THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1947 ISSUE NO. 768 FRIDAY 26th APRIL 2013 CRSCHMIDT Delicious or dodgy? As Cambridge City Council displays new food hygiene standards for city’s eateries, Varsity reveals the worst offenders. Prepare to be surprised... byLOUISE ASHWELL authorities which have begun to run that major improvements are required. and boasts impressive lighting and Greek fast food joint Gardies, for Senior News Editor it. e scores according to this new 28 establishments in Cambridge comfy barstools. instance, enjoyed a top mark of ve national framework, however, reveal postcodes CB1, CB2, CB3 and CB4 e fast food mobile Uncle Frank’s, in its last inspection. No rating is A Varsity investigation following that here a number of eateries have were given scores of one and two. less surprisingly retains its score of displayed for the Trailer of Life on the Cambridge City Council’s switch to been underperforming. Some of the recipients of these scores one from its last local inspection. One FHRS website, which a spokesman a new national Food Hygiene Rating Under the new scheme, each food will come as more of a surprise than supermarket was included within the for Cambridge City Council explained Scheme has exposed a poor state of business receives a score between zero others. Alimentum, one of Cambridge’s camp of low-ranking establishments, was because it is registered for the sale hygiene in many Cambridge students’ and ve. Businesses whose hygiene Michelin starred restaurant, which namely the Spar on Chesterton Road. of food with South Cambridgeshire favourite and most frequented standards are deemed very good on its website boasts food ‘prepared A number of delis and Mill Road’s District Council, and as such, “it is they restaurants and cafes. ese include receive ve, while any institution that with passion, integrity and originality’, International Food Store join it. Few who should display the rating not us.” the mobile catering rms whose low receives zero does so because their together with a recommendation would automatically think of nightclub e trailer is owned by a Polish couple hygiene ratings will be nothing new hygiene state represents a health by the Sunday Times, received a e Place as a site for food purchase, whose registered address is in Great to students, but also more upmarket threat, These are required to make score of two in its last inspection in yet it too has a hygiene score, and Chesterford. While this can appear institutions, as well as University- urgent hygiene improvements, and risk December 2012. Olio and Farina, an a low one of just two at that, from an misleading, “the principle is based owned out ts. being closed down altogether. None Italian restaurant chain in the Grafton inspection sixteen months ago in on where the food business is based, Each establishment’s score is of the businesses surveyed received a Centre which identi es an audience December 2011. and not where it trades. While the two allocated according to a new national score of zero. on its website of Italians on vacation Not all fast food establishments locations are usually the same, for ... Food Hygiene Rating Scheme A score of two, however, conveys that or studying, claims to be looking to come in for criticism, however, from (FHRS). Cambridge is one of 150 local improvement is necessary, and one rediscover authentic Italian avours, the hygiene inspectors. 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Pay the British people but rigidly follow term’s discussions about attention to people when they talk to I am so pleased this [supervision another agenda. ey freely commit mental health were unre- you, think as clearly as you can, and discrepancies] has been highlighted treason against us. But are you aware solved, but will prove when you’re working, enjoy it. We in your article. It’s very important that our existing English Constitutional particularly germane to our have more agency than we think. that colleges are transparent about and Common Law was created lives in the next few weeks the amount of teaching and support speci cally to protect us from such as we enter Easter Term. students actually receive, and that despotic governance for all time ? We’re living in the same e orts are made to standardise ese laws are everlasting and should city but it looks somewhat this across the university as far as be used. di erent lled with nerv- humanely possible. Since Edward Heath deliberately ous individuals and their deceived and betrayed the British su ocating, unspontane- , people into the hands of a foreign ous timetables. power - the EEC/EU - every British EDITORIAL We throttle each other BUDDHISM AND THE DALAI LAMA parliament has been an unlawful when we speak our inside assembly because of the treason they Hannah Wilkinson takes a series voices out loud. Nerves I would like to point out that the Dalai have increasingly committed against of photos of an average day in breed nerves: don’t vocalise Lama has been in semi-retirement us. Cairo as she looks from a happily what you have and haven’t since 2001 ,then in 2011 he took an But we can remedy this riot-free window view to the done. unprecedented move with voluntarily situation. If you go to www. waste mound at the end of her Certain things about the Cambridge by devolving four century old Dalai englishconstitutiongroup.org and street where mangy cats happily grading systems encourage our inse- Lama’s Institute political authority www.acasefortreason.org.uk, you scrounge. curities. e jumps between a 2:2 and to the elected leader of tibetan will see the depth of criminality and a 2:1 or a 2:1 and a First are signi cant people, who happens to be Dr corruption we live under and what we enough to drive people crazy angling lobsang Sangay a senoir fellow law can do about it. And if you watch the for what is slightly out of reach. But scholar form Harvard law School. So YouTube video “A Plea For Help”, you the way we behave also de nes this centuries old tradition of combined will see that there is everything that culture to which we are subjected. It political and spiritual head has we can do to get our country back. It is important that this our mentality been formerly abandoned. I think needs only for the British public to view has sustainable foundations. this is a rst important step towards these sources. Fight to stay interested in your sub- democratization. Tibetan people were ject; ask people what they’re reading reluctant to accept this decisione and about, not just whether or not they’ve requested him atleast he could retain read something; try not to think ‘do I as a nominal head but he categorically need to do x’ but rather ‘do I want to refused to give a space for democarcy CONSPIRACY THEORY ALERT do it’ - maybe the blueprints of an ele- to ourish in the tibetan community. vator shaft will regain their mystique. You’ve been busted. Don’t think I Some of our supervisors are still , haven’t noticed the secret messages beyond inspirational and people still you media elite have hiding amongst pull through for us when they have the propaganda you supply this other things to do. So don’t divide MARGARET THATCHER bourgeoise university with. If you take the seventh letter of the sixth line on She took the nation out of the hands of the eight page (and this Issue 768? the Union Barons and into the hands Coincidence, I think not) and then add What really happened in Britain byALIYA RAM & SALOME WAGAINE of the bankers and corporate barons. them to the letters on the Wednesday under Margaret atcher, and what Editors, Lent 2013 I think I would have preferred the 17th April 2013 episode of Countdown, made it so divisive? Tom Belger former. it forms a pretty interesting anagram takes a look at the life and policies of a certain Illuminati leader. I’m of a still divisive woman. , watching you. Expect me. 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