Jimmy Saville Investigation

The emails sent about the Jimmy Saville investigation

25 NOV 2011 Email, Peter Rippon to Newsnight team when told police had investigated child abuse allegations involving Jimmy Savile in 2007: "Excellent, we can then pull together the tx plan." (Tx stands for transmission).

29 NOV Email, BBC Impact Team to Peter Rippon: "A huge amount of interest" and that "all domestic outlets would want to run it."

30 NOV Email, Peter Rippon to Meirion Jones: "Having pondered this overnight I think the key is whether we can establish the CPS did drop the case for the reasons the women say. That makes it a better story – our sources so far are just the women and a second–hand briefing."

30 NOV Email, Liz MacKean to an unnamed friend: "PR [Peter Rippon] says if the bosses aren't happy ... [he] can't go to the wall on this one."


1 DEC Email, Peter Rippon to Meirion Jones: "I think we should stop working on the other elements ... because we don't really have a strong enough story without it. I'll pull editing now."


2 DEC Head of news Helen Boaden tells George Entwistle at an awards lunch that if the Newsnight programme goes ahead he might have to change the Christmas schedules, which include a handful of Savile tribute programmes.


7 DEC Email, Meirion Jones to Peter Rippon. He insists "the story is strong enough" and the danger of not running it is "substantial damage to BBC reputation".


9 DEC The Crown Prosecution Service tells Newsnight it did not investigate Savile because of lack of evidence. Rippon axes Newsnight item on Savile.


2 OCT 2012 Blog, Peter Rippon, BBC News website. Mr Rippon says on his blog that all the women spoken to by Newsnight had gone to the police already and that no new information had been uncovered by the investigation. Both points are denied by Meirion Jones in the Panorama programme.


5 OCT 2012 Email, George Entwistle to all BBC staff: "The BBC Newsnight programme investigated Surrey Police's inquiry into Jimmy Savile towards the end of 2011."


5 OCT Email, Meirion Jones to George Entwistle: "George – one note – the investigation was into whether Jimmy Savile was a paedophile – I know because it was my investigation. We didn't know that Surrey police had investigated Jimmy Savile – no one did – that was what we found when we investigated and interviewed his victims."

Human Waste Used As Renewable Energy

Human Waste Used as Renewable Energy

Definitions from Exam Paper

Fact: something that actually exists; reality/the truth
Opinion: a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
Prediction: to state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge
Anology: a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification
Deduction: begins with a generalization. Predictions are made based on the generalization, and those predictions are challenged
Induction: involves gathering together a collection of bits of data - observations, experimental results, whatever kinds of information are available - and formulating a generalization which reasonably explains all of them

Nuclear Power - is it good or bad?

I think that nuclear power is a bad thing. I believe this as nuclear power can cause cancer in some people due to the radio active pollution in the atmosphere. However it's good that it doesn't rely on the use of materials to generate power.

April Jones: Mark Bridger sobs in court during murder hearing

Murder suspect Mark Bridger sobbed in the dock today as he was accused of the murder of April Jones.

 

Mark Bridger sobbed in court as he was charged with the abduction and murder of missing five-year-old April Jones.

A huge police cordon held back up to 100 people outside who shouted abuse and threw bottles at a van carrying Bridger to court.

 
^{Police officers hold back members of the public as a prison van transports Mark Bridger from Aberystwyth Magistrates Court in Mid Wales (Reuters)}

The van carrying Bridger, 46, was escorted by three police cars as officers struggled to hold back the crowd.

As the van was driven past the crowd they shouted a hail of abuse.

April's godmother Mair Raftree was standing in the crowd - she burst into tears as soon as the van passed her.
She was comforted by friends and Police Superintendent Ian John.
The crowd braved the rain to see Bridger brought into court, many of them wearing pink ribbons in support of five-year-old April's family.
Inside a packed court room at Aberystwyth magistrates court watched as Bridger was led in to answer to charges of murder, child abduction and perverting the course of justice.
 
^{April Jones}
Bridger - dressed all in black with a close shaved head and goatee beard - spoke only to confirm his name.
He was openly sobbing as the charges against him were read out.
The hearing, in front of three magistrates, last only lasted two minutes before he was led away again - remanded in custody to appear in Caernarfon Crown Court on Wednesday.
Outside court, family friend Dilwyn Jones, 67, said: "I have come down here today because we want to know where April is.
"That is all the community want to know."
Guest house worker Sophie Francis, 18, added: "It's not been the same since April was taken.
"No one feels safe, no one takes any risks anymore, you don't see kids playing about as much as you use to.
"It's just shocked us all."
Bridger was arrested on Tuesday - a day after the schoolgirl, who has not been found, disappeared in her home town of Machynlleth, Powys.
A total of 100 police officers remain involved in the search for April.

Fashion and feminism are not mutually exclusive - Guardian

 

Yes the world of fashion fulfils many of the stereotypes, but I am both a model and a feminist and I'm not the only one

Surviving fashion week as a feminist and a model is no small task. Often the only thing potentially lower than your self-esteem is your blood sugar, as you literally run around London, or Paris, or whatever city you are in.

It is physically and mentally draining, politically confusing and incestuous. With a myriad of stereotypes populating the media as to what models do and therefore are; maintaining an identity as a recent graduate who models to pay the rent, rather than just "a model", is a fine line to tread.
Everyone has their own impression as what fashion week might be like for the models and it tends to fall into two main categories: the cocaine-riddled, fur-clad, sunglasses-wearing (even when its raining) deities who float from car to show; or the starving Latvian teenager who fights her way through the cattle market with minimal English. There is definitely sufficient fuel for the stereotype fire, but fashion week for most models is a particularly subjective experience. It changes from city to city, season to season, and from girl to girl, so this is a riot grrrl's attempt at explaining fashion weeks and tentatively suggesting that fashion and feminism are not mutually exclusive.
London fashion week actually starts in August for those of us women with hips who "need"' to start exercising. This brings us to the huge and complicated issue of weight. Damn. Years of modelling has led to years of being accused of sustaining myself with cocaine and apples, which is both boring and untrue. Why and how models are thin and who makes them so is far too big an issue to deal with here. Body prescriptivism aside, I exercised a bit more in the run-up to fashion week because it made me feel more confident about being examined like a bit of meat. In general I seem to spend a lot of time justifying my existence as a "real" woman, (thanks to Dove and "Colleen's real women") so the next person who tells me that there are no "real" people/feminists on the runways, I will shout at. I am a real person, I eat real food, read real books and play real (bad) guitar. Cogito ergo sum, bitch.
There is a lot of rejection. Obviously, no one is defined by how they look, nor should they be, but after a few days of brutality, subject to the whims of some body fascist or sour-faced woman, it can be hard to separate how you look from who you are. However, I am going to take this opportunity to smash my tiny violin: there are some really awesome casting directors and stylists in London who treat you as a person and give you chocolate and/or coconut water when you go to their castings.

Genetic Modification

The manipulation of the genetic material of an organism to produce desired traits, such as nutritional quality, photosynthetic efficiency and herbicide resistance.

Nuclear Fission

A nuclear reaction in which a heavy nucleus (such as uranium) splits into two lighter nuclei (and possible some other radioactive particles as well).

Nuclear Fusion

A nuclear reaction in which two light nuclei (such as hydrogen) combine to form a heavier nuclei (such as helium).

Authority

The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.

Scientific Revolution

The Scientific Revolution refers to historical changes in thought and belief, to changes in social and institutional organization, that unfolded in Europe between roughly 1550-1700; beginning with Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), and ended with Isaac Newton (1642-1727).

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