Weekly News

Muslim teenager 'judged by Heathrow Airport staff'

BBC NEWS

An American Muslim was detained for 13 hours after flying into a UK airport because of her faith, she says.

Ayan Mohamud, 18, who arrived at Heathrow Airport, said she felt she was being "judged" in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.

"I wasn't expecting to be interrogated or held in a room for hours," said Ms Mohamud, who left the US for the first time, to visit family in Leicester.

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) said the checks were for immigration purposes.

The headline of this story attracted me as it shows the stereotypical views of todays generation since the attack on france, everyone seems to have it in their head that muslims are all terrorists which is really not the case. ISIS and the muslim religion are completely different and both share slight different beliefs. It just shows that everyone gets judged and stereotyped when they do nothing wrong. 

Audiences

Christmas Adverts

Different adverts have different audiences to suite the products they are trying to sell and ways to target these different audiences is to include things that are going to attract different groups of people.

The Waitrose Christmas advert is based on food, this suggests that the producers are focusing on an adult audience due to the fact that they are normally the ones who do the cooking and shopping at Christmas. The producer added Heston Blumenthal which is a good advertisement attraction as It encourages people to buy food from Waitrose in hope that it will be just as good as the famous chefs. The advert also attracts you to all the festive food they offer in general along with a happy family atmosphere which could suggest they were trying to create the sense that if you buy there food you will have a fun filled perfect Christmas just like them.

The John Lewis advert seems to be directed a children, the penguin and the little boy have a really cute bond which may draw attention for the children as they may feel a sense of jealousy and feel they must have a penguin like that too, it attracts their attention first as the penguins irresistible and could make anyone's heart melt. they use toys and cuddly animals to attract their audience as what children don't love those two things? it creates a sense of excitement for Christmas and they would probably try and persuade their parents to got John Lewis so thy can be just like the little boy.

The Sainsbury's advert 2015 seems to have an audience based on family, it is filled with humour and care. The advert starts on Mog the cat which is more for children as It creates humour and draws them in as its a well known character and creates an aspect of fun and story telling. The ending of the advert is based more on adults as it shows the burnt turkey coming out of the house, this is a remake of a real situation and shows that anything can go wrong,  there is a sense of hope when all the neighbourhood come to help them and have a bright Christmas which shows that the advert is based at everyone as an inspiration for the fact that anything can happen but life's what you make it.

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War graves 'desecrated' in west London

BBC News

War graves in a cemetery in west London dedicated to Australians who died in World War One have been defaced with spray paint.

Harefield churchyard in Hillingdon contains 120 World War One graves, mostly those of Australians who died in the Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield Park.

A local councillor said the graves had been found defaced on Sunday morning.

The Met Police are investigating and described the crime as "wrong".

This incident is shocking and shows the disrespect some people have for the people who helped our country. The headline stood out for me as it shocked me that people have such little respect and have the confidence to ruin such a big part of history.

Plot

Thriller Movie-Teen

Thalia Kennedy is a witness to a tragic car accident, which wasn't really an accident. Thalia sees a man face down in his smashed up car, runs to help and tries to release the man to save him, not realising what she was getting herself in to. Gasping for breath from the impact, he tells her to run as they will get her too, but who? He dies within seconds, not releasing any information about the dramatic life she is about to enter for double crossing the Kabal.  She jumps up and looks around only to see a car racing towards her, was this a warning? She froze with terror as a shot rang above her head.  She realises she is now a victim and runs for her life, completely oblivious to the situation she is now in. She was now a target of the underworld, exempt from police capture and at the mercy of a very dangerous gang called the Kabal. Thalia has a long journey to outrun the Kabal, learning that running is not going to stop the Kabal, she has to fight back. Learning new skills on the way, with her trained assassin fiance. Will they turn into the next Bonnie and Clyde or will they face the consequences of the devil? The Kabal systematically murder a list of people who they believe have double crossed them and people who seek dark secrets which could effect the whole of society. These secrets are held inside a script drive controlled by the fierce leader storm AKA Katrina Mustov. Explosions, deaths and tragedy will it bring anyone down?

Head of the gang-  Storm AKA Katrina Mustov

Cold hearted, cruel, evil, trained killer, threatening, powerful and the boss, she is number one on the wanted list, and withholds important information which would effect the whole entire legal force and government which nobody wants to see in the wrong hands. Mother a russian spy.

Woman victim(Thalia Kennedy)

Innocent civilian trying to help victim when she gets tangled in with the Kabal (gang), brave, fights back and on the run.  She may be innocent to start with but to what lengths will she go to save herself and others around her. Will she turn out to be just as clever as them? Her fiance is a trained assassin and helps Thalia  to escape and finish the Kabal for good.

 Thalia fiance- Rico Fernandas

Ex con and trained assassin, Thalia's fiance will do anything to protect her, he's brave, strong and knows a thing or two about the criminal world, with links and associates all around the world.

 The Kabal

Remi and Lucianna 

Storms' most reliable, closest friends who are nearly as cold and evil as her, they have fun all together getting money and living the 'gangster' rebel lifestyle, doing what ever Storm instructs and 

have fun of their own.  They are like family to the Mustov sisters as they have similar backgrounds and all grew up together.

Rocky AKA Valentina Mustov

Storms' psycho sister Rocky shares a close relationship with her sister. They share the same qualities and she is Storms' weak point...they would die for each other. They might as well be the same person as they are so similar. However her grieving for her mother turned to hate as she went on a mission and never came back so the sisters had to fend for themselves as they father left when they where 2 which turned them evil.

The rest of the Kabal do most of the regular jobs and some of dirty work apart from the important work which the women take care of, they are all cold blooded killers and are trained to track people down.

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Weekly News

BBC News report

A teenage girl has been raped in a woods in south-west London.

The 13-year-old was stopped by a man in West Drive, near Tooting Bec Common, and was forced into the woods before being assaulted.

The man is described as white, aged approximately 20, about 6ft tall with a slim build, dark eyes and was clean shaven.

Police have stepped up patrols in the area to provide reassurance following the attack on Thursday evening.

Det Insp Keith Ward said: "This was a horrific attack on a vulnerable young girl who was forced by this man into a secluded area and raped.

"The victim was able to provide a very good description of her attacker and we are keen to catch him before he has the opportunity to strike again."

The rapist was wearing a tracksuit top and bottoms with three white stripes down the sides, black trainers and a black woolly hat with black gloves when he carried out the assault.

I think this story is shocking, it shows that anything can happen to anyone with complete surprise. It also shows how horrible and disgusting some people actually are and that you need to be careful and aware of these people which you could walk past and not have the slightest clue of the persons true nature. what also makes it shocking is the fact that it is so close to home which causes a cause of concern for yourself and friends and family around you.

Controversial Adverts

KFC Advert 2003

 

This KFC advert received 1,671 complaints making it one of the highest controversial adverts since 2003. People believed that it encouraged bad eating habits among children, portraying that it is ok to talk with your mouthful and eat with your mouth open.

 

I agree to this as it is a genuinely disgusting advert as parents spend time making sure that their children eat correctly and politely, providing knowledge on what is right and what is wrong, only to be presented bad table manners on TV for everyone to see.  Its not just the fact that it could affect the manners of children which make this advert controversial, it also makes KFC look bad as people love a good old KFC but if the adverts bad it makes them look bad due to poorly thought out adverts. 

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BBC News 

Human chain saves woman and PC from Kingston Bridge fall

A policeman who grabbed hold of a woman as she tried to jump off a London bridge himself had to be rescued when he was dragged over a barrier.

Metropolitan Police officer Fab Ahmed was alerted to a woman on Kingston Bridge on 28 October.

As she jumped, PC Ahmed grabbed hold of her. His heavy body armour meant he toppled forwards and over the railings.

Two of his colleagues and a passing fireman reacted quickly and managed to pull both him and the woman to safety.

The woman was met by paramedics and taken to hospital.

PC Ahmed said: "I knew I had a major fight on my hands to stay alive and do my best to help the lady when we both hit the water"

"It was at this point I felt someone grab hold of my ankles just as I was going past the point of no return. This stopped myself and the lady from continuing our journey into the river."

I think this story is very moving and it shows the amount of dedication some people have towards their jobs and people in society. If this man and others around him acted differently to how they did it could have resulted i a completely different news case of which lives could have been lost.It makes you want o aspire t be like them as he is labelled a hero and it must feel amazing to save someones life with such risk, it shows that not everyone is self centred and there is god people out there.

censorship in media

Censorship

What is Censorship?

Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication or other information which may be considered objectionable, harmful or sensitive to an audience through media. An example of this is the age rating for films, television programs, and games which separate them into different categories depending on the content suitable for certain age groups. In the UK the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is responsible for the national classification and censorship of films and determines what people can view and not view.

It is against the law to sell an over age rated item to anyone who is under the age of the stated age rating, shop keepers can be fined if this occurs due to the risk of exposure of sexual scenes, violence, bad language and overall adult scenes.

Why do we need censorship?

If we didn't have censorship young children could be exposed to things that are not meant to be seen by a child of that age, they would be able to access inappropriate websites such as porn or scamming websites. Without censorship there would be no boundaries on what is presented to who and no one would be aware of what the film, game or TV show contains and could offend people due to the fact different people have different opinions and views on what the media may contain, such as racist jokes, sexual humour or gender/disability jokes which may offend certain individuals which is a good example for needing censorship within media.

Just as certain things in the media outlets are restricted from being exposed to easily impressionable children, the representation of certain groups within society such as people with disabilities, different religions and the general appearance of certain people is something that has caused discussion between the general public , specifically parents concerned in what their children are introduced to on TV or even in stories/magazines . An example of this continuing the representation of a group of people is Cerrie Burnell who was assigned as a presenter of the children's TV channel CBeebies. 

Cerrie joined the CBeebies team six years ago and had received complaints from parents soon after she appeared on the channel due to the fact she had half an arm. They believed that it would frighten their children and that i was a difficult subject to explain to them.

I believe that it is a good ting that this is not censored from children as it creates knowledge that everybody is different but we are all human no matter what the disability. It also creates a norm from a young age showing that these things are normal and its nothing to be frightened about.

Who runs censorship in the media?

Censorship in the media is run by the government and large media companies. Because the government are the source of the censorship, it means that the publics view on different subjects are changed to make the government look better by not exposing us to what will make them look bad. Censorship can reach extreme levels in different countries where citizens of that country are restricted to watching news, videos or any other source of media to do with other countries governments due to beliefs that it will corrupt the views on their own country. Censorship is national and has different regulations in each country according to their government and age limits set to view certain footage and information.

In my opinion censoring is good as it protects the younger generation from being influenced by media outlets that will influence them on a long term or short term basis due to the events shown throughout films, video gams and websites. However most people do not abide by these terms and buy whatever they want no matter the age.