The Labour MP Tom Watson, who believed he was on a News International 'enemies list' at the time. Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images The News of the World journalist Mazher Mahmood commissioned surveillance on its chief phone-hacking critic, the Labour politician Tom Watson, in the hope of finding him having an affair, according to email evidence Watson has obtained.News International's internal investigating group, the management and standards committee, belatedly turned over the emails to a parliamentary committee of which Watson was a member. They implicate Mahmood and two former NoW executives, the assistant editor Ian Edmondson and news editor James Mellor.This latest revelation of methods at the now closed NoW will present difficulties for John Witherow, the editor of the Sunday Times. Mahmood, the so-called "fake ... Continue reading →
PEOPLE struggling to make ends meet could be given free food as part of a new project by Reigate charity Loveworks. The Loveworks Food Bank will launch in August in the Merstham Community Facility in Portland Drive. Loveworks volunteers June O'Driscoll and Diane Cundell with donations for the food bank, due to start in August Mary Wolfe Emma Wolfe and Steve Coombes collect foot Those who cannot afford to put meals on the table will be offered three days worth of food such as pasta and tinned meals. Food donated by members of the public will be distributed weekly from the bank to help stop people from going hungry. "Some people are skating along the line of being OK but it takes one unexpected bill ... Continue reading →
Further education colleges have been awarded over half the extra student places allotted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. How have the places been shared out, and between which institutions? Continue reading →
For the chef who worked his way up from an apprenticeship, not a university degree, an honour from one of the world's top universities. Jamie Oliver has been awarded this year's Healthy Cup award by the Harvard School of Public Health, with a sold-out lecture and reception in Boston. The school's dean, Julio Frank, called Oliver a "pioneer in health communication, bringing home the seriousness of the childhood obesity epidemic to an audience of millions." And Oliver himself acknowledged the power of television to magnify his message and inspire people to change their lives. "I will continue to make programmes, and speak up about important food issues to rally the public", he said. From a junior chef at London's foodie destination The River Cafe, Jamie ... Continue reading →
For the chef who worked his way up from an apprenticeship, not a university degree, an honour from one of the world's top universities. Jamie Oliver has been awarded this year's Healthy Cup award by the Harvard School of Public Health, with a sold-out lecture and reception in Boston. The school's dean, Julio Frank, called Oliver a "pioneer in health communication, bringing home the seriousness of the childhood obesity epidemic to an audience of millions." And Oliver himself acknowledged the power of television to magnify his message and inspire people to change their lives. "I will continue to make programmes, and speak up about important food issues to rally the public", he said. From a junior chef at London's foodie destination The River Cafe, Jamie ... Continue reading →
This year: 12th placeLast year: 33rd (joint bottom)"Looking at those stats last year gave us a bit of a shock – we knew we had to put measures in place to improve," admits Drew Li, leader of the centre for tourism, events and food studies at Liverpool John Moores University.No wonder he was shocked – the university came joint-bottom of the table for its tourism and leisure management course. Since then, three- and four-day field trips have been added to the curriculum – astonishingly for a tourism course, students only did the odd day trip before – and undergraduates get actively involved in staff members' research and consultancy work to gain experience of working on genuine project briefs for real clients.There has been a huge ... Continue reading →