February 8, 2011 /
Yasmin Barracks
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POLITICS
“At the beginning of the revolution the main feeling that I felt was fear. I was scared for my family especially as all the mobile networks were down so the lack of communication increased my worry and fear.” Former 24 year old economics student Mohammad Badrawi currently lives in West London but spent most of…
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January 21, 2011 /
Yasmin Barracks
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
“If I get stressed I die quicker, and I’m not prepared to do that.” Multiple Sclerosis (MS) sufferer Lisa Alabaksh, a former head teacher living in North London says this is exactly how she feels about living with MS. She was diagnosed with MS in February 2004 at the age of 35, when her symptoms…
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January 4, 2011 /
Yasmin Barracks
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UNIYFPAD 2011
The word “freedom” has great meaning to people of African Descent who have spent most of their lives fighting for this one word. In the Oxford dictionary the word means “the power or right to act, speak or think as one wants.” Another meaning is “the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.” As an…
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December 3, 2010 /
Yasmin Barracks
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BUSINESS WORK & EDUCATION
Students living in low income households may be deterred from entering further education due to recent cuts within the sector. The government’s decision to scrap the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) which currently provides financial support for over 600,000 students each year, will have a major impact on school leavers from poorer backgrounds. School leavers living…
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November 19, 2010 /
Yasmin Barracks
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
African Caribbean men have been advised by health care officials to make regular trips to their GPs to avoid developing one of the most common forms of cancer in the UK. Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in the UK among men after lung cancer. Recent Figures from Cancer Research shows…
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