The British Media - TV and Newspapers

At present, media is increasingly important for the daily life of people. The Britain is no exception. In the UK, it has many popular TV program and newspapers. Today, I will introduce some information of UK's media.

Today, it has these top news stories on the following news channels:
BBC News   
1. Top Bahrain activist wins retrial 
2. Olympic missile sites announced 
3. Horse trials cancelled after rain 

ITN News    
1. Roy Hodgson in talks to become next England manager
2. Tributes pour in for aid worker found dead in Pakistan
3. Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks cut 1,400 UK jobs

Channel 4 News 
1. Aid worker killed 'because of unpaid ransom' 
2. Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks axe 1,400 jobs 
3. Hodgson in England manager talks 

It has these top story in the following newspapers online:
The Guardian 
David Cameron called to Commons to answer questions over Jeremy Hunt   

The Sun  
Wad a garden

The Daily Mirror 
Battered Britain: Brace yourself for more heavy rain and galeforce winds

From these top stories, I choose one story in the Channel 4 News to write a summary. The title of article is "Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks axe 1,400 jobs", it talk about National Australia Bank (NAB) will cut 1,400 jobs in the UK to ease the economic deterioration problems.

The National Australia Bank made a decision that they will cut 1,400 jobs of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks  in the UK, and ease the economic deterioration problems. The National Australia Bank through research and analysis to acquire that the source of the economic deterioration problem is Britain's economy and business conditions deteriorate. Especially, the commercial property market that it also has large influence to the economic deterioration. Therefore, the National Australia Bank was closes 29 financial solution centres in the Scotland and northern England. Thus, they can cut 1,400 jobs to ease economic deterioration.

 

Resources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17891251
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17891223
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17892419
http://www.itn.co.uk/home/44255/Roy+Hodgson+in+talks+over+England+job  
http://www.itn.co.uk/home/44254/Tributes+pour+in+for+murdered+aid+worker
http://www.itn.co.uk/home/44263/Clydesdale+and+Yorkshire+banks+cut+jobs
http://www.channel4.com/news/aid-worker-killed-by-kidnappers-as-ransom-not-paid
http://www.channel4.com/news/clydesdale-and-yorkshire-banks-axe-1-400-jobs
http://www.channel4.com/news/hodgson-set-to-be-next-england-coach
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/29/david-cameron-commons-jeremy-hunt
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4287074/RBS-boss-Stephen-Hester-opens-his-mansion-to-public.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/weather-heavy-rain-and-gale-force-811539

Crime and Punishment

Last summer, Britain was happened a big riot, this riot from London spread other major cities of Britain, such as Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool. About the situation of riot that some young people fired the trash can in the street and threw bottles and bricks to the police, some young people used sticks to smashed the shop windows, some young people was fired shopping mall and hit stores of glass. And it also have some young people burned many cars near the road. At the same time, many young people were robbed in some shopping centre. It brought a serious impact for the UK. And from this information, we can see the participants of riot are almost young people.

Why they will join this riot? In my opinion, I consider that there are three reason lead to young people join this riot. The first one is lack of parental control and social impact. Due to parents busy for their job and they have not time to care for children, lead to their children lack control ability and do not know what is right and what is wrong. In addition to the care of parents, in the society, it has some bad example to affect the behaviour of young people and let they lost themselves. The second reason is poverty. Due to the poverty, lead to many teenager did not acquire higher education and Social equality of treatment, even the survival are too difficult. Therefore, in the end survival and inequality will turn to crime. The last reason is race discrimination. At present, although encourage racial equality in the world, however it also have some place exist racial inequality. Like this riot, the root is London police kill a black young people and issues in the riots.

For the riots, I think give some punishment is necessary. However, how to punish is not important, the important is how to transform them and let them have a nice future because some of them were quite young and others hadn't been in trouble before. Consequently, in addition to the fine, corporal punishment and community service, it also can provide some lecture for them and teach them what is right, and improve their cognitive ability. At the same time, the government can help them come back to school and as far as possible solve their poverty. I think, give them a opportunity is better than punishment them.

Source:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/29/riots-deeper-roots-poverty-alienation

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/aug/11/uk-riots-magistrates-court-list

http://publicintelligence.net/london-riots-photos-august-2011/