King's Eye on the World

Issue 15 Volume Five KING’S EYE ON THE WORLD twt00 3 July 2015 Editors: Charlie Ashton Luke Austin Journalists: Jake Wundke Ewan Weetch Izzy Lally James Brannigan Grace Rajapandian Max Dunbavand CURRENT AFFAIRS ENRICHMENT………………READ ALL ABOUT IT! Emily Horton We welcome you to the last edition of King’s Eye on the Emily Hynes World this year, keeping in mind there will be no issues Ewan Weetch published next year. Indulge in information on how gay marriage is now legalized in the United States, and about the Issy Lally shocking Islamic State terrorist attack in Tunisia. Archie Blacklock This issue will be a bit more serious than usual, but we’ll have Ed Williams some more lighthearted stories as well. For example, Ian Akila Mohan McKellen leading the Manchester Pride parade, or how, on a Smruthya Ganeshram more educational note, sniffing can help identify autism. We hope you fully enrich yourself with this issue and enjoy the Tom Bailes very last issue until two years’ time. Isabelle Pearce Hugo Evans Amogh Patil One Minute Silence for Tunisia Victims Archie Blacklock, 3HB A minute's silence has been held across the UK to remember the 38 people (30 of whom were British) killed in the Tunisia beach attack a week ago, when a gunman raided a beach hotel in Sousse on Friday. Many people joined in with the silence, including The Queen and David Cameron. At the same time, Wimbledon play was suspended to respect the memory of those who were murdered. A memorial was also held at the scene of the attack, a beach in Sousse. The first inquests into the deaths of the Britons have begun, with the bodies of more of the victims expected to arrive back in the UK later. "All 30 British victims have been positively identified. We can say with a high degree of confidence that that is now the final death toll of British nationals killed in this incident," UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said. The Tunisian prime minister and several government ministers came together with ambassadors from the UK, the US, France, Portugal, Ireland and the Netherlands. Representatives from Belgium, Canada and Libya also attended the brief gathering. They all arrived in silence, and laid wreaths of flowers in front of the plaque erected on the crime scene before two trumpets gave a solemn salute. Man jailed for one-punch killing at Harrogate pub Edward Williams 3ET Phillip Patrick Begley, aged 44, of Wellington Road, Bridlington, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Paul Morrison at Leeds Crown Court on Thursday 2 July 2014, following a four-day trial. Begley was also found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm for an attack on Morrison's friend, Peter Bell, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment to run consecutively. The men had met in Harrogate on the evening of 1 November 2014, when they went for a drink in the Wetherspoons Winter Gardens pub, in Parliament Street. At around 7.30 pm, Morrison and Bell were in the beer garden at the back of the pub when they were approached by Begley. He punched Paul in the face and he fell backwards, hitting his head on the base of a pillar. Morrison, who was aged 51 and from Burton Leonard, sustained a serious head injury and was taken to Harrogate District Hospital, where he spent almost three weeks fighting for his life before he sadly passed away. Det. Chf. Insp. Pete Martin, of North Yorkshire Police, said he welcomed Begley's sentence. "Paul Morrison was a devoted family man whose wife and children have been left heartbroken by the actions of Philip Begley," he said. "Paul was enjoying a night out with his friends and he never came home, which is a devastating and tragic scenario which no family should ever have to deal with.” Rebel Assault on Aleppo Jake Wundke SHCI The Syrian military has carried out a series of air strikes after rebel forces launched a major assault to take control of the northern city of Aleppo. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels fired hundreds of rockets and shells into at least seven government-held areas late on Thursday. By Friday morning, they had made small advances, the monitoring group added. But the Syrian state news agency Sana said the assault had been repelled and more than 100 "terrorists" were killed. Aleppo, once Syria's commercial and industrial hub, has been divided roughly in half between government-held areas in the west and rebel-controlled eastern quarters for the past three years. Fighting on the ground and government air strikes have left thousands dead, and destroyed more than 60% of the Old City, a Unesco World Heritage site. But in recent months, the rebels have driven government forces out of several areas in the countryside to the north, as well as almost all of the neighbouring province of Idlib. More than 230,000 people are believed to have been killed in Syria since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011. Some 11.5 million others - more than half of the country's population - have fled their homes. Rebels have made numerous attempts to seize key installations held by the government, but with little effect. On Thursday, 13 Islamist fighting groups and al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, came together to launch a co- ordinated assault on several fronts. The declared aim of the so-called Ansar al-Sharia Operations Room was to "liberate" the city and govern it according to Islamic law. Fighters later fired mortars and rockets at western districts of the city controlled by government forces, the Syrian Observatory reported. The UK-based group said the fighting continued into the early hours of Friday and was focused on the frontline in Jamiyat al-Zahra, a heavily-defended area that houses several major security compounds. At least nine people were killed and dozens wounded by the rebel barrage, it added. The military responded with a heavy aerial and artillery bombardment of rebel positions in the city, and the fighting continued for several hours. On Friday morning military sources told Sana and Reuters news agency that the assault had been repelled and that heavy casualties had been inflicted on the rebels. The Syrian Observatory said the rebels had managed to seize some buildings in the north-western outskirts of Aleppo, but that the gains were not of strategic importance. BBC reporters say that if the rebels do manage to capture all of Aleppo it would be a huge blow to the government. There have been persistent reports in recent weeks that the Syrian Government is preparing to give up both the northern city Aleppo, and Deraa in the south, in order to better defend the core areas of western Syria with the limited manpower at its disposal. But the Syrian media has reported that the prime minister has just been in Aleppo, visiting front-line units and dispensing large amounts of cash to the city authorities for reconstruction and administrative expenses. 4 year old found dead in a plastic bag Grace Rajapandian 3HB The body of a little girl, believed to be about 4 years old, washed up on to Boston Harbour shoreline in America, last week. The little girl was found in a bag, along with a pair of leggings and a zebra print blanket. Police have become desperate to find out the identity of the girl, and they have resorted to releasing a computer-generated image of her, in the hopes that someone will recognise her. They do not yet know her name or CGI image of dead girl her exact age, but they have said that she had long brown hair, brown eyes, she was 3 ½ feet tall and weighed about 30 pounds (about 2.1 stone). Suffolk County District Attorney, Daniel Conley, told a news conference on Deer Island that the girl's identity was unknown. At first, the police thought she was a runaway child, but found no girls like her in missing persons files. Investigators say that she showed no obvious signs of trauma. The Boston medical examiner believes her body was lying on the beach for a short period of time before she was discovered, but they don’t know how long she had been dead. The discovery was made by a woman walking her dog on Deer Island, a peninsula near the city, on June 25. She spotted a large plastic bag and opened it up. She was shocked to discover a body in the bag. She informed the Boston Police immediately. They searched the area thoroughly but could not find any other clues as to whom she was or where she came from. “Someone has to know who this child is,” said Robert G. Lowery Jr. who is the vice president of the Missing Children Division at the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. He believes that at some point, the identity of this girl will be discovered. Custody officer dies Ewan weetch SHAR On Monday 29 June a prison officer was seriously assaulted escorting a prisoner to a waiting van. Lorraine Barwell, a 54 year old grandmother from Romford died following the attack. She worked for the security company Serco. The prisoner, Humphrey Burke, 22, of no fixed abode, was charged with grievous bodily harm. He will appear at Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court on Wednesday 1 July. The assault happened at Blackfriars Crown Court when she was escorting him to a prison van. One of her co-workers stated she was “courageous and dedicated.” Serco group Chief Executive Rupert Soames said the company was "shocked and desperately sad" about Mrs Barwell's death.

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