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Campaign against Shakespeare film. Scouting News. Local. Schools 'struggling to recruit new head teachers' Eagles and small child claims 'alarmist' RSPB says. 2 September 2011Last updated at 18:21 By Steven McKenzie BBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter The sea eagle is the UK's largest bird of prey The Scottish Gamekeepers Association has raised concerns about whether sea eagles could differentiate between children and their natural prey.
The comment follows an incident where a senior clergyman was injured by a young eagle as he tried to scare it away after it attacked one of his geese. The SGA has called for a public inquiry into the impact of the reintroduction of the birds on the east coast. RSPB Scotland has described the small child claim as "alarmist nonsense". The Scottish government said it was not aware of any attacks by sea eagles on children in other countries and did not think a public inquiry was necessary. In a letter to the Scottish government, the SGA warned that the attack on the Very Reverend Hunter Farquharson in Abernethy, in Perthshire, could be the first of many. 'Attacking people' "That's not the case. Largest bird.
Political news. Schools 'should teach how to save a life', says charity. 16 May 2011Last updated at 00:43 Life-saving skills include dealing with cardiac arrests and heart attacks, serious bleeding and choking.
A heart charity is calling on the government to include the teaching of life-saving skills in the national curriculum. In a survey carried out by the British Heart Foundation, 73% of schoolchildren wanted to learn how to resuscitate someone and give first aid. More than 75% of teachers and parents also agreed it should be taught in schools. The survey questioned 2,000 parents, 1,000 children and 500 teachers. The BHF wants emergency life support skills (ELS) to be taught as part of personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) lessons and alongside physical education, citizenship and science.
Life-saving skills include cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which can help someone who's had a cardiac arrest. It also covers how to deal with an unconscious person, serious bleeding, choking and heart attacks. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote. Chief presents nearly $5.2 billion budget proposal for next two years. 27 October 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today presented a proposed budget of nearly $5.2 billion for the United Nations to carry out the important work that Member States have entrusted to it in areas ranging from peace and security to human rights and development over the next two years.
Prepared against the backdrop of “global financial austerity and uncertainty,” the new budget is 3.2 per cent less than the current budget, Mr. Ban told the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee, which deals with administrative and budgetary matters. Earlier this year the Secretary-General called for a 3 per cent cut in the next UN budget below the current two-year figure of $5.16 billion, in line with the sluggish global economy as the world struggles to emerge from the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. “The budget before you reflects a central challenge: how to resource this Organization at a critical time,” said Mr. Ban.
Italy chocolate tycoon Pietro Ferrero dies in S Africa. 18 April 2011Last updated at 21:25 Pietro Ferrero ran the firm with his brother, Giovanni Italian chocolate tycoon Pietro Ferrero has died in an accident in South Africa, a company spokesman has said.
Mr Ferrero, 48, was on a business trip and died after falling off his bicycle, probably because of an ailment, the company said. He was joint chief executive - along with his brother - of the Ferrero group, which owns Nutella and Kinder. His father Michele, Italy's richest man, turned the company into a global giant of the confectionery industry. Wartime shortages Mr Ferrero's grandfather, also Pietro, started the company in 1942 in the northern Italian town of Alba, where the firm is still based. Because of wartime shortages, chocolate was difficult to obtain. That concoction - Nutella spread - became an international success.
In 2009, the company expressed interest in a bid for the UK confectionery group, Cadbury.