England to give five-year-olds sex education
Pupils in England will be given classes in sex and relationships from the age of five under Government plans to cut teenage pregnancies.
Children will learn about parts of the body, the facts of life and puberty in primary school. At secondary school, they will be taught about pregnancy, contraception, HIV and homosexual relationships, it was disclosed.
Morning-after pills available to one third of pupils All mothers and fathers will be able to keep children out on moral and religious grounds but will lose the right of withdraw when they turn 15. The ruling will affect 600,000 pupils a year.
Secret English court seizes billions in assets from the mentally impaired
A secret court is seizing the assets of thousands of elderly and mentally impaired people and turning control of their lives over to the State - against the wishes of their relatives.
The draconian measures are being imposed by the little-known Court of Protection, set up two years ago to act in the interests of people suffering from Alzheimer's or other mental incapacity.
The court hears about 23,000 cases a year - always in private - involving people deemed unable to take their own decisions. Using far-reaching powers, the court has so far taken control of more than £3.2billion of assets.
What Would Caesar Do? or, On the Trip to London
So, if you got a free trip to London, all expenses paid, and you'd never been there before, what would you do? Seven days and nights, no strings attached, enough money to have a good time high and low. Cause, that's me, next month. Suggestions for this inexperienced, ignorant Flatlander? Obviously, those of you who are gaii and done The City, I beg you to pipe up.
...at least I don't have to learn a new language.



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