexandra Topping	Emily Allen

Both the articles address the story in a different way. The guardian article just explained the story, but did not mention any reasons for the murder. However, the Mail Online kept on blaming the police in an indirect way and that the police may be the reason for leading Mr. Day to commit murder.

Topping, A. (2011) ‘Ex-police officer, wife and daughter found dead in Melton Mowbray’, The Guardian, 9 December [Online]. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/09/police-officer-dead-melton-mowbray (Accessed: 9 December 2011)

Allen, E. (2011) ‘Sacked former police inspector kills his wife and their six-year-old daughter in murder suicide’, Mail Online, 9 December [Online]. Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071857/Police-officer-woman-child-die-attack-house-taken-hospital-injuries.html (Accessed: 9 December 2011)

Newspaper

Newspaper	The Guardian	Mail Online
Title	Ex-police officer, wife and daughter found dead in Melton Mowbray	Sacked former police inspector kills his wife and their six-year-old daughter in murder suicide
Length of article	The article in the guardian did not seem too long and it gave details of the whole story with the perfect length.	The article was too long and presented a lot of unnecessary information.
Quotes	The article used almost 4 direct quotes and was not too long, but it gave the information needed.	The article used a lot of direct quotes and more than 50% of the article was just direct quotes.
Who is Quoted?	-       Inspector Kev Morris -       A Leicestershire police spokesman -       A spokesman for the IPCC	-       Inspector Kev Morris -       Mr Day’s friends -       Mr Day’s neighbour
Pictures	The article has just 1 photo.	The article had 10 photos and a video.
Cautious language	The article uses cautious language carefully.	The article does not have any cautious language.
Writer	Alexandra Topping	Emily Allen

Both the articles address the story in a different way. The guardian article just explained the story, but did not mention any reasons for the murder. However, the Mail Online kept on blaming the police in an indirect way and that the police may be the reason for leading Mr. Day to commit murder.

Topping, A. (2011) ‘Ex-police officer, wife and daughter found dead in Melton Mowbray’, The Guardian, 9 December [Online]. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/09/police-officer-dead-melton-mowbray (Accessed: 9 December 2011)

Allen, E. (2011) ‘Sacked former police inspector kills his wife and their six-year-old daughter in murder suicide’, Mail Online, 9 December [Online]. Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071857/Police-officer-woman-child-die-attack-house-taken-hospital-injuries.html (Accessed: 9 December 2011)

Task 10

Leaving your home country and studying abroad can be quite difficult for a student. I was very excited at first when I reached the UK and in particular Cardiff. I loved the place, the people and everything about it. It seemed to be an environment where I fit in.

My course at the University of Glamorgan was very fun and I came to learn a lot and made many friends that I love. However, problems back home find a way to get to you and just distract you from your studies and life. That’s what happened to me, it has been really hard for me to focus carefully on my studies while worrying about what is happening in my country. I keep hearing bad news everyday and it kept distracting me at first, but at one point I just had to focus on my life here and my studies and deal with the problems and relax during the Christmas holiday.

Posh and Welfare

Posh

‘Posh’ is a word that is known by most people. According to dictionary.reference.com (2009), posh can be referred to as smart, elegant or fashionable and it can also mean an upper-class person. ‘Posh’ is often used as an adjective where a person can be known as a ‘posh person’ or can have ‘a posh accent’.

The term ‘posh’ was used since the 1980’s and it used to stand for (Port out, starboard home). This word was printed on tickets of passengers who travelled between UK and India. These tickets were very expensive which are the ‘POSH’ tickets. However, the real origin of the word ‘posh’ is still unclear. In the movie ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ which came out in year 1968; a song was performed and the lyrics had the word ‘posh’.

Posh is also a Roman words which means ‘money’.

Collins, W. (2009) ‘Posh’. Available at: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/posh

Martin, G. (2011) ‘POSH - Port out, starboard home’. Available at: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/port%20out%20starboard%20home.html

WELFARE

Answer 1.

The official retirement age in my country is 60 year for men and 55 years for women.

Answer 2.

Yes, there is an old age pension for people too old to work. The pension can differ between people; it usually depends on the income they received for the last 2 years of their work. However, the minimum pension in Bahrain can be around £300.

Answer 3.

Unemployed people in my country do not receive any benefits from the government or any other individual. They are only asked to register their names in order for the government to search jobs for them. However, the people know they are not going to receive anything.

Answer 4.

Sickness benefit, maternity benefit and death grants do not exist in Bahrain. However, housing benefits do exist and the government offers houses for people in need. Just like unemployed people, names should be registered for a chance to get a house.

Answer 5.

Bahrain does not have any social workers.

Answer 6.

THINK PINK and Bahrain Society for Children with Behavioural and Communication Difficulties are 2 famous charities. They usually collect money by organizing events or people can just contact them or visit their office to make donations.

Answer 7.

Bahrain does not have anything similar or even close to the Citizens Advice Bureau.

Answer 8.

Salmaniya Medical Complex can be similar to the National Health Service. People who cannot afford to be treated are looked after for free in this complex. It tends to get busy at times which pressures the doctors and nurses and can sometimes lead to complications.

Answer 9.

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Answer 10.

Nurses in Bahrain usually wear long white pants or sometimes skirts, but they have to be long. A white blouse is worn which often has the hospital’s logo and name. A white and long coat is worn too, but this can be a choice.

Answer 11.

To contact the fire station, police station and ambulances, people can dial (999).

Answer 12.

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Omolola

• Her research was based on an article from independent.co.uk (2011).
• The majority of people who participated in the riot were teenagers and no reasons were specified of why it was caused. The article suggested that the teenagers might have been acting crazy.
• During the riot, properties in Manchester and Birmingham were destroyed.
• The head of police have decided that they may use plastic bullets for any re-occurring riots. 

Tumi 

• His research was based on an article from bbc.co.uk (2011) and guardian.co.uk.
• Mark Duggan was a 29 year old father with 4 kids who was a suspected arms dealer. Three shots were fired in the scene and one shot was found in the police radio. A gun was found in the scene and was said that it was not police property. Mark Duggan died at this time and his death was one of the reasons which started the riot.
• According to bbc.co.uk (2011), (13%) of the riot members who were arrested were gang members and (90%) of the riot members were male and half of them were under the age of 21. The teenagers who took part in the riot were either expelled or excluded from school due to bad behaviour.
• It was stated that the riot may have occurred due to some issues with the coalition government, unemployment and a high level of child poverty.
• Another reason is that since 1998, 333 deaths occurred in police custody and not even one member from the police was arrested. The public felt that the people who are supposed to protect them are in fact harming them. The death of Mark Duggan encouraged the people to start the riot.

Abdulazeez 

• His research was based on blogs from Mamimogog.blogspot.com, Dr.PaulBagualy.blogspot.com and independent.co.uk.
• In August 2011, people used Mark Duggan's death or killing as an opportunity to start the riot.
• Mamimogog.blogspot.com believed that one of the reasons for the arsing of the riot was because people had dreams and hopes and after being patient for a long time they decided to go after their dreams by starting a violent riot.
•  Dr.PaulBagualy.blogspot.com suggested that the anger in the public led to this violent riot.
• Other reasons for the happening of the riot were cut of funding by the government which increased poverty and racism. A peaceful riot was set at first but there was no response from the government and this led the people to be violent.
• Social networking sites were used to plan the riot. The government may have had the chance to stop it or offer some solutions to the public.

Henry

• His research was based on guardian.co.uk and bbc.co.uk 
• Mark Duggan was a 29 year old father from Tottenham.
• On 4th August 2011, metro police stopped his cab and searched him, while doing so gunshots were fired and after 30 minutes Mark Duggan died.
• Three questions were asked by many people:

o   Was he a gang member?

o   Was he armed?

o   Did he shoot the police first?

• Unfortunately, no answers were found and people are still confused and do not know the exact story.
• Mark Duggan's death started the riot.
• On the 16th of August, his family went to the police to find out what had really happened and it did not go well.
• A video was played which showed pictures of the riot and the properties destroyed.

Ralphael

• His research was based on independent.co.uk and cnn.com
• Mark Duggan was shot by the Scotland Yard
• A peaceful protest started on the 6th of August and the causes for the protest or the riot were poor relation with the police, social elimination and crime culture
• According to an interview made by CNN.com (2011) with Joseph and Richard, there were some solutions for the riot to be stopped such as, Special Forces to contain the riot, increase and provide more opportunity for young people, control video games.

Ezekiel 

• His research was based on  guardian.co.uk
• Mark Duggan was suspected to have shot a police and the police shot back in self defence.
• Many people wondered whether he was a gangster or a family loving man.
• People in his neighbourhood said that he was a gangster and was involved in drug dealing and some said that he was a good man.
• Mark Duggan was never imprisoned as his girlfriend Simeon Wilson stated.