Gary McKinnon could face up to 60 years in prison if he is extradited to the US. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian The Home Office is to announce a review of extradition arrangements, including those with the US and EU countries following high-profile rows over the way they are operating. The main impetus has [...]
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Social class affects white pupils’ exam results more than those of ethnic minorities – study
Study finds that white children’s social class affects their school-leaving grades. Photograph: John Alex Maguire/Rex Features A child’s social class is more likely to determine how well they perform in school if they are white than if they come from an ethnic minority, researchers have discovered. The gap between the proportion of working-class pupils and [...]
Coast Guard Preps for Hurricane Earl With Centuries of Experience Behind It
U.S. Coast Guard / Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules airplane is prepped for a search and rescue patrol at Air Station Elizabeth City, Aug. 31, 2010. The crew of the C-130 broadcasted a warning message to boating and shipping traffic from the northern tip of New Jersey to the [...]
Liz Hurley and Hugh Grant attend a bread fest. Crumbs!
Liz Hurley at a party. At a bakery? Photograph: Alan Chapman/Rex Features And so to what I believe might be referred to as a crowd-sourcing exercise, wherein Lost in Showbiz readers are asked to isolate and send in the week’s single most brimstone-beckoning clause in British showbiz news. To start the ball rolling, this week’s [...]
